Practice Exam for Divemaster Physics Created by Heidi Wilken Oceans Keeper Scuba Version 1.

Divemaster Physics Exam Version H

1. An object weighs 350lbs and displaces 6 cubic feet of water. Disregarding the minimal displacement of the lead, how
much lead weight do you need to make it 22 lbs negatively bouyant in sea water? (Round to the closest lb.)
2. An object weighs 678lbs and displaces 3.2 cubic feet of water. How much additional sea water do you need to
displace to give the object 98 lbs positive bouyancy? (Round to the closest cf.)
3. You take a gas volume of 4 litres in a flexible container from the surface to a depth of 78 ft in sea water. What will the
new volume be, and what will the density be compared to the surface? (Round to the one decimal place.) Volume =
______________ Density = _______________
4. You take 4.5 litres/cubic feet of gas in a flexible container from 110 feet in fresh water to 81 feet. What will the new
volume be? (Round to one decimal place.)
5. A diver consumes 147psi per minute at 111 feet in sea water with a given cylinder. Using the same cylinder, what is
the divers consumption rate at 79 feet? (Found to the nearest whole bar/psi)
6. What is the partial pressure of oxygen in air at 99ft in sea water? (Round ata to two decimal places)
7. A diver using Enriched Air Nitrox that is 33% oxygen, 67% nitrogen. What will the partial pressures of oxygen and
nitrogen be at a depth of 63 ft in sea water? (Round ata to two decimal places. ) PO2 = ________ PN2 =
______________________
8. When breathing air at 46 feet in sea water, the physiological effect of oxygen is the same as breathing approximately
what percent oxygen at the surface.
9. You plan to recover an anchor in sea water that weighs 650 lbs. It displaces 4.16 cubic feet of water. How many cubic
feet of air do you need to add to a lifting device to make the anchor neutrally bouyant? (Round to the closest whole
cubic foot).
10.An object displaces 9.6 cf of fresh water, which gives the object 599 lbs positive bouyancy in fresh water. If the
object is placed in sea water, how much lead weight will need to be added to the object to make it neutrally buoyant?
(Round to the closest whole lb.)
11.You take a gas volume of 3.8 litres in a flexible container from the surface to a depth of 80 ft in fresh water. What will
the volume be? What will be the density be compared to the surface? (Round to one decimal place)
12.You take 5.9 litres of gas in a flexible container from 13 feet in sea water to 75 feet. What will the new volume be?
(Round to one decimal place.)
13.A diver consumes 30 psi per minute at 33 feet in sea water with a given cylinder. Using the same cylinder, what is the
divers consumption rate at 92 feet? (Round to the closest whole psi)
14.What is the partial pressure of oxygen in air at 132ft in sea water? (Round ata to two decimal places)
15.A diver using enriched air that consists of 40% oxygen, 60% nitrogen. What will be the partial pressures of oxygen
and nitrogen at a depth of 59 ft in sea water? (Round ata to two decimal places)
16.If a gas mixture has 5% carbon dioxide, breathing it at 78 feet in sea water would be equivalent of breathing what
percentage of carbon dioxide at the surface? (Round to one decimal place)

Practice Exam for Divemaster Physics Created by Heidi Wilken Oceans Keeper Scuba Version 1.2

