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QUIZ: True or False - Dive Safety

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1. When breathing from a regulator underwater, you should, in general:

Hold your breath in between exhaling and inhaling (skip breathing)

Take long, slow, deep breaths

Breathe in through your mouth and out through your nose

Both A and B are correct

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2. True or False: A buddy check is optional if you’ve dived with the same partner before.

True

False

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3. True or False: Skip breathing (pausing between breaths) increases CO₂ retention, which can lead to headaches, nausea and fainting

True

False

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4. True or False: A diver breathing heavily at depth is at higher risk of CO₂ toxicity due to increased gas density.

True

False

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5. The main advantage of trimix (adding helium to breathing gas mixtures) is to:

Prevent oxygen toxicity

Reduce heat loss at depth

Reduce nitrogen narcosis

Prevent high pressure nervous syndrome

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6. BSAC’s maximum recommended depth for air dives is...?

30m

40m

50m

60m

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7. True or False: It’s safer to overweight slightly to help you stay at decompression stops.

True

False

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8. The recommended maximum variation in depth during a decompression stop is within:

±0.5m

±1.5m

±3m

±5m

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