American Red Cross
LIFEGUARDING
Recertification Test
The objective of the facility safety team is to:
a. Provide emergency back-up coverage when lifeguards are performing a water
rescue.
b. Assist lifeguards in maintaining a safe environment and providing emergency
care.
c. Help lifeguards understand the facility's EAP.
d. Perform patron surveillance when lifeguards need to take a break.
You are a lifeguard on surveillance duty during a busy family swim session. It is
important to:
a. Scan all areas in your assigned zone of coverage, wear your hip pack and carry
your rescue tube with you at all times.
b. Have a first aid kit, an automated external defibrillator (AED) and a backboard
immediately available to you on the pool deck next to your station.
c. Rope off and close all areas of the facility that have water over 5-feet deep.
d. Have enough lifejackets on hand and require all non-swimmers to use them.
,A head, neck or spinal injury rarely happens:
a. In deep water at a supervised facility.
b. When someone is running on the pool deck.
c. In shallow water that is clearly signed No Diving.
d. From collisions between swimmers.
Which of the following is true about accidental fecal releases (AFRs)?
a. Require water treatment, temporary pool closure and immediate lifeguard
attention.
b. AFRs do not require immediate attention.
c. Managers only need to be concerned with AFRs.
d. It is part of the routine daily operation of a pool that must be done for safety
Which of the following is a primary responsibility of a lifeguard?
a. Testing the pool water chemistry
b. Monitoring the performance of the other lifeguards on duty
c. Enforcing facility rules and regulations and educating patrons about them
d. Performing opening duties, closing duties or facility safety checks and inspections
After removing a responsive victim, you suspect has a spinal injury from the water,
you should do all the following except:
a. Make sure 911 or the local emergency number.
b. Dry the victim off and apply the pads of an AED.
c. Protect the victim from becoming cold.
d. Reassure the victim and perform a secondary assessment
, You are lifeguarding during a family swim session when you notice a swimmer
swimming full lengths of the pool under water. What should you do?
a. Activate the facility EAP, clear the pool and remove them from the pool.
b. Immediately stop them from continuing the activity and explain the dangers of
the activity.
c. Immediately get the attention of the swimmer and instruct them to leave the pool
for breaking pool rules.
d. Alert the pool manager of the situation once your shift is over and document the
event.
You enter the water to rescue a victim with a suspected spinal injury. You
determine that the victim is not breathing. What should you do next?
a. Delay removal from the water and provide 2 minutes of in-water ventilations.
b. Remove the victim water using a modified spinal backboarding procedure.
c. Remove the victim from the water using the Extrication Using a Backboard at the
Pool Edge technique.
d. Remove the victim from the water using the spinal backboarding procedure.
A lifeguard keeps an eye on the patrons of the pool, actively searching and checking
the bottom, middle and surface of the water. The lifeguard is demonstrating:
a. Effective communication.
b. Implied consent.
c. The RID factor.
d. Effective scanning.
LIFEGUARDING
Recertification Test
The objective of the facility safety team is to:
a. Provide emergency back-up coverage when lifeguards are performing a water
rescue.
b. Assist lifeguards in maintaining a safe environment and providing emergency
care.
c. Help lifeguards understand the facility's EAP.
d. Perform patron surveillance when lifeguards need to take a break.
You are a lifeguard on surveillance duty during a busy family swim session. It is
important to:
a. Scan all areas in your assigned zone of coverage, wear your hip pack and carry
your rescue tube with you at all times.
b. Have a first aid kit, an automated external defibrillator (AED) and a backboard
immediately available to you on the pool deck next to your station.
c. Rope off and close all areas of the facility that have water over 5-feet deep.
d. Have enough lifejackets on hand and require all non-swimmers to use them.
,A head, neck or spinal injury rarely happens:
a. In deep water at a supervised facility.
b. When someone is running on the pool deck.
c. In shallow water that is clearly signed No Diving.
d. From collisions between swimmers.
Which of the following is true about accidental fecal releases (AFRs)?
a. Require water treatment, temporary pool closure and immediate lifeguard
attention.
b. AFRs do not require immediate attention.
c. Managers only need to be concerned with AFRs.
d. It is part of the routine daily operation of a pool that must be done for safety
Which of the following is a primary responsibility of a lifeguard?
a. Testing the pool water chemistry
b. Monitoring the performance of the other lifeguards on duty
c. Enforcing facility rules and regulations and educating patrons about them
d. Performing opening duties, closing duties or facility safety checks and inspections
After removing a responsive victim, you suspect has a spinal injury from the water,
you should do all the following except:
a. Make sure 911 or the local emergency number.
b. Dry the victim off and apply the pads of an AED.
c. Protect the victim from becoming cold.
d. Reassure the victim and perform a secondary assessment
, You are lifeguarding during a family swim session when you notice a swimmer
swimming full lengths of the pool under water. What should you do?
a. Activate the facility EAP, clear the pool and remove them from the pool.
b. Immediately stop them from continuing the activity and explain the dangers of
the activity.
c. Immediately get the attention of the swimmer and instruct them to leave the pool
for breaking pool rules.
d. Alert the pool manager of the situation once your shift is over and document the
event.
You enter the water to rescue a victim with a suspected spinal injury. You
determine that the victim is not breathing. What should you do next?
a. Delay removal from the water and provide 2 minutes of in-water ventilations.
b. Remove the victim water using a modified spinal backboarding procedure.
c. Remove the victim from the water using the Extrication Using a Backboard at the
Pool Edge technique.
d. Remove the victim from the water using the spinal backboarding procedure.
A lifeguard keeps an eye on the patrons of the pool, actively searching and checking
the bottom, middle and surface of the water. The lifeguard is demonstrating:
a. Effective communication.
b. Implied consent.
c. The RID factor.
d. Effective scanning.
