NJ BOAT ACTUAL TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE
SOLUTION GUIDE
●● Cleat
Answer: Metal fitting on which a rope can be fastened
●● Gunwale
Answer: the upper edge of the side of a boat
●● Hull
Answer: Body of a vessel
●● Port
Answer: Left side of a vessel
●● Starboard
Answer: right side of a vessel
●● Stern
Answer: Rear of a vessel
,●● Beam
Answer: Maximum width of a vessel
●● Freeboard
Answer: Distance from water to lowest point of the boat where water
could come on board
●● Draft
Answer: Depth of water needed to float a vessel
●● Keel
Answer: Main centerline (backbone) of a vessel or the extension of hull
that increases stability in the water
●● Displacement Hull
Answer: The type of hull that plows through the water
●● Planing Hull
Answer: type of hull that is shaped to lift out of the water at high speeds
and ride on the surface
●● Vessels that have planing hulls
,Answer: most small vessels, PWC's, and small sailboats all have:
●● Personal Watercraft
Answer: A small vessel that uses an inboard jet drive as its primary
source of propulsion, and is designed to be operated by a person or
persons sitting, standing, or kneeling on the vessel rather than inside the
vessel
●● Displacement Mode
Answer: A planing hull, when operated at very slow speeds, will cut
through the water like a displacement hull.
●● Plowing Mode
Answer: As speed increases, a planing hull will have a raised bow,
reducing the operator's vision and throwing a very large wake. Avoid
maintaining a speed that puts your boat in plowing mode.
●● Planing Mode
Answer: Your boat is in planing mode when enough power is applied so
that the hull glides on top of the water. Different boats reach planing
mode at different speeds.
●● Length overall
Answer: Total length of the ship from bow to stern
, ●● Rudder
Answer: Steering device, usually a vertical blade attached to a post at, or
near, the stern of the boat
●● Outboard Engine
Answer: a portable, self-contained package of an engine, gear case, and
propeller that is attached to the transom of a boat
●● Transom
Answer: Vertical surface at the back of the hull
●● Tiller
Answer: Lever used to turn a rudder to steer a boat
●● Inboard Engines
Answer: An inboard is a four-stroke automotive engine adapted for
marine use. Inboard engines are mounted inside the hull's midsection or
in front of the transom. Attached to propeller through bottom of hull
●● Stern drives
Answer: Stern drives are known also as inboard/outboards (I/Os)
because they combine features found on both inboard and outboard
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE
SOLUTION GUIDE
●● Cleat
Answer: Metal fitting on which a rope can be fastened
●● Gunwale
Answer: the upper edge of the side of a boat
●● Hull
Answer: Body of a vessel
●● Port
Answer: Left side of a vessel
●● Starboard
Answer: right side of a vessel
●● Stern
Answer: Rear of a vessel
,●● Beam
Answer: Maximum width of a vessel
●● Freeboard
Answer: Distance from water to lowest point of the boat where water
could come on board
●● Draft
Answer: Depth of water needed to float a vessel
●● Keel
Answer: Main centerline (backbone) of a vessel or the extension of hull
that increases stability in the water
●● Displacement Hull
Answer: The type of hull that plows through the water
●● Planing Hull
Answer: type of hull that is shaped to lift out of the water at high speeds
and ride on the surface
●● Vessels that have planing hulls
,Answer: most small vessels, PWC's, and small sailboats all have:
●● Personal Watercraft
Answer: A small vessel that uses an inboard jet drive as its primary
source of propulsion, and is designed to be operated by a person or
persons sitting, standing, or kneeling on the vessel rather than inside the
vessel
●● Displacement Mode
Answer: A planing hull, when operated at very slow speeds, will cut
through the water like a displacement hull.
●● Plowing Mode
Answer: As speed increases, a planing hull will have a raised bow,
reducing the operator's vision and throwing a very large wake. Avoid
maintaining a speed that puts your boat in plowing mode.
●● Planing Mode
Answer: Your boat is in planing mode when enough power is applied so
that the hull glides on top of the water. Different boats reach planing
mode at different speeds.
●● Length overall
Answer: Total length of the ship from bow to stern
, ●● Rudder
Answer: Steering device, usually a vertical blade attached to a post at, or
near, the stern of the boat
●● Outboard Engine
Answer: a portable, self-contained package of an engine, gear case, and
propeller that is attached to the transom of a boat
●● Transom
Answer: Vertical surface at the back of the hull
●● Tiller
Answer: Lever used to turn a rudder to steer a boat
●● Inboard Engines
Answer: An inboard is a four-stroke automotive engine adapted for
marine use. Inboard engines are mounted inside the hull's midsection or
in front of the transom. Attached to propeller through bottom of hull
●● Stern drives
Answer: Stern drives are known also as inboard/outboards (I/Os)
because they combine features found on both inboard and outboard
