NJ Boating Safety Test 60 - Practice-Ready Answer Guide

NJ Boating Safety Test 60 - Practice-Ready Answer Guide What is the age that you MUST wear a PFD at all times? - answer - 12 or younger How old must you be to receive a NJ boat safety certificate? - answer - 13 years old How old must you be to operate a Personal Water Craft (PWC)? - 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 - answer - True When should your navigation lights be on? - answer - Sunset to Sunrise or during the day if visibility is ristricted When is it legal to tow someone on a wakeboard or tube? - answer - Sunrise to Sunset Is it legal to operate your boat by the launch ramp? - 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 - 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? - answer - Yes, but you must go at a slow rate no wake speed How fast should you go in a lagoon or narrow channel? - answer - Slow speed Is it legal to operate at a slow speed inside of a marked exclusion area?(diamond with a cross) - answer - NEVER GO IN THIS AREA what is the distance you should be from any military or service vessel? - answer - 500 yards If you are within 500 yards of a military vessel how fast should you be going? - answer - Slow,no wake speed If you are within 100 yards of a military vessel, what should you do? - answer - Be stopped If you are operating at a fast speed how far must you be from a marina,pier,wharf,or dock? - answer - 200 feet When you are closer than 200 feet away from a marina,pier,wharf,or dock how fast should you go? - answer - No wake speed, slow Before you leave the dock what should you look at - answer - Nautical chart What is a Nautical chart - 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 - answer - Nautical chart Who is responsible for avoiding collisions - answer - EVERYONE When two boats are approaching head on what should they do? - 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? - 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? - answer - Maintain course and speed as the sailboat must give-way True or False:If you are overtaking another boat, you must give way - answer - True What is the primary factor that will affect boat speed? - answer - Visibility Caught in the fog, what do you do? - answer - Slow down, turn on navigation lights, be prepared to take action to avoid collision Red bouys:even or odd numbers - answer - Even Green bouys:even or odd numbers - answer - odd Purpous of markers? - answer - Identify edges of safe water, the potential for running aground outside them is very high Running aground, what must you FIRST do? - answer - Make sure everyone is okay, give assistance What should you do after you run aground? - 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 Must you register boat every year? - answer - Yes Where are validation decals placed - answer - Next to the registration numbers on both sides of the bow of the boat Where are registration numbers located on the boat - answer - Both sides fo the BOW of the boat What is located on the starboard side of the stern or transom of your boat? - answer - HULL identification number What is a manditory Coast Guard requirement that you must have on your boat in federally controlled waters? - answer - Appr