PADI Exercise 3-8

Question 1

A roll call (or other method to verify everyone is aboard before leaving each dive site) is important for my safety. True of False?

Answer 1

True

Question 2

It is important to secure my equipment on a boat in rough conditions, but it is not important in calm conditions. True of False?

Answer 2

False. Secure your equipment even in calm conditions because an unexpected wave (a passing boat’s wake, for example) may cause it to fall and injure someone, break something or fall overboard.

Question 3

Generally, if I hear the dive boats’s recall signal, I should _____

Answer 3

(c) surface with my buddy where we are and look to the boat for instructions

Question 4

It’s a good idea to avoid walking with fins on any more than I must. True of False?

Answer 4

True

Question 5

My buddy and I are diving and there is a slight current. When we reach the bottom, we want to swim _____ the current for the first part of the dive.

Answer 5

(a) into the current

Question 6

While making a safety stop at the end of a dive, I notice that some loose line has snagged on the boat propeller, and could severely entangle it when the engine starts. I should ____

Answer 6

(c) stay away from the propeller and report the problem to the crew

Question 7

I don’t want to swim just below the surface because ___

Answer 7

(b) boats can’t seem me, and could hit me

Question 8

I have just exited the water onto a boat by climbing a ladder with all my gear on except fins. Once aboard, first I should ____

Answer 8

(c) sit down as soon as possible, have someone help me out of my kit

Question 9

My buddy and I are boat diving with a mild current. After entering, we would use the _____ line to pull ourselves to the _____ line, which we will descend along to the bottom.

Answer 9

(b) swim, mooring/anchor

Question 10

During a boat dive in mild to moderate current, my buddy and I lose our grips on the mooring line as we are coming up. We should _____

Answer 10

(a) surface and swim across the current to reach the trail line

Question 11

My buddy and I surface and discover that the boat is nowhere in sight. We are beyond sight of shore and there is no mooring buoy or anchored float. We should ____

Answer 11

(d) inflate our BCDs, use our surface signaling devices and wait for pick up