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 Part 1 5. True or False. As a PADI Divemaster,
you earn a credential that allows you to
Directions: Select the best answer from potentially work as a dive professional
the choices provided, or choose the statement by assisting with PADI diver courses

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that best completes the sentence. or conducting some PADI programs
independently.

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You may use your PADI Instructor Manual to
answer questions in Part 1.­ 6. True or False. Experts more easily solve
problems than nonexperts because they have
1. True or False. Divers expect a PADI a large knowledge and experience base to
Divemaster to show professionalism by draw on.
having role-model dive skills, rescue skills
and knowledge about dive management. 7. Your role in dive planning for a group of

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certified divers is to:
2. Certified divers can dive unsupervised a. relieve everyone in the group of all
within the limits of their training. Why responsibility for dive planning.
would they choose to dive with a PADI b. assess the equipment needs for each
Divemaster?

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b. Boat dives are only possible with a
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a. A divemaster can handle dive logistics,
and make diving more convenient and

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individual in the group.
c. provide broad planning information that
divers use to plan their individual dives.
d. All of the above.
General factors to consider when evaluating
divemaster.
c. Divemasters take care of every detail of dive conditions include:
individual divers’ plans. a. weather – wind, rain and temperature.
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d. All of the above. b. tides and currents.
c. visibility.
3. Acting as a good role model:
d. All of the above.
a. provides divers with a behavior pattern
of responsible dive practices and habits 9. One effective way to plan a dive is to:
or

to follow. a. ask an instructor to provide dive details.

b. helps student divers learn by watching. b. think through the dive from start to
c. gives you credibility and encourages finish.
divers to consider your suggestions. c. always follow the same dive plan for every
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d. All of the above. dive.

4. The PADI Membership Commitment d. None of the above.
_________, found in your PADI Instructor 10. A diver who takes a really long time to
Manual, explains the professional and prepare personal equipment for a dive might
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ethical behavior expected of you as a PADI be:

Member. a. excited about the dive.
a. License Agreement b. busy taking care of equipment for a
b. Liability Release buddy or other divers.
c. Code of Practice c. stressed or have concerns about the dive.
d. Active Status d. tired or too hot.

DIVEMASTER FINAL EXAM A A–2

11. True or False. If a diver has concerns about 16. You need to apply your judgment to which
a dive, make it clear that if the diver doesn’t elements of dive supervision?
feel up to the dive for any reason, it’s okay a. Evaluating whether dive conditions are
not to dive.

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acceptable.
12. What is an advantage of inwater b. Choosing which dive techniques to
supervision? recommend.

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a. You are closer to divers to respond to c. Picking a vantage point for supervising
problems. dive activities.
b. It's an effective way to supervise multiple d. All of the above.
groups at once.
17. In the event of a dive accident when
c. Buddy teams have more individual
options in where they dive. supervising certified divers, usually your

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d. You are closer to emergency related expected role is to:
equipment. a. assist the boat captain in managing the
accident.
13. What is a disadvantage of out of water
supervision? b. manage the accident if you are the most

a. You can't remind divers to follow

appropriate dive procedures.
b. You are closer to emergency-related
equipment.
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c. delegate management to a rescue
diver so you can focus on the safety of
uninvolved divers.
d. None of the above.

options. 18. Choosing a vantage point may be a

d. You can only watch one group. compromise between the best place to
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_______ and the best place to _______.
14. The primary purpose of diver accounting
procedures is to: a. enter the water / assess the environment.
b. lend assistance / enter the water.
a. obtain information needed to plan
repetitive dives. c. watch divers / enter the water.
or

b. track divers in and out of the water – d. watch divers / lend assistance.
making sure all divers have returned after 19. True or False. You only need to include an
a dive. environmental orientation in your dive
c. make certain that all divers have a buddy. briefing if there are certified divers who have
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d. check whether each diver has the proper little or no experience in the local area.
equipment for a dive.
20. Your primary role in an instructional setting
15. What individual differences in divers do you is to:
need to recognize and accommodate? a. focus on teaching.
a. Skill level and physical abilities
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b. prepare for emergencies.

b. Learning challenges and responsible c gain experience with teaching skills.
behavior d. assist the instructor including handling
c. Equipment style and color. logistics and helping with student diver
d. Both a and b. supervision.

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21. In your relationship with student divers, your 26. While practicing the regulator recovery
primary role is to be: skill, a student diver is having difficulty
a. a link between them and the instructor. with balance due to mild surge. To provide
assistance, you could steady the diver by

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b. a counselor to the instructor.
c. a first aid expert.
holding:
d. an authority. a. on to the diver's right arm.

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b. on to the lower left corner of the diver's
22. When assisting an instructor with student BCD.
divers in the water, a good position for you is
c. the diver's fins on the bottom.
one that allows:
d. the right shoulder of the diver's BCD.
a. you to see the entire group and the
instructor. 27. True or False. One reason you may

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b. you to respond quickly to problems. demonstrate a skill is to assist a student
c. student divers to alert you easily. diver with a problem learning the skill.
d. All of the above. 28. What characteristics does a demonstration-
quality skill performance have?

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23. True or False. Positioning student divers in a
line or semicircle with the instructor in front
and you behind them at the center has the
advantage of allowing the entire group to see
you.
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critical attributes emphasized in the
proper sequence.
b. The skill is performed quickly, yet
smoothly.
24. When is it appropriate to make direct contact
c. The skill is always repeated at least four
with a student diver?
times and shown from more than one
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a. To provide reassurance and help a student angle.
diver calm down.
d. Potential problems should be included as
b. To prevent a buoyancy problem or an part of the demonstration.
inappropriate response, such as bolting to
the surface. 29. When helping a student diver who is having
or

c. To control a student diver's rate of an ascent difficulty learning a skill:

or descent. a. progress slowly so the student diver
d. All of the above. enjoys success while learning the skill.
b. avoid repeating demonstrations, which
25. You are assisting an instructor in open water
waste time and confuse student divers.
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with a class of four Open Water Diver students.

c. keep in mind that sequence errors are
The instructor conducts an ascent skill with one
usually not important.
student. Your likely function is to:
d. All of the above.
a. make the ascent with the instructor for
added control. 30. True or False. When helping a student diver
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b. stay with and supervise the remaining overcome difficulty learning a skill, once the
student divers. student diver performs the skill adequately
c. wait one minute then ascend with the for you, the student diver may resume
remaining student divers. training with no further evaluation.
d. take the remaining student divers on a short
tour.

