SSI ITC FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Developing the SSI Network benefits dive centers by:
A. increasing communication between dive centers and resorts
B. only increasing the flow of new divers to resorts
C. decreasing communication between dive centers and resorts
D. only increasing the flow of new divers to centers - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. increasing
communication between dive centers and resorts
An SSI Professional must ____ to maintain active status.
A. complete the online renewal
B. all answers are correct
C. affiliate with an active status SSI center
D. pay the annual fee - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B. all answers are correct
The Customer Loyalty Cycles describes the process for:
A. All answers are correct
B. Selling equipment to customers
C. Convincing customers to visit new dive sites
D. Acquiring and retaining customers - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D. Acquiring and retaining customers
SSI was founded in 1970 by:
A. Equipment manufacturers
B. Dive retailers
C. The RSTC
D. Amateur dive clubs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B. Dive retailers
What are the four components of the Diver Diamond?
A. Knowledge, Skills, Equipment, Experience
B. Experience, Equipment, Commitment, Acquisition
,C. Skills, Equipment, Experience, Time
D. Equipment, Experience, Travel, Retail - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. Knowledge, Skills, Equipment,
Experience
Which of the following is a benefit of affiliating with a Dive Center/Resort?
A. Access to marketing and student acquisition resources
B. Access to equipment and training resources
C. Interactions with more-experienced instructors
D. All answers are correct - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D. All answers are correct
Local dive centers usually:
A. Focus on traveling divers from other destinations
B. Focus on training and developing a community of local divers
C. Have easy access to exciting open water dive sites
D. Only provide continuing education programs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B. Focus on training and
developing a community of local divers
Resorts usually:
A. Have no access to open water dive sites
B. Focus on taking destination divers to exciting dive sites
C. Focus on developing a local dive community
D. Only provide entry-level training programs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B. Focus on taking destination
divers to exciting dive sites
For every meter of depth in freshwater, pressure changes by:
A. 0.098 bar
B. 0.100 bar
C. 0.013 bar
D. 1.03 bar - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. 0.098
,Which physical law states: "If temperature remains constant, the pressure and volume of any gas are
inversely related"?
A. Boyle
B. Dalton
C. Henry
D. Archimedes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. Boyle
The absolute pressure at a depth of 50 meters in salt water is:
A. 5.000 bar
B. 5.012 bar
C. 5.901 bar
D. 6.000 bar - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D. 6.000 bar
Breathing gas consumption:
A. Decreases as depth increases
B. Increases as depth increases
C. Varies inversely with depth
D. Remains the same as depth increases - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B. Increases as depth increases
What would be the surface air consumption rate (SAC) of a diver with a 200bar, 10 liter cylinder who
uses 50bar in 10 minutes at a depth of 10 meters in the ocean?
A. 10 liters / minute
B. 25 liters / minute
C. 35 liters / minute
D. 50 liters / minute - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B. 25 liters / minute
A diver and his / her equipment weigh 87 kg when neutrally buoyant in saltwater. To be neutrally
buoyant for freshwater diving with the same equipment, he /she has to:
A. Use the same weight
, B. All answers are correct
C. Add weight
D. Remove weight - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D. Remove weight
If 2 liters of air are needed in your buoyancy compensator to maintain neutral buoyancy at 10m in the
ocean, what will happen to your buoyancy if you ascend 3 m without deflating:
A. There will be no change in buoyancy
B. You willstay neutral no matter if you ascend or descend
C. Your negative buoyancy will increase
D. Your positive buoyancy will increase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D. Your positive buoyancy will increase
Assuming a maximum partial pressure limitation of 1.4 bar, the maximum MOD for a 40% nitrox mixture
in the ocean is:
A. 40 meters
B. 25 meters
C. 35 meters
D. 20 meters - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B. 25 meters
The ocean depth at which the partial pressure of oxygen in air equals 1.6 bar is _____ meters assuming
O2 = 21%.
A. 55
B. 85
C. 70
D. 66 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D. 66
Assuming a maximum partial pressure limitation of 1.4 bar, the maximum depth for a 32% nitrox
mixture is ____ of seawater.
