STUDY GUIDE
◉ 2) What is the minimum height of the state registration numbers
that are displayed on a boat? Answer: 3"
◉ 3) If a boat transfers ownership, is destroyed, lost, stolen or
recovered, the owner must notify the agency which issued the
certificate within this many days: Answer: 15
◉ 4) On a federally documented boat, it must have this number
permanently affixed in block type, Arabic numerals not lees than 3"
in height, on a clearly visible internal structural part of the boat.
Answer: Official number
◉ 5) This legal proof of state registration is required to be on the
boat whenever it is underway: Answer: Certificate of number
◉ 6) Motorized boats must be Answer: registered in the state of
principal use
, ◉ 7) A Backfire Flame Arrestor is attached to the air intake of an
inboard gasoline engine and is designed to: Answer: Suppress
flames
◉ 8) Which one of the following boats is required to have a fire
extinguisher on board: Answer: Personal watercraft
◉ 9) Which of the following boats is required to have a Type IV
(throwable) Personal Floatation Device on board under USCG
regulations? Answer: 16" bass boat
◉ 10) Which of the following is a U.S. Coast Guard approved type of
visual distress signaling device: Answer: electric distress signal light
◉ 11) All boats less than 39.4 feet in length, must legally carry this
item in order to communicate with other boats... Answer: an efficient
means of producing a sound signal
◉ 12) A U.S. Coast Guard approved installed fire extinguishing
system replaces this many portable B-I fire extinguishers? Answer: 1
◉ 13) With whom should you leave your float plan? Answer: Friend,
neighbor, or relative