(RDP)Recreational Dive Planner Practice Questions
Chapter 4 in your manual in conjunction with the RDP Booklet will help you learn how to use the RDP.
Afterwards,you may find the following sample RDP questions helpful in studying for the RDP section of the Open Water Final Exam. These questions WILL NOT take the place of your manual but can help you practice after you've used it and the RDP booklet.
If you can do these questions you will do very well on this section of the exam.Minimum surface interval procedure you learn with the booklet and chapter 5.
PADI Open Water Recreational Dive Planner (RDP) Questions
1) What pressure group would a diver be in after a 15 minute dive to a depth of 70 feet?
a) E b) D c) C d) T
2) What pressure group would a diver be in after a dive to 45 feet for 50 minutes?
a) L b) M c) P d) Z
3) A diver does a dive to 80 feet for 20 minutes. What is his pressure group after a 22 minutes surface interval?
a) K b) H c) G d) F
4) A diver does a series of dives and is in Pressure group L. What will his pressure group be after a surface interval of 40 minutes?
a) F b) L c) J d) G
5) What is the ending pressure group for the following 2 dives?
First you dive to 48 feet for 25 minutes. Surface interval of 30 minutes then dive to 40 feet for 1 hour.
a) G b) D c) U d) S
6) A diver does a dive to 55 feet for 46 minutes. Surface interval of 1 hour followed by a dive to 50 feet for 45 minutes. What is her ending pressure group?
a) R b) T c) V d) W
7) What is the ending pressure group after the following 3 dives?
Dive to 80 for 22 minutes followed by a 45 minute surface interval
Dive to 60 feet for 30 minutes followed by a 50 minute surface interval
Dive to 50 feet for 25 minutes.
a) Q b) R c) V d) W
8) What would your ending pressure group be after the following scenario:
Dive to 87 feet for 20 minutes Surface interval of 1 hour and 6 minutes
Dive to 60 feet for 40 minutes. Surface interval of 1 hour
Dive to 42 feet for 35 minutes
a) U b) R c) T d) S
9) What is the maximum allowable bottom time for a dive to 72 feet?
a) 30 min b) 40min c) 25 d) As long as you want
10) What is the maximum allowable bottom time for a depth of 100 feet?
a) 16 b) 25 c) 100 d) 20
11) You do a dive to 62 feet for 25 minutes. After a surface interval of 40 minutes you want to dive to 46 feet. What is the maximum allowable bottom time for the second dive?
a) 61 min b) 39 min c) 56 min d) 24min
12) On vacation in the Bahamas you do 2 dives. Dive 1 is to 71 feet for 20 minutes. Dive 2 is to 60 feet. If you have a surface interval of 20 minutes what is your maximum allowable bottom time for dive 2?.
a) 23 b) 34 c) 32 d) 21
13) While on vacation you do 2 boat dives in the morning.
1st dive to a wreck in 90 feet for 20 minutes. Then a 38 minute surface interval
2nd dive on a coral reef to 51 feet for 30 minutes.
After lunch you and your buddy decide to do a shore dive behind the hotel. The reef there is 47 feet. You check your computer and it shows a surface interval of 2 hours and 6 minutes. What is the maximum allowable bottom time for the third dive?
a) 13 min b) 67 min c) 17 min d) 63 min
14) Minimum surface Interval
What is the minimum surface interval required for a dive to 50 feet for 50 minutes and another dive to 50 feet for 40 minutes?
a) 21 b) 17 c) 16 d) 27
15) What is the minimum surface interval between these 2 dives.
Dive to 80 feet for 25 minutes and a dive then to 56 feet for 42 minutes?
a) 2:18 (2 hrs 18 min) b) 1:31 (1 hr 31 min) c) 1:09 (1 hr 9 min) d) 1:30 (1 hr 30 min)
16) A divers non-diving friend is getting married on a summer Saturday. The ceremony ends at 11:OO AM. The reception begins at 4 PM so the diver figures he can squeeze in a quick dive or two. If his first dive is to a depth of 70 feet for 30 minutes, what is the minimum surface interval for a second dive to 60 feet for 35 minutes?
a) 42 b) 47 c) 48 d) 55
17) A diver makes a dive to 70 feet for 33 minutes.
He waits for a surface interval of 32 minutes before diving to the same depth (70 feet).
Forgetting to monitor his bottom time he finally checks his watch and discovers he’s been diving for 24 minutes. According to the RDP, what should the diver do in this situation?
a) Ascend to 15 feet and remain there for 8 minutes before surfacing, and not dive for six hours.
b) Ascend to 10 feet and remain there until air supply is exhausted and then stay out of the water for 12 hours
c) Surface immediately and go to the nearest decompression chamber
d) Ascend to 15 feet and stay there for no less than 15 minutes (air supply permitting) and upon surfacing remain out of the water for at least 24 hours.
18) A group of advanced divers plan 2 dives on Long Island shipwrecks.
One dive is to the artificial reef near Shinnecock. They plan to dive to 70 feet for 30 minutes.
The other dive is to the U.S.S. San Diego and plan a 110 foot dive for 10 minutes.
Surface interval will be 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Which dive should they plan to do first?
a) Whichever is furthest from shore.
b) The 110 foot dive
c) The 70 foot dive
d) It depends on the type of equipment they are using
19) You dive in water near freezing temperatures. Your dive plan is to dive to 72 feet for 20 minutes.
What profile would you use with the RDP to plan this dive?
a) 80 feet for 20 minutes
b) 90 feet for 20 minutes
c) 80 feet for 30 minutes
d) 90 feet for 30 minutes
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