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PADI IDC Exam Questions - From General Standards and Procedures section
Certification dives and subsequent supervised dives with 10 and 11-year olds must not exceed a depth of: |
12 metres
GS&P – Junior Diver Certifications Page 22 and Open Water Dives Page 25
Maintain training completion records for each student diver/participant for _____ or longer (as required locally). |
7 years or longer (as required locally)
GS&P – Documentation Page 41 #6
True or False. Issue certification if the student diver has met course requirements and any agreed-upon financial arrangements. Do not withhold a certification as a means of settling personal disputes.
True. GS&P – Certification Page 39 and Referral Page 48
What is the minimum age to enroll on all PADI TecRec® courses and programs?
18 years
GS&P – Summary of PADI TecRec® Diver Courses – Page 36
True or False. Confined water is a general term that refers to either a swimming pool or confined open
water
True.
GS&P – Training Standards – Confined Water Dives – Page 16
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True or False. During the PADI Wreck Adventure Dive the maximum ratio is eight divers per instructor (8:1) or a certified assistant may supervise divers at a maximum ratio of 4:1.
True. AOW – Wreck Adventure Dive Page 100 |
Which Open Water Diver course dive flexible skill(s) can be completed during any dive, in either confined
or open water, at the surface in water too deep in which to stand?
Emergency Weight Drop
OWDC – Dive Flexible Skills – Page 56
During a Search and Recovery Adventure Dive, the student diver must tie which knot(s) whilst
underwater?
Bowline, 2 half-hitches and sheet bend.
AOW – S&R Adventure Dive – Performance Requirements – Page 98 #3
The minimum age for PADI (Junior) Master Scuba Diver certification is:
12 years old
MSD, Certification Requirements, Page 112
True or False. After Discover Scuba Diving participants complete the optional open water dive with a
PADI Instructor, they may participate in additional open water dives supervised by certified assistants at a
maximum ratio of four participants to one certified assistant while under the indirect supervision of a
teaching status PADI instructor.
False. OW dives 2:1 with certified assistants (4:1 with an Instructor). Discover Scuba Diving, Ratios and
Supervision Page 144
True or False. An Instructor who is conducting a PADI Deep Adventure Dive who does not have recent dive experience with the diver, should, in preparation for the dive, generally assess diver knowledge, and, before going to depth in open water, evaluate the diver in-water for prerequisite skills needed to complete the dive. |
True. AOW Deep Adventure – Considerations – Page 84 #1
During Open Water Diver course training, student divers have to indicate remaining air supply within
_____ bar/_____ psi without rechecking their SPG.
20 bar / 300 psi
OWDC, Dive 2 Performance Requirements, Underwater Page 60 #15 |
True or False. Certification procedures for Master Scuba Diver include verifying and submitting a PIC
envelope (or on-line) to your PADI Office.
False. Submit a Master Scuba Diver Application (10142). MSD Page 112
During a ReACTIVATE® Program the participant to Divemaster/Assistant Instructor/Instructor in Confined Water is:
10 : 1
ReACTIVATE®, Ratios Page 163
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True or False. During the PADI Wreck Adventure Dive the maximum ratio is eight divers per instructor (8:1) or a certified assistant may supervise divers at a maximum ratio of 4:1.
True. AOW – Wreck Adventure Dive Page 100 |
Which Open Water Diver course dive flexible skill(s) can be completed during any dive, in either confined
or open water, at the surface in water too deep in which to stand?
Emergency Weight Drop
OWDC – Dive Flexible Skills – Page 56
During a Search and Recovery Adventure Dive, the student diver must tie which knot(s) whilst
underwater?
Bowline, 2 half-hitches and sheet bend.
AOW – S&R Adventure Dive – Performance Requirements – Page 98 #3
The minimum age for PADI (Junior) Master Scuba Diver certification is:
12 years old
MSD, Certification Requirements, Page 112
True or False. After Discover Scuba Diving participants complete the optional open water dive with a
PADI Instructor, they may participate in additional open water dives supervised by certified assistants at a
maximum ratio of four participants to one certified assistant while under the indirect supervision of a
teaching status PADI instructor
False. OW dives 2:1 with certified assistants (4:1 with an Instructor). Discover Scuba Diving, Ratios and
Supervision Page 144
True or False. An Instructor who is conducting a PADI Deep Adventure Dive who does not have recent dive experience with the diver, should, in preparation for the dive, generally assess diver knowledge, and, before going to depth in open water, evaluate the diver in-water for prerequisite skills needed to complete the dive. |
True. AOW Deep Adventure – Considerations – Page 84 #1
During Open Water Diver course training, student divers have to indicate remaining air supply within
_____ bar/_____ psi without rechecking their SPG.
20 bar / 300 psi
OWDC, Dive 2 Performance Requirements, Underwater Page 60 #15 |
True or False. Certification procedures for Master Scuba Diver include verifying and submitting a PIC
envelope (or on-line) to your PADI Office.
False. Submit a Master Scuba Diver Application (10142). MSD Page 112
During a ReACTIVATE® Program the participant to Divemaster/Assistant Instructor/Instructor in Confined Water is:
10 : 1
ReACTIVATE®, Ratios Page 163
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