PADI RESCUE DIVER ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT
2026 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS PREMIUM STUDY GUIDE
◉ Your safety takes priority over a distressed diver's safety it is in
the victims best interest
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F. Answer: True
◉ Youre on shore by a lake and someone calls for help a short
distance out in the water. Enumerate the following options to
consider into their proper order
__Reach or extend something
__Wade into water
__Swim to assist
__Throw something
__Use watercraft. Answer: 1, 3, 5, 2, 4
,◉ Youre in the water at the surface and a diver signals for help. The
diver has a mask on, has inflated the BCD and responds to your
directions. As you go to help, you...
A. Make emmediate contact with the diver
B. Stop outside the diver's reach and assess whether the diver is
panicked. Answer: B.
◉ Youre assisting a diver at the surface. The diver is high-treading,
has no mask on and an uninflated BCD. After assuring your own
safety in hadling the situation, you want to approach the diver
_______________ and assist the diver in inflating the BCD and/or
dropping weights
A. on the surface
B. underwater
C. either on surface or underwater. Answer: C. Either
◉ Preparing for a dive in challenging conditions, someone in
another buddy team with whom youre familiar seems more
withdrawn and quiet than usual. To determine whether your
observation indicates stress about the dive, the best approach is to...
, A. tell the divemaster you have a genuine concern
B. talk to the diver privately
C. stay close to the buddy team during the dive. Answer: B. talk to
diver
◉ Which of the following are causes of the equipment related
problems?
Not using top of the line equipment
Using unfamiliar equipment
Using equipment that doesn't fit
Using makeshift or obsolete equipment
Failing to use equipment essential to environment
Using equipment with unauthorized modifications
Failing to properly inspect/maintain equipment. Answer: b, c, d, e, f,
g (All but a)
◉ You can classify aquatic life injuries as what forms? (Pick 3)
Bites
Maliciousnesses
Stings
2026 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS PREMIUM STUDY GUIDE
◉ Your safety takes priority over a distressed diver's safety it is in
the victims best interest
T
F. Answer: True
◉ Youre on shore by a lake and someone calls for help a short
distance out in the water. Enumerate the following options to
consider into their proper order
__Reach or extend something
__Wade into water
__Swim to assist
__Throw something
__Use watercraft. Answer: 1, 3, 5, 2, 4
,◉ Youre in the water at the surface and a diver signals for help. The
diver has a mask on, has inflated the BCD and responds to your
directions. As you go to help, you...
A. Make emmediate contact with the diver
B. Stop outside the diver's reach and assess whether the diver is
panicked. Answer: B.
◉ Youre assisting a diver at the surface. The diver is high-treading,
has no mask on and an uninflated BCD. After assuring your own
safety in hadling the situation, you want to approach the diver
_______________ and assist the diver in inflating the BCD and/or
dropping weights
A. on the surface
B. underwater
C. either on surface or underwater. Answer: C. Either
◉ Preparing for a dive in challenging conditions, someone in
another buddy team with whom youre familiar seems more
withdrawn and quiet than usual. To determine whether your
observation indicates stress about the dive, the best approach is to...
, A. tell the divemaster you have a genuine concern
B. talk to the diver privately
C. stay close to the buddy team during the dive. Answer: B. talk to
diver
◉ Which of the following are causes of the equipment related
problems?
Not using top of the line equipment
Using unfamiliar equipment
Using equipment that doesn't fit
Using makeshift or obsolete equipment
Failing to use equipment essential to environment
Using equipment with unauthorized modifications
Failing to properly inspect/maintain equipment. Answer: b, c, d, e, f,
g (All but a)
◉ You can classify aquatic life injuries as what forms? (Pick 3)
Bites
Maliciousnesses
Stings
