Nj Boating Exam Guide Questions And Answers
2023-2024 Update (100%)
1. What is the age that you MUST wear a PFD at all times? - Answer: - 12 or younger
2. How old must you be to receive a NJ boat safety certificate? - Answer: - 13 years old
3. How old must you be to operate a Personal Water Craft
(PWC)? - Answer: - 16 years old
4. True or False: Anyone age 13 or older can operate a powerboat that is operated by a trolling
motor or one horsepower or less or if the the boat is longer than 12 feet it must have less than ten
horsepower -Answer: - True
5. When should your navigation lights be on? - Answer: - Sunset to Sunrise or during the day if
visibility isrestricted
6. When is it legal to tow someone on a wakeboard or tube? - Answer: - Sunrise to Sunset
7. When is it legal to operate a personal watercraft? - Answer: - Sunrise to Sunset
8. Is it legal to operate your boat by the launch ramp? - Answer: - Yes you have to go at slow speed no
wake
9. Where is the best place to transfer gear from your vehicle to your boat before launching? -
Answer: -Away from the boat ramp. Preparation should be done away from the ramp
, 10. Can you legally pass an emergency vessel with their lights on? - Answer: - Yes, but you must go at
a slowrate no wake speed
11. How fast should you go in a lagoon or narrow channel? - Answer: - Slow speed
12. Is it legal to operate at a slow speed inside of a marked exclusion area? (diamond with a cross) -
Answer: -NEVER GO IN THIS AREA
13. What is the distance you should be from any military or service vessel? - Answer: - 500 yards away
14. If you are within 500 yards of a military vessel how fast should you be going? - Answer: - Slow, no
wakespeed
15. If you are within 100 yards of a military vessel what should you do? - Answer: - Be stopped
16. If you are operating at a fast speed how far must you be from a marina, pier, wharf, or dock? -
Answer: -200 feet away
17. When you are closer than 200 feet away from a marina, pier, wharf, or dock how fast should you
go? -Answer: - No wake speed, slow
18. Before you leave the dock what, should you look at? - Answer: - Nautical Chart
19. What is a Nautical Chart? - Answer: - Contains information such as water depths and the
locations ofchannels, sand bars, rocks and vegetation. Prevents from running aground.
20. What can prevent you from running aground? - Answer: - Nautical Chart
2023-2024 Update (100%)
1. What is the age that you MUST wear a PFD at all times? - Answer: - 12 or younger
2. How old must you be to receive a NJ boat safety certificate? - Answer: - 13 years old
3. How old must you be to operate a Personal Water Craft
(PWC)? - Answer: - 16 years old
4. True or False: Anyone age 13 or older can operate a powerboat that is operated by a trolling
motor or one horsepower or less or if the the boat is longer than 12 feet it must have less than ten
horsepower -Answer: - True
5. When should your navigation lights be on? - Answer: - Sunset to Sunrise or during the day if
visibility isrestricted
6. When is it legal to tow someone on a wakeboard or tube? - Answer: - Sunrise to Sunset
7. When is it legal to operate a personal watercraft? - Answer: - Sunrise to Sunset
8. Is it legal to operate your boat by the launch ramp? - Answer: - Yes you have to go at slow speed no
wake
9. Where is the best place to transfer gear from your vehicle to your boat before launching? -
Answer: -Away from the boat ramp. Preparation should be done away from the ramp
, 10. Can you legally pass an emergency vessel with their lights on? - Answer: - Yes, but you must go at
a slowrate no wake speed
11. How fast should you go in a lagoon or narrow channel? - Answer: - Slow speed
12. Is it legal to operate at a slow speed inside of a marked exclusion area? (diamond with a cross) -
Answer: -NEVER GO IN THIS AREA
13. What is the distance you should be from any military or service vessel? - Answer: - 500 yards away
14. If you are within 500 yards of a military vessel how fast should you be going? - Answer: - Slow, no
wakespeed
15. If you are within 100 yards of a military vessel what should you do? - Answer: - Be stopped
16. If you are operating at a fast speed how far must you be from a marina, pier, wharf, or dock? -
Answer: -200 feet away
17. When you are closer than 200 feet away from a marina, pier, wharf, or dock how fast should you
go? -Answer: - No wake speed, slow
18. Before you leave the dock what, should you look at? - Answer: - Nautical Chart
19. What is a Nautical Chart? - Answer: - Contains information such as water depths and the
locations ofchannels, sand bars, rocks and vegetation. Prevents from running aground.
20. What can prevent you from running aground? - Answer: - Nautical Chart
