Diving Skills Quiz
- What is the primary purpose of the buddy check before a dive?
- A) To ensure compatibility with your dive buddy
- B) To check each other’s gear for safety and readiness
- C) To plan the dive route
- D) To practice communication signals
- How should you equalize your ears during a descent?
- A) By swallowing or gently blowing against pinched nostrils
- B) By ascending a few meters
- C) By shaking your head side to side
- D) By drinking water
- What is the correct way to recover a regulator if it’s knocked from your mouth underwater?
- A) Rapidly ascend to the surface for air
- B) Use the buddy breathing technique
- C) Perform the regulator recovery skill by sweeping your arm or reaching behind your shoulder
- D) Signal for help and wait for assistance
- What is the most efficient finning technique for most recreational divers?
- A) Flutter kick
- B) Dolphin kick
- C) Frog kick
- D) Scissor kick
- When performing a controlled emergency swimming ascent (CESA), what is crucial?
- A) Holding your breath for buoyancy
- B) Exhaling continuously while ascending
- C) Ascending as quickly as possible
- D) Using your dive weights to ascend
- What is the key to maintaining neutral buoyancy?
- A) Constantly inflating and deflating your BCD
- B) Holding your breath at regular intervals
- C) Mastering breath control and proper weighting
- D) Using only your fins to ascend and descend
- How should you approach marine life while diving?
- A) As closely as possible for a better view
- B) With slow and controlled movements
- C) Quickly to catch them off guard
- D) It’s best to try and touch them for a full experience
- What is the best practice for ascending at the end of a dive?
- A) As fast as your fins can take you
- B) No faster than your smallest exhaled bubbles
- C) In a rapid, straight line to the surface
- D) Without exhaling to maintain buoyancy
- In case of a mask flooding, what should you do?
- A) Remove the mask immediately
- B) Keep calm and clear the mask using the exhalation technique
- C) Ascend to the surface to empty the mask
- D) Signal to your buddy to clear it for you
- What is the correct response if you start to feel panicked underwater?
- A) Swim rapidly to distract yourself
- B) Stop, breathe, think, and act
- C) Immediately ascend to the surface
- D) Ignore the feeling and continue the dive