PADI OPEN WATER PRACTICE 2026/2027 TEST
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔While diving, I begin to feel exhausted and air-starved becuase I have been
swimming strenuously. I should signal "____" and ____. - ✔✔"Stop", rest.
✔✔In helping an unresponsive diver, after you check for breathing and provide CPR as
needed, the highest priority is contacting _______ _______ ____. - ✔✔Emergency
medical care.
✔✔If I run out of air and my buddy is too far away to share air, I should make a
________ ________ ________ _______ - ✔✔Controlled emergency swimming ascent.
✔✔At a minimum, I should have ___ visual, and ___ audible signaling device. - ✔✔one,
one.
✔✔During an underwater cleanup, my buddy and I fill a large mesh utility bag with
several pounds of garbage. We should _____ the bag with our _____. - ✔✔Carry,
hands
✔✔Before diving, I should refrain from using ______ or ______. - ✔✔Alcohol, Tobacco
✔✔As a new PADI Open Water Diver, I should refresh my dive skills with a PADI Scuba
Review after ___ ______ of inactivity. - ✔✔Six Months
✔✔Possible symptoms of contaminated air include having a _______, and feeling
_____ or ___. - ✔✔headache, dizzy, ill
✔✔The two primary factors that influence how much nitrogen dissolves into my body
tissues during a dive are _____ and ____. - ✔✔depth, time.
✔✔If I exceed established depth and time limits while diving and then surface, bubbles
can form in my body tissues, causing _________ _______. - ✔✔Decompression
sickness
✔✔Possible signs of decompression sickness could be if the diver has ________, and
_______ and ________ in the arms. - ✔✔numbness, tingling, weakness
✔✔Secondary factors thought to contribute to decompression sickness are ____, ____,
______, and ____ _______. - ✔✔age, cold, injuries, poor fitness
✔✔A no stop dive means I can ______ directly to the surface without stopping at any
point during the dive. - ✔✔ascend.
, ✔✔If I am planning a dive to 40 feet, my no stop limit will be _______ than my no stop
limit for a dive to 30 feet. - ✔✔shorter
✔✔On a repetitive dive, for a given depth my no stop limits will be ________ than those
of the first dive. - ✔✔shorter
✔✔When diving with a computer, it is recommended that I dive well within its ______,
follow the most __________ computer - mine or my buddy's, start at the ______ point
and progress __________, and ______ slowly and make a safety stop. - ✔✔limits,
conservative, deepest, shallower, ascend
✔✔During a dive, my dive computer fails, and I'm not using a backup. I should ______,
make a ______ ____, and end the dive. - ✔✔ascend, safety stop
✔✔My buddy and I have just finished a dive to 50 feet for 60 minutes. We want to return
to the same site and depth and stay another 60 minutes. We can wait and check our __
____ times on our computers periodically, use the dive computer ____ mode, if our
computers have them, use a dive planning ___, or check the ___ Table or ______. -
✔✔no stop, plan, app, RDP, eRDPml
✔✔Going to altitude after diving my be a problem because _______ _______ problems
result from the thinner air. - ✔✔Oxygen toxicity
✔✔I've just finished a single no stop dive with my buddy. We have not been diving in
the past several days, and this is the only dive we make. based on current
recommendations, the minimum surface interval before we fly is __ hours - ✔✔12
hours.
✔✔I need to use special altitude diving procedures when diving at an altitude greater
than ____ feet. - ✔✔1000 feet.
✔✔At the end of a dive, my dive buddy's foot gets tangled in an abandoned fishing net.
It takes five minutes to get free, but that delays our ascent making us exceed our no
stop limit. This means that before we surface, we will have to make an emergency
________ stop to return our nitrogen level from outside the accepted limits. -
✔✔decompression
✔✔On a dive boat, after coming aboard two divers discover they accidentally surfaced
without an emergency decompression stop. They should _____, breathe ______, and
check themselves for symptoms of _______ _______. - ✔✔relax, oxygen,
decompression sickness
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔While diving, I begin to feel exhausted and air-starved becuase I have been
swimming strenuously. I should signal "____" and ____. - ✔✔"Stop", rest.
