NJ BOATER LICENSE CORE MAIN EXAM ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔If steering in a PWC is turned right, the jet of water is pushing water to the _______
causing the PWC to turn right - ✔✔left
✔✔Included lines found in a sailboat - ✔✔Rigging
✔✔Line that raises or lowers the sails of a sailboat - ✔✔Halyards
✔✔Lines that control the angle of sails to the wind in a sailboat - ✔✔Sheets
✔✔Attached to a hull of the sailboat which keeps boat from sliding sideways -- aka
centerboard - ✔✔Keel
✔✔A ______________________ is located near the steering wheel, indicates mass
weight allowed on boat, max number of people, and horsepower rating - ✔✔Capacity
Plate
✔✔A ________________________ is used as a safety precaution used in case you do
not return home from sea. Includes who is on board, a detailed route of where you are
going, registration number, length of vessel, make, horsepower, engine type, and
license plate - ✔✔Float Plan
✔✔What the boat sits on while on a trailer - ✔✔Bunks
✔✔Part of the trailer that attaches to ball hitch to the towing vehicle. 2 strong safety
chains are crisscrossed to support it. - ✔✔Coupler
✔✔A vehicle that takes early action to prevent collisions - ✔✔Give-way vessel
✔✔Vehicle that maintains course and speed unless the give-way vehicle does not make
changes - ✔✔Stand-on vessel
✔✔If 2 vehicles are meeting head on, they should both turn to the __________ -
✔✔Right
✔✔_________ __________ always has the right away unless the sailboat cannot get
out of the way - ✔✔Power vessel
✔✔___________________ ALWAYS have the right-of-way - ✔✔Sailboats
, ✔✔When a collision cannot be avoided, make sure all passengers are not under or on
top of the boat, and they are in the ____ part of the boat. - ✔✔Main
✔✔Navigation lights are ____ and ________ - ✔✔Red and green
✔✔The red light is on the _______ side of the boat - ✔✔Left
✔✔The green light is on the ________ side of the boat - ✔✔Right
✔✔The stern light on all boats is ______ - ✔✔White
✔✔The masthead, white light is located on the top of all boats __ feet in length or more,
and the all-round white light is on boats less than __ feet in length
(SAME NUMBER) - ✔✔40
✔✔Big ________ lights show there is a barge or a large load - ✔✔Yellow
✔✔_ short blast means I am passing you on the left side - ✔✔1
✔✔_ short blasts mean I am passing you on the right side - ✔✔2
✔✔_ short blasts mean I am backing up - ✔✔3
✔✔When you give a signal with the horn, the other boat will _______ it if they agree -
✔✔Repeat
✔✔1 long blast or 5 or more rapid blast signify... - ✔✔Danger
✔✔On the VHF radio, Channel 16 is the _________ channel - ✔✔Distress
✔✔Say ______ 3x and then give a description of as much as you can - ✔✔Mayday
✔✔Channel __ is for contact between the coast guard and the public - ✔✔22
✔✔Falling barometer means ___ weather is approaching - ✔✔bad
✔✔Another word for downwind is - ✔✔Leeward
✔✔Another word for upwind is - ✔✔Windward
✔✔Green lights and odd numbers are placed on the ____ _____ - ✔✔Left side
✔✔Numbers on markers ________ as you head upstream - ✔✔Increase
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔If steering in a PWC is turned right, the jet of water is pushing water to the _______
causing the PWC to turn right - ✔✔left
✔✔Included lines found in a sailboat - ✔✔Rigging
✔✔Line that raises or lowers the sails of a sailboat - ✔✔Halyards
✔✔Lines that control the angle of sails to the wind in a sailboat - ✔✔Sheets
✔✔Attached to a hull of the sailboat which keeps boat from sliding sideways -- aka
centerboard - ✔✔Keel
✔✔A ______________________ is located near the steering wheel, indicates mass
weight allowed on boat, max number of people, and horsepower rating - ✔✔Capacity
Plate
✔✔A ________________________ is used as a safety precaution used in case you do
not return home from sea. Includes who is on board, a detailed route of where you are
going, registration number, length of vessel, make, horsepower, engine type, and
license plate - ✔✔Float Plan
✔✔What the boat sits on while on a trailer - ✔✔Bunks
✔✔Part of the trailer that attaches to ball hitch to the towing vehicle. 2 strong safety
chains are crisscrossed to support it. - ✔✔Coupler
✔✔A vehicle that takes early action to prevent collisions - ✔✔Give-way vessel
✔✔Vehicle that maintains course and speed unless the give-way vehicle does not make
changes - ✔✔Stand-on vessel
✔✔If 2 vehicles are meeting head on, they should both turn to the __________ -
✔✔Right
✔✔_________ __________ always has the right away unless the sailboat cannot get
out of the way - ✔✔Power vessel
✔✔___________________ ALWAYS have the right-of-way - ✔✔Sailboats
, ✔✔When a collision cannot be avoided, make sure all passengers are not under or on
top of the boat, and they are in the ____ part of the boat. - ✔✔Main
✔✔Navigation lights are ____ and ________ - ✔✔Red and green
✔✔The red light is on the _______ side of the boat - ✔✔Left
✔✔The green light is on the ________ side of the boat - ✔✔Right
✔✔The stern light on all boats is ______ - ✔✔White
✔✔The masthead, white light is located on the top of all boats __ feet in length or more,
and the all-round white light is on boats less than __ feet in length
(SAME NUMBER) - ✔✔40
✔✔Big ________ lights show there is a barge or a large load - ✔✔Yellow
✔✔_ short blast means I am passing you on the left side - ✔✔1
✔✔_ short blasts mean I am passing you on the right side - ✔✔2
✔✔_ short blasts mean I am backing up - ✔✔3
✔✔When you give a signal with the horn, the other boat will _______ it if they agree -
✔✔Repeat
✔✔1 long blast or 5 or more rapid blast signify... - ✔✔Danger
✔✔On the VHF radio, Channel 16 is the _________ channel - ✔✔Distress
✔✔Say ______ 3x and then give a description of as much as you can - ✔✔Mayday
✔✔Channel __ is for contact between the coast guard and the public - ✔✔22
✔✔Falling barometer means ___ weather is approaching - ✔✔bad
✔✔Another word for downwind is - ✔✔Leeward
✔✔Another word for upwind is - ✔✔Windward
✔✔Green lights and odd numbers are placed on the ____ _____ - ✔✔Left side
✔✔Numbers on markers ________ as you head upstream - ✔✔Increase