DIVEMASTER FINAL EXAM A A–4

31. True or False. When a student diver who has 36. What is the primary reason you have divers
a physical impairment is having difficulty complete administrative paperwork when
learning a skill, you should focus on enrolling in a PADI course or program?
what the diver can do and look for a way

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a. To make sure you have their addresses
to accomplish the skill using the diver’s and phone numbers for your records.
abilities. b. To inform divers of the risks of diving,

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32. When supervising and teaching children, help assure they are medically fit to
you are placed under a higher duty of participate and to remind them of the
care and should be familiar with the importance of following safe diving
requirements outlined in the ___________ practices.
found in your PADI Instructor Manual. c. To give divers the option to not accept
responsibility for participating in a dive

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a. PADI Seal Team standards
program.
b. Bubblemaker program
d. All of the above.
c. Youth Leader’s Commitment
d. Key Standards Summary 37. True or False. You don't need to carry

by preventing problems and avoiding

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33. True or False. Striving to keep divers safe

situations where divers could be hurt is the

primary and most important goal of risk
management.
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only assisting an instructor, because the
instructor’s insurance covers you.
38. True or False. Always start by looking in the
General Standards and Procedures Guide
of your PADI Instructor Manual for overall
34. True or False. You need to adhere to the
standards when preparing to conduct a
PADI Standards listed in your PADI
PADI program, then refer to the individual
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Instructor Manual because they exist for
guide for requirements specific to the
diver safety, provide educational validity and
program.
a basis for legal protection when conducting
PADI programs. 39. Certified divers who want an orientation
and underwater guided tour of a new
or

35. To be a good role model and better

dive site or unfamiliar aquatic conditions,
manage risks, follow which of these
should:
recommendations?
a. dive off a local charter boat.
a. Stay physically fit by exercising regularly,
b. participate in a PADI Discover Local
getting adequate rest and eating properly.
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Diving program.
b. Plan your dives carefully, stay well within
c. visit a dive center to get a dive site map.
the no decompression limits and make a
safety stop at the end of all dives. d. review the appropriate PADI Specialty
Diver video before attempting a dive.
c. Continue your dive education and
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professional training. 40. True or False. You decide how many

d. All of the above. divers you take in the water for a Discover
Local Diving experience based on factors
including diver comfort, experience, age,
environmental conditions and logistics.

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41. Which program has an open water dive 46. True or False. You may take Discover Scuba
ratio of 10 participants to one divemaster Diving participants on an additional open
(10:1)? water dive at a ratio of 4:1.

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a. Discover Scuba Diving 47. When supervising Discover Scuba Diving
b. Scuba Review participants on an open water dive, you
c. PADI Skin Diver course should:

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d. Discover Local Diving a. take photos or video of them to make
42. Who may want to take a PADI Skin Diver the experience more enjoyable.
course? b. position yourself so that you can make
immediate physical contact with, adjust
a. A child who is too young for a scuba
buoyancy for, and render assistance to,
course, but wants to gain comfort in the

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water and also earn a PADI certification. participants.
c. let participants lead while you follow and
b. An individual who wants to learn
observe them.
basic skin diving skills to explore the
underwater world. d. descend or ascend with only one
c. A certified diver who wants to improve
skin diving skills while increasing

d. All of the above.

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43. What is the minimum age to participate in
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stamina and physical fitness in the water.
participant at a time while the others
wait.
48. True or False. After certification as a PADI
Divemaster, you qualify as a DSD Leader
by completing an internship that includes
conducting four separate DSD programs in
a Scuba Review program?
confined water under the direct supervision
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49. True or False. When towing a delayed
c. 18
surface marker buoy (DSMB), you clip the
d. There is no minimum age. line to your gear to keep your hands free.
44. True or False. If a diver can't read, or the
or

50. What do you need to consider when setting

Scuba Tune-up Guidebook is not available in
a dive float?
a language the diver understands, the diver
may not participate in Scuba Review. a. Finding insensitive bottom for anchoring
along with an area for descending divers
45. The first open water scuba dive in the to land without harming any aquatic life.
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Discover Scuba Diving program: b. How current, waves and the tide may
a. may be conducted by a certified assistant affect the float and line.
at a ratio of 2:1. c. Plan for retrieving the float at the end of
b. must be conducted by a PADI the dive day.
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Instructor. d. All of the above.

c. may have a ratio of 12:1 if three certified
assistants participate.
d. None of the above.

DIVEMASTER FINAL EXAM A A–6

51. If you need to conduct an underwater 57. Divers expect that, as a dive professional,
search, you should consider which of the you’re knowledgeable about diving, and
following to determine what type of search they will look to you for advice regarding:
pattern to use?

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a. dive education and equipment.
a. Water conditions and visibility. b. local diving opportunities and dive
b. Bottom topography and size of the travel.

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search area. c. caring for the local dive environment as
c. Size of the object and equipment well as the aquatic realm in general.
available. d. All of the above.
d. All of the above.
58. Qualification to service or repair _______
52. What do you need to consider when can make you more valuable as an

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deciding how best to supervise a deep dive? employee at a dive resort.
a. Diver experience, comfort, skill and a. computers
attitude. b. radar
b. Where the boat captain will be during c. swimming pools
the dive.
c. The type of help divers may need with
cameras or lights at depth.
d. Distance to the nearest recompression
chamber.
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59. True or False. A customer-centric approach
leads to success because when customers
know you have their best interests in mind,
they choose to do business with you over
53. True or False. When supervising a boat dive, the long term.
you should conduct a final visual roll call
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60. To remain a PADI Divemaster in Active
and make sure that you actually see each
status, you must renew your membership:
diver before the boat leaves the dive site.
a. every two years.
54. True or False. For a night dive, each diver b. every year.
should have at least one dive light, with a
c. every six months.
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backup light recommended.

d. Renewal is not required.
55. If supervising a drift dive, it's a good idea to
have each diver carry:
a. a surface signal device.
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b. a dive light.
c. an adjustable depth gauge.
d. a slate and pencil.
56. True or False. When supervising technical
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divers, do not touch any equipment unless

asked by the diver.