Answer Key Divemaster Physics Exam Version H

1. 56 lbs.
Downwards force = 350 lbs. Upwards force = 6 cu ft displaced X 64 = 384 lbs.
Net force to neutral = 34 lbs up (384 up 350 down).
Therefore weight needed is 34 + 22 = 56 lbs to achieve 22 lbs negative bouyancy.
2. 9 cu ft (8.925 without rounding). Downwards force = 678 lbs. Upwards force = 3.2 cu ft X 64 = 204.8 lbs.
Net force to neutral = 473.2 lbs down (678 down 204. 8 up).
Therefore air needed to is = 571.2 lbs (473.2 + 98) % 64 = 8.925 cu ft of air.
3. Volume = 1.19 cu ft. Density = 3.36 time. For volume divide surface volume by new pressure. 4 % 3.36 (78 ft / 33ft +
1 for air = 3.36 atm absolute). For density answer is just new pressure.
4. 5.5 cu ft. First depth pressure = 110ft/34ft + 1 for air = 4.23 atm absolute. Second depth pressure = 81ft/33ft + 1 for
air = 3.45 atm absolute. Start with 4.5 litres, take to surface by multiplying by pressure of 4.23 atm. 4.5 X 4.23 =
19.03 cu ft volume at surface. You can remember to multiply by remembering it should get bigger as you go up.
Take down to second depth by dividing by pressure so 19.03 cu ft % 3.45 = 5.51 cu ft volume. This makes sense
because we brought it to a shallower depth, so we expect the volume to be bigger.
5. 114 psi/min. @ 111 ft (4.36 atm absolute pressure 3.36 for water, 1 for air) air consumption is 147 psi/min. Take up
to the surface by dividing by pressure. 147 psi/min % 4.46 atm = 33.71 psi/min at 0 ft. You can remember to divide
by realizing you should end up with a smaller number because you use air less quickly at the surface. Then take
down to new depth. 33.71psi/min X (79ft / 33 ft + 1 atmosphere for air = 3.3939) = 114 psi/min.
6. .84 ata. Multiply number of atmospheres (99 % 33 = 3 + 1 for air = 4 total ata. ) X percentage of Oxygen in air.
Standard air is 21 % Oxygen, 78 % Nitrogen. 21 % (or .21) X 4 = .84
7. Oxygen pp .96 = Nitrogen pp = 1.94. Calculate atmospheres absolute. 63 ft / 33 ft = 1.90 ambient atm + 1 for air = 2.9
ata. 2.90ata X 33 % (or .33) = .957pp Oxygen. 2.9 ata X 67 % (or .67) = 1.943 pp.
8. 50%. 46 ft/33ft = 1.39 atmospheres ambient + 1 for air = 2.39 absolute. 2.39atm X 21 % oxygen = .5 partial pressure,
which is the same as breathing air that is 50 % oxygen at the surface (aka 1 atmosphere absolute)
9. 6 cu ft. Downwards force = 650. Upwards force = 4.16 cu ft X 64 lbs = 266.24 lbs.
Net force = 650 down 266.24 up = 383.76.
Air needed = 383.76 % 64 = 5.99 cu ft or 6 cu ft.
10.614 lbs. 9.6 cu ft X 64 lbs for salt water 614.4 lbs positive bouyancy. To make neutral, add this same amount.
11.Volume: 1.1 cu ft Density: 3.42 For Volume divide surface volume by pressure at new depth. 3.8 cu ft % (80 ft /33 ft
+ 1 for air) = 1.109 cu ft. Density is simply pressure at new depth so 3.42.
12.2.5 cu ft. 5.9 cu ft X (13 ft / 33ft + 1 for air ) = 8.22 cu ft at 0 ft. 8.22 % (75 ft/33 ft +1 for air) = 2.5 cu ft.
13.57 psi/min. @ 33 ft (2 atm absolute pressure 1 for water, 1 for air) air consumption is 30 psi/min. Take up to the
surface by dividing by pressure (2 atm) 30 psi/min % 2 = 15 psi/min at 0 ft. You can remember to divide by realizing
you should end up with a smaller number because you use air less quickly at the surface. Then take down to new
depth. 15psi/min X (92ft / 33 ft + 1 atmosphere for air = 3.7878) = 56.81 psi/min.
14.1.05pp. Multiply number of atmospheres ( 132 % 33 = 4 + 1 for air = 5 total ata. ) X percentage of oxygen in air.
Standard air is 21 % Oxygen, 78 % Nitrogen. 21 % (or .21 ) X 5 = 1.05
15.Oxygen pp = 1.11. Nitrogen pp = 1.67. 59 ft/ 33ft = 1.78 ambient pressure + 1 for air = 2.78 absolute. 2.78ata X 40%
O2 (or .40) = 1.11pp O2. 2.78ata X 60% Nitrogen (or .60) = 1.67 pp N2.
16.17%.78ft/33ft = 2.36 ambient pressure + 1 for air = 3.36 absolute. 3.36ata X 5% (or .05) = .168pp or 17%