Objectives:

Students will demonstrate basic scuba diving concepts.

- Explain the purpose of each piece of diving equipment.
- Describe health recommendations to follow while diving.
- Summarize how to adapt to the underwater environment.
- Problem solve common diving scenarios.
- Plan multiple dives within recreational diving limits using dive tables.
- Explain safe diving protocols.

Question 1
Below is a picture of a common regulator set-up used when scuba diving. There are five
important parts of the regulator. Each part is labeled with a number, match the part name to the
appropriate number.

1:______

A. Second Stage: primary air source to the diver.

2:______

B. Low Pressure Hose: connected to and used to

inflate BCD.

3:______

C. Pressure Gauge: displays air pressure in tank.

4:______

D. First Stage: attaches to the tank valve.

5:______

E. Octopus: this is an alternate air source.

Feedback:
1: D. First Stage: attaches to the tank valve.
Correct! You attach this part of the regulator to the tank valve. This is the first place the
scuba tanks high pressure air is reduced before it gets to the diver.
Incorrect: This is the base of your regulator, and the first place the scuba tanks high
pressure air is reduced before it gets to the diver.
2: A. Second Stage: primary air source to the diver.
Correct! This part of the regulator has a mouth piece that is put into the divers mouth.
The diver can then breath in and out of the second stage. This is also the last stage
where the regulator reduces the high pressure air of the tank to match the surrounding
water pressure.
Incorrect: This piece has a mouth piece that the diver uses to breath in and out. It is
also the last stage where the regulator reduces the high pressure air of the tank to match
the surrounding water pressure.
3: E. Octopus: this is an alternate air source.

Correct! This part of the regulator also has a mouth piece that allows a diver to breath
from. This is not the divers primary air source, this is meant to be used to share air with
another diver. Allowing two divers to breath from the same tank.
Incorrect: This part of the regulator is usually a bright color with a longer hose, and it
is used for sharing air with another diver.
4: C. Pressure Gauge: displays air pressure in tank.
Correct! This is an important piece of your regulator that you must pay close attention
to. It displays the amount of air left in your scuba tank. Often times there is also a depth
gauge on this console displaying how deep underwater you are.
Incorrect: This piece displays the PSI/BAR of air in the tank, and is very important to
pay attention to while diving.
5: B. Low Pressure Hose: connected to and used to inflate BCD.
Correct! This short hose has an adaptor that connects to your BCD. The air from this
hose can be used to inflate your BCD to float at the surface or control your buoyancy
underwater.
Incorrect: This part is usually the shortest hose of the regulator and is used to help a
diver with their buoyancy by adding air to the BCD.

Question 2
Is the following statement true or false?
If you feel discomfort in your ears while descending, continue downward until the pain is gone.
A) Ture
B) False
Feedback:
A) True: Incorrect: If you are feeling any discomfort in your ears, stop, go up a few feel and
try to equalize your ears before continuing down. If you continue downward without
properly equalizing the airspace in your ear, you can cause damage to your eardrum.
B) False: Correct: If you are feeling pain or discomfort in your ears, you need to stop and
equalize them. Go back up a few feet or until the discomfort is gone, and equalized your
ears. Slowly continue downward equalizing often.

Question 3
Using the recreational dive planner, to solve the given scenario.
You are planning two consecutive dives today, below are the profiles for each of the dives:
Dive 1: 60 feet deep, for 30 minutes
Surface Interval: 30 minutes
Dive 2: 50 feet deep, for 30 minutes
What will your final pressure group be after surfacing from this series of dives?

A)
B)
C)
D)

Pressure Group R
Pressure Group P
Pressure Group S
Pressure Group T

Feedback:
A) Pressure Group R: Correct! After the first dive of 60ft for 30mins you will have pressure
group L, after a surface interval of 30mins you will have a new pressure group of G.
Pressure group G after a second dive to 50ft for 30 mins will result in a final pressure group
of R.
B) Pressure Group P: Incorrect: Try again! To avoid confusion, practice drawing the dive
profiles as you work through the problem.
C) Pressure Group S: Incorrect: Try again! To avoid confusion, practice drawing the dive
profiles as you work through the problem.
D) Pressure Group T: Incorrect: Try again! To avoid confusion, practice drawing the dive
profiles as you work through the problem.

Question 4
True or False: When coming up from a dive, do not ascend faster than 60 feet per minute.
Feedback:
True: Correct: It is recommended that divers ascend at rate of 60 feet per minute or slower!
Ascending faster than 60 feet per minute could result in several severe health issues.
False: Incorrect: Ascending faster than 60 feet per minute could result in several severe
health issues. It is recommended that divers ascend at rate of 60 feet per minute or
slower!

Question 5
When swimming underwater, a diver should: (select all that apply)
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

Keep body vertical at all times, with head up and fins down.
Have hoses and loose equipment tucked in to stay streamline.
Use their fins, not their hands to swim.
Touch and kick the underwater environment.
Uses lungs to help fine-tune their buoyancy.

Feedback:
A) Incorrect: While diving it is a good to streamline your body in the water. If you are
swimming with your body vertical it will create more drag in the water, resulting in you
becoming tired faster and using more air.

B) Correct: Having all hoses and equipment tucked in creates a streamlined diver that is able
to move through the water with ease. It also prevents equipment getting snagged on things
while underwater.
C) Correct: Fins are designed to help a diver move through the water similar to a fish. Using
your hands will cause you to become tired faster, use more air, and possibly hit your hand
again something that could cause injury.
D) Incorrect: While diving we want to respect the underwater environment. Kicking or
touching could cause damage to the environment.
E) Correct: The lungs are a powerful buoyancy tool. Use your lungs to make the fine
adjustments to your position in the water. You do not always have to rely on inflating and
deflating your BCD.