AEA CERTIFICATION 2026 EXAMINERS SET
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔T/F: Liability is the process of measuring or assessing potential risk and developing
strategies to manage that risk - ✔✔False
✔✔What are the two sets of standards provided by the AEA? - ✔✔AEA's certified
Aquatic Fitness Professional Code of Ethics and Conduct and AEA's Standards and
Guidelines for Aquatic Fitness Programming
✔✔T/F: As an aquatic fitness instructor, you have all the liability (legal obligations and
responsibility) to ensure the safety of all participants - ✔✔True
✔✔_____ refers to the level of responsibility that one has to protect another from harm
under the circumstances. - ✔✔Duty of care
✔✔A ___ is commonly used in the fitness industry to protect the facility or fitness
professional from damages and potential lawsuits. - ✔✔Liability release or waiver of
liability
✔✔Injury reports should be properly filled out and documented for all accidents or
injuries sustained by any participants or guest _____. - ✔✔Immediately after an incident
, ✔✔T/F: When using music purchased from fitness music companies, fitness facilities
must still pay appropriate public performance rights licensing fees. - ✔✔True
✔✔The ___ is a federal civil rights law that prohibits the exclusion of people with
disabilities from everyday activities - ✔✔Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
✔✔T/F: With transitional depth training, participants do not rebound off the pool bottom.
However, they may touch the bottom of the pool during some movements. - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F: When compared to land training, deep water training shows higher oxygen
consumption for maximal exercise and submax exercise. - ✔✔False
✔✔Form is not only an important attribute for safety considerations, it also has been
found to be a contributing factor in _______ - ✔✔Caloric expenditure
✔✔T/F: Deep water base movements can be categorized as moves that use an
alternating foot pattern, and moves that use a repeated single-foot pattern - ✔✔True
✔✔_____ is the body's ability to maintain neutral, or near neutral, postural alignment (a
stable position) while moving.
a. dynamic stabilization b. dynamic training c. suspended stabilization d. vertical
alignment - ✔✔Dynamic stabilization
✔✔T/F: In deep water, the core postural muscles play a key role in maintaining balance
and correct alignment of the body - ✔✔True
✔✔A well fitting floatation belt will allow the participant to maintain the head above the
water level while _____ - ✔✔In a relaxed, motionless vertical position
✔✔Which of the following would be considered an asymmetrical move in deep-water
exercise?
a. deep-water jacks b. moguls c cross-country skis d. jogging - ✔✔moguls
✔✔T/F: Half water tempo moves cannot be performed in deep water because you
cannot bounce on the pool bottom - ✔✔False
✔✔For optimum safety in deep-water exercise, vertical recovery techniques should be
discussed and practiced - ✔✔With all participants
✔✔____ is defined as the maximum force that can be exerted by a muscle or muscle
group against a resistance - ✔✔muscular strength
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔T/F: Liability is the process of measuring or assessing potential risk and developing
strategies to manage that risk - ✔✔False
✔✔What are the two sets of standards provided by the AEA? - ✔✔AEA's certified
Aquatic Fitness Professional Code of Ethics and Conduct and AEA's Standards and
Guidelines for Aquatic Fitness Programming
✔✔T/F: As an aquatic fitness instructor, you have all the liability (legal obligations and
responsibility) to ensure the safety of all participants - ✔✔True
✔✔_____ refers to the level of responsibility that one has to protect another from harm
under the circumstances. - ✔✔Duty of care
✔✔A ___ is commonly used in the fitness industry to protect the facility or fitness
professional from damages and potential lawsuits. - ✔✔Liability release or waiver of
liability
✔✔Injury reports should be properly filled out and documented for all accidents or
injuries sustained by any participants or guest _____. - ✔✔Immediately after an incident
, ✔✔T/F: When using music purchased from fitness music companies, fitness facilities
must still pay appropriate public performance rights licensing fees. - ✔✔True
✔✔The ___ is a federal civil rights law that prohibits the exclusion of people with
disabilities from everyday activities - ✔✔Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
✔✔T/F: With transitional depth training, participants do not rebound off the pool bottom.
However, they may touch the bottom of the pool during some movements. - ✔✔True
✔✔T/F: When compared to land training, deep water training shows higher oxygen
consumption for maximal exercise and submax exercise. - ✔✔False
✔✔Form is not only an important attribute for safety considerations, it also has been
found to be a contributing factor in _______ - ✔✔Caloric expenditure
✔✔T/F: Deep water base movements can be categorized as moves that use an
alternating foot pattern, and moves that use a repeated single-foot pattern - ✔✔True
✔✔_____ is the body's ability to maintain neutral, or near neutral, postural alignment (a
stable position) while moving.
a. dynamic stabilization b. dynamic training c. suspended stabilization d. vertical
alignment - ✔✔Dynamic stabilization
✔✔T/F: In deep water, the core postural muscles play a key role in maintaining balance
and correct alignment of the body - ✔✔True
✔✔A well fitting floatation belt will allow the participant to maintain the head above the
water level while _____ - ✔✔In a relaxed, motionless vertical position
✔✔Which of the following would be considered an asymmetrical move in deep-water
exercise?
a. deep-water jacks b. moguls c cross-country skis d. jogging - ✔✔moguls
✔✔T/F: Half water tempo moves cannot be performed in deep water because you
cannot bounce on the pool bottom - ✔✔False
✔✔For optimum safety in deep-water exercise, vertical recovery techniques should be
discussed and practiced - ✔✔With all participants
✔✔____ is defined as the maximum force that can be exerted by a muscle or muscle
group against a resistance - ✔✔muscular strength
