All SNI divers (adults and 'nauts) must complete the AAUS test with a passing grade (80% or higher) to participate in SNI open water dives. Part 2 of the AAUS Test includes 56 multiple choice questions about diving physiology, diving environment, diving skills, emergency skills, and the SNI diving program.
This is a TIMED CLOSED BOOK test. You have 60 minutes to complete it.
The application of a stinging neutralizing agent.
Applying a tourniquet.
Wrapping the injured site tightly with a bandage.
To do nothing.
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Defensive
Offensive
Aggressive
Planned
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Gear with matching colors
High anxiety and small physical size
Resistance to pain
A trail line 30 meters long with a buoy at the end
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Distress.
Danger.
Out of air.
Euphoria.
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A clear thought process
Impairment of thought
The inability to sense pleasure
Increased precision in motor skill function
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U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
Divers Alert Network (DAN)
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
University of South Florida (USF)
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Ascend immediately
Stop, rest, and breathe slowly and deeply until they recover
Descend and continue the dive
Swim at maximum pace toward the beach or boat
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Caisson's disease
Asphyxia
Diver's disease
Alcoholic intoxication
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Do not use the tank and immediately call the dive shop that filled the tank so they can investigate the problem.
Have your buddy keep a close watch on you throughout the dive.
Immediately call the dive shop that filled the tank and check on the compressor maintenance schedule before using the tank.
Go ahead and use the tank at depths of less than 30 feet.
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A malfunction in equipment.
A list of all the dives you have completed.
A good contingency plan.
A mean Chapter Diving Safety Officer.
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Closed compartments in shipwrecks.
Water with conditions similar to those in which you were trained.
Depths deeper than 100 feet.
Anywhere
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Inadequate sleep.
A recent head cold.
Recent ingestion of drugs (medicine, alcohol, narcotics).
All of the above.
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Confusion.
Progressive immobility.
Insensibility to pain.
All of the above.
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Increases the level of carbon monoxide in the blood.
Increases tolerance for exercise.
Lowers of the number of beats per minute of the heart.
Provides greater resistance to decompression sickness.
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Lung squeeze/block
Ear squeeze/block
Sinus squeeze/block
Air embolism
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A halocline
A thermocline
A thermal zone
A reverse thermocline
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Vascular canal
Intravascular tube
Eustachian tube
Semi-circular canal
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Arterial gas embolism
Decompression sickness
Nitrogen narcosis
Hypothermia
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90 feet per minute
30 feet per minute
70 feet per minute
60 feet per minute
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Good weather.
Care and attention to detail.
Warm water and no hazardous marine life.
A dive computer.
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Ripple marks in the sand.
Sun brightness/available light.
Bottom contours.
All of the above.
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Return to where you last saw him/her and search.
Go up a few feet and search until you locate his/her exhaust bubbles.
Remain where you are until he/she finds you.
Spend no more than one minute looking and then safely surface.
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Calm, relaxed behavior and agitated behavior.
Agitated behavior and buoyancy problems.
Excessive bubbles exhaled from the regulator and relaxing at the surface post-dive.
No buoyancy problems and relaxed behavior.
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Excessive perspiration
Moisturizing dry inhaled air
Saltwater absorbing moisture from the skin
The extreme amount of energy expended during a dive
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A feeder current
Undertow
A rip current
The Gulf Stream
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Sinus headache.
Ear pain.
Euphoria.
Deep, joint-centered aching or pain.
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Anorexia nervosa
Carbon dioxide excess
Asphexia
Pneumorthorax
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Breathe 100 percent oxygen during scuba dives.
Decompress correctly.
Breathe compressed air only.
Breathe normally at all times during ascent and never hold his/her breath.
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Give mouth-to-mouth, call the Coast Guard, keep victim warm, talk to them.
Treat for shock, call a lifeguard, deliver 100% oxygen, give liquids.
Maintain basic life support, call for help, treat for shock, deliver 100% oxygen.
Tilt victim's feet up at 50 degrees, deliver oxygen, call a doctor, encourage victim.
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Severe headache, dizziness, shortness of breath.
Pain in a joint area
Euphoria, skin rash.
Pain in the sinuses, nausea.
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The Association for Academic Underwater Scubadiving.
The American Academy of Underwater Sciences.
The Academy of American Underwater Scientists.
The Academic Association of Underwater Scientists.
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Waist level.
Shoulder level.
Eye level.
Instead of floating, you sink slowly.
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With the prevailing current.
At low tide.
Against the prevailing current.
With negative buoyancy.
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Edema
Hemorrhage
Thrombosis
Barotrauma
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President of SNI
SNI Diving Safety Officer (DSO)
Diving Control Board
Diver in Charge (DIC)
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Will require more weight to be neutral near the surface, and more air in the buoyancy compensation device (BCD) at depth to remain neutral, than a thinner wetsuit.
Will lose positive buoyancy as it ages (due to crushing of the neoprene), requiring the diver to use less weight for neutral buoyancy as the suit gets older.
Can be useful even in tropical areas, but is necessary for safely diving in cooler water temperatures.
All of the above.
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Check your equipment.
Suit up.
Discuss the dive plan with your buddy.
Observe conditions.
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Water vapor
Nitrogen
Oxygen
All of the above
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Cilia
Thorns
Barbs
Nematocysts
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It is not a rank system, and divers may move up or down in the rating based on current skills.
A diver with a D-100 rating is a better diver than a diver with a D-60 rating.
Every SNI diver should expect to be a D-100 diver when they get enough experience.
Once you reach a certain qualification level, you can never have your qualification reduced.
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Do nothing
Add air to your buoyancy device
Let air out of your buoyancy device
Add weight to your weight belt
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Slightly faster and shallower than you normally breathe
The same as you normally breathe
Slightly slower and shallower than you normally breathe
Slightly slower and deeper than you normally breathe
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Must be available on request within 24 hrs.
Is due within two weeks after the end of the trip.
Must be kept in the open and completed by every diver immediately after each dive.
Must always use PADI dive tables to record the repetitive group (RG).
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Rescue Diver and Advanced Open Water Diver.
Underwater scientific techniques.
Equipment and cylinder maintenance.
CPR, First Aid, and Emergency Oxygen Provider.
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At least 6 dives in the last 12 months, and at least one dive to 100 fsw (30 m).
At least 12 dives in the last 12 months, a current approved diving physical, and at least one dive to your maximum level of qualification.
A certification card (a.k.a., c-card) for open water diver and advanced open water diver.
None of the above, once you are an SNI diver, you can always dive with SNI.
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Wave period
Wave sets
Wave length
Swell period
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Surf
Tide
Tidal current
Surge
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Buddy breathing ascent.
Breath holding ascent.
Rapid ascent.
Emergency swimming ascent.
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