Lifeguard Instructor Certification Test questions with verified || || || || || ||
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Which of the following is the prerequisite swimming skills evaluation for the American
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Red Cross Lifeguarding course? - ✔✔Jump in, submerge; resurface and swim 150
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yards using the front crawl, breaststroke or a combination of both; maintain position
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at the surface of the water for 2 minutes by treading water using only the legs; swim
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50 yards using the front crawl, breaststroke or a combination of both.
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You are scheduled to teach Lesson 1 of a Shallow Water Lifeguarding course next
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week. How should you prepare to teach the lesson? - ✔✔All of the above.
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Gather all of the course materials, equipment and supplies as listed in the lesson plan.
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review the lesson plan and all relevant supporting materials, such as the applicable
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skill chart and skill assessment tools and videos.
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speak with the facility manager to confirm scheduling of lifeguards to conduct
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surveillance while your class is using the pool area. || || || || || || || ||
A participant receives a certificate indicating successful completion of the American
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Red Cross Lifeguarding course. This certificate is valid for how long? - ✔✔2 years
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What resource can you use to obtain details about the science that informs the content
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in the American Red Cross Lifeguarding program? - ✔✔The American Red Cross
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Aquatics Guidelines and Best Practices || || || ||
You have just finished teaching a Lifeguarding instructor-led training course. What
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administrative function will you use to report participant evaluations? - ✔✔Course || || || || || || || || || || ||
Record Entry ||
, Which of the following is a requirement for successful completion of an American Red
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Cross basic-level Lifeguarding course? - ✔✔Successfully complete the final skill
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assessments
Which statement best describes the American Red Cross Lifeguarding program
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benchmarks? - ✔✔They are standards for lifeguard performance and for facility
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operations
When participants in a Lifeguarding course are completing the multiple-rescuer team
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response scenarios, which teaching technique is an instructor most likely to use? -
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✔✔prompting
Which resource should you review prior to attending the in-person sessions of the
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Lifeguarding Instructor course? - ✔✔Lifeguarding Instructor Candidate Workbook
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Which resource contains all the information you need to plan, prepare for and teach
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the Lifeguarding Blended Learning course? - ✔✔lifeguarding instructor's manual
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What is the purpose of the American Red Cross Lifeguarding program? - ✔✔To train
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people to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies and provide
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professional-level care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries and sudden || || || || || || || || || ||
illnesses until emergency medical services (EMS) professionals take over
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What is the purpose of the Skill Chart and Skill Assessment Tools? - ✔✔To provide
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instructors with standards for teaching skills and evaluating participants' skill
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performance
What is the American Red Cross mission? - ✔✔To prevent and alleviate human
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suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the
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generosity of donors || ||
detailed solutions
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Which of the following is the prerequisite swimming skills evaluation for the American
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Red Cross Lifeguarding course? - ✔✔Jump in, submerge; resurface and swim 150
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yards using the front crawl, breaststroke or a combination of both; maintain position
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at the surface of the water for 2 minutes by treading water using only the legs; swim
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50 yards using the front crawl, breaststroke or a combination of both.
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You are scheduled to teach Lesson 1 of a Shallow Water Lifeguarding course next
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week. How should you prepare to teach the lesson? - ✔✔All of the above.
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Gather all of the course materials, equipment and supplies as listed in the lesson plan.
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review the lesson plan and all relevant supporting materials, such as the applicable
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
skill chart and skill assessment tools and videos.
|| || || || || || ||
speak with the facility manager to confirm scheduling of lifeguards to conduct
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
surveillance while your class is using the pool area. || || || || || || || ||
A participant receives a certificate indicating successful completion of the American
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Red Cross Lifeguarding course. This certificate is valid for how long? - ✔✔2 years
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What resource can you use to obtain details about the science that informs the content
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in the American Red Cross Lifeguarding program? - ✔✔The American Red Cross
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Aquatics Guidelines and Best Practices || || || ||
You have just finished teaching a Lifeguarding instructor-led training course. What
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
administrative function will you use to report participant evaluations? - ✔✔Course || || || || || || || || || || ||
Record Entry ||
, Which of the following is a requirement for successful completion of an American Red
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Cross basic-level Lifeguarding course? - ✔✔Successfully complete the final skill
|| || || || || || || || || ||
assessments
Which statement best describes the American Red Cross Lifeguarding program
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benchmarks? - ✔✔They are standards for lifeguard performance and for facility
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
operations
When participants in a Lifeguarding course are completing the multiple-rescuer team
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
response scenarios, which teaching technique is an instructor most likely to use? -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔prompting
Which resource should you review prior to attending the in-person sessions of the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Lifeguarding Instructor course? - ✔✔Lifeguarding Instructor Candidate Workbook
|| || || || || || ||
Which resource contains all the information you need to plan, prepare for and teach
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the Lifeguarding Blended Learning course? - ✔✔lifeguarding instructor's manual
|| || || || || || || ||
What is the purpose of the American Red Cross Lifeguarding program? - ✔✔To train
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
people to prevent, recognize and respond to aquatic emergencies and provide
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
professional-level care for breathing and cardiac emergencies, injuries and sudden || || || || || || || || || ||
illnesses until emergency medical services (EMS) professionals take over
|| || || || || || || ||
What is the purpose of the Skill Chart and Skill Assessment Tools? - ✔✔To provide
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
instructors with standards for teaching skills and evaluating participants' skill
|| || || || || || || || || ||
performance
What is the American Red Cross mission? - ✔✔To prevent and alleviate human
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the
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generosity of donors || ||
