NJ Boaters License Exam With Questions Solved
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Where do you anchor a boat?
Lower anchor over the bow (never the stern)
Which Boats Require Registration?
All powered vessels (including PWC/jet skis) and all vessels over 12 feet in length.
Registration stickers go on both sides of the bow.
HIN (# for vessel)
Goes on the starboard side of the stern/transom
Requirements for operating a PWC?
16 years old or older AND successfully completed an approved boating safety course (must carry
your New Jersey Boat Safety Certificate on board). PWCs are subject to all boating laws.
Requirements to operate a motorized vessel other than a PWC on New Jersey waters:
Must be 13 with boater's license. If less than 16 only vessels powered by an electric motor
and vessels 12 feet long or longer with less than 10 horsepower
Effects of drinking alcohol on a boat
Drinking 1 beer on a boat is the equivalent of drinking 3 beers on land (OUI is .08); it can
effect your ability to distinguish colors (red/green). *The effects of alcohol are greater on a
person who is on the water than on land.
What to do if someone falls overboard...
Reach, Throw, Row (to him) or Go (swim to him)
How to prevent falling overboard...
Wear PFD; lanyard; sit in seats; slow while turning;
Rules regarding Naval Vessels...
Do not approach within 100 yards and slow to minimum speed within 500 yards of any U.S.
Naval vessel.
If you need to pass within 100 yards of a U.S. Naval vessel for safe passage, you must
contact the U.S. Naval vessel or the USCG escort vessel on VHF-FM channel 16.
, PFD (personal flotation device) requirements:
1 in reach for every passenger on board and/or being towed; one throwable for all vessels
16ft+; 12 and under mandatory; driver/passenger on PWC mandatory; persons being towed
must wear USCG-approved Type I, II, III, or V
Type I PDF
Will turn a person over in the water if unconscious - for at sea where rescue may take a while
Type III PFD
For water sports - won't turn a person over
Type II PFD
Will only turn some people over - for near shore where rescue is likely
Type IV PFD
Throwable (chair cushion or ting buoy)
Type V PFD
Designed for specific activities
Where should you store a fire extinguisher?
Must be accessible and immediately reachable (an easy to access location (not locked) ; type
B for oils and gas
If you have a fire in the fuel line what do you do first?
shut off the fuel line
How to add fuel to a boat
Turn off engine, everyone off boat, close all windows, doors, & ports fuel. Fuel up.
Open all windows, doors and ports. Operate blower for four minutes and check (using your
nose) engine compartment for gasoline vapors. When clear start the engine.
Required lights for powered vessels 65.6 ft or less:
Red on left and green on right of bow visible from 2 miles
An all-round white light (if less than 39.4 feet long) or both a masthead light and a sternlight
visible from a distance of at least two miles away on a dark, clear night.
The all-round white light (or the masthead light) must be at least 3.3 feet (one meter)
higher than the sidelights.
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Where do you anchor a boat?
Lower anchor over the bow (never the stern)
Which Boats Require Registration?
All powered vessels (including PWC/jet skis) and all vessels over 12 feet in length.
Registration stickers go on both sides of the bow.
HIN (# for vessel)
Goes on the starboard side of the stern/transom
Requirements for operating a PWC?
16 years old or older AND successfully completed an approved boating safety course (must carry
your New Jersey Boat Safety Certificate on board). PWCs are subject to all boating laws.
Requirements to operate a motorized vessel other than a PWC on New Jersey waters:
Must be 13 with boater's license. If less than 16 only vessels powered by an electric motor
and vessels 12 feet long or longer with less than 10 horsepower
Effects of drinking alcohol on a boat
Drinking 1 beer on a boat is the equivalent of drinking 3 beers on land (OUI is .08); it can
effect your ability to distinguish colors (red/green). *The effects of alcohol are greater on a
person who is on the water than on land.
What to do if someone falls overboard...
Reach, Throw, Row (to him) or Go (swim to him)
How to prevent falling overboard...
Wear PFD; lanyard; sit in seats; slow while turning;
Rules regarding Naval Vessels...
Do not approach within 100 yards and slow to minimum speed within 500 yards of any U.S.
Naval vessel.
If you need to pass within 100 yards of a U.S. Naval vessel for safe passage, you must
contact the U.S. Naval vessel or the USCG escort vessel on VHF-FM channel 16.
, PFD (personal flotation device) requirements:
1 in reach for every passenger on board and/or being towed; one throwable for all vessels
16ft+; 12 and under mandatory; driver/passenger on PWC mandatory; persons being towed
must wear USCG-approved Type I, II, III, or V
Type I PDF
Will turn a person over in the water if unconscious - for at sea where rescue may take a while
Type III PFD
For water sports - won't turn a person over
Type II PFD
Will only turn some people over - for near shore where rescue is likely
Type IV PFD
Throwable (chair cushion or ting buoy)
Type V PFD
Designed for specific activities
Where should you store a fire extinguisher?
Must be accessible and immediately reachable (an easy to access location (not locked) ; type
B for oils and gas
If you have a fire in the fuel line what do you do first?
shut off the fuel line
How to add fuel to a boat
Turn off engine, everyone off boat, close all windows, doors, & ports fuel. Fuel up.
Open all windows, doors and ports. Operate blower for four minutes and check (using your
nose) engine compartment for gasoline vapors. When clear start the engine.
Required lights for powered vessels 65.6 ft or less:
Red on left and green on right of bow visible from 2 miles
An all-round white light (if less than 39.4 feet long) or both a masthead light and a sternlight
visible from a distance of at least two miles away on a dark, clear night.
The all-round white light (or the masthead light) must be at least 3.3 feet (one meter)
higher than the sidelights.
