SSI ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR PRE-TEST EXAM
An SSI Professional must ____ to maintain active status.
All answers are correct
Complete the online renewal
Pay the annual fee
Affiliate with an active status SSI dive center - ANSWER: All answers are correct
The Customer Loyalty Cycles describes the process for:
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 followed without deviation - ANSWER: Provides an outline for conducting
the program
The Total Teaching System includes:
Training Records, Cue Cards, Equipment Logs
Training Standards, Final Exams, Instructor Manuals
PEGs, Training Records, Equipment Logs
Digital Learning Materials, Dive Logs, Equipment Service Program - ANSWER:
Training Standards, Final Exams, Instructor Manuals
Which section of the standards includes the ethical standards?
Dive Center Standards
Dive Professional Standards
General Training Standards
Dive Program Standards - ANSWER: General Training Standards
Required content according to the SSI Flexibility Rule includes:
Minimum number of training sessions
How to present skills
Information on local equipment and environment
Academic theory and in-water skills - ANSWER: Academic theory and in-water skills
Which of the following is an entry-level program?
Perfect Buoyancy
Try Scuba
Entry Level instructor
Specialty Diver
Save - ANSWER: Try Scuba
The SSI Education System includes:
Acquisition programs
All answers are correct
Entry-level certification programs
Continuing education and recognition programs - ANSWER: All answers are correct
An SSI Professional must ____ to maintain active status.
All answers are correct
Complete the online renewal
Pay the annual fee
Affiliate with an active status SSI dive center - ANSWER: All answers are correct
The Customer Loyalty Cycles describes the process for:
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 followed without deviation - ANSWER: Provides an outline for conducting
the program
The Total Teaching System includes:
Training Records, Cue Cards, Equipment Logs
Training Standards, Final Exams, Instructor Manuals
PEGs, Training Records, Equipment Logs
Digital Learning Materials, Dive Logs, Equipment Service Program - ANSWER:
Training Standards, Final Exams, Instructor Manuals
Which section of the standards includes the ethical standards?
Dive Center Standards
Dive Professional Standards
General Training Standards
Dive Program Standards - ANSWER: General Training Standards
Required content according to the SSI Flexibility Rule includes:
Minimum number of training sessions
How to present skills
Information on local equipment and environment
Academic theory and in-water skills - ANSWER: Academic theory and in-water skills
Which of the following is an entry-level program?
Perfect Buoyancy
Try Scuba
Entry Level instructor
Specialty Diver
Save - ANSWER: Try Scuba
The SSI Education System includes:
Acquisition programs
All answers are correct
Entry-level certification programs
Continuing education and recognition programs - ANSWER: All answers are correct