A–7 DIVEMASTER FINAL EXAM A

 Part 2 66. If you stand on a beach and watch water
generally moving down the coast, pushed
by waves approaching the shore at an angle
and assisted by the prevailing wind, you are

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Directions: Select the best answer from looking at a ____________ current.
the choices provided, or choose the statement
a. rip

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that best completes the sentence.
b. tidal
c. longshore
61. True or False. Your understanding of the
d. upwelling
aquatic realm is important for assessing dive
conditions and emergency planning, as well 67. A day after strong winds drive surface waters
as explaining to divers how they can interact offshore, you notice that water conditions

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responsibly with the local environment. become clear and cool. This is likely due to:
a. downwelling.
62. What is the ocean’s major source of
productivity and the base of the marine b. extreme tides.
food chain? c. a longshore current.
a. Krill
b. Seagrass
c. Coral
d. Phytoplankton
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68. Gravitational interaction between the sun,
moon and earth cause ______, while wind
is the most common disturbing force that
causes ________.
63. True or False. Natural processes, such as a. tides / waves
earthquakes and storms, are much more of
b. surge / currents
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a severe threat to coral reefs and wetlands
c. rip currents / ocean swells
than human-induced threats, such as
pollution. d. waves / tides
69. True or False. As a wave moves toward shore,
64. True or False. When an alien (invasive)
its energy is affected by the bottom causing
or

species is introduced into an ecosystem, it

the wave height to rise, eventually becoming
may have no natural enemies, which allows
unstable and spilling its energy as surf.
it to quickly multiply and possibly overtake
and kill off native species. 70. Ways that you can encourage divers to protect
the underwater world include:
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65. A _________ exists when relatively warm,

a. be a role model for other divers, dive
low-density surface water is separated from
carefully and be aware of equipment
cool, high-density deep water.
placement when diving.
a. freshwater layer b. respect underwater cultural heritage and
b. thermocline
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maritime history.
c. downwelling c. report environmental disturbances or
d. rip current destruction and get involved in local
environmental activities and issues.
d. All of the above.

DIVEMASTER FINAL EXAM A A–8

71. While outside, at a very cold temperature, 75. Scuba divers who ascend to altitude soon
you fill a balloon with air. What will happen after completing a dive increase their risk of
when you take the balloon inside and place decompression sickness because:
it near a heater?

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a. altitude sickness can contribute to the
a. The density in the balloon will remain formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood
unchanged. stream.

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b. The volume of the balloon will decrease. b. the partial pressure of inhaled oxygen is
c. The pressure in the balloon will increase. greater than the partial pressure of nitrogen
d. The volume of the balloon will increase. in the tissues.
c. dive tables and computers are based
72 . Approximately how much denser is the air on surfacing at sea level, thus exposure
you breathe at a depth of 30 metres/99 feet to lower pressure increases the tissue

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as compared to the surface? pressure gradient and may increase bubble
a. It is equal to the surface density. formation.
b. Two times as dense d. the surrounding pressure is greater, thus
c. Three times as dense exposure to higher pressure may increase
d. Four times as dense

73. If a balloon is filled to 1 litre at 40

metres/132 feet and then released,
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assuming it does not explode, what will its
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76. If an object is neutrally buoyant in fresh water,
what will happen to the object when it’s placed
in salt water?
a. The answer cannot be determined from the
volume be upon reaching the surface?
information given.
a. 5 litres
b. It will sink.
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b. 4 litres
c. It will float.
c. 2 litres
d. It will remain neutrally buoyant.
d. 1 litre

74. If a diver breathes from a cylinder that 77. The absolute pressure at 20 metres/66 feet of
salt water is:
or

contains .05% carbon monoxide at a

pressure of three atmospheres, it will have a. 3 bar/ata
the same physical effect as if the diver were b. 2 bar/ata
breathing ______ % carbon monoxide at c. 4 bar/ata
one atmosphere.
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d. 1.5 bar/ata
a. 1.5
b. 0.15 78. If an air mixture contains 80% nitrogen and
c. .02 20% oxygen at sea level, what will the partial
d. 0.2 pressure of nitrogen be if its taken to 20
metres/66 feet in sea water?
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a. 1.6 bar/ata
b. 0.8 bar/ata
c. 2.4 bar/ata
d. 2 bar/ata

A–9 DIVEMASTER FINAL EXAM A

79. Sound travels approximately____ times 84. Voluntary hyperventilation is a means of
faster in water than in air, which is why increasing breathhold time by decreasing the
divers have difficulty determining the amount of _____ in the lungs.
______ of sound underwater.

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a. oxygen
a. 20 / direction b. nitrogen
b. four / direction c. carbon dioxide

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c. two /volume d. dead air space
d. four / volume
85. True or False. You can compensate for the
80. If a glass of water is placed in a increased dead-air space resulting from
recompression chamber and the pressure breathing through a snorkel or regulator by
surrounding the water is increased: breathing quickly and shallowly.

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a. the amount of gas dissolved in the water 86. If a diver begins to feel light-headed because
will remain unchanged. of a tight neck seal, the cause may be?
b. gas will come out of solution, most likely
a. Carotid sinus reflex
in the form of bubbles.

will increase.
d. the volume of air in the glass will
decrease.
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c. the amount of gas dissolved in the water
b. Blocked jugular venous return
c. Shallow water blackout
d. Either a or b.
87. Arteries carry blood _______ the heart and
veins carry blood _______ the heart.
more than ______ times faster than air. a. toward / away from
a. 4 b. hemoglobin to / plasma through
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b. 10 c. away from / toward
c. 20 d. red in color to / blue in color from
d. 3200 88. Blowing long and forcefully against a pinched
nose while having difficulty equalizing your
82. What causes an object to appear larger and
or

ears may result in a(n) __________.

closer than actual when viewed underwater?
a. sinus squeeze.
a. Refraction of light
b. eustachian tube rupture.
b. Absorption of colors
c. round window rupture.
c. Diffusion of light
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d. oval window rupture.

d. Reflection of light
89. An hour after surfacing from a deep dive, a
83. If a diver complains of a headache and
diver complains of fatigue and numbness in
nausea, and the diver's lips are redder than
one shoulder. This diver should seek medical
normal after a dive, __________ is a likely
attention because the diver may have:
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cause.
a. carried equipment that was too heavy.
a. carbon monoxide poisoning
b. decompression illness.
b. nitrogen narcosis
c. contaminated air poisoning.
c. decompression sickness
d. overexertion.
d. oxygen toxicity

DIVEMASTER FINAL EXAM A A – 10

90. Because certain factors may increase the risk 96. A diver suffering from hypothermia may
of decompression sickness, divers should have which of these signs and symptoms?
avoid: a. Uncontrollable shivering

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a. diving soon after an illness or injury. b. Slowed mental processes
b. strenuous exercise right after a dive. c. Appear drowsy, uncoordinated and
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d. All of the above. d. All of the above.
91. Which part of the ear is most affected by a 97. The signs and symptoms of gas narcosis
squeeze while descending? include:
a. Inner ear a. a mild sense of euphoria and false sense
b. Middle ear of security.

