NAUI NITROX EXAM WITH VERIFIED DETAILED ANSWERS
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What is nitrox? - ✔✔Fraction of nitrogen is reduced, oxygen increased,
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also called EANx for example EAN32 (32% oxygen)
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Reducing amount of nitrogen means you can dive ------ to a given depth or reduce
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----- between dives - ✔✔longer, required surface interval
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excess nitrogen is the cause of ----- - ✔✔decompression sickness
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Development of Nitrox began in what year? The same year the first diving
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decompression tables were published - ✔✔1908 || || || || ||
What year did NAUI indorse EANx and official accept certifications from two
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specialized nitrox training agencies - ✔✔1992 || || || || ||
What year did NAUI codify standards for enriched air nitrox training and
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certification? - ✔✔1996 || ||
Advantages of nitrox include... || || ||
-extended bottom times || ||
-shorter surface intervals|| ||
increased safety factor when used with air tables
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true or false? - ✔✔true
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Nitrox is the same as trimix and its used to reduce the effects of narcosis that a diver
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might feel. - ✔✔FALSE || || ||
Other terms for NOAA Nitrox I and II - ✔✔I=EAN32, II-EAN36
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TRUE or FALSE || ||
All of these terms refer to the same breathing mixture
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- EAN36
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NOAA Nitrox II || ||
Nitrox 36% ||
35% oxygen mixture - ✔✔TRUE
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nitrox is a _____ breathing gas - ✔✔mid-range
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In _____ Paul Bert established that ____ liberated bubbles following sudden
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decompression was the cause of decompression sickness - ✔✔1878, nitrogen || || || || || || || || ||
Nitrox provides the greatest advantages for dives in the _____ depth range. - ✔✔15-
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33 m (50-110ft) depth
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Pressure of gas is dependent on how the molecules strike the container, pressure can
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be increased by____ it into a smaller container and by increasing ____ -
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✔✔compressing, temperature ||
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What is nitrox? - ✔✔Fraction of nitrogen is reduced, oxygen increased,
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also called EANx for example EAN32 (32% oxygen)
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Reducing amount of nitrogen means you can dive ------ to a given depth or reduce
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----- between dives - ✔✔longer, required surface interval
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excess nitrogen is the cause of ----- - ✔✔decompression sickness
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Development of Nitrox began in what year? The same year the first diving
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decompression tables were published - ✔✔1908 || || || || ||
What year did NAUI indorse EANx and official accept certifications from two
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specialized nitrox training agencies - ✔✔1992 || || || || ||
What year did NAUI codify standards for enriched air nitrox training and
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certification? - ✔✔1996 || ||
Advantages of nitrox include... || || ||
-extended bottom times || ||
-shorter surface intervals|| ||
increased safety factor when used with air tables
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true or false? - ✔✔true
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, TRUE or FALSE || ||
Nitrox is the same as trimix and its used to reduce the effects of narcosis that a diver
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might feel. - ✔✔FALSE || || ||
Other terms for NOAA Nitrox I and II - ✔✔I=EAN32, II-EAN36
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TRUE or FALSE || ||
All of these terms refer to the same breathing mixture
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- EAN36
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NOAA Nitrox II || ||
Nitrox 36% ||
35% oxygen mixture - ✔✔TRUE
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nitrox is a _____ breathing gas - ✔✔mid-range
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In _____ Paul Bert established that ____ liberated bubbles following sudden
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decompression was the cause of decompression sickness - ✔✔1878, nitrogen || || || || || || || || ||
Nitrox provides the greatest advantages for dives in the _____ depth range. - ✔✔15-
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33 m (50-110ft) depth
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Pressure of gas is dependent on how the molecules strike the container, pressure can
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be increased by____ it into a smaller container and by increasing ____ -
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✔✔compressing, temperature ||
