American Red Cross Lifeguarding Final
Written Exam (2026/2027) | Latest Exam
Questions | Revision Pack | A+ Verified
• What is the primary responsibility of a lifeguard? -✓✓to prevent drowning and
other injuries from occurring at your aquatic facility.
• Provide three examples of how lifeguards fulfill their primary responsibility -
✓✓monitoring activities in and near the water through patron servaliance,
preventing injuries by minimizing or eliminating hazardous situations or behaviors,
enforcing facility rules and regulations and educating patrons about them,
recognizing and responding quickly and effectively to all the emergencies,
administering first air and CPR including using an automated external defibrillator
(AED) and if trained, administering emergency oxygen when needed, working as a
team with other lifeguards, faculty, and staff management.
• list 5 examples of secondary responsibilities (other tasks) that should never
interfere with patron serveillance -✓✓testing the pool water chemistry, assist
patrons by performing safety orientations, administering swim tests, fitting life
jackets and other duties, cleaning or performing maintenance, completing records
and reports, performing opening duties, closing duties, or facility safety checks and
inspections.
• list 5 characteristics of a professional lifeguard -✓✓knowledgable and skilled,
reliable, mature, courteous and consistent, positive, professional, healthy and fit
• lifeguards should: -✓✓always be attentive and sit or stand upright when on
surveillance duty
,• a lifeguard is texting while on surveillance duty and fails to recognize a swimmer
in distress. what legal principle could be a problem for this lifeguard? -
✓✓negligence
• list the 5 steps that a lifeguard should take when obtaining consent from an
injured or ill person before providing first air or emergency care -✓✓state your
name, state your level of training, ask if you may help, explain that you would like
to assess them to find out what you think may be wrong or what you can do to
help, explain what you plan to do.
• what is the validity of an American Red Cross lifeguarding certification? how
does an American Red Cross certified lifeguard get recertified? -✓✓(2 years.)
annual certification training.
• why is it important to attend a pre-season orientation and training -✓✓to ensure
lifeguards understand their responsibilities and know how to perform their job, to
ensure that they get practice with their facilities safety and rescue equipment and
emergency action plans, to ensure they understand codes, rules and regulations of
their facility.
• what does EAP stand for -✓✓emergency action plan
• why is it important for lifeguards and other team members to understand and
practice the EAP -✓✓to know what role you'll play, to know how you all work as
a team
• what is the best practice for the frequency of in-service training participation at
well-managed aquatic facilities -✓✓at least. hours of in service training each
month
, • what are the benefits of regular, frequent in-service training -✓✓gives you a
chance to maintain your knowledge and skills at a professional level and practice
with the lifeguards at your facility.
• list. topics that could be a discussed during in-service training -✓✓surveillance
and recognition, water and land rescue skills, emergency response drills, decision
making protocols, facility rules and regulations, customer service, records and
reports and physical conditioning.
• what items are considered to be personal protective equipment for a lifeguard -
✓✓resuscitation mask and gloves. (may also include gowns, masks, shields,
protective eyewear)
• what equipment should be worn or carried by a lifeguard at all times while on
duty? list at least two and include the reasons why this equipment should be worn
or carried -✓✓rescue tube (keeping people afloat), resuscitation mask (one way
mouth to mouth contact for oxygen) and gloves (protect yourself from infectious
materials). (whistle: to signal other lifeguards)
• what safety equipment/items should be easily accessible for a lifeguard while on
duty? list at least two and describe how/when each item is used -✓✓back boards
(to remove victims from the water when they are unable to exit on their own),
rescue buoy (to throw to a person to keep them afloat), other personal protective
equipment (PPE), other resuscitation equipment, an automated external
defibrillator (AED), first aid supplies and rescue boards.
• as a lifeguard you are responsible for? -✓✓consistently enforcing your facilities
rules and regulations
Written Exam (2026/2027) | Latest Exam
Questions | Revision Pack | A+ Verified
• What is the primary responsibility of a lifeguard? -✓✓to prevent drowning and
other injuries from occurring at your aquatic facility.
• Provide three examples of how lifeguards fulfill their primary responsibility -
✓✓monitoring activities in and near the water through patron servaliance,
preventing injuries by minimizing or eliminating hazardous situations or behaviors,
enforcing facility rules and regulations and educating patrons about them,
recognizing and responding quickly and effectively to all the emergencies,
administering first air and CPR including using an automated external defibrillator
(AED) and if trained, administering emergency oxygen when needed, working as a
team with other lifeguards, faculty, and staff management.
• list 5 examples of secondary responsibilities (other tasks) that should never
interfere with patron serveillance -✓✓testing the pool water chemistry, assist
patrons by performing safety orientations, administering swim tests, fitting life
jackets and other duties, cleaning or performing maintenance, completing records
and reports, performing opening duties, closing duties, or facility safety checks and
inspections.
• list 5 characteristics of a professional lifeguard -✓✓knowledgable and skilled,
reliable, mature, courteous and consistent, positive, professional, healthy and fit
• lifeguards should: -✓✓always be attentive and sit or stand upright when on
surveillance duty
,• a lifeguard is texting while on surveillance duty and fails to recognize a swimmer
in distress. what legal principle could be a problem for this lifeguard? -
✓✓negligence
• list the 5 steps that a lifeguard should take when obtaining consent from an
injured or ill person before providing first air or emergency care -✓✓state your
name, state your level of training, ask if you may help, explain that you would like
to assess them to find out what you think may be wrong or what you can do to
help, explain what you plan to do.
• what is the validity of an American Red Cross lifeguarding certification? how
does an American Red Cross certified lifeguard get recertified? -✓✓(2 years.)
annual certification training.
• why is it important to attend a pre-season orientation and training -✓✓to ensure
lifeguards understand their responsibilities and know how to perform their job, to
ensure that they get practice with their facilities safety and rescue equipment and
emergency action plans, to ensure they understand codes, rules and regulations of
their facility.
• what does EAP stand for -✓✓emergency action plan
• why is it important for lifeguards and other team members to understand and
practice the EAP -✓✓to know what role you'll play, to know how you all work as
a team
• what is the best practice for the frequency of in-service training participation at
well-managed aquatic facilities -✓✓at least. hours of in service training each
month
, • what are the benefits of regular, frequent in-service training -✓✓gives you a
chance to maintain your knowledge and skills at a professional level and practice
with the lifeguards at your facility.
• list. topics that could be a discussed during in-service training -✓✓surveillance
and recognition, water and land rescue skills, emergency response drills, decision
making protocols, facility rules and regulations, customer service, records and
reports and physical conditioning.
• what items are considered to be personal protective equipment for a lifeguard -
✓✓resuscitation mask and gloves. (may also include gowns, masks, shields,
protective eyewear)
• what equipment should be worn or carried by a lifeguard at all times while on
duty? list at least two and include the reasons why this equipment should be worn
or carried -✓✓rescue tube (keeping people afloat), resuscitation mask (one way
mouth to mouth contact for oxygen) and gloves (protect yourself from infectious
materials). (whistle: to signal other lifeguards)
• what safety equipment/items should be easily accessible for a lifeguard while on
duty? list at least two and describe how/when each item is used -✓✓back boards
(to remove victims from the water when they are unable to exit on their own),
rescue buoy (to throw to a person to keep them afloat), other personal protective
equipment (PPE), other resuscitation equipment, an automated external
defibrillator (AED), first aid supplies and rescue boards.
• as a lifeguard you are responsible for? -✓✓consistently enforcing your facilities
rules and regulations
