NJ BOATING TEST EVALUATION QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Where are registration numbers located on the boat - ✔✔Both sides fo 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 manditory 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 BEFOREfueling your boat - ✔✔1. Get eveyone off the boat
2. Make sure everything is turned off including all electrical equipment
3. Close all windows, doors,ports, and openings
4.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 invassive species at bay? - ✔✔Thoroughly 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 alohol or drug
test
✔✔What happens if you operate a boat under the influence? - ✔✔Lost boating l icense
for ONE YEAR and driving for THREE MONTHS
✔✔Towing vessels ust 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 yu 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
✔✔when must accidents be reported to the NJ state police? - ✔✔If a person
disappears,dies,injury,or property damge is more than $2000
✔✔Slow speed/No Wake - ✔✔The speed at which a motorized vessel moves through
the water and is able to maintain minimum headway in relation to a vessel or structure
being passed and produces the minimum wake possible.
✔✔What does a PWC need to steer? - ✔✔power
✔✔What is minimum headway speed? - ✔✔The slowest speed at which it is still
possible to maintain steering control o fa personal watercraft (PWC)
✔✔Where is the starboard of the boat? - ✔✔RIGHT side
✔✔Where is the port side of the boat? - ✔✔LEFT side
✔✔What are the 6 types of nautical knots - ✔✔1. Figure Eight Bend
2. Bowline Knot
3. Anchor Bend Knot
4. Cleating Hitch
5. Clove Hitch
6. Round Turn and Two Half Hitches
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Where are registration numbers located on the boat - ✔✔Both sides fo 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 manditory 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 BEFOREfueling your boat - ✔✔1. Get eveyone off the boat
2. Make sure everything is turned off including all electrical equipment
3. Close all windows, doors,ports, and openings
4.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 invassive species at bay? - ✔✔Thoroughly 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 alohol or drug
test
✔✔What happens if you operate a boat under the influence? - ✔✔Lost boating l icense
for ONE YEAR and driving for THREE MONTHS
✔✔Towing vessels ust 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 yu 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
✔✔when must accidents be reported to the NJ state police? - ✔✔If a person
disappears,dies,injury,or property damge is more than $2000
✔✔Slow speed/No Wake - ✔✔The speed at which a motorized vessel moves through
the water and is able to maintain minimum headway in relation to a vessel or structure
being passed and produces the minimum wake possible.
✔✔What does a PWC need to steer? - ✔✔power
✔✔What is minimum headway speed? - ✔✔The slowest speed at which it is still
possible to maintain steering control o fa personal watercraft (PWC)
✔✔Where is the starboard of the boat? - ✔✔RIGHT side
✔✔Where is the port side of the boat? - ✔✔LEFT side
✔✔What are the 6 types of nautical knots - ✔✔1. Figure Eight Bend
2. Bowline Knot
3. Anchor Bend Knot
4. Cleating Hitch
5. Clove Hitch
6. Round Turn and Two Half Hitches
