Divemaster Final Exam
DIVEMASTER FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 COMPLETE ALL
120 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS |ALREADY
GRADED A+||ALREADY GRADED A+
Choosing a vantage point may be a compromise between the best place to
____________ and the best place to ______________.
a. enter the water / assess the environment.
b. lend assistance / enter the water.
c. watch divers / enter the water.
d. watch divers / lend assistance
d. watch divers / lend assistance
True or False. You only need to include an environmental orientation in your dive
briefing if there are certified divers who have little or no experince in the local
area.
False
Your primary role in an instructional setting is to:
a. focus on teaching.
b. prepare for emergencies.
c. gain experience with teaching skills.
d. assist the instructor including handling logistics and helping with student diver
supervision.
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d. assist the instructor including logistics and helping with student diver
supervision.
In your relationship with student divers, your primary role is to be:
a. a link between them and the instructor.
b. a counselor to the instructor
c. a first aid expert.
d. an authority
a. a link between them and the instructor.
When assisting an instructor with student divers in the water, a good position for
you is one that allows:
a. you to see the entire group and the instructor.
b. you to respond quickly to problems.
c. student divers to alert you easily.
d. All of the above.
d. All of the above.
True or False. Positioning student divers in a line or semicircle with the instructor
in front and you behind them at the center has the advantage of allowing the
entire group to see you?
True.
When is it appropriate to make direct contact with a student diver?
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a. To provide reassurance and help a student diver calm down.
b. To prevent a buoyancy problem or an inappropriate response, such as bolting to
the surface.
c. To control a student diver's rate of an ascent or descent.
d. All of the above.
d. All of the above.
You are assisting an instructor in open water with a class of four Open Water Diver
students. The instructor conducts an ascent skill with one student. Your likely
function is to:
a. make the ascent with the instructor for added control.
b. stay with and supervise the remaining student divers.
c. wait one minute then ascend with the remaining student divers.
d. take the remaining student divers on a short tour.
b. stay with and supervise the remaining student divers.
While practicing the regulator recovery skill, a student diver is having difficulty
with balance due to mild surge. To provide assistance, you could steady the diver
by holding:
a. on to the diver's right arm.
b. on to the lower left corner of the diver's BCD.
c. the diver's fins on the bottom.
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d. the right shoulder of the diver's BCD.
b. on to the lower left corner of the diver's BCD.
(Trick question: The student needs the right side free for regulator recovery skill.)
True or False. One reason you may demonstrate a skill is to assist a student diver
with a problem learning the skill.
True.
What characteristics does a demonstration-quality skill performance have?
a. The skill is performed slowly with the critical attributes emphasized in the
proper sequence.
b. The skill is performed quickly, yet smoothly.
c. The skill is always repeated at least four times and shown from more than one
angle.
d. Potential problems should be included as part of the demonstration.
a. The skill is performed slowly with the critical attributes emphasized in the
proper sequence.
When helping a student diver who is having difficulty learning a skill:
a. progress slowly so the student diver enjoys success while learning the skill.
b. avoid repeating demonstrations, which waste time and confuse student divers.
c. keep in mind that sequence errors are usually not important.
d. All of the above.
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DIVEMASTER FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 COMPLETE ALL
120 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS |ALREADY
GRADED A+||ALREADY GRADED A+
Choosing a vantage point may be a compromise between the best place to
____________ and the best place to ______________.
a. enter the water / assess the environment.
b. lend assistance / enter the water.
c. watch divers / enter the water.
d. watch divers / lend assistance
d. watch divers / lend assistance
True or False. You only need to include an environmental orientation in your dive
briefing if there are certified divers who have little or no experince in the local
area.
False
Your primary role in an instructional setting is to:
a. focus on teaching.
b. prepare for emergencies.
c. gain experience with teaching skills.
d. assist the instructor including handling logistics and helping with student diver
supervision.
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d. assist the instructor including logistics and helping with student diver
supervision.
In your relationship with student divers, your primary role is to be:
a. a link between them and the instructor.
b. a counselor to the instructor
c. a first aid expert.
d. an authority
a. a link between them and the instructor.
When assisting an instructor with student divers in the water, a good position for
you is one that allows:
a. you to see the entire group and the instructor.
b. you to respond quickly to problems.
c. student divers to alert you easily.
d. All of the above.
d. All of the above.
True or False. Positioning student divers in a line or semicircle with the instructor
in front and you behind them at the center has the advantage of allowing the
entire group to see you?
True.
When is it appropriate to make direct contact with a student diver?
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a. To provide reassurance and help a student diver calm down.
b. To prevent a buoyancy problem or an inappropriate response, such as bolting to
the surface.
c. To control a student diver's rate of an ascent or descent.
d. All of the above.
d. All of the above.
You are assisting an instructor in open water with a class of four Open Water Diver
students. The instructor conducts an ascent skill with one student. Your likely
function is to:
a. make the ascent with the instructor for added control.
b. stay with and supervise the remaining student divers.
c. wait one minute then ascend with the remaining student divers.
d. take the remaining student divers on a short tour.
b. stay with and supervise the remaining student divers.
While practicing the regulator recovery skill, a student diver is having difficulty
with balance due to mild surge. To provide assistance, you could steady the diver
by holding:
a. on to the diver's right arm.
b. on to the lower left corner of the diver's BCD.
c. the diver's fins on the bottom.
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d. the right shoulder of the diver's BCD.
b. on to the lower left corner of the diver's BCD.
(Trick question: The student needs the right side free for regulator recovery skill.)
True or False. One reason you may demonstrate a skill is to assist a student diver
with a problem learning the skill.
True.
What characteristics does a demonstration-quality skill performance have?
a. The skill is performed slowly with the critical attributes emphasized in the
proper sequence.
b. The skill is performed quickly, yet smoothly.
c. The skill is always repeated at least four times and shown from more than one
angle.
d. Potential problems should be included as part of the demonstration.
a. The skill is performed slowly with the critical attributes emphasized in the
proper sequence.
When helping a student diver who is having difficulty learning a skill:
a. progress slowly so the student diver enjoys success while learning the skill.
b. avoid repeating demonstrations, which waste time and confuse student divers.
c. keep in mind that sequence errors are usually not important.
d. All of the above.
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