PADI OPEN WATER EXAM EXAM 2024/2025
WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
When is an object positively buoyant? - Precise Answer ✔✔When it displaces a volume of water
weighing more than its own weight.
When is an object negatively buoyant? - Precise Answer ✔✔When it displaces a volume of water
weighing less than its own weight.
When is an object neutrally buoyant? - Precise Answer ✔✔When it displaces a volume of water
weighing the same as its own weight.
Why two pieces of equipment do you use to control your buoyancy? - Precise Answer ✔✔BCD, Lead
weight
What does buoyancy help with when you are underwater? - Precise Answer ✔✔Controlling where you
are
What does buoyancy help with when you are at the surface? - Precise Answer ✔✔Floatation, conserving
energy
How does the buoyancy of an object differ in fresh/salt water? - Precise Answer ✔✔More buoyant in
salt than fresh
When you exhale what happens? - Precise Answer ✔✔Lung volume decreases so you have less
buoyancy.
When you inhale what happens? - Precise Answer ✔✔Lung volume increases so you have more
buoyancy.
, Why don't you feel air pressure? - Precise Answer ✔✔Your body is primarily liquid, which is
incompressible and distribute pressure equally throughout your whole body.
Where are some air spaces located in the body? - Precise Answer ✔✔Ears, sinuses, lungs
Do you always feel the pressure in body air spaces? - Precise Answer ✔✔Only if the pressure is different
inside and outside the air spaces.
1 bar is what depth? - Precise Answer ✔✔0m/0ft
2 bar is what depth? - Precise Answer ✔✔33ft/10m
3 bar is what depth? - Precise Answer ✔✔66ft/20m
4 bar is what depth? - Precise Answer ✔✔99ft/30m
How is air volume affected when depth is increased? - Precise Answer ✔✔It decreases
How is air density affected when depth is increased? - Precise Answer ✔✔It increases
What happens if you take an air volume underwater with you in a flexible container or inverted jar? -
Precise Answer ✔✔As pressure increases the volume decreases, same air but smaller space.
How do you maintain air volume as you descend? - Precise Answer ✔✔Equalize
What is a "squeeze"? - Precise Answer ✔✔As volume decreases, pressure pushes body tissues inwards
toward air space, causing discomfort. Pressure outside air space is more than pressure inside air space.
Where can you get a squeeze? - Precise Answer ✔✔Ears, sinuses, mask, lungs, teeth
The benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:
Guaranteed quality through customer reviews
Stuvia customers have reviewed more than 700,000 summaries. This how you know that you are buying the best documents.
Quick and easy check-out
You can quickly pay through credit card or Stuvia-credit for the summaries. There is no membership needed.
Focus on what matters
Your fellow students write the study notes themselves, which is why the documents are always reliable and up-to-date. This ensures you quickly get to the core!
Frequently asked questions
What do I get when I buy this document?
You get a PDF, available immediately after your purchase. The purchased document is accessible anytime, anywhere and indefinitely through your profile.
Satisfaction guarantee: how does it work?
Our satisfaction guarantee ensures that you always find a study document that suits you well. You fill out a form, and our customer service team takes care of the rest.
Who am I buying these notes from?
Stuvia is a marketplace, so you are not buying this document from us, but from seller YANCHY. Stuvia facilitates payment to the seller.
Will I be stuck with a subscription?
No, you only buy these notes for $16.49. You're not tied to anything after your purchase.