CALIFORNIA BOATING EVALUATION EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔planing mode - ✔✔when enough power is applied so that the hull glides on top of
the water
✔✔tiller - ✔✔lever used to turn the rudder to steer the boat
✔✔transom - ✔✔vertical surface at the back of the hull
✔✔outboard engines - ✔✔have more power per pound of weight that inboard engines
do
✔✔inboard engines - ✔✔automotive engines adapted to operate in marine
environments
✔✔stern drives - ✔✔quieter and more fuel-efficient engines
✔✔jet drives - ✔✔use an engine to power a strong water pump, which sucks up water
then forces it back out to trust the boat forward
✔✔safety lanyard - ✔✔a short cord for attached to the ignition safety switch to the
operator's wrist or lifejacket (PWC)
✔✔intake - ✔✔opening in the hull that drives water toward the impeller
✔✔intake grate - ✔✔screening over the intake, which provides large debris from
entering
✔✔drive shaft - ✔✔the long stem connection between the motor and the impeller
✔✔impeller - ✔✔device used to pump and force water under pressure through a
steering nozzle at the rear of the vessel
✔✔steering nozzle - ✔✔a device used to direct eh stream of water to the left or right at
the stern of a PWC, which steers the PWC
✔✔halyards - ✔✔lines used to raise and lower the sails
✔✔sheets - ✔✔lines used to control the angle of the sails to the wind
✔✔capsize - ✔✔to turn on the side or turn completely over
✔✔swamp - ✔✔to fill with water
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔planing mode - ✔✔when enough power is applied so that the hull glides on top of
the water
✔✔tiller - ✔✔lever used to turn the rudder to steer the boat
✔✔transom - ✔✔vertical surface at the back of the hull
✔✔outboard engines - ✔✔have more power per pound of weight that inboard engines
do
✔✔inboard engines - ✔✔automotive engines adapted to operate in marine
environments
✔✔stern drives - ✔✔quieter and more fuel-efficient engines
✔✔jet drives - ✔✔use an engine to power a strong water pump, which sucks up water
then forces it back out to trust the boat forward
✔✔safety lanyard - ✔✔a short cord for attached to the ignition safety switch to the
operator's wrist or lifejacket (PWC)
✔✔intake - ✔✔opening in the hull that drives water toward the impeller
✔✔intake grate - ✔✔screening over the intake, which provides large debris from
entering
✔✔drive shaft - ✔✔the long stem connection between the motor and the impeller
✔✔impeller - ✔✔device used to pump and force water under pressure through a
steering nozzle at the rear of the vessel
✔✔steering nozzle - ✔✔a device used to direct eh stream of water to the left or right at
the stern of a PWC, which steers the PWC
✔✔halyards - ✔✔lines used to raise and lower the sails
✔✔sheets - ✔✔lines used to control the angle of the sails to the wind
✔✔capsize - ✔✔to turn on the side or turn completely over
✔✔swamp - ✔✔to fill with water