✔✔In helping an unresponsive diver, after you check for breathing and provide CPR as
needed, the highest priority is contacting _______ _______ ____. - ✔✔Emergency
medical care.
✔✔If I run out of air and my buddy is too far away to share air, I should make a
________ ________ ________ _______ - ✔✔Controlled emergency swimming ascent.
✔✔At a minimum, I should have ___ visual, and ___ audible signaling device. - ✔✔one,
one.
✔✔During an underwater cleanup, my buddy and I fill a large mesh utility bag with
several pounds of garbage. We should _____ the bag with our _____. - ✔✔Carry,
hands
✔✔Before diving, I should refrain from using ______ or ______. - ✔✔Alcohol, Tobacco
✔✔As a new PADI Open Water Diver, I should refresh my dive skills with a PADI Scuba
Review after ___ ______ of inactivity. - ✔✔Six Months
✔✔Possible symptoms of contaminated air include having a _______, and feeling
_____ or ___. - ✔✔headache, dizzy, ill
✔✔The two primary factors that influence how much nitrogen dissolves into my body
tissues during a dive are _____ and ____. - ✔✔depth, time.
✔✔If I exceed established depth and time limits while diving and then surface, bubbles
can form in my body tissues, causing _________ _______. - ✔✔Decompression
sickness
✔✔Possible signs of decompression sickness could be if the diver has ________, and
_______ and ________ in the arms. - ✔✔numbness, tingling, weakness
✔✔Secondary factors thought to contribute to decompression sickness are ____, ____,
______, and ____ _______. - ✔✔age, cold, injuries, poor fitness
✔✔A no stop dive means I can ______ directly to the surface without stopping at any
point during the dive. - ✔✔ascend.
, ✔✔If I am planning a dive to 40 feet, my no stop limit will be _______ than my no stop
limit for a dive to 30 feet. - ✔✔shorter
✔✔On a repetitive dive, for a given depth my no stop limits will be ________ than those
of the first dive. - ✔✔shorter
✔✔When diving with a computer, it is recommended that I dive well within its ______,
follow the most __________ computer - mine or my buddy's, start at the ______ point
and progress __________, and ______ slowly and make a safety stop. - ✔✔limits,
conservative, deepest, shallower, ascend
✔✔During a dive, my dive computer fails, and I'm not using a backup. I should ______,
make a ______ ____, and end the dive. - ✔✔ascend, safety stop
✔✔My buddy and I have just finished a dive to 50 feet for 60 minutes. We want to return
to the same site and depth and stay another 60 minutes. We can wait and check our __
____ times on our computers periodically, use the dive computer ____ mode, if our
computers have them, use a dive planning ___, or check the ___ Table or ______. -
✔✔no stop, plan, app, RDP, eRDPml
✔✔Going to altitude after diving my be a problem because _______ _______ problems
result from the thinner air. - ✔✔Oxygen toxicity
✔✔I've just finished a single no stop dive with my buddy. We have not been diving in
the past several days, and this is the only dive we make. based on current
recommendations, the minimum surface interval before we fly is __ hours - ✔✔12
hours.
✔✔I need to use special altitude diving procedures when diving at an altitude greater
than ____ feet. - ✔✔1000 feet.
✔✔At the end of a dive, my dive buddy's foot gets tangled in an abandoned fishing net.
It takes five minutes to get free, but that delays our ascent making us exceed our no
stop limit. This means that before we surface, we will have to make an emergency
________ stop to return our nitrogen level from outside the accepted limits. -
✔✔decompression
✔✔On a dive boat, after coming aboard two divers discover they accidentally surfaced
without an emergency decompression stop. They should _____, breathe ______, and
check themselves for symptoms of _______ _______. - ✔✔relax, oxygen,
decompression sickness
