Carbon Monoxide Quiz

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Question 1 / 7

In order to provide clean, safe, CO free air, a scuba air compressor does not need to

Be regularly maintained

Have a CO Clear installed

Be tested regularly

Have a flux capacitor fitted

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Question 2 / 7

Carbon Monoxide is often referred to as the

Quiet Poison

Silent Killer

Invisible Danger

Scarlet Pimpernel

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Question 3 / 7

Carbon monoxide is difficult for humans to detect because it

Is not a dangerous gas

Does not really exist

Changes rapidly

Has no smell, taste or colour

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Question 4 / 7

After breathing in carbon monoxide it enters your bloodstream and mixes with haemoglobin and forms carboxyhemoglobin. When this happens, the blood is no longer able to carry ______ which causes the body's cells and tissue to die.

Sugar

Air

Oxygen

Food

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Question 5 / 7

Carbon Monoxide contamination affects a diver more on

The Surface

Ascent

Decent

The beach

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Question 6 / 7

A number of incidents of CO poisoning in sport divers have been reported around the world. How can a diver best ensure that the compressed air they are breathing is free from carbon monoxide?

Make sure you have your tank filled before midday

Ensure you have access to a hand held Carbon Monoxide analyser that has been specifically developed for analysing diving air

Taste and smell your air

Use a household Carbon Monoxide detector to test your tank

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Question 7 / 7

Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide are the same

Only when mixed together

False

True

None of the above

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In order to provide clean, safe, CO free air, a scuba air compressor does not need to

Carbon Monoxide is often referred to as the

Carbon monoxide is difficult for humans to detect because it

After breathing in carbon monoxide it enters your bloodstream and mixes with haemoglobin and forms carboxyhemoglobin. When this happens, the blood is no longer able to carry ______ which causes the body's cells and tissue to die.

Carbon Monoxide contamination affects a diver more on

A number of incidents of CO poisoning in sport divers have been reported around the world. How can a diver best ensure that the compressed air they are breathing is free from carbon monoxide?

Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide are the same

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