WSI Written Exam Review

Which courses and presentations are Water Safety Instructors expected to report teaching activity for the Red Cross?

• Only courses for which certificates are issued via the Red Cross Learning Center

• Any course that has an expiration date

• All courses, including Preschool Aquatics, Parent/Child Aquatics, Learn to Swim, Adult swim and private lessons

• Both a and b

Information on how to plan and conduct Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety courses in in:

• American Red Cross Water Safety Instructor's Manual and Instructor's Corner

• American Red Cross Water Safety Handbook

• American Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety Manual

• American Red Cross Swimming and Diving Skills DVD

In Red Cross Parent and Child Aquatics, Preschool Aquatics, Learn to Swim and Adult Swim, water safety information and techniques should be:

• Mainly included in Learn to Swim courses offered to adults

• included beginning in Learn to Swim Level 2

• An integral part of all courses

• Included after all participants have mastered all swimming skills in Learn to Swim level

The Red Cross Swimming mobile app is designed to:

• Educate adults and children about water safety

• Educate parents about the swimming and safety skills of their children's needs

• Encourage ongoing participation in swim lessons to gain those skills

• All of the above

To receive a Basic Water Rescue certificate, a participant must:

• Score at least an 80 percent on the final written exam, demonstrate competency in all required skills and participate in all lessons

• Score at least 80 percent on the final written exam and participate in most lessons

• Participate in all lessons

• Score at least an 80 percent on the final written exam

Upon completion of the Water Safety Instructor course, Water Safety instructors must take the following steps before they are eligible to teach Water Safety Training for Swim Coaches:

• Complete the Water Safety Instructor Orientation to Safety Training for Swim Coaches

• Provide verification that they have a competitive swimming background

• Co-teach at least one Safety Training for Swim Coaches course

• Complete and submit the required forms for at least one course of record from any course they are authorized to teach

Water Safety instructors can maintain certification to teach if they:

• Teach and report at least one eligible course of record during the certification period and successfully complete the recertification assessment within 90 days prior to the expiration date

• Report at least one eligible course of record and ten certificates during the certification period

• Teach and report at least one eligible course of record during the certification period and successfully complete the recertification assessment not more than 90 days after the expiration date

• Submit at least one course evaluation form for an eligible course during the certification period and successfully complete the recertification assessment within 90 days prior to the expiration date

The American Red Cross Swimming and Diving skills DVD should be used:

• To provide an additional demonstration that can be viewed as needed

• Only when teaching or coaching competitive swimming

• To show the only correct way to perform a skill

• In place of an explanation of stroke mechanics and hydrodynamics

As an American Red Cross Water Safety instructor, which of the following American Red Cross courses are you certified to teach?

• Lifeguarding, Infant and Preschool Aquatics, Spinal Injury Management, Learn to Swim courses

• Community Water Rescue, Safety Training for Swim Coaches, Lifeguarding

• Beginner Swim classes, Lifeguarding, Community Water Safety

• Learn to Swim, Parent and Child Aquatics, Adult Swim

An instructor aide for a Learn to Swim class can:

• Teach a class independently

• Assist a Water Safety instructor in a level in which the aid can perform the exit skills assessment

• Issue course completion certificates

• Serve as a lifeguard who is providing patron surveillance during lessons