NJ BOATING EXAM ACTUAL PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ How old must you be to receive a NJ boat safety certificate?
Answer: 13 years old
◉ How old must you be to operate a Personal Water Craft (PWC)?
Answer: 16 years old
◉ True or False:Anyone age 13 or older can operate a powerboat
that is operated by a trolling motor or one horsepower or less if the
boat is longer than 12 feet it must have less than ten horsepower
Answer: True
◉ When should your navigation lights be on? Answer: Sunset to
Sunrise or during the day if visibility is ristricted
◉ When is it legal to tow someone on a wakeboard or tube? Answer:
Sunrise to Sunset
◉ Is it legal to operate your boat by the launch ramp? Answer: Yes,
you have to go at slow speed no wake
,◉ Where is the best place to transfer gera from your vehicle to your
boat before launching Answer: away from the boat
ramp.Preparation should be done away from the ramp
◉ Can you legally pass an emergency vessel with their lights on?
Answer: Yes, but you must go at a slow rate no wake speed
◉ How fast should you go in a lagoon or narrow channel? Answer:
Slow speed
◉ 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
◉ what is the distance you should be from any military or service
vessel? Answer: 500 yards
◉ If you are within 500 yards of a military vessel how fast should
you be going? Answer: Slow,no wake speed
◉ If you are within 100 yards of a military vessel, what should you
do? Answer: Be stopped
◉ If you are operating at a fast speed how far must you be from a
marina,pier,wharf,or dock? Answer: 200 feet
, ◉ 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
◉ Before you leave the dock what should you look at Answer:
Nautical chart
◉ What is a Nautical chart Answer: Contains information such as
water depths and the locations of channel, sand bars, rocks, and
vegetation. Prevents from running aground.
◉ How can you prevent running aground Answer: Nautical chart
◉ Who is responsible for avoiding collisions Answer: EVERYONE
◉ When two boats are approaching head on what should they do?
Answer: Each boat must give way to the right to pass
◉ Another boat is approaching your boat from your starboard side,
what do you do? Answer: You must stop, slow down, change
direction(you are the give-way vessel)
QUESTIONS ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ How old must you be to receive a NJ boat safety certificate?
Answer: 13 years old
◉ How old must you be to operate a Personal Water Craft (PWC)?
Answer: 16 years old
◉ True or False:Anyone age 13 or older can operate a powerboat
that is operated by a trolling motor or one horsepower or less if the
boat is longer than 12 feet it must have less than ten horsepower
Answer: True
◉ When should your navigation lights be on? Answer: Sunset to
Sunrise or during the day if visibility is ristricted
◉ When is it legal to tow someone on a wakeboard or tube? Answer:
Sunrise to Sunset
◉ Is it legal to operate your boat by the launch ramp? Answer: Yes,
you have to go at slow speed no wake
,◉ Where is the best place to transfer gera from your vehicle to your
boat before launching Answer: away from the boat
ramp.Preparation should be done away from the ramp
◉ Can you legally pass an emergency vessel with their lights on?
Answer: Yes, but you must go at a slow rate no wake speed
◉ How fast should you go in a lagoon or narrow channel? Answer:
Slow speed
◉ 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
◉ what is the distance you should be from any military or service
vessel? Answer: 500 yards
◉ If you are within 500 yards of a military vessel how fast should
you be going? Answer: Slow,no wake speed
◉ If you are within 100 yards of a military vessel, what should you
do? Answer: Be stopped
◉ If you are operating at a fast speed how far must you be from a
marina,pier,wharf,or dock? Answer: 200 feet
, ◉ 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
◉ Before you leave the dock what should you look at Answer:
Nautical chart
◉ What is a Nautical chart Answer: Contains information such as
water depths and the locations of channel, sand bars, rocks, and
vegetation. Prevents from running aground.
◉ How can you prevent running aground Answer: Nautical chart
◉ Who is responsible for avoiding collisions Answer: EVERYONE
◉ When two boats are approaching head on what should they do?
Answer: Each boat must give way to the right to pass
◉ Another boat is approaching your boat from your starboard side,
what do you do? Answer: You must stop, slow down, change
direction(you are the give-way vessel)
