PADI RESCUE DIVER TEST PAPER ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔characteristics of a panicked diver include - ✔✔rejecting equipment, failing to
establish buoyancy
✔✔T or F: your safety take priority over the victim's because it's for the victim's best
interest as well as your - ✔✔True
✔✔nonswimming assists include: - ✔✔reach and extension assists, watercraft assists,
and wading assists
✔✔T or F: the two types of responsive diver at the surface rescues are assisted rescues
and unassisted rescues - ✔✔false: the two types of responsive diver at the surface
rescues are tired diver rescues and panicked diver rescues
✔✔rescuing a panicked diver is the most hazardous situation for the rescuer becuase -
✔✔the victim may climb on and overpower the rescuer
✔✔T or F: a tired diver is not panicked, so it is not necessary to stop outside the victim's
reach when going to provide assistance - ✔✔False: always stop to assess the victim's
state of mind
✔✔when using surface contact to rescue a panicked diver - ✔✔establish ample
buoyancy, one option is the underarm lift, and you may choose to swim around the
victim to the knee cradle position
✔✔T or F: escaping a panicked diver by descending is usually effective because
underwater is the last place a panicked diver wants to go - ✔✔True
✔✔you are on a boat and see a diver who needs help at the surface a short distance
away. before entering the water to attempt a rescue, which of the following do you need
to assess - ✔✔do you need to enter the water at all, do you have the equipment and
, training needed for your and the victim's safety, can you reasonably accomplish the
rescue without getting into trouble yourself
✔✔what are the basic steps for emergency management in their proper order - ✔✔1.
assess the situation
2. act on your plan
3. delegate
4. attend to injuries
5. control the scene
6. arrange evacuation to medical care
✔✔when diving, you and your buddy suddenly start to get swept away in an
unexpectedly strong current. your first response should be to - ✔✔stop breathe think
and act
✔✔what are characteristics of a diver who is tired but in control at the surface -
✔✔signal for help, respond to directions and usually assists with your efforts
✔✔what are characteristics of a diver who is panicked at the surface - ✔✔reject
equipment, high tread and excessive kicking, will climb on anything or anyone
✔✔what two steps do you apply to recognize stress in a diver - ✔✔direct observation
and ask the diver
✔✔T or F: when you recognize diver stress, you should alert the divemaster to cancel
the dive - ✔✔False: you should attempt to guide the diver through solution thinking.
cancelling the dive may be the solution sometimes, but not normally
✔✔a regulator's intermediate pressure _____ the ambient pressure - ✔✔remains
constant above
✔✔T or F: you can classify alternate air sources into those you can use independently
and those that require a buddy's assistance - ✔✔True
✔✔T or F: the dive community agrees that an alternate air source should be
conspicuous to the diver needing air, not allowed to dangle, and secured in the area
formed by a diver's chin and lower rib cage corners - ✔✔true
✔✔T or F: salt and debris jamming a low pressure inflator can cause a runaway ascent
- ✔✔true
✔✔causes of common equipment problems include - ✔✔using unfamiliar, specialized
gear without first learning to use it properly, substituting makeshift gear for accepted
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔characteristics of a panicked diver include - ✔✔rejecting equipment, failing to
establish buoyancy
✔✔T or F: your safety take priority over the victim's because it's for the victim's best
interest as well as your - ✔✔True
✔✔nonswimming assists include: - ✔✔reach and extension assists, watercraft assists,
and wading assists
✔✔T or F: the two types of responsive diver at the surface rescues are assisted rescues
and unassisted rescues - ✔✔false: the two types of responsive diver at the surface
rescues are tired diver rescues and panicked diver rescues
✔✔rescuing a panicked diver is the most hazardous situation for the rescuer becuase -
✔✔the victim may climb on and overpower the rescuer
✔✔T or F: a tired diver is not panicked, so it is not necessary to stop outside the victim's
reach when going to provide assistance - ✔✔False: always stop to assess the victim's
state of mind
✔✔when using surface contact to rescue a panicked diver - ✔✔establish ample
buoyancy, one option is the underarm lift, and you may choose to swim around the
victim to the knee cradle position
✔✔T or F: escaping a panicked diver by descending is usually effective because
underwater is the last place a panicked diver wants to go - ✔✔True
✔✔you are on a boat and see a diver who needs help at the surface a short distance
away. before entering the water to attempt a rescue, which of the following do you need
to assess - ✔✔do you need to enter the water at all, do you have the equipment and
, training needed for your and the victim's safety, can you reasonably accomplish the
rescue without getting into trouble yourself
✔✔what are the basic steps for emergency management in their proper order - ✔✔1.
assess the situation
2. act on your plan
3. delegate
4. attend to injuries
5. control the scene
6. arrange evacuation to medical care
✔✔when diving, you and your buddy suddenly start to get swept away in an
unexpectedly strong current. your first response should be to - ✔✔stop breathe think
and act
✔✔what are characteristics of a diver who is tired but in control at the surface -
✔✔signal for help, respond to directions and usually assists with your efforts
✔✔what are characteristics of a diver who is panicked at the surface - ✔✔reject
equipment, high tread and excessive kicking, will climb on anything or anyone
✔✔what two steps do you apply to recognize stress in a diver - ✔✔direct observation
and ask the diver
✔✔T or F: when you recognize diver stress, you should alert the divemaster to cancel
the dive - ✔✔False: you should attempt to guide the diver through solution thinking.
cancelling the dive may be the solution sometimes, but not normally
✔✔a regulator's intermediate pressure _____ the ambient pressure - ✔✔remains
constant above
✔✔T or F: you can classify alternate air sources into those you can use independently
and those that require a buddy's assistance - ✔✔True
✔✔T or F: the dive community agrees that an alternate air source should be
conspicuous to the diver needing air, not allowed to dangle, and secured in the area
formed by a diver's chin and lower rib cage corners - ✔✔true
✔✔T or F: salt and debris jamming a low pressure inflator can cause a runaway ascent
- ✔✔true
✔✔causes of common equipment problems include - ✔✔using unfamiliar, specialized
gear without first learning to use it properly, substituting makeshift gear for accepted
