Questions and Detailed Answers by SSI
Training Department (2026 Edition) | Ultimate
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Acquiring and retaining customers Convincing
customers to visit new dive sites Selling equipment
to customers All answers are correct -
ANSWER//Acquiring and retaining customers
Which of the following is a benefit of affiliating with a
Dive Center/Resort? Access to marketing and
student acquisition resources Access to equipment
and training resources Interactions with more-
experienced instructors All answers are correct -
ANSWER//All answers are correct What are the
four components of the Diver Diamond? Knowledge,
Skills, Equipment, Experience Skills, Equipment,
Experience, Time Experience, Equipment,
Commitment, Acquisition Equipment, Experience,
Travel, Retail - ANSWER//Knowledge, Skills,
Equipment, Experience Developing the SSI
Network benefits dive centers by: Only increasing
the flow of new divers to dive resorts Increasing
communication between dive centers and dive
resorts Decreasing communication between dive
centers and dive resorts Only increasing the flow of
new students to dive centers -
ANSWER//Increasing communication between dive
centers and dive resorts Local dive centers usually:
Focus on traveling divers from other destinations
Focus on training and developing a community of
local divers Have easy access to exciting open
,water dive sites Only provide continuing education
programs - ANSWER//Focus on training and
developing a community of local divers Resorts
usually: Focus on taking destination divers to
exciting dive sites Only provide entry-level training
programs Focus on developing a local dive
community Have no access to open water dive sites
- ANSWER//Focus on taking destination divers to
exciting dive sites SSI was founded in 1970 by:
Dive retailers Amateur dive clubs Equipment
manufacturers The RSTC - ANSWER//Dive retailers
Which of the following has the greatest effect on a
student's attitude toward an SSI program? The cost
of the program The dive professional conducting the
program The quality of the training materials The
length of time required for the program -
ANSWER//The dive professional conducting the
program Allowing free time for students to practice
a skill or play underwater games at the end of a
pool/confined water session is associated with
which learning domains? Psychomotor and
Affective Learning Domains No answer is correct
Affective and Cognitive Learning Domains
Psychomotor and Cognitive Learning Domains -
ANSWER//Psychomotor and Affective Learning
Domains The statement, "Adults want to connect
the relevance of what they learn to what they want
to achieve," relates to which adult learning
characteristic? Adults need respect Adults are
practical Adults are goal-oriented Adults need to
feel that things are relevant - ANSWER//Adults
need to feel that things are relevant Which learning
domain includes a learning activity that consists of
,removing, replacing, and clearing a mask? The
Cognitive Learning Domain No answer is correct
The Affective Learning Domain The Psychomotor
Learning Domain - ANSWER//The Psychomotor
Learning Domain Which learning domain includes a
learning activity that requires the student to
describe the effects of pressure change on the air
spaces in the body? The Cognitive Learning
Domain No answer is correct The Psychomotor
Learning Domain The Affective Learning Domain -
ANSWER//The Cognitive Learning Domain Using
facilitated training strategies to guide learners
through the process of connecting their past
experiences to current knowledge and skill-based
learning activities relates to which adult learning
characteristic? Adults are goal-oriented Adults need
respect Adults are autonomous and self-directed
Adults accumulate personal life experiences -
ANSWER//Adults accumulate personal life
experiences Treating everyone as an equal, and
creating a training environment where learners are
free to voice their opinions in class relates to which
adult learning characteristic? Adults are practical
Adults need respect Adults are goal-oriented Adults
are autonomous and self-directed -
ANSWER//Adults need respect Acting as a
facilitator who encourages and guides students
through the process of acquiring knowledge relates
to which adult learning characteristic? Adults are
goal-oriented Adults are autonomous and self-
directed Adults accumulate personal life
experiences Adults need respect -
ANSWER//Adults are autonomous and self-directed
, The three learning domains are: Knowledge
Development, Skill Development, Competency
Development Skill Development, Attitude
Development, Competency Development Skill
Development, Knowledge Development, Attitude
Development Skills, Knowledge, Competency- -
ANSWER//Skill Development, Knowledge
Development, Attitude Development What is the
purpose of the final exam? All answers are correct
To prepare the student for continuing education
programs To evaluate the student's understanding
of program knowledge To ensure the student is
ready for open water training - ANSWER//To
evaluate the student's understanding of program
knowledge Printable training records are found: In
the dive center's MySSI account In the dive
professional's MySSI download area At the SSI
Service Center In the student's MySSI account -
ANSWER//In the dive center's MySSI account The
components of the Total Teaching System: Can be
adapted using the SSI Flexibility Rule Are used to
teach any training program Work as an integrated
system All answers are correct - ANSWER//All
answers are correct Dive logs: Must only be
completed by entry-level students Only include
information for recording experience dives Should
be kept by every diver, regardless of experience
level Must be kept in digital and print form -
ANSWER//Should be kept by every diver,
regardless of experience level The program
instructor manual: Provides an outline for
conducting the program Includes the final exam
Includes training records and standards Must be