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NJ BOATING EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS #22What is the age that you MUST wear a PFD at all times? - correct answer 12 or younger
How old must you be to receive a NJ boat safety certificate? - correct answer 13 years
old
How old must you be to operate a Personal Water Craft (PWC)? - correct answer 16
years old
True or False:Anyone age 13 or older can operate a powerboat that is operated by a
trolling motor or one horsepower or less if the boat is longer than 12 feet it must have
less than ten horsepower - correct answer True
When should your navigation lights be on? - correct answer Sunset to Sunrise or during
the day if visibility is ristricted
When is it legal to tow someone on a wakeboard or tube? - correct answer Sunrise to
Sunset
Is it legal to operate your boat by the launch ramp? - correct answer Yes, you have to
go at slow speed no wake
Where is the best place to transfer gera from your vehicle to your boat before launching
- correct answer away from the boat ramp.Preparation should be done away from the
ramp
Can you legally pass an emergency vessel with their lights on? - correct answer Yes,
but you must go at a slow rate no wake speed
How fast should you go in a lagoon or narrow channel? - correct answer Slow speed
Is it legal to operate at a slow speed inside of a marked exclusion area?(diamond with a
cross) - correct answer NEVER GO IN THIS AREA
What is the distance you should be from any military or service vessel? - correct answer
500 yards
If you are within 500 yards of a military vessel how fast should you be going? - correct
answer Slow,no wake speed
If you are within 100 yards of a military vessel, what should you do? - correct answer Be
stopped
If you are operating at a fast speed how far must you be from a marina,pier,wharf,or
dock? - correct answer 200 feet
, When you are closer than 200 feet away from a marina,pier,wharf,or dock how fast
should you go? - correct answer No wake speed, slow
Before you leave the dock what should you look at - correct answer Nautical chart
What is a Nautical chart - correct answer Contains information such as water depths
and the locations of channel, sand bars, rocks, and vegetation. Prevents from running
aground.
How can you prevent running aground - correct answer Nautical chart
Who is responsible for avoiding collisions - correct answer EVERYONE
When two boats are approaching head on what should they do? - correct answer Each
boat must give way to the right to pass
Another boat is approaching your boat from your starboard side, what do you do? -
correct answer You must stop, slow down, change direction(you are the give-way
vessel)
When you are underway and a sailboat is passing you, what must you do? - correct
answer Maintain course and speed as the sailboat must give-way
True or False:If you are overtaking another boat, you must give way - correct answer
True
What is the primary factor that will affect boat speed? - correct answer Visibility
Caught in the fog, what do you do? - correct answer Slow down, turn on navigation
lights, be prepared to take action to avoid collision
Red bouys:even or odd numbers - correct answer Even
Green bouys:even or odd numbers - correct answer odd
Purpous of markers? - correct answer Identify edges of safe water, the potential for
running aground outside them is very high
Running aground, what must you FIRST do? - correct answer Make sure everyone is
okay, give assistance
What should you do after you run aground? - correct answer Check if everyone is okay,
check for leaks, turn the engine off, shift weight in the boat forward, raise the engine
and push yourself using a boat hook or an ore
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