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c. Outer ear canal b. displays of foolish behavior.
d. Oval window, ossicles and round c. slowed thinking.
window d. All of the above.
92. The symptoms of a lung-expansion injury
tend to appear _____ while the symptoms
of decompression sickness tend to appear
______ .
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a. immediately after the dive/more slowly
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oxygen to a breathing, injured diver?
a. With a nonresuscitator demand valve
system.
b. Use a continuous flow with
b. slowly over an extended time/ nonrebreather mask system.
immediately upon surfacing c. With a positive pressure resuscitator
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c. within the first 24 hours/within minutes system.
after the dive d. Through a pocket mask with free flow
d. only after surfacing/usually at depth oxygen system.
93. What is the most serious lung 99. Which type of cylinder valve allows the
overexpansion injury? regulator to screw into the valve?
or

a. Mediastinal emphysema a. DIN

b. Air embolism b. J-valve
c. Pneumothorax c. K-valve
d. Carotid sinus reflex d. Yoke screw
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94. What is the most serious sign of Central 100. A regulator's first stage reduces __________
Nervous System (CNS) toxicity? pressure from the cylinder to intermediate
a. Convulsion pressure and the second stage delivers air to
b. Difficulty breathing the diver at __________ pressure.
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c. Vertigo a. high / ambient

d. Nausea b. air / ambient
c. ambient / high
95. True or False. A near drowning patient may
d. air / low
seem fully recovered, however, the patient
should seek medical care, because in nearly
all cases, water enters the patient’s lungs.

A – 11 DIVEMASTER FINAL EXAM A

101. What is the environmental seal on a 107. What are the recommended procedures for
regulator's first stage designed to do? using dive computers while diving?
a. Increase the ease of breathing even in a. A buddy team may dive with only one

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turbid water. computer if the divers remain side-by-side
b. Keep water from entering the first stage throughout the dive.
when not connected to a cylinder. b. If one diver’s computers fails during the

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c. Help prevent it from freezing up in dive, the diver may continue diving using a
extremely cold water. buddy’s computer.
d. All of the above. c. Each buddy must have a computer and
the buddy team should follow the most
102. A regulator malfunctions and starts to free conservative computer.
flow. This is due to its __________ design.

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d. Both a and b.
a. fail safe (down stream)
b. demand valve 108. True or False. Before using enriched air
cylinders, divers must watch the divemaster
c. balanced piston
analyze the contents to confirm the
d. open circuit
103. True or False. The most common problem
with an SPG is having the dangling gauge
snag or continually bang into things
underwater, which destroys the hose and
damages the gauge.
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enriched air dive computers properly.
109. True or False. The Haldanean decompression
model is based on the concept that
decompression sickness can be avoided
by keeping the pressure gradient between
104. True or False. Regular visual inspections of a dissolved nitrogen in the tissues and the
surrounding pressure within acceptable limits.
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scuba cylinder are important, because internal
corrosion can cause debris that clogs the valve
or regulator, potentially causing significant Directions: You must have both the RDP table
damage. and eRDPML to complete this section.

105. How do you identify the hydrostatic test date 110. Using the RDP above _______ requires the
or

on a scuba cylinder? use of special procedures.

a. Decal with the day, month and year. a. 300 metres or 1000 feet
b. Green and yellow cylinder band with the b. 500 metres or 1500 feet
test date printed on it. c. 2400 metres or 8000 feet
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c. Month and year stamped on the cylinder d. 3000 metres or 10,000 feet
neck. 111. Flying after diving recommendations
d. Day, month and year stamped on the suggest that divers wait ______ hours after
cylinder base. completing a single dive and ______ hours
after completing multiple dives for several
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106. A diver complains of a "wet" breathing

regulator. What might be causing the days before flying in a commercial jet airliner.
problem? a. 12 / 24
a. An exhaust valve that doesn't seal. b. 4/ an extended period beyond 12
b. A small tear in the mouthpiece. c. 12 / 18
c. An open downstream valve. d. 24 / an extended period beyond 24
d. Either a or b.

DIVEMASTER FINAL EXAM A A – 12

Directions: Use the RDP table for the Directions: Use the eRDPML for the
following questions. following questions.
112. If a diver exits the water in pressure group 117. What is the no decompression limit for a

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R, what would the diver's new pressure dive to 19 m/62 ft?
group be after a 45 minute surface interval? a. 40

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a. H b. 45
b. J c. 50
c. I d. 56
d. G
118. Divers on a live-aboard boat complete the
113. A diver completes a 28 minute dive to 24 following three dives in one day. What is

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metres/79 feet and after waiting for 39 their pressure group after the third dive?
minutes on the surface makes a second dive Dive 1 – 29 m/99 ft for 16 minutes
to 18 metres/59 feet for 25 minutes. What Surface interval – 1 hour and 15 minutes
is the diver’s pressure group after the second Dive 2 – 17 m/54 ft for 30 minutes
dive?
a. S
b. T
c. U
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Dive 3 – 12 m/39 ft for 55 minutes
a. K
b. B
c. Q
114. True or False. For the diver in the previous d. M
question, a safety stop would be required on 119. In the previous question, how many times
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both dives. did "Safety Stop 3 min - See Rule 2" appear
115. What is the ending pressure group for the on your eRDPML?
following three dive profile? a. 0
Dive 1 – 24 m/82 ft for 20 minutes b. 1
Surface interval – 44 minutes c. 2
or

