WSI Certification Questions – Flashcards
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Water safety instructors can maintain certification to teach if they:
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-teach at least 1 elgible course -report at least 1 course -do recertification assessment
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The American Red Cross Swimming and Diving Skills DVD should be used
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-to provide additional demonstrations; use as needed
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As an American Red Cross Water Safety instructor, which course are you allowed to teach?
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-Learn to Swim -Parent and Child Aquatics -Adult Swim -Preschool Aquatics
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An instructor aide for Learn-to-Swim class can do what?
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assist WSI instrucotr (where they can perform exit skills)
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Preschool Aquatics course completion certificates are to be signed by
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Water Safety Instructor
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Which courses and presentations are Water Safety instrructors expected to report teaching activity for to the Red Cross?
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all courses (Learn to Swim, Parent and Child Aquatics, Preschool Aquatics, Adult swim, and private lessons?)
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Information on how to plan and conduct Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety courses is in
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-Water Safety Instructor Manual -Instructors Corner
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In Red Cross Parent and Child Aquatics, Preschool Aquatics, Learn to Swim and Adult Swim, water safety information and techniques shoud be
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part of all courses
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What is the purpose of the Red Cross Swim mobile application?
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-educate adults and children about water safety -encourage continued progress and participation -parents must use to see progress of child
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What must an instructor canidate need to di in order to earn the certification? (Think what % of test and what in class and in water instructions?)
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-80% on test -all required skills and partiicpate in all lessons (competency)
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What does a Water Safety Instructor need to do before they are elgible to teach Safety Training for Swim Coaches?
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WSI orientation for Safety for Swim Coaches
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What does WHALE tales stand for and what is the objective of Whales Tales?
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-Water Habits Are Learned Early -help children learn safe behaviors in, on, and around the water
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The water safety topics that are listed in the PCA, PSA, LTS< and AS skills outlines what?
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-with additional safety topics that speak to current events/ issues?
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What is an objective of Learn to Swim Level 1?
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help the child feel comfortable in water and enjoy safely doing so
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Why is it important for water safety information be shared with parents?
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if parents are educated, they will supervise their children safely
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Goals, practice, feedback, and motivation anre what type of learning?
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factors that influence learning
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What type of learned is when they are able to detect and correct errors on their own?
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late stage of learning
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Class size, participants' abilities and availability of teaching are factors that influence what?
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lesson planning
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What is suggested to do after a lesson to see if your participants had success and to see if you need any improvement?
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evaluate effectiveness of lesson plan
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What does it mean to have a "photographic eye"?
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know what it should look like (mental image of what it should be)
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One vlaue of a block plan is that it can be used to do what?
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divide course content into individual sections
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What should be in a lesson plan?
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-equipment needed -skills taught -activities used
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When demonstrating a skill what is always a must?
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all participants must be able to see
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Where are most people's center of buyancy?
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located near the chest region
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What is the most effective way to improve the efficency of swimming strokes?
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apply hydrodynamic principle (streamline-- eliminate drag)
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What can make most swimmers float the their back more easily in water?
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-inhale, and hold breath, tilt head back (look backward), arms over head -specific graviety less than one -center of mass -center of buoyancy
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What can one do to decrease drag?
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-bend at knee -tight, narrow body shape -pointed front end -stremaline
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What kick should not be used to treading?
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-flutter all other kicks are- scissors, breastroke, or eggbeater
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The __________ is the part of the power phase of a swimming stroke in which the hand move into position to begin to apply effective force.
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catch
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In the flutter kick, where does the leg movement start?
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with the hips
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Where is the most effective force in the bakc crawl arm stroke?
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-during mid-pull and finish
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What is the sequence of the breastoke?
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pull, breathe, kick, and glide
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What type of kick is used in the elementary backstroke?
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-whip kick (breastroke kick) -arms= tickle, t, touch -arms and legs= simutaneous and symmetrical
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True or false: During the sidestroke the head and back should remain aligned (and legs)
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true
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True or false: The breastroke can be a competitive or resting stroke
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true
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Explain the process of butterfly
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-uses 2 kicks/ 1 arm stroke -specific movements -simutaneous arm recovery -body horizontal -kick together up and down
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What is the cause of both knees breaking the surgace of the water during the elementary backstroke?
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bend legs at the hips (knees don't ahve to touch each other) (wider than hips, 2 fists apart)
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What are the kicking strokes of all 6 swim strokes?
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-Fly= dolphin kick -Backstroke= flutter kick -Breastoke= whip kick -Front crawl= flutter kick -Elementary backstroke= whip kick -Sidestroke= scissors kick *rotary kick is not for strokes*
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Which strokes is the body roll important for?
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front crawl and back crawl
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Which swimming strokes have a glide?
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-breastroke -elementary backstroke -sidestroke
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How are the flip turns on the front crawl and back crawl similar
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-push off wall, legs bent when push off (turn on stomach?)
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Why is it important ofr everyone to be aware of safe headfirst entry and diving rules?
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-prevent injuries to head, neck, and back
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Teaching headfist entries from the deck require a water depth of at least how deep?
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9 feet
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What is the major difference between a shallow angle dive and a standing angle dive?
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-angle of entry to water -underneath swim path
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When teaching individuals with disabilities and considering modification you should
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try several alternatives
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True of false: To enhance the learning of individuals who move, learn, behave, or communicate differently you should decrease the instructor-to-participant-ratio
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true
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How might one make accomodations for swim lesson participants who move, lean, communicate, or behave differently
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adjust course objectives based on particpants ability
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What is the goal of Parent and Child Aquatics?
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-children learn basic skills (adjust to water) -aprents get info and techniques to create safet water experiences for their children
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What is the minimum age for a child to particpate in Parent and Child Aquatics?
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6 months
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What might you tell a parent who has a child in the Parent and Child Aquatics Level 1 who says their child is contstantly coughing after he puts his face in the water?
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-child is still in the initial learning phase -don't submerge more than 3 times per class
