NJ BOATER EXAM 2024/2025 WITH 100%
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
What does one short blast of a horn mean? - Precise Answer ✔✔I intend
to pass you on my port (left) side
A sailboat is underway in the fog. What sound signal should you hear? -
Precise Answer ✔✔one prolonged blast plus two short blasts every two
minutes
Green can buoy - Precise Answer ✔✔Cylindrical-shaped (square)
markers that are always green in color, with odd numbers. Keep this
marker on your left (port) side when proceeding in the upstream
(returning from sea) direction.
Orange square marker buoy - Precise Answer ✔✔Information
Carbon Monoxide (CO) - Precise Answer ✔✔It is an invisible, odorless,
tasteless gas that is produced when a carbon-based fuel burns.
Never enter areas under swim platforms where exhaust outlets are
located—even for a second. One or two breaths in this area could be
fatal.
,Slow Speed or Idling causes carbon monoxide to accumulate in the
cabin, cockpit, and rear deck. Stay 20 feet from other boats so you don't
inhale its CO.
Early symptoms of CO poisoning include irritated eyes, headache,
nausea, weakness, and dizziness.
How to determine distance from thunderstorm: - Precise Answer
✔✔Count the number of seconds between the flash of lightning and the
clap of thunder.
Divide the number of seconds by five.
The result is roughly the distance in miles you are from the storm.
How are CAN buoys marked? - Precise Answer ✔✔green with odd
numbers
White marker with red vertical stripes - Precise Answer ✔✔safe water
on all sides
Orange circle marker - Precise Answer ✔✔Slow or idle speed
White buoy with blue stripe - Precise Answer ✔✔Mooring buoy - it has
chains that boats/ships can anchor to. It's anchor is heavy.
White marker with black vertical stripes - Precise Answer ✔✔Do not
pass between the marker and the shore
, White buoy with orange bands and an orange diamond - Precise Answer
✔✔Stay at least 700 feet away from it
White buoy with an orange crossed diamond and black lettering -
Precise Answer ✔✔keep out
Which symbol on a regulatory marker is used to mark a swimming area?
- Precise Answer ✔✔orange crossed diamond
What is needed for steering control on a PWC? - Precise Answer
✔✔power to the jet drive (throttle)
The motor on a PWC is running. Which part of the PWC can cause
severe internal injuries? - Precise Answer ✔✔steering nozzle (can
project water with force)
What is the main function of an ignition safety switch? - Precise Answer
✔✔to shut off the engine if the operator is thrown overboard
Green & Red Buoy (Green on top)(Red on top) - Precise Answer
✔✔These are placed at the junction of two channels to indicate the
preferred (primary) channel when a channel splits.
If green is on top, the preferred channel is to the right.
If red is on top, the preferred channel is to the left.
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
What does one short blast of a horn mean? - Precise Answer ✔✔I intend
to pass you on my port (left) side
A sailboat is underway in the fog. What sound signal should you hear? -
Precise Answer ✔✔one prolonged blast plus two short blasts every two
minutes
Green can buoy - Precise Answer ✔✔Cylindrical-shaped (square)
markers that are always green in color, with odd numbers. Keep this
marker on your left (port) side when proceeding in the upstream
(returning from sea) direction.
Orange square marker buoy - Precise Answer ✔✔Information
Carbon Monoxide (CO) - Precise Answer ✔✔It is an invisible, odorless,
tasteless gas that is produced when a carbon-based fuel burns.
Never enter areas under swim platforms where exhaust outlets are
located—even for a second. One or two breaths in this area could be
fatal.
,Slow Speed or Idling causes carbon monoxide to accumulate in the
cabin, cockpit, and rear deck. Stay 20 feet from other boats so you don't
inhale its CO.
Early symptoms of CO poisoning include irritated eyes, headache,
nausea, weakness, and dizziness.
How to determine distance from thunderstorm: - Precise Answer
✔✔Count the number of seconds between the flash of lightning and the
clap of thunder.
Divide the number of seconds by five.
The result is roughly the distance in miles you are from the storm.
How are CAN buoys marked? - Precise Answer ✔✔green with odd
numbers
White marker with red vertical stripes - Precise Answer ✔✔safe water
on all sides
Orange circle marker - Precise Answer ✔✔Slow or idle speed
White buoy with blue stripe - Precise Answer ✔✔Mooring buoy - it has
chains that boats/ships can anchor to. It's anchor is heavy.
White marker with black vertical stripes - Precise Answer ✔✔Do not
pass between the marker and the shore
, White buoy with orange bands and an orange diamond - Precise Answer
✔✔Stay at least 700 feet away from it
White buoy with an orange crossed diamond and black lettering -
Precise Answer ✔✔keep out
Which symbol on a regulatory marker is used to mark a swimming area?
- Precise Answer ✔✔orange crossed diamond
What is needed for steering control on a PWC? - Precise Answer
✔✔power to the jet drive (throttle)
The motor on a PWC is running. Which part of the PWC can cause
severe internal injuries? - Precise Answer ✔✔steering nozzle (can
project water with force)
What is the main function of an ignition safety switch? - Precise Answer
✔✔to shut off the engine if the operator is thrown overboard
Green & Red Buoy (Green on top)(Red on top) - Precise Answer
✔✔These are placed at the junction of two channels to indicate the
preferred (primary) channel when a channel splits.
If green is on top, the preferred channel is to the right.
If red is on top, the preferred channel is to the left.