Dive 2 – 16 m/49 ft for 33 minutes d. 3

Surface interval – 37 minutes
120. For this multilevel dive, what is the
Dive 3 – 11 m/38 ft for 61 minutes
maximum allowable time for the third level
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a. T of the dive?
b. K Level 1 – 34 m/115 ft for 8 minutes
c. V Level 2 – 19 m/55 ft for 12 minutes
d. W Level 3 – 12 m/40 ft for ____
a. 25
No

116. True or False. If the diver in the previous

b. 47
question wanted to do a fourth dive, the
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 Part 1 6. True or False. Having a large knowledge and
experience base makes it easier for an expert
Directions: Select the best answer from to identify cause-and-effect relationships
the choices provided, or choose the statement when dealing with problems and to better

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that best completes the sentence. create solutions.
As a divemaster, what is your role in dive

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You may use your PADI Instructor Manual to 7.
answer questions in Part 1. planning for a group of certified divers?
a. Assess the equipment needs for each
1. True or False. The two characteristics that individual in the group.
divers expect of a PADI Divemaster are b. Take on the responsibility of all dive
professionalism and role-model behavior. planning details for everyone.

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2. Why do certified divers choose to dive with c. Provide broad planning information that
a PADI Divemaster when they can dive divers use to plan their individual dives.
unsupervised? d. All of the above.
a. A divemaster can handle logistics, and 8. When evaluating dive conditions, what
make diving more convenient and fun.

c. Boat dives are only possible with a

divemaster.
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b. Divemasters take care of every detail of
individual divers’ plans.
factors do you need to consider?
a. Visibility
b. Wind, rain and temperature
c. Currents and tides
d. All of the above.
d. All of the above.
3. Which of these characteristics does a good 9. As a dive supervisor, one effective way to
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role-model divemaster have? plan an upcoming dive is to:
a. always follow the same dive plan for
a. Has excellent dive skills and practices
responsible diving. every dive.
b. think through the dive from start to
b. Is equipped with well maintained and
up-to-date dive gear. finish.
or

c. ask an instructor to provide dive details.

c. Has good fitness for diving.
d. None of the above.
d. All of the above.
10. The primary purpose of diver accounting
4. The professional and ethical behavior
procedures is to:
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expected of you as a PADI Member is listed

in the PADI Membership Commitment a. make certain that all divers have a buddy.
_________, found in your PADI Instructor b. obtain information needed to plan
Manual. repetitive dives.
a. License Agreement c. track divers in and out of the water –
No

b. Liability Release making sure all divers have returned after

c. Code of Practice
a dive.
d. check whether each diver has the proper
d. Active Status
equipment for a dive.
5. True or False. As a PADI Divemaster,
you have the responsibility to adhere to
PADI Standards when assisting with or
conducting PADI programs.

DIVEMASTER FINAL EXAM B B–2

11. True or False. Because divers vary in their 16. You need to apply your judgment to which
skill level, physical abilities and behavior, elements of dive supervision?
you need to recognize and accommodate a. Picking a vantage point for supervising
individual differences and adapt your

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dive activities.
approach to meet each diver's needs. b. Evaluating whether dive conditions are
12. What is an advantage of out of water acceptable.

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supervision? c. Choosing which dive techniques to
a. It's an effective way to supervise multiple recommend.
groups at once. d. All of the above.
b. You are closer to divers to respond to
problems. 17. You're supervising a group certified divers
and a diver surfaces calling for help. Your
c. Buddy teams have fewer individual

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options for their dive plans. likely role is to:
d. You can easily remind divers to follow a. ask a rescue diver to handle the situation
appropriate dive procedures. so you can focus on the uninvolved
divers.
13. What is a disadvantage of inwater
supervision?
a. You can only watch one group.
b. You can't remind divers to follow
appropriate dive procedures.
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c. You are closer to emergency-related
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qualified person present.
c. assist the boat captain in managing the
accident.
d. None of the above.
equipment. 18. What suggestions can you provide to
d. Buddy teams have more individual help divers interact responsibly with the
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options to explore independently. environment?
14. What is an indirect technique to estimate a. Dive carefully to protect the ecosystem.
a diver's skill level during predive b. Respect underwater life.
interactions? c. Secure gauges or alternate air sources so
they don’t drag and damage aquatic life.
or

a. Ask the diver's buddy to assess the diver's

skill level. d. All of the above.
b. Look at the diver’s equipment, assessing 19. True or False. You only need to include an
condition, configuration and age. environmental orientation in your dive
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c. Have the diver use the RDP table to find briefing if the divers ask you to include
a minimum surface interval between two information about local aquatic life.
dives.
20. In your role as an instructional assistant,
d. All of the above.
you should __________ what the
15. Signs and symptoms of psychological stress instructor requires to meet student diver
No

include: needs.
a. being withdrawn or very talkative. a. always ask
b. appearing distracted or having a very b. delegate
narrow focus. c. authorize
c. expressing concern about the dive. d. anticipate
d. All of the above

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21. As the link between student divers and the 26. You are assisting an instructor who is
instructor, it's important that student divers conducting an open water dive from shore
feel you are: with a class of four Open Water Diver
a. approachable and will listen to their students. When the student divers arrive at

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concerns. the dive site, your likely function is to:
b. a counselor to the instructor. a. unload everyone's equipment for them

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c. a first aid expert. from their vehicles.
d. the ultimate authority. b. show the student divers where to place
their equipment and let them know
22. A good position for you when assisting an when they can start setting up their
instructor with student divers in the water, equipment.
is one that allows: c. wait for the instructor to assign you a

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a. student divers to quickly alert you, if task.
necessary. d. entertain the divers until the instructor
b. you to see the entire group and the shows up.
instructor.
c. you to respond quickly to problems.
d. All of the above.
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23. True or False. On a silty bottom, it's always
best to position student divers in a line with
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you at one end and the instructor at the
27. True or False. One reason you may
demonstrate a skill is to assist with a two-
person demonstration for skills such as
alternate air source use.
28. The best way to continue improving the
quality of your skill demonstrations is to:
other, and have them swim to the end of the
line after completing a skill. a. get in the water and practice.
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b. watch PADI videos.
24. It's appropriate to make direct contact with
c. observe other divers performing skills.
a student diver in which of the following
d. consult the performance requirements
situations?
for each skill in your PADI Instructor
a. To prevent a buoyancy problem or an
Manual.
or

inappropriate response, such as bolting

to the surface. 29. When helping a student diver who is having
b. To provide reassurance and help a difficulty learning a skill,:
student diver calm down. a. progress slowly so the student diver
c. To steady a diver while practicing a skill enjoys success while learning the skill.
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with some water motion present. b. keep in mind that sequence errors are
d. All of the above. usually not important.
c. avoid repeating demonstrations, which
25. How could you steady a student diver
waste time and confuse student divers.
who is having difficulty with balance while
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practicing mask clearing? d. All of the above.

a. Hold on to the diver's right arm. 30. True or False. A demonstration-quality
b. Hold on to the diver's BCD. skill performance is performed quickly so it
c. Hold the diver's fins on the bottom. looks easy.
d. Hold the diver's SPG hose.

