SSI Instructor Training Course
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
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When must a certification card be issued?
When the student completes the program requirements outlined in the SSI
Training Standards
Only if the Open Water Instructor decides that the student is qualified
Only if the student requests a card
Once the training center decides that the student is qualified - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔When the student completes the program requirements outlined in the
SSI Training Standards
The Open Water Diver program is designed to
Teach advanced skills, like lift bags and deep descents
Train students for every diving environment
All answers are correct
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,Create safe, capable, autonomous divers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Create safe,
capable, autonomous divers
The Open Water Diver certification trains divers to a maximum depth of:
15 meters
18 meters
27 meters
32 meters - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔18 meters
Divers taking the Open Water Diver program:
Are always self-motivated
All share the same reason for becoming divers
Are always motivated by others
Have a variety of reasons for becoming divers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Have a
variety of reasons for becoming divers
Which of the following is true about Open Water Diver students?
They must never be alone in the water
They only need to be supervised in open water
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,They only need to be supervised during skill evaluations
They only need to be supervised in deep water - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔They must
never be alone in the water
The purpose of evaluating Open Water Diver students is to:
Make them feel bad about their abilities
Determine if they have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to earn the Open
Water Diver certification
Require them to take remedial training
Determine whether they can continue with advanced training - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Determine if they have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to earn the
Open Water Diver certification
An Indoor Diver must complete _____ to upgrade to an Open Water Diver
certification.
Two open water training dives, and all skill evaluations
At least one open water training dive, and all skill evaluations
All four open water training dives, and all skill evaluations
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, Two pool/confined water sessions, and two open water training dives -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Two open water training dives, and all skill evaluations
Which academic training sessions must be completed for the Scuba Diver
certification?
Academic Sessions 1-6
Academic Sessions 1-4
Academic Session 3-6
Academic Sessions 1-3 - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Academic Sessions 1-3
A Scuba Diver must complete _____ to upgrade to an Open Water Diver
certification.
Only the open water training dives
Only the in-water training requirements
The remaining academic and pool/confined water sessions and two open
water training dives.
The remaining academic and pool/confined water sessions and four open
water training dives. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The remaining academic and
pool/confined water sessions and two open water training dives.
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2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
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When must a certification card be issued?
When the student completes the program requirements outlined in the SSI
Training Standards
Only if the Open Water Instructor decides that the student is qualified
Only if the student requests a card
Once the training center decides that the student is qualified - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔When the student completes the program requirements outlined in the
SSI Training Standards
The Open Water Diver program is designed to
Teach advanced skills, like lift bags and deep descents
Train students for every diving environment
All answers are correct
1
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,Create safe, capable, autonomous divers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Create safe,
capable, autonomous divers
The Open Water Diver certification trains divers to a maximum depth of:
15 meters
18 meters
27 meters
32 meters - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔18 meters
Divers taking the Open Water Diver program:
Are always self-motivated
All share the same reason for becoming divers
Are always motivated by others
Have a variety of reasons for becoming divers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Have a
variety of reasons for becoming divers
Which of the following is true about Open Water Diver students?
They must never be alone in the water
They only need to be supervised in open water
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,They only need to be supervised during skill evaluations
They only need to be supervised in deep water - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔They must
never be alone in the water
The purpose of evaluating Open Water Diver students is to:
Make them feel bad about their abilities
Determine if they have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to earn the Open
Water Diver certification
Require them to take remedial training
Determine whether they can continue with advanced training - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Determine if they have the knowledge, skills, and abilities to earn the
Open Water Diver certification
An Indoor Diver must complete _____ to upgrade to an Open Water Diver
certification.
Two open water training dives, and all skill evaluations
At least one open water training dive, and all skill evaluations
All four open water training dives, and all skill evaluations
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, Two pool/confined water sessions, and two open water training dives -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Two open water training dives, and all skill evaluations
Which academic training sessions must be completed for the Scuba Diver
certification?
Academic Sessions 1-6
Academic Sessions 1-4
Academic Session 3-6
Academic Sessions 1-3 - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Academic Sessions 1-3
A Scuba Diver must complete _____ to upgrade to an Open Water Diver
certification.
Only the open water training dives
Only the in-water training requirements
The remaining academic and pool/confined water sessions and two open
water training dives.
The remaining academic and pool/confined water sessions and four open
water training dives. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The remaining academic and
pool/confined water sessions and two open water training dives.
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