SSI ITC CORE EXAM SET 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Equipment manufacturers benefit the dive industry by:
A. Researching and creating new medical procedures
B. Researching and developing new equipment
C. Promoting travel and dive destinations
D. All answers are correct - ✔✔B. Researching and developing new equipment
Instructor Training Review
✔✔How can you support a diver who is looking for new travel opportunities?
A. Recommend trips that will require the diver to purchase new equipment
B. Recommend trips that meet their goals and budget
C. Recommend trips that require the diver to take additional training
D. Only recommend trips that have the highest profit margin for the training center -
✔✔B. Recommend trips that meet their goals and budget
Instructor Training Review
✔✔How does a diver upgrade from Wreck Diving to Advanced Wreck Diving?
A. Complete the additional academics, the Advanced Wreck Diving final exam, and at
least one additional open water training dive
B. There are no additional requirements
C. Complete two additional open water training dives
D. Complete two pool/confined water sessions, and one open water training dive -
✔✔C. Complete two additional open water training dives
Instructor Training Review
✔✔How does a diver upgrade to a specialty certification after completing the associated
Adventure Dive?
A. Only complete at least one additional open water training dive
B. Complete the specialty program and at least two open water training dives
C. Nothing, the specialty certification is issued with the Advanced Adventurer
certification
,D. Complete the specialty program and at least one additional in-water dive (as required
by standards) - ✔✔D. Complete the specialty program and at least one additional in-
water dive (as required by standards)
Instructor Training Review
✔✔If possible, skill demonstrations should be done:
A. In the diving position
B. With additional weight to ensure the candidate is negatively buoyant
C. Only in the open water
D. Under indirect supervision - ✔✔A. In the diving position
Instructor Training Review
✔✔People continue to dive because:
A. They enjoy spending their money on expensive hobbies
B. All answers are correct
C. They have no other alternatives
D. They have personal goals, enjoy dive traveling, or seek recognition - ✔✔D. They
have personal goals, enjoy dive traveling, or seek recognition
Instructor Training Review
✔✔Referral Divers may dive in:
A. Open water environments shallower than 40 feet with a buddy
B. Any open water environment with a certified assistant
C. A pool/confined water environment with a buddy
D. A pool/confined water environment without a buddy - ✔✔C. A pool/confined water
environment with a buddy
Instructor Training Review
✔✔Reviews and training center/professional evaluations:
A. Identify areas for improvement
B. Help the training center create new travel and training opportunities
C. Make the customer feel like their opinion is valid
D. All answers are correct - ✔✔D. All answers are correct
, Instructor Training Review
✔✔Students must complete ____ from the Open Water Diver program to receive the
Referral Diver certification.
A. Only the academic training
B. The academic training and all pool/confined water requirements
C. The academic training and the first two pool/confined water sessions
D. The academic training, pool/confined water sessions, and the first two open water
training dives - ✔✔B. The academic training and all pool/confined water requirements
Instructor Training Review
✔✔[Advanced Adventurer] Students must complete the digital learning materials for:
A. At least five Adventure Dives
B. All of the Adventure Dives
C. No digital learning materials are available for Advanced Adventurer
D. At least three Adventure Dives - ✔✔A. At least five Adventure Dives
Instructor Training Review
✔✔Students with the Enriched Air Nitrox certification should use a dive computer to:
A. All answers are correct
B. Safely exceed no-decompression limits
C. Maximize the benefits of their training
D. Increase maximum depth limits - ✔✔C. Maximize the benefits of their training
Instructor Training Review
✔✔Teaching the Advanced Adventurer program allows an Open Water instructor to:
A. Qualify for the Master Instructor rating
B. Become familiar with various SSI specialty programs
C. All answers are correct
D. Certify students as SSI Specialty Divers - ✔✔B. Become familiar with various SSI
specialty programs
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Equipment manufacturers benefit the dive industry by:
A. Researching and creating new medical procedures
B. Researching and developing new equipment
C. Promoting travel and dive destinations
D. All answers are correct - ✔✔B. Researching and developing new equipment
Instructor Training Review
✔✔How can you support a diver who is looking for new travel opportunities?
A. Recommend trips that will require the diver to purchase new equipment
B. Recommend trips that meet their goals and budget
C. Recommend trips that require the diver to take additional training
D. Only recommend trips that have the highest profit margin for the training center -
✔✔B. Recommend trips that meet their goals and budget
Instructor Training Review
✔✔How does a diver upgrade from Wreck Diving to Advanced Wreck Diving?
A. Complete the additional academics, the Advanced Wreck Diving final exam, and at
least one additional open water training dive
B. There are no additional requirements
C. Complete two additional open water training dives
D. Complete two pool/confined water sessions, and one open water training dive -
✔✔C. Complete two additional open water training dives
Instructor Training Review
✔✔How does a diver upgrade to a specialty certification after completing the associated
Adventure Dive?
A. Only complete at least one additional open water training dive
B. Complete the specialty program and at least two open water training dives
C. Nothing, the specialty certification is issued with the Advanced Adventurer
certification
,D. Complete the specialty program and at least one additional in-water dive (as required
by standards) - ✔✔D. Complete the specialty program and at least one additional in-
water dive (as required by standards)
Instructor Training Review
✔✔If possible, skill demonstrations should be done:
A. In the diving position
B. With additional weight to ensure the candidate is negatively buoyant
C. Only in the open water
D. Under indirect supervision - ✔✔A. In the diving position
Instructor Training Review
✔✔People continue to dive because:
A. They enjoy spending their money on expensive hobbies
B. All answers are correct
C. They have no other alternatives
D. They have personal goals, enjoy dive traveling, or seek recognition - ✔✔D. They
have personal goals, enjoy dive traveling, or seek recognition
Instructor Training Review
✔✔Referral Divers may dive in:
A. Open water environments shallower than 40 feet with a buddy
B. Any open water environment with a certified assistant
C. A pool/confined water environment with a buddy
D. A pool/confined water environment without a buddy - ✔✔C. A pool/confined water
environment with a buddy
Instructor Training Review
✔✔Reviews and training center/professional evaluations:
A. Identify areas for improvement
B. Help the training center create new travel and training opportunities
C. Make the customer feel like their opinion is valid
D. All answers are correct - ✔✔D. All answers are correct
, Instructor Training Review
✔✔Students must complete ____ from the Open Water Diver program to receive the
Referral Diver certification.
A. Only the academic training
B. The academic training and all pool/confined water requirements
C. The academic training and the first two pool/confined water sessions
D. The academic training, pool/confined water sessions, and the first two open water
training dives - ✔✔B. The academic training and all pool/confined water requirements
Instructor Training Review
✔✔[Advanced Adventurer] Students must complete the digital learning materials for:
A. At least five Adventure Dives
B. All of the Adventure Dives
C. No digital learning materials are available for Advanced Adventurer
D. At least three Adventure Dives - ✔✔A. At least five Adventure Dives
Instructor Training Review
✔✔Students with the Enriched Air Nitrox certification should use a dive computer to:
A. All answers are correct
B. Safely exceed no-decompression limits
C. Maximize the benefits of their training
D. Increase maximum depth limits - ✔✔C. Maximize the benefits of their training
Instructor Training Review
✔✔Teaching the Advanced Adventurer program allows an Open Water instructor to:
A. Qualify for the Master Instructor rating
B. Become familiar with various SSI specialty programs
C. All answers are correct
D. Certify students as SSI Specialty Divers - ✔✔B. Become familiar with various SSI
specialty programs
