Water Safety Instructor practice exam
Water safety instructors can maintain certification to teach if they: - (correct Answer) - -teach at least 1
eligible course
-report at least 1 course
-do recertification assessment
The American Red Cross Swimming and Diving Skills DVD should be used - (correct Answer) - -to provide
additional demonstrations; use as needed
As an American Red Cross Water Safety instructor, which course are you allowed to teach? - (correct
Answer) - -Learn to Swim
-Parent and Child Aquatics
-Adult Swim
-Preschool Aquatics
An instructor aide for Learn-to-Swim class can do what? - (correct Answer) - assist WSI instructor (where
they can perform exit skills)
Preschool Aquatics course completion certificates are to be signed by - (correct Answer) - Water Safety
Instructor
Which courses and presentations are Water Safety instructors expected to report teaching activity for to
the Red Cross? - (correct Answer) - all courses (Learn to Swim, Parent and Child Aquatics, Preschool
Aquatics, Adult swim, and private lessons?)
Information on how to plan and conduct Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety courses is in - (correct
Answer) - -Water Safety Instructor Manual
-Instructors Corner
In Red Cross Parent and Child Aquatics, Preschool Aquatics, Learn to Swim and Adult Swim, water safety
information and techniques should be - (correct Answer) - part of all courses
What is the purpose of the Red Cross Swim mobile application? - (correct Answer) - -educate adults and
children about water safety
-encourage continued progress and participation
-parents must use to see progress of child
What must an instructor candidate need to do in order to earn the certification? (Think what % of test
and what in class and in water instructions?) - (correct Answer) - -80% on test
-all required skills and participate in all lessons (competency)
, What does a Water Safety Instructor need to do before they are elgible to teach Safety Training for Swim
Coaches? - (correct Answer) - WSI orientation for Safety for Swim Coaches
What does WHALE tales stand for and what is the objective of Whales Tales? - (correct Answer) - -Water
Habits Are Learned Early
-help children learn safe behaviors in, on, and around the water
The water safety topics that are listed in the PCA, PSA, LTS< and AS skills outlines what? - (correct
Answer) - -with additional safety topics that speak to current events/ issues?
What is an objective of Learn to Swim Level 1? - (correct Answer) - help the child feel comfortable in
water and enjoy safely doing so
Why is it important for water safety information be shared with parents? - (correct Answer) - if parents
are educated, they will supervise their children safely
Goals, practice, feedback, and motivation are what? - (correct Answer) - factors that influence learning
What stage of learning is it when they are able to detect and correct errors on their own? - (correct
Answer) - late stage of learning
Class size, participants' abilities and availability of teaching are factors that influence what? - (correct
Answer) - lesson planning
What is suggested to do after a lesson to see if your participants had success and to see if you need any
improvement? - (correct Answer) - evaluate effectiveness of lesson plan
What does it mean to have a "photographic eye"? - (correct Answer) - know what it should look like
(mental image of what it should be)
One vlaue of a block plan is that it can be used to do what? - (correct Answer) - divide course content
into individual sections
What should be in a lesson plan? - (correct Answer) - -equipment needed
-skills taught
-activities used
When demonstrating a skill what is always a must? - (correct Answer) - all participants must be able to
see
Where are most people's center of buoyancy? - (correct Answer) - located near the chest region
What is the most effective way to improve the efficiency of swimming strokes? - (correct Answer) - apply
hydrodynamic principle (streamline-- eliminate drag)
What can make most swimmers float the their back more easily in water? - (correct Answer) - -inhale,
and hold breath, tilt head back (look backward), arms over head
-specific gravity less than one
Water safety instructors can maintain certification to teach if they: - (correct Answer) - -teach at least 1
eligible course
-report at least 1 course
-do recertification assessment
The American Red Cross Swimming and Diving Skills DVD should be used - (correct Answer) - -to provide
additional demonstrations; use as needed
As an American Red Cross Water Safety instructor, which course are you allowed to teach? - (correct
Answer) - -Learn to Swim
-Parent and Child Aquatics
-Adult Swim
-Preschool Aquatics
An instructor aide for Learn-to-Swim class can do what? - (correct Answer) - assist WSI instructor (where
they can perform exit skills)
Preschool Aquatics course completion certificates are to be signed by - (correct Answer) - Water Safety
Instructor
Which courses and presentations are Water Safety instructors expected to report teaching activity for to
the Red Cross? - (correct Answer) - all courses (Learn to Swim, Parent and Child Aquatics, Preschool
Aquatics, Adult swim, and private lessons?)
Information on how to plan and conduct Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety courses is in - (correct
Answer) - -Water Safety Instructor Manual
-Instructors Corner
In Red Cross Parent and Child Aquatics, Preschool Aquatics, Learn to Swim and Adult Swim, water safety
information and techniques should be - (correct Answer) - part of all courses
What is the purpose of the Red Cross Swim mobile application? - (correct Answer) - -educate adults and
children about water safety
-encourage continued progress and participation
-parents must use to see progress of child
What must an instructor candidate need to do in order to earn the certification? (Think what % of test
and what in class and in water instructions?) - (correct Answer) - -80% on test
-all required skills and participate in all lessons (competency)
, What does a Water Safety Instructor need to do before they are elgible to teach Safety Training for Swim
Coaches? - (correct Answer) - WSI orientation for Safety for Swim Coaches
What does WHALE tales stand for and what is the objective of Whales Tales? - (correct Answer) - -Water
Habits Are Learned Early
-help children learn safe behaviors in, on, and around the water
The water safety topics that are listed in the PCA, PSA, LTS< and AS skills outlines what? - (correct
Answer) - -with additional safety topics that speak to current events/ issues?
What is an objective of Learn to Swim Level 1? - (correct Answer) - help the child feel comfortable in
water and enjoy safely doing so
Why is it important for water safety information be shared with parents? - (correct Answer) - if parents
are educated, they will supervise their children safely
Goals, practice, feedback, and motivation are what? - (correct Answer) - factors that influence learning
What stage of learning is it when they are able to detect and correct errors on their own? - (correct
Answer) - late stage of learning
Class size, participants' abilities and availability of teaching are factors that influence what? - (correct
Answer) - lesson planning
What is suggested to do after a lesson to see if your participants had success and to see if you need any
improvement? - (correct Answer) - evaluate effectiveness of lesson plan
What does it mean to have a "photographic eye"? - (correct Answer) - know what it should look like
(mental image of what it should be)
One vlaue of a block plan is that it can be used to do what? - (correct Answer) - divide course content
into individual sections
What should be in a lesson plan? - (correct Answer) - -equipment needed
-skills taught
-activities used
When demonstrating a skill what is always a must? - (correct Answer) - all participants must be able to
see
Where are most people's center of buoyancy? - (correct Answer) - located near the chest region
What is the most effective way to improve the efficiency of swimming strokes? - (correct Answer) - apply
hydrodynamic principle (streamline-- eliminate drag)
What can make most swimmers float the their back more easily in water? - (correct Answer) - -inhale,
and hold breath, tilt head back (look backward), arms over head
-specific gravity less than one
