NJ BOATING ACTUAL FINALS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Caught in the fog, What do you do? - ✔✔Slow down, turn on navigation lights, be
prepared to take action to avoid collision
✔✔Red buoys: Even or odd numbers? - ✔✔Even
✔✔Green buoys: Even or odd numbers? - ✔✔Odd
✔✔Purpose of Markers? - ✔✔Identify edges of safe water, the potential for running
aground outside them is very high
✔✔Running Aground, what must you FIRST do? - ✔✔Make sure everyone is okay, give
assistance
✔✔What should you do after you run aground? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Where are validation decals placed? - ✔✔Next to the registration numbers on both
sides of the bow of the boat
✔✔Where are registration numbers located on a boat? - ✔✔Both sides of the BOW of
the boat
✔✔What is located on the starboard side of the stern or transom of your boat? -
✔✔HULL identification number
, ✔✔What is a mandatory Coast Guard requirement that you must have on your boat in
federally controlled waters? - ✔✔Approved visual distress signals
✔✔What are approved visual distress signals? - ✔✔Flare, SOS light, red meteors, or
distress flags
✔✔What is required on all boats? - ✔✔Life jackets, fire extinguishers, whistle, horn
✔✔How fast should you go when approaching a dock? - ✔✔Slow speed
✔✔Should you go towards or away from the current or wind when docking your boat? -
✔✔AGAINST the wind or current
✔✔What should you do before you fuel your boat? - ✔✔1. Get everyone off the boat
2. Make sure everything is turned off including all electrical equipment
3. Close all windows, doors, ports, and openings
4. Remove portable fuel tanks from the boat and fill them on the dock
5. Make sure fire extinguisher is handy
✔✔What should you do after fueling your boat? - ✔✔1. Open all windows, ports, doors,
and openings
2. Wipe up any spilled fuel
3. Sniff bilge and engine for fuel vapors
4. Allow for the boat to ventilate before starting the engine back up (4 minutes)
✔✔How to keep invasive species at bay? - ✔✔Throughly clean off your boat and your
trailer and remove plants and animals that you may see (zebra mussels)
✔✔If you are out on the water what have you given consent to? - ✔✔An alcohol or drug
test
✔✔What happens if you operate a boat under the influence? - ✔✔Lost boating license
for a year and driving for three months
✔✔Towing vessels must have _________ to watch the person being towed - ✔✔a
competent observer
✔✔PWC or boat requires to have at least how many people aboard? - ✔✔3 people
✔✔What are you required to have when you are towing someone? - ✔✔Ski Tow Flag
✔✔Where should the ski tow flag be placed? - ✔✔4 feet above the highest part of the
vessel and must be displayed when towing someone behind your vessel
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Caught in the fog, What do you do? - ✔✔Slow down, turn on navigation lights, be
prepared to take action to avoid collision
✔✔Red buoys: Even or odd numbers? - ✔✔Even
✔✔Green buoys: Even or odd numbers? - ✔✔Odd
✔✔Purpose of Markers? - ✔✔Identify edges of safe water, the potential for running
aground outside them is very high
✔✔Running Aground, what must you FIRST do? - ✔✔Make sure everyone is okay, give
assistance
✔✔What should you do after you run aground? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔Where are validation decals placed? - ✔✔Next to the registration numbers on both
sides of the bow of the boat
✔✔Where are registration numbers located on a boat? - ✔✔Both sides of the BOW of
the boat
✔✔What is located on the starboard side of the stern or transom of your boat? -
✔✔HULL identification number
, ✔✔What is a mandatory Coast Guard requirement that you must have on your boat in
federally controlled waters? - ✔✔Approved visual distress signals
✔✔What are approved visual distress signals? - ✔✔Flare, SOS light, red meteors, or
distress flags
✔✔What is required on all boats? - ✔✔Life jackets, fire extinguishers, whistle, horn
✔✔How fast should you go when approaching a dock? - ✔✔Slow speed
✔✔Should you go towards or away from the current or wind when docking your boat? -
✔✔AGAINST the wind or current
✔✔What should you do before you fuel your boat? - ✔✔1. Get everyone off the boat
2. Make sure everything is turned off including all electrical equipment
3. Close all windows, doors, ports, and openings
4. Remove portable fuel tanks from the boat and fill them on the dock
5. Make sure fire extinguisher is handy
✔✔What should you do after fueling your boat? - ✔✔1. Open all windows, ports, doors,
and openings
2. Wipe up any spilled fuel
3. Sniff bilge and engine for fuel vapors
4. Allow for the boat to ventilate before starting the engine back up (4 minutes)
✔✔How to keep invasive species at bay? - ✔✔Throughly clean off your boat and your
trailer and remove plants and animals that you may see (zebra mussels)
✔✔If you are out on the water what have you given consent to? - ✔✔An alcohol or drug
test
✔✔What happens if you operate a boat under the influence? - ✔✔Lost boating license
for a year and driving for three months
✔✔Towing vessels must have _________ to watch the person being towed - ✔✔a
competent observer
✔✔PWC or boat requires to have at least how many people aboard? - ✔✔3 people
✔✔What are you required to have when you are towing someone? - ✔✔Ski Tow Flag
✔✔Where should the ski tow flag be placed? - ✔✔4 feet above the highest part of the
vessel and must be displayed when towing someone behind your vessel
