OPEN WATER DIVER COURSE
KNOWLEDGE REVIEW ACTUAL TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPLETE SOLUTION
●● List at least five characteristics of a good role-model PADI
Divemaster.
Answer: Excellent dive skills. Practicing safe & responsible diving. Up-
to-date info & equipment. Environmental awareness. Prioritizing safety.
●● Certified divers are responsible for following the safe diving
practices they've been trained to use. However, if they see a
"professional" disregarding them, how may that affect their perceptions?
Answer: They may model the same disregard for the same safe diving
practices. They could also lose respect for the "professional" and stop
listening to what they have to say.
●● List five benefits of being a PADI Divemaster and a PADI Member.
Answer: Professional support services. Professional publications access.
Access to the PADI Pro Site. Ability to conduct some programs. Up-to-
date training standards and materials.
●● List five responsibilities of being a PADI Divemaster.
,Answer: Follow PADI standards. Prioritizing safety. Adhering to the
Code of Practice. Keep your rating current. Assist an instructor.
●● Explain how you expect your relationship with your instructor in the
PADI Divemaster course to differ from the relationship with your
instructor in previous PADI courses.
Answer: Your instructor will want to know what you think and why as
well as providing guidance when making judgment calls.
●● How does having a dive reference library relate to you ability to
solve problems as a diving expert?
Answer: Experts are able, by use of knowledge bases and experience, to
solve problems quickly. By building a reference library I can increase
my knowledge base.
●● As a divemaster, your role is generally to provide ______________
planning that other divers use to plan their individual buddy team dives
within.
Answer: Broad
●● List three ways that wind can affect dive conditions.
Answer: 1. Reduce visibility by stirring the bottom via water motion. 2.
Water displacement causing significant temperature changes. 3. Offshore
winds can flatten surf improving conditions.
, ●● The rule of thumb is that t is best to dive at _____________ tide, but
this is a general rule.
Answer: Slack high
●● List three broad considerations when planning dives for remote
areas.
Answer: 1. Living logistics: food, water, gas fills, sleeping
arrangements. 2 Emergency plan: emergency O2, evacuating the patient.
3. Self Sufficiency: tools, save a dive kit.
●● The primary reason for having and using accounting procedures is to
be sure every diver returns from the dive. Incident reports indicate that
problems with this usually result from ____________________.
Answer: Failure to use an accounting procedure at all
●● List six characteristics of responsible diver behavior.
Answer: 1. Planning dives within limits of training and experience. 2.
Being properly equipped for the dive. 3. Properly maintained equipment.
4. Proper gas management. 5. Staying within NDLs, making safety
stops. 6. Being environmentally sensitive/aware.
●● What are 4 ways you can encourage responsible diver behavior?
Answer: 1. Be a good role model. 2. Remind divers of responsible
behavior. 3. Make being responsible easy logistically. 4. Acknowledge or
reward responsible behavior
KNOWLEDGE REVIEW ACTUAL TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPLETE SOLUTION
●● List at least five characteristics of a good role-model PADI
Divemaster.
Answer: Excellent dive skills. Practicing safe & responsible diving. Up-
to-date info & equipment. Environmental awareness. Prioritizing safety.
●● Certified divers are responsible for following the safe diving
practices they've been trained to use. However, if they see a
"professional" disregarding them, how may that affect their perceptions?
Answer: They may model the same disregard for the same safe diving
practices. They could also lose respect for the "professional" and stop
listening to what they have to say.
●● List five benefits of being a PADI Divemaster and a PADI Member.
Answer: Professional support services. Professional publications access.
Access to the PADI Pro Site. Ability to conduct some programs. Up-to-
date training standards and materials.
●● List five responsibilities of being a PADI Divemaster.
,Answer: Follow PADI standards. Prioritizing safety. Adhering to the
Code of Practice. Keep your rating current. Assist an instructor.
●● Explain how you expect your relationship with your instructor in the
PADI Divemaster course to differ from the relationship with your
instructor in previous PADI courses.
Answer: Your instructor will want to know what you think and why as
well as providing guidance when making judgment calls.
●● How does having a dive reference library relate to you ability to
solve problems as a diving expert?
Answer: Experts are able, by use of knowledge bases and experience, to
solve problems quickly. By building a reference library I can increase
my knowledge base.
●● As a divemaster, your role is generally to provide ______________
planning that other divers use to plan their individual buddy team dives
within.
Answer: Broad
●● List three ways that wind can affect dive conditions.
Answer: 1. Reduce visibility by stirring the bottom via water motion. 2.
Water displacement causing significant temperature changes. 3. Offshore
winds can flatten surf improving conditions.
, ●● The rule of thumb is that t is best to dive at _____________ tide, but
this is a general rule.
Answer: Slack high
●● List three broad considerations when planning dives for remote
areas.
Answer: 1. Living logistics: food, water, gas fills, sleeping
arrangements. 2 Emergency plan: emergency O2, evacuating the patient.
3. Self Sufficiency: tools, save a dive kit.
●● The primary reason for having and using accounting procedures is to
be sure every diver returns from the dive. Incident reports indicate that
problems with this usually result from ____________________.
Answer: Failure to use an accounting procedure at all
●● List six characteristics of responsible diver behavior.
Answer: 1. Planning dives within limits of training and experience. 2.
Being properly equipped for the dive. 3. Properly maintained equipment.
4. Proper gas management. 5. Staying within NDLs, making safety
stops. 6. Being environmentally sensitive/aware.
●● What are 4 ways you can encourage responsible diver behavior?
Answer: 1. Be a good role model. 2. Remind divers of responsible
behavior. 3. Make being responsible easy logistically. 4. Acknowledge or
reward responsible behavior
