BAI Professional Ethics & Standards 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A student with a physical disability asks to modify the standard shooting stance. What is the ethical obligation of a BAI-certified instructor?
- Refuse modifications to maintain standard form
- Work collaboratively to find safe adaptations that accommodate the disability (Correct answer)
- Refer them to a different program not designed for beginners
- Allow any modification the student requests without evaluation
Correct answer: Work collaboratively to find safe adaptations that accommodate the disability
Ethical instructors are obligated to provide inclusive instruction by adapting techniques to safely accommodate students with disabilities.
Question 2: When is it appropriate for a BAI instructor to share a student's personal information with a third party?
- Whenever another instructor asks about the student's progress
- When a parent of a minor requests information about their child
- Only with the student's explicit written consent or as required by law (Correct answer)
- When discussing student challenges in a coaching forum
Correct answer: Only with the student's explicit written consent or as required by law
Student confidentiality must be maintained; information may only be shared with explicit consent or when legally mandated.
Question 3: An instructor realizes mid-session that a piece of range equipment is potentially defective. What should the instructor do?
- Continue the session and report it afterward
- Remove the equipment from use immediately and halt related activities (Correct answer)
- Ask students to avoid using that specific piece of equipment
- Mark it with a warning sign and continue the class
Correct answer: Remove the equipment from use immediately and halt related activities
Potentially defective equipment must be removed from use immediately to prevent injury, as student safety supersedes session continuity.
Question 4: A BAI instructor is asked to certify a student who has not yet met all competency requirements. The student's parent is a major donor to the club. What is the correct action?
- Certify the student to maintain the club relationship
- Defer the decision to the club director
- Refuse to certify and document the student's current skill level honestly (Correct answer)
- Certify with a note that additional training is recommended
Correct answer: Refuse to certify and document the student's current skill level honestly
Certifications must reflect genuine competency; external pressures such as donor status must never influence professional assessments.
Question 5: Which behavior best demonstrates professional boundaries between a BAI instructor and their students?
- Socializing extensively with students outside of class on a regular basis
- Maintaining consistent, respectful communication focused on archery instruction (Correct answer)
- Sharing personal opinions about other students to build rapport
- Offering to provide private equipment loans from personal inventory
Correct answer: Maintaining consistent, respectful communication focused on archery instruction
Professional boundaries are maintained by keeping interactions respectful and focused on instruction rather than personal relationships.
Question 6: A BAI instructor observes another certified instructor behaving in an unsafe and unethical manner on the range. What is the appropriate response?
- Ignore it to avoid conflict with a peer
- Address the concern through proper channels such as the certifying organization (Correct answer)
- Publicly confront the instructor in front of students
- Report it anonymously on social media
Correct answer: Address the concern through proper channels such as the certifying organization
Ethical professionals address peer misconduct through official organizational channels to ensure accountability without escalating conflict.
Question 7: What does 'duty of care' mean for a BAI-certified archery instructor?
- Providing the highest level of archery technique possible
- Taking reasonable steps to prevent foreseeable harm to students (Correct answer)
- Ensuring students have the best available equipment
- Caring about students' long-term competitive success
Correct answer: Taking reasonable steps to prevent foreseeable harm to students
Duty of care is the legal and ethical obligation to take reasonable precautions to protect students from foreseeable harm.
BAI Professional Ethics & Standards 2
A student with a physical disability asks to modify the standard shooting stance.
What is the ethical obligation of a BAI-certified instructor?