PADI RESCUE DIVER FINAL EXAM PAPER
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Before entering water, which do you need to assess. (CATA)
a. Can diver manage w/o assistance
b. Do you need to enter the water
c. Do ou have the equipment and training needed
d. Can you reasonably accomplish the rescue w/o getting in trouble
e. Do you have emergency training. Answer: b,c,d
◉ Stress can cause (CATA)
a. temp increase strength
b. fast thinking
c. pain tolerence
d. perceptual narrowing
e. panic
f. reduced thinking. Answer: All
,◉ The only benefit of a pocket mask is that it reduces disease
transmission risk
T
F. Answer: False
◉ Put D by demand and C by continuous
__flows only when diver inhales
__wastes more oxygen
__used with a nonbreathing patient
__used with patient difficulty breathing
__deliver 100% oxygen
__used only with breathing patient. Answer: D, C, C, C, D, D
◉ Enumerate the basics steps for emergency management into their
proper order
__Act on your plan
__Arrange evacuation to medical care
__Assess the situation
, __Attend to injuries
__Control the scene
__Delegate. Answer: 2, 6, 1, 4, 5, 3
◉ Which of the following skills increase your self-rescue abilities
(CATA)
a. Underwater Navigation
b. Good bouyancy control
c. Search and recovery
d. Airway control
e. Cramp removal
f. Handling air depletion
g. Responding to vertigo. Answer: b, d, e, f, g
◉ You and buddy are swept away in a current. Your first response is
to...
ascend and surface
set your compass
stop, breathe, think and act
swim into current. Answer: Stop, breath, think and act
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Before entering water, which do you need to assess. (CATA)
a. Can diver manage w/o assistance
b. Do you need to enter the water
c. Do ou have the equipment and training needed
d. Can you reasonably accomplish the rescue w/o getting in trouble
e. Do you have emergency training. Answer: b,c,d
◉ Stress can cause (CATA)
a. temp increase strength
b. fast thinking
c. pain tolerence
d. perceptual narrowing
e. panic
f. reduced thinking. Answer: All
,◉ The only benefit of a pocket mask is that it reduces disease
transmission risk
T
F. Answer: False
◉ Put D by demand and C by continuous
__flows only when diver inhales
__wastes more oxygen
__used with a nonbreathing patient
__used with patient difficulty breathing
__deliver 100% oxygen
__used only with breathing patient. Answer: D, C, C, C, D, D
◉ Enumerate the basics steps for emergency management into their
proper order
__Act on your plan
__Arrange evacuation to medical care
__Assess the situation
, __Attend to injuries
__Control the scene
__Delegate. Answer: 2, 6, 1, 4, 5, 3
◉ Which of the following skills increase your self-rescue abilities
(CATA)
a. Underwater Navigation
b. Good bouyancy control
c. Search and recovery
d. Airway control
e. Cramp removal
f. Handling air depletion
g. Responding to vertigo. Answer: b, d, e, f, g
◉ You and buddy are swept away in a current. Your first response is
to...
ascend and surface
set your compass
stop, breathe, think and act
swim into current. Answer: Stop, breath, think and act