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31. True or False. When supervising and 36. What can help you manage your own risk?
teaching children, you are placed under a a. Always follow local protocols even if they
higher duty of care and should be familiar conflict with PADI Standards.
with the requirements outlined in the Youth

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b. Use common sense, caution and good
Leader’s Commitment found in your PADI judgment, and know your limitations as
Instructor Manual. a dive leader.

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32. You are working with a student diver who c. Make sure divers take complete
has a physical impairment and is having responsibility for their dive activities and
difficulty mastering a skill. What should relieve you of any duty.
you do? d. All of the above.
a. Require the diver to do the skill exactly 37. True or False. You only need to refer to the

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like the other student divers. individual guide in your PADI Instructor
b. Allow the diver to skip the skill and Manual for overall standards when
move on to another skill. preparing to conduct a PADI program.
c. Focus on what the diver can do and look
38. True or False. You should carry professional
the diver's abilities.

33. True or False. Adhering to PADI Standards

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for ways to accomplish the skill within

d. Ask the instructor to reevalute the diver.

as listed in your PADI Instructor Manual is

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assisting an instructor, because the
instructor’s insurance does not cover you.
39. Why is it important to have divers complete
administrative paperwork when enrolling in
important because they exist for diver safety,
a PADI course or program?
provide educational validity and a basis for
a. To give divers the option to not accept
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legal protection when conducting PADI
programs. responsibility for participating in a dive
program.
34. True or False. Striving to prevent problems b. To inform divers of the risks of diving,
and avoid situations where divers could be help assure they are medically fit to
hurt is the primary and most important participate and to remind them of the
or

goal of risk management. importance of following safe diving

35. To be a good role model and better practices.
manage risks, follow which of these c. To make sure you have their addresses
recommendations? and phone numbers for your records.
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a. Stay physically fit by exercising regularly, d. All of the above.

getting adequate rest and eating properly. 40. True or False. Certified divers who want an
b. When ill or injured, moderate your dive orientation and underwater guided tour
activities accordingly. of a new dive site or unfamiliar aquatic
No

c. Continue your dive education and conditions, should participate in a PADI

professional training. Discover Local Diving program.
d. All of the above.

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41. How many divers can you take in the water 47. After certification as a PADI Divemaster,
for a Discover Local Diving experience? you can qualify as a DSD Leader by
a. 8 completing an internship that includes:
a. observing four DSD programs that

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b. All the divers that enroll for the dive.
c. You use your judgment to decide how include open water dives.
many based on factors including diver b. conducting four separate DSD programs

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comfort, experience, age, environmental in confined water under the direct
conditions and logistics. supervision of a PADI Instructor.
d. 12, with the assistance of another c. assisting an instructor with eight DSD
divemaster. experiences.
d. conducting the additional dives for at
42. Which program has a confined water ratio

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least eight DSD participants.
of 10 participants to one divemaster (10:1)?
a. Discover Scuba Diving 48. True or False. When supervising Discover
b. PADI Skin Diver course Scuba Diving participants on an open water
c. Discover Local Diving dive, you should position yourself so that
d. Scuba Review

Review program is:

a. 10.
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43. The minimum age to participate in a Scuba
you can make immediate physical contact
with, adjust buoyancy for, and render
assistance to, participants.

49. True or False. As a PADI Divemaster,

b. 12. you can qualify to teach only one PADI
c. 15. Specialty Diver course – Emergency Oxygen
Provider.
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d. 18.
44. True or False. The PADI Skin Diver course 50. What general procedures do you follow
consists of knowledge development, when launching a delayed surface marker
confined water training and a required open buoy (DSMB)?
water dive. a. Before launching, always check for
or

45. The minimum age to participate in a PADI objects or divers above you.
Skin Diver course is: b. Keep the line away from your equipment
a. No minimum age. and then inflate the buoy carefully.
c. Once the buoy is on the surface, keep
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b. 8.
the line taut to keep the buoy upright.
c. 10.
d. All of the above.
d. 12.
46. True or False. You may take Discover Scuba
Diving participants on their first open water
No

dive at a ratio of 2:1.

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51. What do you need to consider when setting 56. True or False. If supervising a drift dive, it's a
a dive float? good idea to have each diver carry a surface
a. Plan for retrieving the float at the end of signal device.

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the dive day. 57. The four Es of diving that describe
b. Finding an insensitive bottom for the support and structure everyone
anchoring along with an area for needs to enjoy the dive adventure are –

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descending divers to land without Education, Equipment, ___________ and
harming any aquatic life. Environment.
c. How current, waves and the tide may a. Entertainment
affect the float and line. b. Excitement
d. All of the above.
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52. If you need to conduct an underwater d. Experiences
search, you might consider using a circular
58. Divers expect that, as a dive professional,
or semicircular rope pattern when you're
you’re knowledgeable about diving, and
looking for a:
they will look to you for advice regarding:
a. small object on an unobstructed
bottom.
b. large object on a severe slope.
c. small object in a kelp forest.
d. medium to large object dropped off a
u de a. caring for the local dive environment as
well as the aquatic realm in general.
b. dive education and equipment.
c. local diving opportunities and dive
travel.
boat.
d. All of the above.
53. True or False. For deep dives, you need to
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59. True or False. To remain a PADI Divemaster
consider the divers' experience, comfort and
in Active status, you must renew your
skill-level, as well as their attitudes, when
membership every year.
deciding how best to supervise the dive.
60. As a PADI Divemaster, you are in the
54. True or False. When supervising a boat dive,
________________ business.
or

you should conduct a final visual roll call

and make sure that you actually see each a. entertainment
diver before the boat leaves the dive site. b. transformation
c. travel
55. What is the minimum number of dive
d. sales
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lights each diver should have on a night

dive?
a. One, with a backup recommended.
b. Two
c. One main light and two backups.
No

d. One light for each buddy team.

