PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy fully solved graded A+ 2023

PADI Peak Performance BuoyancyUnder what three circumstances should you conduct a buoyancy check before diving? - correct answer 1) Any time you change your dive gear configuration. 2) Any time you change dive environments (especially fresh to salt or vice-versa.) 3) Any time you haven't been diving for a while. Based on basic weighting guidelines, how much weight do you need for the Peak Performance Buoyancy Adventure Dive? - correct answer 20lbs What five steps will help you conduct a buoyancy check at the surface? - correct answer 1) Enter the water fully equipped for the dive. 2) Go to water too deep to stand in (or at least deep enough that you can easily raise your feet off the bottom) and completely deflate your BCD. If you're using a dry suit, open the automatic exhaust valve all the way. 3) Hang vertical and motionless holding a normal breath. 4) Add/subtract weight until you float at eye level while holding a normal breath. 5) As your final check, you should slowly sink while you exhale. How does your buoyancy change due to consuming the air in your cylinder? - correct answer Your buoyancy will increase as you consume air, no matter what type of tank you are using. What three variables require you to adjust your buoyancy as needed? - correct answer 1) As you use air from your tank. 2) As you descend as pressure compresses your wet suit or the air in your dry suit. 3) As you ascend as your wet suit/dry suit air reexpands. When should you use your BCD to adjust your buoyancy? - correct answer Only to adjust for air consumption, descending, or ascending, or when at the surface to float. How do you control your buoyancy when using a dry suit? - correct answer The book says to primarily use your suit to control buoyancy, not your BCD. U.W.W. says to use your BCD primarily to control buoyancy, and only put air in your suit to prevent squeeze. How does your lung volume affect buoyancy, and how do you use it to fine-tune your buoyancy? - correct answer When you inhale, you increase your displacement and buoyancy, and tend to rise slightly. When you exhale you tend to sink. Once you are neutrally buoyant with your BCD ar dry suit, you make minor buoyancy changes by timing your breathing and breathing with somewhat full or somewhat empty lungs as you need to-but never holding your breath. How do you distribute weight for better attitude and position control underwater? - correct answer To adjust for feet being low, adjust weight toward your head. To bring your feet down, shift weight down. What are four reasons for being streamlined? - correct answer 1) It makes your kicks more efficient. 2) It makes you comfortable. 3) You use less energy. 4) You minimize damage to the environment. How do you look when you're streamlined underwater? - correct answer 1) Your not overweighted. 2) You swim horizontally. 3) Every hose, gauge, and accessory stays in place, stowed in pockets or clipped close to your body. How does visualization help you relax, breathe comfortably and swim gracefully? - correct answer Your mind programs your body to do it right. How do you use visualization to achieve Peak Performance Buoyancy? - correct answer Before diving, take a moment to relax. See yourself underwater, swimming in your gear, streamlined, horizontal, with the right weight properly distributed. Now go inside your imagined self. Feel yourself moving through the water. Feel the buoyancy changes. Feel yourself adjust through your breathing. Now hover. Feel yourself suspended; feel your gear; feel yourself slightly rise and sink as you breathe with perfect buoyancy control. During the dive think back to the visualized dive and make your dive match it. Then after your dive, visualize what you did and compare it with your mental rehearsal.