MARYLAND BOATING UPDATED 2026 EXAM SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What should you do when operating a boat in high waves? - ✔✔Close windows and
hatches, secure loose items, slow down, and head into the waves at a 45 degree angle.
PWC's should head straight for the waves.
✔✔From which direction does does most bad weather come from? - ✔✔West.
✔✔Gasoline fumes are most likely to accumulate where? - ✔✔The bilge.
✔✔What does "No Discharge Zone" mean. - ✔✔No dumping trash or oil/gasoline
overboard.
✔✔What does a mooring buoy look like? - ✔✔White with a horizontal blue stripe.
✔✔What are some red buoys called? - ✔✔Nun buoys.
✔✔What is the main cause of boating fatalities? - ✔✔Capsizing or falling overboard.
✔✔What does a vessel's length overall dictate? - ✔✔The equipment the vessel must
have to comply with federal and state laws.
✔✔What is an outboard engine? - ✔✔A portable, self-contained package of an engine,
gear case, and propeller that is attached to the transom of a boat.
✔✔What happens if a boat is over capacity? - ✔✔It will swamp or capsize.
✔✔Where is the capacity plate located? - ✔✔Near the operator's position or on the
transom of the boat.
✔✔What is a float plan? - ✔✔When you tell someone where you are going and ask
them to take action if you don't return in time.
✔✔What should you do if you smell fuel vapors on your boat? - ✔✔Turn the boat off
and run the ventilation system until you can't smell the vapors anymore.
✔✔What is a stand-on vessel? - ✔✔The vessel that must maintain its course and speed
unless it becomes apparent that the give-way vessel is not taking appropriate action.
✔✔Who is the stand-on vessel in a head on meeting? - ✔✔Neither, both vessels must
give way.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What should you do when operating a boat in high waves? - ✔✔Close windows and
hatches, secure loose items, slow down, and head into the waves at a 45 degree angle.
PWC's should head straight for the waves.
✔✔From which direction does does most bad weather come from? - ✔✔West.
✔✔Gasoline fumes are most likely to accumulate where? - ✔✔The bilge.
✔✔What does "No Discharge Zone" mean. - ✔✔No dumping trash or oil/gasoline
overboard.
✔✔What does a mooring buoy look like? - ✔✔White with a horizontal blue stripe.
✔✔What are some red buoys called? - ✔✔Nun buoys.
✔✔What is the main cause of boating fatalities? - ✔✔Capsizing or falling overboard.
✔✔What does a vessel's length overall dictate? - ✔✔The equipment the vessel must
have to comply with federal and state laws.
✔✔What is an outboard engine? - ✔✔A portable, self-contained package of an engine,
gear case, and propeller that is attached to the transom of a boat.
✔✔What happens if a boat is over capacity? - ✔✔It will swamp or capsize.
✔✔Where is the capacity plate located? - ✔✔Near the operator's position or on the
transom of the boat.
✔✔What is a float plan? - ✔✔When you tell someone where you are going and ask
them to take action if you don't return in time.
✔✔What should you do if you smell fuel vapors on your boat? - ✔✔Turn the boat off
and run the ventilation system until you can't smell the vapors anymore.
✔✔What is a stand-on vessel? - ✔✔The vessel that must maintain its course and speed
unless it becomes apparent that the give-way vessel is not taking appropriate action.
✔✔Who is the stand-on vessel in a head on meeting? - ✔✔Neither, both vessels must
give way.