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 Part 2 66. When relatively warm, low-density surface
water is separated from cool, high-density
deep water, this is called:
Directions: Select the best answer from

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a. a freshwater layer.
the choices provided, or choose the statement b. downwelling.
that best completes the sentence. c. a thermocline.

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d. a rip current.
61. True or False. As a dive professional, it’s
important for you to be knowledgeable 67. Wind is the most common disturbing
about the aquatic realm not just to satisfy force that causes ________, while the
your own curiosity, but because other divers gravitational interaction between the sun,
may come to you with questions about moon and earth cause ______.

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what they’ve seen. a. tides / waves
62. Water covers about_________ of the b. surge / currents
Earth’s surface. c. rip currents / ocean swells
d. waves / tides

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a. 90%
b. 81% 68. In general, it’s best to dive at the high tide
c. 75% or the slack period between high and low
d. 71% tides, because:
a. the visibility is likely better due to clearer
63. True or False. Coral reefs thrive within a
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water coming in from the sea.
wide tolerance range with respect to light,
temperature and nutrition, thus changes b. the current is at its strongest.
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in ocean temperature and acidity, whether c. the water offshore is deeper.
from natural causes or human-induced, do d. All of the above.
not harm a reef ’s health.
69. True or False. When the water depth is 1.3
64. True or False. Coastal wetlands, such as times the wave height, the wave becomes
mangrove forests, salt marshes and estuaries, unstable and will break.
or

are crucial habitats for marine species

70. Ways that you can encourage divers to
because this is where many fish species lay
protect the underwater world include:
their eggs.
a. report environmental disturbances or
65. If you stand on a beach and watch a line destruction and get involved in local
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of turbid, foamy water moving away environmental activities and issues.

from shore, disrupting the waves where b. be a role-model for other divers, dive
it rushes out to sea, you are looking at a carefully and be aware of equipment
____________ current. placement when diving.
No

a. upwelling c. respect underwater cultural heritage and

b. rip maritime history.
c. tidal d. All of the above.
d. longshore

DIVEMASTER FINAL EXAM B B–8

71. The unprotected human body loses heat 76. Divers have difficulty determining the
approximately ________ times faster in ______ of sound underwater, because
water than in air. sound travels approximately____ times
faster in water than in air.

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a. 8
b. 10 a. direction / 20
c. 16 b. volume /two

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d. 20 c. direction / four
d. origin / 10
72. At a depth of 30 metres/99 feet, the air
you breathe is approximately _______ as 77. If a full scuba cylinder is placed outside in
compared to the surface. the sunlight on a hot, tropical day, the:
a. the same density a. pressure inside will increase.

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b. two times as dense b. pressure inside will decrease.
c. three times as dense c. volume of the cylinder will most likely
d. four times as dense decrease.
d. cylinder's pressure and volume will
73. If a balloon is filled to 2 litres at 40
metres/132 feet and then released,
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assuming it does not explode, what will its
volume be upon reaching the surface?
a. 10 litres
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78. The absolute pressure at 30 metres/99 feet
of salt water is:
a. 2 bar/ata
b. 8 litres b. 3 bar/ata
c. 6 litres c. 4 bar/ata
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d. 2 litres d. 5 bar/ata

74. A diver breathes from a cylinder that 79. If a gas mixture contains 80% nitrogen
contains .04% carbon monoxide at a depth and 20% oxygen at sea level, what will the
of 20 metres/60 feet. This will have the partial pressure of oxygen be if its taken to
same physical effect as if the diver were 20 metres/66 feet in sea water?
or

breathing ______ % carbon monoxide at a. 0.4 bar/ata

the surface. b. 0.6 bar/ata
a. 1.2 c. 0.8 bar/ata
b. 0.12
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d. 1.2 bar/ata
c. .04
80. If a glass of water is placed in a
d. 0.4
recompression chamber and the pressure
75. An object is neutrally buoyant in salt water. surrounding the water is decreased, the
What will happen to the object when it’s amount of gas dissolved in the water will:
No

placed in fresh water? a. remain unchanged.

a. The answer cannot be determined. b. increase.
b. It will float. c. decrease.
c. It will sink. d. None of the above.
d. It will remain neutrally buoyant.

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81. Objects often appear larger and closer than 87. A diver who is having difficulty with ear
actual when viewed underwater. What causes equalization blows long and forcefully
this? against a pinched nose. This could cause:

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a. Absorption of colors a. a sinus squeeze.
b. Diffusion of light b. an eustachian tube rupture.
c. Refraction of light c. a round window rupture.

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d. Reflection of light d. an oval window rupture.
82. If a full cylinder of air will last you 80 88. Most divers begin to feel the effects of gas
minutes at the surface. All else being the narcosis at about _________, though this
same, how long would you expect it to last at varies from person to person.
30 metres/99 feet? a. 10 m/30 ft

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a. 20 minutes b. 20 m/60 ft
b. 30 minutes c. 30 m/100 ft
c. 40 minutes d. a depth beyond the recreational diving
d. 60 minutes limit.
83. How do you avoid problems caused by dead
air space?
a. Breathe slowly and deeply.
b. Ascend to a shallow depth.
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commonly during a very ___________ .
a. slow descent
b. rapid descent
c. Streamline your equipment. c. slow ascent
d. All of the above. d. rapid ascent
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84. While skin diving, breathhold time can be 90. What is the likely cause if a diver begins to
increased using voluntary hyperventilation, feel light-headed because of a tight neck
which decreases the amount of _____ in the seal?
lungs. a. Carotid sinus reflex
a. oxygen b. Blocked jugular venous return
or

b. nitrogen c. Shallow water blackout

c. carbon dioxide d. Either a or b
d. dead air space
91. The ___________ ear is most affected if a
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85. True or False. A diver who complains of a squeeze occurs while descending.
headache and has lips that are redder than a. inner
normal after a dive is likely suffering from b. middle
oxygen toxicity.
c. outer
86. Arteries carry blood _______ the heart and d. All of the above are equally affected.
No

veins carry blood _______ the heart.

