Water Safety Courses (corrected after i took the test) – Flashcards
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Preschool Aquatics course completion certificates are to be signed by the:
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Water Safety instructor.
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When you observe that a learner's movements are accurate and rapid and he or she seems able to detect and correct errors on his or her own, that learner:
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late learner
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Class size, participants' abilities and availability of teaching aides are factors that influence:
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lesson plan
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Which of the following adjustments to your course should you consider to enhance learning of individual with disabilities?
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Decreasing the instructor-to-participant ratio?
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An important step for both the participants' success and your own improvement as an instructor is to:
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• Evaluate how effective your lesson plan was at the end of each lesson.
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The American Red Cross Swimming and Diving Skills DVD should be used:
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To provide an additional demonstration that can be viewed as needed.
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One value of a block plan is that it can be used:
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To divide course content into individual class sessions.
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A good lesson plan should:
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Indicate what equipment is needed, skills to be taught and appropriate activities to be used.
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In Red Cross Parent and Child Aquatics, Preschool Aquatics and Learn-to-Swim, water safety information and techniques should be:
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An integral part of all courses.
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Which of the following helps communicate to parents what their children are learning in swim lessons?
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Online app
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The water safety topics that are listed in the Parent and Child Aquatics, Preschool Aquatics and Learn-to-Swim skills outlines:
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Can be augmented with additional safety topics that meet local needs or address current events.
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Why does the Red Cross stress that water safety information be shared with parents as well as participants in Preschool Aquatics and Learn-to-Swim?
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Parents who are educated about water safely can more safely supervise children around aquatic environments
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During a Parent and Child Aquatics Level 1 class, a parent tells you that her son is constantly coughing after he puts his face in the water. You should advise the parent that her son:
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shouldnt submerge more that 3 times per lesson
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Instructors should teach any headfirst entries from the deck only if the water depth at the location of practice is at least:
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9-feet deep.
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The major difference between a shallow-angle dive and a standing dive is the:
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Angle of entry to the water and the resulting underwater swimming path.
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When considering modifications to a skill or stroke for individuals with disabilities, you should:
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Work with the participants and allow them to try several alternatives.
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What is the most effective way to improve the efficiency of swimming strokes?
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Wear swimsuits that increase drag, requiring more propulsive drag INCORRECT
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Which of the following can make most swimmers float on the back more easily?
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Tilting the head backward to look upward arms above your head inhaling
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Which of the following techniques can reduce form drag?
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Maintaining a streamlined body position
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The ______________ is the part of the power phase of a swimming stroke in which the hands move into position to begin to apply effective force.
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Catch
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Which of the following is an objective of Longfellow's WHALE Tales?
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To help children learn safe behavior in, on and around the water
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Upon completion of the Water Safety Instructor course, Water Safety instructors must take the following steps before they are authorized to teach Safety Training for Swim Coaches:
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Need to do something but not sure
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In customizing classes to accommodate older adults, Water Safety instructors should:
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Understand that reduced functioning, such as in strength or flexibility, may require adaptations to skills.
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A goal of Parent and Child Aquatics is to:
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Provide basic skills that help infants and young children become comfortable in the water.
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Goals, practice, feedback and motivation are:
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fundamentals of a lesson
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An instructor who has developed a 'photographic eye':
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Is able to position participants so they can see a skill demonstration from a variety of angles? INCORRECT can mentally pic the stroke from all angles
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