PADI OPEN WATER PRACTICE TEST EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔Choose the best answer for the signal shown from the choices provided - ✔✔Okay?
Okay
✔✔Choose the best answer for the signal shown from the choices provided - ✔✔Low
on air
✔✔Choose the best answer for the signal shown from the choices provided - ✔✔Share
air
✔✔If I were separated from my buddy, the general procedure is to... - ✔✔Search for a
minute and then go up to reunite with my buddy at the surface
✔✔I am most likely to become confused about which way is up or down... - ✔✔In
midwater
✔✔I feel a mild current at the start of my dive. How should I begin this dive? - ✔✔Dive
against or into the current
✔✔What the bottom is made of can cause big changes in... - ✔✔Visibility
✔✔Most injuries caused by aquatic animals happen because the animals are... -
✔✔Trying to defend themselves
✔✔A diver at the surface is moving quickly and jerkily, has the mask off the face, the
regulator/snorkel is out of the mouth, and the diver does not respond to directions. The
diver is... - ✔✔Showing signs of distress (trouble)
✔✔I am close to my buddy and realize I am out of air. The best response is to... -
✔✔Switch to my buddy's alternate air source
✔✔If my regulator begins to free flow while underwater, I should... - ✔✔Hold the
regulator without sealing my mouth around the mouthpiece and "sip" the air I need as I
ascend
✔✔Although it shouldn't have happened, on a dive I fail to watch my SPG and run out of
air. If my buddy is close by, my best option is to _____. Another option is to _____, if I'm
in shallow water and the surface is closer than my buddy - ✔✔Ascend using my buddy's
alternate air source/make a controlled emergency swimming ascent
✔✔There is an injured diver who is out of the water and is not responding to touch or
my voice. The first thing to do would be... - ✔✔To check if the diver is breathing
, ✔✔I should have cylinders filled at a dive center I trust, not use air that tastes or smalls
bad, nor use air from a compressor designed to fill car tires. This is important to... -
✔✔Reduce the risk of breathing contaminated air
✔✔Divers who act foolishly at depth due to gas narcosis may start acting normally
again if they... - ✔✔Ascend to a shallower depth
✔✔I am likely to increase the risk of decompression sickness (DCS) if I... - ✔✔Dive
while tired, cold, sick, thirsty or injured
✔✔If I think I have decompression sickness I should... - ✔✔Breathe 100% Oxygen and
contact emergency medical care
✔✔The first step I using my dive computer is... - ✔✔Reading the manufacturer's
instructions
✔✔When planning a diver with a computer, I use the "plan" or "no-stop scroll" mode to
determine... - ✔✔The maximum allowable time limits for depths in 10' increments
✔✔When making computer assisted dives... - ✔✔Each diver needs a personal
computer
✔✔It's important that I do not turn off a dive computer between dives because... - ✔✔It
would lose memory of the previous dive and not calculate repetitive dives correctly
✔✔If I accidently exceed my computers no stop limits, I should... - ✔✔Follow the
computer's instructions for decompression
✔✔If I'm diving in cold water or under strenuous conditions... - ✔✔I should add an extra
safety margin and stay will within my computers limits
✔✔If my computer fails during a dive, I can use my backup computer to continue the
dive. If I'm not wearing a backup I should... - ✔✔Ascend , make a safety stop, and end
the dive
✔✔I make two dives in one day and am flying home on a commercial plane. I should
wait until my computer says I can fly or _____ hours, whichever is longer - ✔✔18
✔✔As a new PADI Open Water Diver, the recommended maximum depth is _____, or
the actual depth I reach in training, If shallower. The maximum depth for all recreational
scuba divers, even experienced divers is _____ - ✔✔18 m/60 ft // 40 m/130 ft
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔Choose the best answer for the signal shown from the choices provided - ✔✔Okay?
Okay
✔✔Choose the best answer for the signal shown from the choices provided - ✔✔Low
on air
✔✔Choose the best answer for the signal shown from the choices provided - ✔✔Share
air
✔✔If I were separated from my buddy, the general procedure is to... - ✔✔Search for a
minute and then go up to reunite with my buddy at the surface
✔✔I am most likely to become confused about which way is up or down... - ✔✔In
midwater
✔✔I feel a mild current at the start of my dive. How should I begin this dive? - ✔✔Dive
against or into the current
✔✔What the bottom is made of can cause big changes in... - ✔✔Visibility
✔✔Most injuries caused by aquatic animals happen because the animals are... -
✔✔Trying to defend themselves
✔✔A diver at the surface is moving quickly and jerkily, has the mask off the face, the
regulator/snorkel is out of the mouth, and the diver does not respond to directions. The
diver is... - ✔✔Showing signs of distress (trouble)
✔✔I am close to my buddy and realize I am out of air. The best response is to... -
✔✔Switch to my buddy's alternate air source
✔✔If my regulator begins to free flow while underwater, I should... - ✔✔Hold the
regulator without sealing my mouth around the mouthpiece and "sip" the air I need as I
ascend
✔✔Although it shouldn't have happened, on a dive I fail to watch my SPG and run out of
air. If my buddy is close by, my best option is to _____. Another option is to _____, if I'm
in shallow water and the surface is closer than my buddy - ✔✔Ascend using my buddy's
alternate air source/make a controlled emergency swimming ascent
✔✔There is an injured diver who is out of the water and is not responding to touch or
my voice. The first thing to do would be... - ✔✔To check if the diver is breathing
, ✔✔I should have cylinders filled at a dive center I trust, not use air that tastes or smalls
bad, nor use air from a compressor designed to fill car tires. This is important to... -
✔✔Reduce the risk of breathing contaminated air
✔✔Divers who act foolishly at depth due to gas narcosis may start acting normally
again if they... - ✔✔Ascend to a shallower depth
✔✔I am likely to increase the risk of decompression sickness (DCS) if I... - ✔✔Dive
while tired, cold, sick, thirsty or injured
✔✔If I think I have decompression sickness I should... - ✔✔Breathe 100% Oxygen and
contact emergency medical care
✔✔The first step I using my dive computer is... - ✔✔Reading the manufacturer's
instructions
✔✔When planning a diver with a computer, I use the "plan" or "no-stop scroll" mode to
determine... - ✔✔The maximum allowable time limits for depths in 10' increments
✔✔When making computer assisted dives... - ✔✔Each diver needs a personal
computer
✔✔It's important that I do not turn off a dive computer between dives because... - ✔✔It
would lose memory of the previous dive and not calculate repetitive dives correctly
✔✔If I accidently exceed my computers no stop limits, I should... - ✔✔Follow the
computer's instructions for decompression
✔✔If I'm diving in cold water or under strenuous conditions... - ✔✔I should add an extra
safety margin and stay will within my computers limits
✔✔If my computer fails during a dive, I can use my backup computer to continue the
dive. If I'm not wearing a backup I should... - ✔✔Ascend , make a safety stop, and end
the dive
✔✔I make two dives in one day and am flying home on a commercial plane. I should
wait until my computer says I can fly or _____ hours, whichever is longer - ✔✔18
✔✔As a new PADI Open Water Diver, the recommended maximum depth is _____, or
the actual depth I reach in training, If shallower. The maximum depth for all recreational
scuba divers, even experienced divers is _____ - ✔✔18 m/60 ft // 40 m/130 ft