a. toward / away from
b. red in color to / blue in color from
c. hemoglobin to / plasma through
d. away from / toward

DIVEMASTER FINAL EXAM B B – 10

92. The symptoms of decompression sickness 97. On a hot day, a diver in a full wet suit is
tend to appear ______, while symptoms sweating, has cool and clammy skin and is
of a lung-expansion injury tend to appear complaining of nausea and weakness. The
_____ . diver is likely suffering from:

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a. more slowly/immediately after the dive a. heat stroke
b. immediately upon surfacing/ slowly over b. hypothermia

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an extended period c. carbon monoxide contamination
c. within the first few minutes/delayed d. heat exhaustion
d. at depth/only after surfacing
98. How can you provide oxygen to a
93. ____________ is the most serious sign of nonbreathing, injured diver?
Central Nervous System (CNS) toxicity. a. Through a pocket mask attached to a

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a. Difficulty breathing free flow oxygen system while providing
b. Convulsion rescue breaths.
c. Vertigo b. With a nonresuscitator demand valve
d. Nausea system.

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air from a rupture collects between the lung
and chest wall, causing the lung to collapse
is called:
u c. Use a continuous oxygen flow with a
nonrebreather mask system.
d. None of the above.
99. A visual inspection of a scuba cylinder
should occur:
a. pneumothorax.
b. mediastinal emphysema. a. anytime the cylinder seems heavier than
it should be, because it could have water
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c. air embolism.
in it.
d. carotid sinus reflex.
b. at least every three years.
95. True or False. A near drowning patient c. only when a hydrostatic test is required.
should seek medical care, even when
d. after 100 air fills.
appearing recovered, because in nearly all
or

cases, water enters the patient’s lungs. 100. _________ pressure gas from a scuba
cylinder is reduced by a regulator's first stage
96 . What is the first aid for a lung
to intermediate pressure and the second
overexpansion injury?
stage delivers air to the diver at __________
a. Give oxygen – preferably 100 percent.
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pressure.
b. Keep a breathing patient lying level and a. High / ambient
advise not to sit up, even if feeling
b. Low / ambient
better.
c. Ambient / high
c. Monitor the patient's airway, breathing
d. Partial / low
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and circulation, and contact emergency

medical services.
d. All of the above.

B – 11 DIVEMASTER FINAL EXAM B

101. If a regulator’s second stage valve 107. Before using an enriched air cylinder, each
malfunctions, it will __________ due to its diver must analyze the contents to confirm
_________ design. the ___________, so they can set their
enriched air dive computers properly.

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a. breath hard / cautious
b. stop providing air / fail safe (down a. percentage of nitrogen
stream) b. cylinder pressure

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c. free flow / fail safe (down stream) c. percentage of oxygen
d. breath normally / perfect d. cylinder capacity
102. Most functional problems with a regulator 108. True or False. If a dive computer fails
occur due to ________________ . between dives, the diver may continue
a. poor maintenance or servicing diving if the diver can borrow a computer

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b. an improper mouthpiece from a buddy.
c. lack of diver experience 109. True or False. The Haldanean
d. the environmental seal decompression model is based on the
concept that decompression sickness can be
103. True or False. The purpose of a regulator
environmental seal is to help keep the
regulator from freezing in cold water.
104. True or False. A scuba cylinder’s initial
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hydrostatic test date will usually appear as a
u avoided by keeping the pressure gradient
between dissolved nitrogen in the tissues
and the surrounding pressure within
acceptable limits.

month and year stamped in the last row of Directions: You must have both the RDP
information on the cylinder. table and eRDPML to complete this section.
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105. What is the most common cylinder valve 110. Altitude diving procedures apply if using
problem? the RDP above ___________ .
a. Internal corrosion. a. 300 metres or 1000 feet
b. A missing burst disk. b. 500 metres or 1500 feet
c. 2400 metres or 8000 feet
or

c. A worn or missing o-ring.

d. A missing dust cap. d. 3000 metres or 10,000 feet

106. What are the recommended procedures for 111. After completing a single dive, flying after
using dive computers while diving? diving recommendations suggest that
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divers wait ______ hours before flying in a

a. Follow the most conservative computer
commercial jet airliner.
within a buddy team.
a. 6
b. Watch your SPG because often air
supply limits the dive – not the time b. 10
allowed by a dive computer. c. 12
No

c. Divers shouldn’t share a computer – each d. 24

diver needs an individual computer.
d. All of the above.

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Directions: Use the RDP table for the Directions: Use the eRDPML for the
following questions. following questions.
112. If a diver exits the water in pressure group 117. What is the no decompression limit for a

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group be after a 45 minute surface interval? a. 40

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a. D b. 45
b. E c. 50
c. F d. 56
d. G
118. Divers on a live-aboard boat complete the
113. A diver completes a 26 minute dive to 24 following three dives in one day. What is

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metres/80 feet and after waiting for 40 their pressure group after the third dive?
minutes on the surface makes a second dive Dive 1 – 28 m/92 ft for 22 minutes
to 17 metres/54 feet for 29 minutes. What Surface interval – 1 hour and 12 minutes
is the diver’s pressure group after the second Dive 2 – 16 m/52 ft for 33 minutes
dive?
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c. T
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Dive 3 – 11 m/37 ft for 65 minutes
a. R
b. D
c. T
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both dives. did "Safety Stop 3 min - See Rule 2" appear
115. What is the ending pressure group for the on your eRDPML?
following three dive profile? a. 0
Dive 1 – 22 m/74 ft for 23 minutes b. 1
Surface interval – 41 minutes c. 2
or

Dive 2 – 15 m/46 ft for 35 minutes d. 3

Surface interval – 34 minutes
120. For this multilevel dive, what is the
Dive 3 – 12 m/39 ft for 62 minutes
maximum allowable time for the third level
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a. O of the dive?
b. K Level 1 – 35 m/118 ft for 7 minutes
c. V Level 2 – 17 m/55 ft for 15 minutes
d. W Level 3 – 12 m/39 ft for ____
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116. True or False. If the diver in the previous

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question wanted to do a fourth dive, the
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diver must have a minimum surface interval
of at least one hour. d. 87

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