LIFEGUARD WRITTEN EXAM (A)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED
(2024/2025) (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
The object of the facility safety team is too - ANS ✓help with saviour
situations
You are a lifeguard on surveillance duty during a busy family swim session.
It is important to - ANS ✓scan all areas wear rescue tube
A head, spinal or neck in jury rarely happens in - ANS ✓deep end
Which of the following is true about accidental faecal releases (afrs)? - ANS
✓close pool, shook pool with chlorine
Which of the following is a primary responsibility of a lifeguard? - ANS
✓saving lives, enforce rules, teach people
You are a lifeguard during a family swim session when you notice a
swimmer swimming full lengths of the pool under water. What should you
do? - ANS ✓stop them, explain the dangers
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After removing a responsive victim you suspect has a spinal injury from the
water, you should do all of the following except - ANS ✓don't put an AED
You enter the water to rescue a victim with a suspected spinal injury. You
determine that the victim is not breathing. What should you do next? - ANS
✓get them out and CPR
A lifeguard keeps an eye on the patron of pool, actively searching and
checking the bottom, middle and surface of water. The lifeguard is
demonstrating - ANS ✓effective scanning
A parent and child walk over to you; the parent states that the child fell on
the pool deck and hit their head. You notice there is blood and fluid running
from the child's ear and they are feeling dizzy. You activate the EAP and
summon EMS personal. What steps should you take next? - ANS ✓bring child
to chair, secondary assessment, stabilize head
Supervisor sets up multiple lifeguard stations to reduce the number of
patrons watched by each lifeguard. This type of coverage is called - ANS
✓zone coverage
The following statements describe appropriate rescue technique for a
victim with a suspected spinal injury, EXCEPT - ANS ✓if victim is small, don't
need backboard
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