A. 43.7 m
B. 66 m
C. 33.7 m
Developing the SSI Network benefits dive centers by:
A. increasing communication between dive centers and resorts
B. only increasing the flow of new divers to resorts
C. decreasing communication between dive centers and resorts
D. only increasing the flow of new divers to centers - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. increasing
communication between dive centers and resorts
An SSI Professional must ____ to maintain active status.
A. complete the online renewal
B. all answers are correct
C. affiliate with an active status SSI center
D. pay the annual fee - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B. all answers are correct
The Customer Loyalty Cycles describes the process for:
A. All answers are correct
B. Selling equipment to customers
C. Convincing customers to visit new dive sites
D. Acquiring and retaining customers - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D. Acquiring and retaining customers
SSI was founded in 1970 by:
A. Equipment manufacturers
B. Dive retailers
C. The RSTC
D. Amateur dive clubs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B. Dive retailers
What are the four components of the Diver Diamond?
A. Knowledge, Skills, Equipment, Experience
B. Experience, Equipment, Commitment, Acquisition
,C. Skills, Equipment, Experience, Time
D. Equipment, Experience, Travel, Retail - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. Knowledge, Skills, Equipment,
Experience
Which of the following is a benefit of affiliating with a Dive Center/Resort?
A. Access to marketing and student acquisition resources
B. Access to equipment and training resources
C. Interactions with more-experienced instructors
D. All answers are correct - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D. All answers are correct
Local dive centers usually:
A. Focus on traveling divers from other destinations
B. Focus on training and developing a community of local divers
C. Have easy access to exciting open water dive sites
D. Only provide continuing education programs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B. Focus on training and
developing a community of local divers
Resorts usually:
A. Have no access to open water dive sites
B. Focus on taking destination divers to exciting dive sites
C. Focus on developing a local dive community
D. Only provide entry-level training programs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B. Focus on taking destination
divers to exciting dive sites
For every meter of depth in freshwater, pressure changes by:
A. 0.098 bar
B. 0.100 bar
C. 0.013 bar
D. 1.03 bar - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. 0.098
,Which physical law states: "If temperature remains constant, the pressure and volume of any gas are
inversely related"?
A. Boyle
B. Dalton
C. Henry
D. Archimedes - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A. Boyle
The absolute pressure at a depth of 50 meters in salt water is:
A. 5.000 bar
B. 5.012 bar
C. 5.901 bar
D. 6.000 bar - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D. 6.000 bar
Breathing gas consumption:
A. Decreases as depth increases
B. Increases as depth increases
C. Varies inversely with depth
D. Remains the same as depth increases - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B. Increases as depth increases
What would be the surface air consumption rate (SAC) of a diver with a 200bar, 10 liter cylinder who
uses 50bar in 10 minutes at a depth of 10 meters in the ocean?
A. 10 liters / minute
B. 25 liters / minute
C. 35 liters / minute
D. 50 liters / minute - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B. 25 liters / minute
A diver and his / her equipment weigh 87 kg when neutrally buoyant in saltwater. To be neutrally
buoyant for freshwater diving with the same equipment, he /she has to:
A. Use the same weight
, B. All answers are correct
C. Add weight
D. Remove weight - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D. Remove weight
If 2 liters of air are needed in your buoyancy compensator to maintain neutral buoyancy at 10m in the
ocean, what will happen to your buoyancy if you ascend 3 m without deflating:
A. There will be no change in buoyancy
B. You willstay neutral no matter if you ascend or descend
C. Your negative buoyancy will increase
D. Your positive buoyancy will increase - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D. Your positive buoyancy will increase
Assuming a maximum partial pressure limitation of 1.4 bar, the maximum MOD for a 40% nitrox mixture
in the ocean is:
A. 40 meters
B. 25 meters
C. 35 meters
D. 20 meters - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅B. 25 meters
The ocean depth at which the partial pressure of oxygen in air equals 1.6 bar is _____ meters assuming
O2 = 21%.
A. 55
B. 85
C. 70
D. 66 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅D. 66
Assuming a maximum partial pressure limitation of 1.4 bar, the maximum depth for a 32% nitrox
mixture is ____ of seawater.
A. 43.7 m
B. 66 m
C. 33.7 m
