SSI ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS PRE-TEST THIS YEAR
UPDATE
Since most of the substrate contains various forms of living organisms,
divers need to take painstaking care not to:
Be closer than 10 meters/30 ft
Dive in areas with living organisms
Trample anything
Be negatively buoyant - ANSWER--Trample anything
Which plants make up more than 99% of the bulk of the plants
produced in the oceans?
Grasses
Seaweeds
Phytoplankton
Corals - ANSWER--Phytoplankton
A valid Medical History form (or valid medical statement) is required:
Prior to any in-water activity
,Prior to certification
Prior to any open water training
Any time SSI training is conducted - ANSWER--Prior to any in-water
activity
As defined by the General Training Standards, a certified assistant is:
An SSI Divemaster or higher
Able to assist with in-water training and supervision
In active status with SSI
All answers are correct - ANSWER--All answers are correct
As defined in the General Training Standards, every SSI Dive
Professional must use:
All answers are correct
A dive computer
At least all student equipment
An SMB and surface emergency signaling device - ANSWER--All answers
are correct
Although all corals contain stinging cells, one group is the most
troublesome to divers. These are called:
,Fire corals
Leather corals
Brain corals
Soft corals - ANSWER--Fire corals
A helpful professional will inform divers at the pre-dive briefing of what
potential aquatic species may be encountered and:
Where they are likely to be encountered
How they can breed
How they are easiest to avoid
How dangerous they are - ANSWER--Where they are likely to be
encountered
The creatures capable of inflicting injury will do so only:
On purpose
At night
Offensive
Defensively - ANSWER--Defensively
, In the General Training Standards, the rationale for teaching students
to pass their primary regulator is found:
Under "SSI In-Water Training Philosophy"
Under "Teaching Air-Sharing Skills"
Under "How To Use These Standards"
Under "Program Administration" - ANSWER--Under "SSI In-Water
Training Philosophy"
Required open water training dives must be completed:
AND CORRECT ANSWERS PRE-TEST THIS YEAR
UPDATE
Since most of the substrate contains various forms of living organisms,
divers need to take painstaking care not to:
Be closer than 10 meters/30 ft
Dive in areas with living organisms
Trample anything
Be negatively buoyant - ANSWER--Trample anything
Which plants make up more than 99% of the bulk of the plants
produced in the oceans?
Grasses
Seaweeds
Phytoplankton
Corals - ANSWER--Phytoplankton
A valid Medical History form (or valid medical statement) is required:
Prior to any in-water activity
,Prior to certification
Prior to any open water training
Any time SSI training is conducted - ANSWER--Prior to any in-water
activity
As defined by the General Training Standards, a certified assistant is:
An SSI Divemaster or higher
Able to assist with in-water training and supervision
In active status with SSI
All answers are correct - ANSWER--All answers are correct
As defined in the General Training Standards, every SSI Dive
Professional must use:
All answers are correct
A dive computer
At least all student equipment
An SMB and surface emergency signaling device - ANSWER--All answers
are correct
Although all corals contain stinging cells, one group is the most
troublesome to divers. These are called:
,Fire corals
Leather corals
Brain corals
Soft corals - ANSWER--Fire corals
A helpful professional will inform divers at the pre-dive briefing of what
potential aquatic species may be encountered and:
Where they are likely to be encountered
How they can breed
How they are easiest to avoid
How dangerous they are - ANSWER--Where they are likely to be
encountered
The creatures capable of inflicting injury will do so only:
On purpose
At night
Offensive
Defensively - ANSWER--Defensively
, In the General Training Standards, the rationale for teaching students
to pass their primary regulator is found:
Under "SSI In-Water Training Philosophy"
Under "Teaching Air-Sharing Skills"
Under "How To Use These Standards"
Under "Program Administration" - ANSWER--Under "SSI In-Water
Training Philosophy"
Required open water training dives must be completed:
