NJ Boating Test with correct questions and answers 2025
Terms in this set (60)
How should a boat's registration on both sides of the bow
number and validation decal be
displayed?
What are the most important weight and chest size
factors in choosing a PFD?
Information on the capacity plate number of people, max weight, sometimes max horsepower
Best way to find out about local nautical chart
hazards
Minimum age to operate a PWC 16 years old
Type of PFD that turns most off-shore PFD (type 1)
people face up
Who is responsible for making the operator
sure
passengers know all safety
information?
Best place to store a fire in an easily accessible place
extinguisher
When should a life jacket be when it is torn
discarded and replaced?
What effect does alcohol have on increases the likelihood of an accident
operating a vessel?
In federally controlled waters, USCG approved visual distress signal, PFD, throwable device
what
equipment is required on an 18 foot
boat?
sound producing device required horn or whistle
on an 18 ft boat in NJ waters
What factors provide warning of dark clouds and shifting winds
dangerous weather?
part of a regular engine check the oil
maintenance program
With respect to the wind or into the wind
current, how should you
approach the dock?
What should you do before stop the engine, close all doors/windows/hatches
, fueling?
Where should the trailer be well away from the dock
located when loading gear?
how to avoid propeller strikes turn of engine
when boarding
What is a reason why boat not enough PFDs on board
operators would be directed to
shore?
What is the best way of wearing a life jacket
minimizing the risk of
drowning?
how to avoid transporting nuisance clean hull, clear bilge, clear off zebra mussels
species
boat operator should tell basic safety information and the location of safety equipment
passengers
function of an ignition safety kills the engine if it comes off
switch
How far away from a marina, dock, 200 feet
or wharf must a power boat be to
travel faster than no wake
speed?
effect of alcohol while boating greater while boating
compared to land
boating while intoxicated in NJ boating in NJ = implied consent for breathilizer
waters
Who is responsible for avoiding the operator
collisions?
What is a safe speed for boats? a speed at which the operator can avoid collisions
What is the main purpose of to mark the edge of safe waters
the lateral system of red and
green buoys/markers?
Is operating at slow/no-wake yes
speed when passing an
anchored vessel legal?
When is a sailboat undersail the when it is overtaking the power-driven vessel
give-way vessel when
encountering a power-driven
vessel?
Terms in this set (60)
How should a boat's registration on both sides of the bow
number and validation decal be
displayed?
What are the most important weight and chest size
factors in choosing a PFD?
Information on the capacity plate number of people, max weight, sometimes max horsepower
Best way to find out about local nautical chart
hazards
Minimum age to operate a PWC 16 years old
Type of PFD that turns most off-shore PFD (type 1)
people face up
Who is responsible for making the operator
sure
passengers know all safety
information?
Best place to store a fire in an easily accessible place
extinguisher
When should a life jacket be when it is torn
discarded and replaced?
What effect does alcohol have on increases the likelihood of an accident
operating a vessel?
In federally controlled waters, USCG approved visual distress signal, PFD, throwable device
what
equipment is required on an 18 foot
boat?
sound producing device required horn or whistle
on an 18 ft boat in NJ waters
What factors provide warning of dark clouds and shifting winds
dangerous weather?
part of a regular engine check the oil
maintenance program
With respect to the wind or into the wind
current, how should you
approach the dock?
What should you do before stop the engine, close all doors/windows/hatches
, fueling?
Where should the trailer be well away from the dock
located when loading gear?
how to avoid propeller strikes turn of engine
when boarding
What is a reason why boat not enough PFDs on board
operators would be directed to
shore?
What is the best way of wearing a life jacket
minimizing the risk of
drowning?
how to avoid transporting nuisance clean hull, clear bilge, clear off zebra mussels
species
boat operator should tell basic safety information and the location of safety equipment
passengers
function of an ignition safety kills the engine if it comes off
switch
How far away from a marina, dock, 200 feet
or wharf must a power boat be to
travel faster than no wake
speed?
effect of alcohol while boating greater while boating
compared to land
boating while intoxicated in NJ boating in NJ = implied consent for breathilizer
waters
Who is responsible for avoiding the operator
collisions?
What is a safe speed for boats? a speed at which the operator can avoid collisions
What is the main purpose of to mark the edge of safe waters
the lateral system of red and
green buoys/markers?
Is operating at slow/no-wake yes
speed when passing an
anchored vessel legal?
When is a sailboat undersail the when it is overtaking the power-driven vessel
give-way vessel when
encountering a power-driven
vessel?
