Aquatic Facility Safety Quiz

List three major strategies a lifeguard uses to help prevent injuries at an aquatic facility.

List three things that you should look for when checking to make sure a life jacket is appropriate for use.

List three strategies a facility may use to promote safety during a group visit.

You are planning a safety orientation for an elementary school class that will be visiting your facility on a field trip. List three subject areas that you want to be sure to cover during the orientation.

You work at a camp and are responsible for conducting swim tests for campers and staff members. Your camp's swim test is based on the Red Cross water competency sequence. List the five critical water safety skills that comprise the Red Cross water competency sequence in order.

You are on surveillance duty at a summer camp pool when you see one of the camp counselors playing repetitive breath-holding games with a group of campers. What should you do?

• Do nothing; the camp counselors know how to have fun with the campers and are responsible for their safety

• Time how long each camper remains submerged and activate the emergency action plan (EAP) if the time exceeds 20 seconds

• Get the camp counselor's attention and signal for them to stop what they are doing

• Ban the counselor and the campers from the pool for the rest of the day

List three responsibilities of a lifeguard who is assigned to work in the dispatch area at the top of a slide and three responsibilities of a lifeguard who is assigned to work in the landing zone at the bottom of a slide.