PADI Advanced Open Water Certification
Exam Questions And Correct Answers
(Verified Answers) 2026/2027
The four central dive skills include:
Planning dives with secondary objectives
Developing and applying situational awareness
Managing task loading
Maintaining good dive habits
I learn the central dive skills to help me transition from novice-thinking to
experienced-thinking approaches to diving. (T/F)
True
A secondary objective is anything I want to accomplish on a dive beyond coming
back safely (T/F)
True
While night diving, I momentarily lose track of where I am. Just above the bottom
I turn to signal my buddy, who's lagging behind. As I hover while waiting for my
buddy to catch up, my fins dip and begin stirring up the bottom, and then my dive
light fails. Based on Dive First, Situation Second and Communicate Third, I would
first:
deploy my backup light and restore my buoyancy/trim
People who have good habits think faster under stress. (T/F)
False
A good habit is to choose to have surface signaling devices on the dives when I'm
most likely to need them. (T/F)
False
Exam Questions And Correct Answers
(Verified Answers) 2026/2027
The four central dive skills include:
Planning dives with secondary objectives
Developing and applying situational awareness
Managing task loading
Maintaining good dive habits
I learn the central dive skills to help me transition from novice-thinking to
experienced-thinking approaches to diving. (T/F)
True
A secondary objective is anything I want to accomplish on a dive beyond coming
back safely (T/F)
True
While night diving, I momentarily lose track of where I am. Just above the bottom
I turn to signal my buddy, who's lagging behind. As I hover while waiting for my
buddy to catch up, my fins dip and begin stirring up the bottom, and then my dive
light fails. Based on Dive First, Situation Second and Communicate Third, I would
first:
deploy my backup light and restore my buoyancy/trim
People who have good habits think faster under stress. (T/F)
False
A good habit is to choose to have surface signaling devices on the dives when I'm
most likely to need them. (T/F)
False
