YMCA Lifeguarding Written Test Terms - Chapter 1 Exam Questions and Answers

YMCA Lifeguarding Written Test Terms - Chapter 1 Exam Questions and Answers What is PACA? - ANSWER ️️ P: What is the problem? A: What are the alternatives? C: What are the consequences? A: What is the action? What is Q12? - ANSWER ️️ Accident prevention system used on kids. The lifeguard asks the child to come over and the gaurd asks them a question. Why do we use Q12? - ANSWER ️️ To prevent people from violating rules. What are the three statements you want to use in your warning? - ANSWER ️️ "I saw"..... "That is".... "Please"...... What is entire area coverage? - ANSWER ️️ When one lifeguard supervises the whole swimming pool What is zone coverage? - ANSWER ️️ When pool is broken down into smaller units and one there is one lifeguard for every zone. How many degrees can you scan? - ANSWER ️️ 90 Describe a proper rotation. - ANSWER ️️ - rotate every 20 to 30 minutes - rotate systematically