Water Safety Courses (corrected after i took the test) – Flashcards
Unlock all answers in this set
Unlock answersquestion
As an American Red Cross Water Safety instructor, which of the following American Red Cross courses are you authorized to teach?
answer
• Learn-to-Swim courses, Parent and Child Aquatics courses and Safety Training for Swim Coaches
question
To assist an instructor in a Learn-to-Swim course, an instructor aide must hold a certificate or possess knowledge and skills for:
answer
The level they are teaching
question
Information on how to plan and conduct Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety courses is in the:
answer
American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor's Manual with CD-ROM.
question
The minimum age for a child to participate in Parent and Child Aquatics is:
answer
6 months.
question
Preschool Aquatics course completion certificates are to be signed by the:
answer
Water Safety instructor.
question
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:
answer
late learner
question
Class size, participants' abilities and availability of teaching aides are factors that influence:
answer
lesson plan
question
Which of the following adjustments to your course should you consider to enhance learning of individual with disabilities?
answer
Decreasing the instructor-to-participant ratio?
question
An important step for both the participants' success and your own improvement as an instructor is to:
answer
• Evaluate how effective your lesson plan was at the end of each lesson.
question
The American Red Cross Swimming and Diving Skills DVD should be used:
answer
To provide an additional demonstration that can be viewed as needed.
question
One value of a block plan is that it can be used:
answer
To divide course content into individual class sessions.
question
A good lesson plan should:
answer
Indicate what equipment is needed, skills to be taught and appropriate activities to be used.
question
In Red Cross Parent and Child Aquatics, Preschool Aquatics and Learn-to-Swim, water safety information and techniques should be:
answer
An integral part of all courses.
question
Which of the following helps communicate to parents what their children are learning in swim lessons?
answer
Online app
question
The water safety topics that are listed in the Parent and Child Aquatics, Preschool Aquatics and Learn-to-Swim skills outlines:
answer
Can be augmented with additional safety topics that meet local needs or address current events.
question
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?
answer
Parents who are educated about water safely can more safely supervise children around aquatic environments
question
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:
answer
shouldnt submerge more that 3 times per lesson
question
Instructors should teach any headfirst entries from the deck only if the water depth at the location of practice is at least:
answer
9-feet deep.
question
The major difference between a shallow-angle dive and a standing dive is the:
answer
Angle of entry to the water and the resulting underwater swimming path.
question
When considering modifications to a skill or stroke for individuals with disabilities, you should:
answer
Work with the participants and allow them to try several alternatives.
question
What is the most effective way to improve the efficiency of swimming strokes?
answer
Wear swimsuits that increase drag, requiring more propulsive drag INCORRECT
question
Which of the following can make most swimmers float on the back more easily?
answer
Tilting the head backward to look upward arms above your head inhaling
question
Which of the following techniques can reduce form drag?
answer
Maintaining a streamlined body position
question
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.
answer
Catch
question
Which of the following is an objective of Longfellow's WHALE Tales?
answer
To help children learn safe behavior in, on and around the water
question
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:
answer
Need to do something but not sure
question
In customizing classes to accommodate older adults, Water Safety instructors should:
answer
Understand that reduced functioning, such as in strength or flexibility, may require adaptations to skills.
question
A goal of Parent and Child Aquatics is to:
answer
Provide basic skills that help infants and young children become comfortable in the water.
question
Goals, practice, feedback and motivation are:
answer
fundamentals of a lesson
question
An instructor who has developed a 'photographic eye':
answer
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
