PADI OPEN WATER UPDATED EXAM MANUAL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔If I feel discomfort in a body air space while ascending, the correct action is to: -
✔✔Stop, descend slightly and give trapped air time to work its way out.
✔✔My buddy and I are planning a dive to 18 metres/60 feet. We would expect our air
supply to last _________ at 10 meters/33 feet, all else being the same. - ✔✔shorter
than
✔✔During a dive, I swim hard to keep up with a fish that interests me, but shortly begin
to feel like I can't get enough air. The correct action would be to: - ✔✔Stop all activity
and rest to restore proper deep, slow breathing.
✔✔An object that is neutrally buoyant in fresh water will _____ in salt water. - ✔✔float
✔✔The three overall benefits of the buddy system are practicality, safety and fun. -
✔✔True
✔✔What are the three overall benefits of the buddy system? - ✔✔Practicality, safety,
and fun
✔✔The primary considerations when choosing any piece of scuba gear are -
✔✔suitability, fit, and comfort
✔✔I'm planning to dive the following week and am checking my gear. I put my kit
together and notice my regulator seems to breathe harder than I remember. What
should I do? - ✔✔Have it inspected and serviced as needed by a professional before
using it.
✔✔There is no way to use a DIN regular on a yoke cylinder valve - ✔✔False, you can
use it with an adapter
✔✔It is important to master buoyancy control because it allows me to control whether I
descend, float or am neutrally buoyant. I adjust my buoyancy frequently while diving. -
✔✔True
✔✔Underwater objects appear - ✔✔larger and/or closer
✔✔My buddy has a bright red shoulder patch on his wet suit. If we're diving together in
very clear water on a sunny day, at 12 metres/40 feet, I would expect the patch to
appear - ✔✔less red than at the surface
, ✔✔While my buddy and I are diving, a motorboat passes by about 300 metres/yards
away. Which of the following statements is true?
a. It will sound farther away - quieter - than in air
b. I may have difficulty determining where the boat is based on the sound
c. It will sound like it is straight below me. - ✔✔I may have difficulty determining where
the boat is based on the sound.
✔✔Because water is denser than air, it takes more effort to through water - ✔✔true
✔✔To move efficiently as a diver, I should move - ✔✔slowly and steadily
✔✔Streamlining benefits me as a diver because it reduces drag, which helps me save
energy - ✔✔True
✔✔Trim is important for streamlining because - ✔✔poor trim raises or lowers my feet,
causing drag
✔✔Water's density works best for me when I use the skill of - ✔✔controlling my
buoyancy
✔✔I chill faster in water than in air of the same temperature because water absorbs
more heat than air does - ✔✔True
✔✔To stay comfortably warm during a dive, I - ✔✔wear an appropriate exposure suit
✔✔After 30 minutes underwater, I start to feel a bit too cool and uncomfortable. I should
- ✔✔end the dive immediately, dry off and seek warmth.
✔✔While scuba diving, I should breathe - ✔✔slowly and deeply
✔✔One method of airway control is to inhale slowly. I can also ________ to help
breathe past small amounts of water in my regulator. - ✔✔raise my tongue
✔✔If I'm tired, have labored breathing and feel air-starved and anxious during a dive, it
is likely I am experiencing ______________. - ✔✔Overexertion.
✔✔Overexertion results from - ✔✔a prolonged increased effort
✔✔If I think I'm overexerting while underwater, I should stop, signal my buddy and
________ - ✔✔rest
✔✔What does "Begin with Review and Friend" stand for in diving? - ✔✔Pre-dive check:
Begin = BCD, With = Weight, Review = Releases, And = Air, Friend = Final Check.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔If I feel discomfort in a body air space while ascending, the correct action is to: -
✔✔Stop, descend slightly and give trapped air time to work its way out.
✔✔My buddy and I are planning a dive to 18 metres/60 feet. We would expect our air
supply to last _________ at 10 meters/33 feet, all else being the same. - ✔✔shorter
than
✔✔During a dive, I swim hard to keep up with a fish that interests me, but shortly begin
to feel like I can't get enough air. The correct action would be to: - ✔✔Stop all activity
and rest to restore proper deep, slow breathing.
✔✔An object that is neutrally buoyant in fresh water will _____ in salt water. - ✔✔float
✔✔The three overall benefits of the buddy system are practicality, safety and fun. -
✔✔True
✔✔What are the three overall benefits of the buddy system? - ✔✔Practicality, safety,
and fun
✔✔The primary considerations when choosing any piece of scuba gear are -
✔✔suitability, fit, and comfort
✔✔I'm planning to dive the following week and am checking my gear. I put my kit
together and notice my regulator seems to breathe harder than I remember. What
should I do? - ✔✔Have it inspected and serviced as needed by a professional before
using it.
✔✔There is no way to use a DIN regular on a yoke cylinder valve - ✔✔False, you can
use it with an adapter
✔✔It is important to master buoyancy control because it allows me to control whether I
descend, float or am neutrally buoyant. I adjust my buoyancy frequently while diving. -
✔✔True
✔✔Underwater objects appear - ✔✔larger and/or closer
✔✔My buddy has a bright red shoulder patch on his wet suit. If we're diving together in
very clear water on a sunny day, at 12 metres/40 feet, I would expect the patch to
appear - ✔✔less red than at the surface
, ✔✔While my buddy and I are diving, a motorboat passes by about 300 metres/yards
away. Which of the following statements is true?
a. It will sound farther away - quieter - than in air
b. I may have difficulty determining where the boat is based on the sound
c. It will sound like it is straight below me. - ✔✔I may have difficulty determining where
the boat is based on the sound.
✔✔Because water is denser than air, it takes more effort to through water - ✔✔true
✔✔To move efficiently as a diver, I should move - ✔✔slowly and steadily
✔✔Streamlining benefits me as a diver because it reduces drag, which helps me save
energy - ✔✔True
✔✔Trim is important for streamlining because - ✔✔poor trim raises or lowers my feet,
causing drag
✔✔Water's density works best for me when I use the skill of - ✔✔controlling my
buoyancy
✔✔I chill faster in water than in air of the same temperature because water absorbs
more heat than air does - ✔✔True
✔✔To stay comfortably warm during a dive, I - ✔✔wear an appropriate exposure suit
✔✔After 30 minutes underwater, I start to feel a bit too cool and uncomfortable. I should
- ✔✔end the dive immediately, dry off and seek warmth.
✔✔While scuba diving, I should breathe - ✔✔slowly and deeply
✔✔One method of airway control is to inhale slowly. I can also ________ to help
breathe past small amounts of water in my regulator. - ✔✔raise my tongue
✔✔If I'm tired, have labored breathing and feel air-starved and anxious during a dive, it
is likely I am experiencing ______________. - ✔✔Overexertion.
✔✔Overexertion results from - ✔✔a prolonged increased effort
✔✔If I think I'm overexerting while underwater, I should stop, signal my buddy and
________ - ✔✔rest
✔✔What does "Begin with Review and Friend" stand for in diving? - ✔✔Pre-dive check:
Begin = BCD, With = Weight, Review = Releases, And = Air, Friend = Final Check.
