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PADI Advanced Open Water Test Questions With 100% Verified Solutions Environment awareness - ANSWER -Changes : wave /current/ surge direction density (water) visibility temperature aquatic life Equipment awareness - ANSWER -Operation Fit Accessories Hazard's awareness - ANSWER -Dive planning Unexpected hazards Degree of hazard E.g. How many jellyfish? PRPD for depth awareness - ANSWER -Present depth Rate and direction of change physical barrier -descending too far Navigation orientation and location - ANSWER -Where you are/were/going Bee line to ascent point Buddy status (LiCS) - ANSWER -Location Communication safety Buddy safety concerns - ANSWER -Gas Hazards Thermal secondary objective Awareness - ANSWER -2ndary obj. stays secondary When to quit the secondary Task Loading DSC - ANSWER -Dive 1st Situation 2nd Communicate 3rd Situational awareness goes from.... - ANSWER -..inward to outward Under stress thinking becomes what ? - ANSWER -Slow and impaired S.M.R.T.B.D habits - ANSWER -Safety checks Mask on Regulator Breathing Buoyancy Turn with time Dive within your limits underwater navigation reduces (c.a.b.s) - ANSWER -confusion anxiety buddy loss surface marathons two parts of navigation - ANSWER -where you're headed how far you've gone distance estimation [K.E.C.] - ANSWER -kick cycles elapsed time cylinder pressure natural navigation - ANSWER -observations in the environment predive observations [W.O.o.D.S.] - ANSWER -water motion objects/formations depth finder sun direction/ angle descend oriented to... - ANSWER -your travel direction natural references [flights of the ray] - ANSWER -light/shadow water movement composition contour plants/animals sound dive compass features [spit bit] - ANSWER -dampened response direction at tilt degree numbers readable in low light lubber lines bezel lubber line - ANSWER -your travel direction compass use tips [I STRUT N U NAP] - ANSWER -intentional error on long distance share responsibilities trust the compass remember priority understand limits take time natural references use patterns navigate around obstacles allow for current practice on land sharing nav responsibilities - ANSWER -compass buddy/depth buddy nav patterns - ANSWER -out and back lines squares/rectangles triangles circles out and back line - ANSWER -straight line out same line back setting reciprocal course - ANSWER -follow compass on single heading At turn point, turn bezel 180 degrees turn until needle is within index marks t pattern navigation [SVSMOR] - ANSWER -small patterns agree on pattern with buddy

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PADI Advanced Open Water Test Questions With
100% Verified Solutions
Environment awareness - ANSWER -Changes :
wave /current/ surge
direction
density (water)
visibility
temperature
aquatic life

Equipment awareness - ANSWER -Operation
Fit
Accessories

Hazard's awareness - ANSWER -Dive planning
Unexpected hazards
Degree of hazard E.g. How many jellyfish?

PRPD for depth awareness - ANSWER -Present depth
Rate and direction of change
physical barrier
-descending too far

Navigation orientation and location - ANSWER -Where you are/were/going
Bee line to ascent point

Buddy status (LiCS) - ANSWER -Location
Communication
safety

Buddy safety concerns - ANSWER -Gas
Hazards
Thermal

secondary objective Awareness - ANSWER -2ndary obj. stays secondary
When to quit the secondary

Task Loading DSC - ANSWER -Dive 1st

, Situation 2nd
Communicate 3rd

Situational awareness goes from.... - ANSWER -..inward to outward

Under stress thinking becomes what ? - ANSWER -Slow and impaired

S.M.R.T.B.D habits - ANSWER -Safety checks
Mask on
Regulator Breathing
Buoyancy
Turn with time
Dive within your limits

underwater navigation reduces (c.a.b.s) - ANSWER -confusion
anxiety
buddy loss
surface marathons

two parts of navigation - ANSWER -where you're headed
how far you've gone

distance estimation [K.E.C.] - ANSWER -kick cycles
elapsed time
cylinder pressure

natural navigation - ANSWER -observations in the environment

predive observations [W.O.o.D.S.] - ANSWER -water motion
objects/formations
depth finder
sun direction/ angle

descend oriented to... - ANSWER -your travel direction

natural references [flights of the ray] - ANSWER -light/shadow
water movement
composition
contour
plants/animals

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