NJ BOATER LICENSE 2026 EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Towed skiier - ✔✔Must wear a type 1,2,3, or 5 PFD
✔✔Type 1 PFD - ✔✔offshore life jacket, provide most buoyancy, will put unconscious
face up. GOOD FOR ROUGH WATERS WHERE RESCUE WILL TAKE A WHILE
✔✔Type 2 PFD - ✔✔Near Shore Buoyant Vest, good for calm waters when assistance
is near, will turn some people face up but not guaranteed
✔✔Type 3 PFD - ✔✔Flotation Aid, good for calm waters, not recommended for rough
waters. Will not turn people up. Expands when it hits water. Mostly used for water
sports.
✔✔Type 4 PFD - ✔✔Throwable device, ring buoys or cushions designed for calm
waters to be thrown to someone overboard.
✔✔Type 5 PFD - ✔✔Special use device, desirfor specific activity such as kayaking,
skiing, or windsurfing. Designed to inflate when you hit water,
✔✔Type A fire extinguisher - ✔✔For ordinary combustibles of paper, wood and cloth.
They contain water or water-based agents
✔✔Type B fire extinguisher - ✔✔Fire extinguisher used for flammable substances such
as grease, oil, or gas fires.
✔✔Type C fire extinguisher - ✔✔electrical equipment
✔✔Fire Extinguisher Requirements - ✔✔Vessels with: inboard engines, closed
compartment where fuel tanks are stored, double bottoms unsealed, close living
spaces, closed storage compartment for flammable materials, installed fuel tanks
✔✔Keep _ free of trash to reduce fire - ✔✔Bilge
✔✔2 years - ✔✔Fire extinguisher should be serviced at least every __ years.
✔✔green button - ✔✔Tells charge level of fire extinguisher, should pop back out if
charged.
✔✔Backfire Flame Arrestors - ✔✔Designed to prevent their ignition of gasoline vapors
incase the engine backfires. Periodically clean
, ✔✔ventilation system - ✔✔provides fresh air and keeps air circulating. Helps prevent
explosion. Must be USCG approved
✔✔Ventilation Requirements - ✔✔All gas powered vessels must have 2 ventilation
ducts fitted with cowls to remove the fumes.
✔✔Cowl - ✔✔Hooded opening designed to scoop in air
✔✔Noise level limits - ✔✔Exhaust on every combustion engine must be muffled, do not
exceed noise over 90 dcb,
✔✔Exempt to Noise Limits - ✔✔Vessels in races and vessels with a race test permit
✔✔Navigation Lights Law - ✔✔Use lights between sunset and sunrise, and never in
unclear conditions.
✔✔Powerboats 65.6< when underway - ✔✔Must have red and green sidelights visible
from 2 miles away, or 1 mile on a clear night. All round white light (masthead & stern)
visible from 2 miles away. White light must be 1 meter higher than the sidelights.
✔✔Red sidelight - ✔✔Left side of boat (port)
✔✔Green sidelight - ✔✔Right side of boat (starboard)
✔✔Unpowered Vessels 65ft< when underway - ✔✔Red & green sidelights, and stern
light from 2 miles away
✔✔Unpowered Vessels 23ft< - ✔✔Try to exhibit same lights, if not use hand signals,
flashlight or lantern
✔✔All vessels - ✔✔REQUIRED ALL ROUND WHITE LIGHT
✔✔Federally Controlled Waters - ✔✔Costal waters, the great lakes, territorial seas, and
bodies of water leading to these
✔✔Visual Distress Signals (VDSs) - ✔✔Allow vessel operators to signal in the event for
help for emergency. Either day or night signal
✔✔Required VDS - ✔✔Vessels on federally controlled waters, all vessels must carry
night signal,
✔✔Exempt from Day Signals - ✔✔Recreational vessels 16ft<, non motorized sailboats
26ft<, manually propelled vessels
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Towed skiier - ✔✔Must wear a type 1,2,3, or 5 PFD
✔✔Type 1 PFD - ✔✔offshore life jacket, provide most buoyancy, will put unconscious
face up. GOOD FOR ROUGH WATERS WHERE RESCUE WILL TAKE A WHILE
✔✔Type 2 PFD - ✔✔Near Shore Buoyant Vest, good for calm waters when assistance
is near, will turn some people face up but not guaranteed
✔✔Type 3 PFD - ✔✔Flotation Aid, good for calm waters, not recommended for rough
waters. Will not turn people up. Expands when it hits water. Mostly used for water
sports.
✔✔Type 4 PFD - ✔✔Throwable device, ring buoys or cushions designed for calm
waters to be thrown to someone overboard.
✔✔Type 5 PFD - ✔✔Special use device, desirfor specific activity such as kayaking,
skiing, or windsurfing. Designed to inflate when you hit water,
✔✔Type A fire extinguisher - ✔✔For ordinary combustibles of paper, wood and cloth.
They contain water or water-based agents
✔✔Type B fire extinguisher - ✔✔Fire extinguisher used for flammable substances such
as grease, oil, or gas fires.
✔✔Type C fire extinguisher - ✔✔electrical equipment
✔✔Fire Extinguisher Requirements - ✔✔Vessels with: inboard engines, closed
compartment where fuel tanks are stored, double bottoms unsealed, close living
spaces, closed storage compartment for flammable materials, installed fuel tanks
✔✔Keep _ free of trash to reduce fire - ✔✔Bilge
✔✔2 years - ✔✔Fire extinguisher should be serviced at least every __ years.
✔✔green button - ✔✔Tells charge level of fire extinguisher, should pop back out if
charged.
✔✔Backfire Flame Arrestors - ✔✔Designed to prevent their ignition of gasoline vapors
incase the engine backfires. Periodically clean
, ✔✔ventilation system - ✔✔provides fresh air and keeps air circulating. Helps prevent
explosion. Must be USCG approved
✔✔Ventilation Requirements - ✔✔All gas powered vessels must have 2 ventilation
ducts fitted with cowls to remove the fumes.
✔✔Cowl - ✔✔Hooded opening designed to scoop in air
✔✔Noise level limits - ✔✔Exhaust on every combustion engine must be muffled, do not
exceed noise over 90 dcb,
✔✔Exempt to Noise Limits - ✔✔Vessels in races and vessels with a race test permit
✔✔Navigation Lights Law - ✔✔Use lights between sunset and sunrise, and never in
unclear conditions.
✔✔Powerboats 65.6< when underway - ✔✔Must have red and green sidelights visible
from 2 miles away, or 1 mile on a clear night. All round white light (masthead & stern)
visible from 2 miles away. White light must be 1 meter higher than the sidelights.
✔✔Red sidelight - ✔✔Left side of boat (port)
✔✔Green sidelight - ✔✔Right side of boat (starboard)
✔✔Unpowered Vessels 65ft< when underway - ✔✔Red & green sidelights, and stern
light from 2 miles away
✔✔Unpowered Vessels 23ft< - ✔✔Try to exhibit same lights, if not use hand signals,
flashlight or lantern
✔✔All vessels - ✔✔REQUIRED ALL ROUND WHITE LIGHT
✔✔Federally Controlled Waters - ✔✔Costal waters, the great lakes, territorial seas, and
bodies of water leading to these
✔✔Visual Distress Signals (VDSs) - ✔✔Allow vessel operators to signal in the event for
help for emergency. Either day or night signal
✔✔Required VDS - ✔✔Vessels on federally controlled waters, all vessels must carry
night signal,
✔✔Exempt from Day Signals - ✔✔Recreational vessels 16ft<, non motorized sailboats
26ft<, manually propelled vessels
