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WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTOR FINAL EXAM 2025 LATEST ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+ GUARANTEE PASS BRAND NEW What percentage do you need to get in order to pass this exam? - CORRECT ANSWER 80 Percent How does a WSI maintain their certification? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Teach one course per every two years
- Take the online recertification test (80%) What are the videos for? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. You have to watch the videos in order to understand how to deliver the lesson.
- Explains and demonstrates proper stroke mechanics for each of the six basic strokes and proper technique for entries.
- Can be used by WSI as a teaching aid and a resource for participants in learn-to-swim level 5 and 6 and by adults.
As a WSI, what are you certified to teach? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Parent and Child Aquatics
- Preschool Aquatics
- Lear-to-Swim
- Adult Swim Courses
- Water Safety Courses and Presentations What is a WSI aid? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Not certifies WSIs-works under the supervision of the WSI
- Demonstrates the skills being taught
- Assist participants under the direction of the WSI
- Recognize unsafe conditions and behaviors and respond either by addressing or reporting situations to the WSI or the program administrator What can a WSI aid do? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Demonstrate the skills being taught
- Assist participation under the direction of the WSI
- Recognize unsafe conditions & behaviors and respond either by addressing or reporting situations to the WSI or the program administrator
- Helps children learn about water safety through video segments from longefellow's whale tales, ageappropriate water safety messaging, and quizzes for the parent and child to complete together. How to teach Safety training for swim coaches, and what is it? - CORRECT ANSWER The coach does not need to know anything before this 6 hour blended course, it is for coaches to help maintain a comfortable and safe environment for swimmers. What are Longfellow's whale tales? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Dryland (Out-of-Pool) water safety program in series of videos, intended for children ages 5 through 12
- There are 11 videos
- Taught to raise children's awareness of safe behavior in and around the water Can a WSI add in addition safety lessons, or can we only teach the ones in the book? - CORRECT ANSWER NO What are factors that influence learning? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Setting Goals
- Encouraging Practice 3. providing feedback
- Providing motivation Recognize Early stage of Learning - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Marked by awkward, slow movements that learners consciously try to control.
- They have to think before performing the movement
- Generally does not look like skilled behavior Recognize Middle stage of learning - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Responses are faster and smoother
- Developed an understanding of each movement, but still does not look like a skilled driver.
- spend less time thinking about every detail and began to associate the movement you were learning with other movements you know already.
What is a block plan? - CORRECT ANSWER A day by day overview of course session What is a lesson plan? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. developed from block plan
- includes equipment, housekeeping, safety topic, opening activity, review skills, new skills introduction, new skills practice and closing.
- Also includes assessment criteria, teaching strategies, amount of time spent on each activity, key cue worlds/ phrases, and patter of organization. What makes an effective skill demonstration? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Explain: explains the skill
- Demonstrate: demonstrates how to practice the skill
- Practice: participants practice the skill as demonstrated. Where is your center of buoyancy? - CORRECT ANSWER Typically your chest when standing upright
- The location of all upward force in your body.
What helps a swimmer float more easily? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Sculling
- Making finning movements
- Inhaling deeply, and holding your breath
- Kicking slightly,
- Wearing a life jacket How do we reduce "form drag"? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Maintaining a tight, narrow body shape
- reducing total amount of frontal surface area that is pushing through the water (e.g. making a tight streamline) What is not a good kick for treading water? - CORRECT ANSWER Dolphin and Flutter kick What is the Catch of a stroke? - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Where the power starts.
- Almost like a grab
- the pressure on the hands and forearms that gives the swimmer the ability to press the torso away from the hands, going up, down or across the surface.
Back Crawl (Backstroke) Catch, Mid-pull, Finish, Recovery - CORRECT ANSWER Catch: Bend elbow so that your fingers are pointing away from your body. Your hand and forearm are horizontal, with your palm and forearm facing toward your feet. Mid-pull: your hand follows a straight path toward your feet Finish: Ends with your arm straight and your hand below your hip Recovery: Lift your arm from the water, leading with your thumb and your palm facing inward. Move arm alongside your head so that it is almost perpendicular to the water. Midway through the recovery, rotate your hand so that your little finer enters the water first. Breaststroke: Catch, Mid-pull, Finish, Recovery - CORRECT ANSWER Catch: Begins with the arms extended in glide position, palms turned out at about a 45 degree angle to the surface of the water. Mid-pull: Keep your elbows near the surface, bend your arms, sweep your hands downward and inward. Finish: Sweeping your hands inward and upward so that they are in front of your chest.
Recovery: Continuous motion from the end of the power phase. Butterfly: Catch, Mid-pull, Finish, Recovery - CORRECT ANSWER Catch: Arms extended in fronts of your shoulders. Elbows and hands move wider than your shoulders, with hands making a circular path. Mid-pull: Hands move to waist, to a point just narrower than your body. Finish: Hands press backward past your hips and then out of water to start the recovery Recovery: Elbows bend slightly and come of the water first. Arms swing wide to the sides, with little to no bend in the elbows. Hands enter the water in front of shoulders. Elementary Backstroke: Catch, Mid-pull, Finish, Recovery - CORRECT ANSWER !!!! Sidestroke: Catch, Mid-pull, Finish, Recovery - CORRECT ANSWER !!!
When doing elementary backstroke, what happens when you bend the legs at the hips? - CORRECT ANSWER !!! Which strokes have body roll? - CORRECT ANSWER Backstroke and front crawl Which strokes always have glide? - CORRECT ANSWER Breaststroke, elementary backstroke, sidestroke What makes for an efficient flip turn? - CORRECT ANSWER
- Fast and efficient turn for the front crawl
- Use the bottom markings to help you judge the distance from the wall in front crawl How deep (in feet) does the water have to be to dive in> - CORRECT ANSWER 9 feet What is the minimum age to start parent-child aquatic lessons> - CORRECT ANSWER 6 months (up to 3 years)
If a child coughs after putting their face in the water, what stage of learning are they in? - CORRECT ANSWER Stage 1 or Learn-to-swim level 1
