NJ Boating Exam (Latest Update) 100%
Correct Questions & Answers.
What is the age that you MUST wear a PFD at all times?
❖ 12 or younger.
How old must you be to receive a NJ boat safety certificate?
❖ 13 years old
How old must you be to operate a Personal Water Craft
(PWC)?
❖ 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 or if the the boat is longer than 12 feet it must have less than
ten horsepower
❖ True
When should your navigation lights be on?
❖ Sunset to Sunrise or during the day if visibility is restricted
When is it legal to tow someone on a wakeboard or tube?
❖ Sunrise to Sunset
,When is it legal to operate a personal watercraft?
❖ Sunrise to Sunset
Is it legal to operate your boat by the launch ramp?
❖ Yes you have to go at slow speed no wake
Where is the best place to transfer gear from your vehicle to your boat before launching?
❖ Away from the boat ramp. Preparation should be done away from the ramp
Can you legally pass an emergency vessel with their lights on?
❖ Yes, but you must go at a slow rate no wake speed
How fast should you go in a lagoon or narrow channel?
❖ Slow speed
Is it legal to operate at a slow speed inside of a marked exclusion area? (diamond with a cross)
❖ NEVER GO IN THIS AREA
What is the distance you should be from any military or service vessel?
❖ 500 yards away
If you are within 500 yards of a military vessel how fast should you be going?
❖ Slow, no wake speed
If you are within 100 yards of a military vessel what should you do?
❖ Be stopped
, If you are operating at a fast speed how far must you be from a marina, pier, wharf, or dock?
❖ 200 feet away
When you are closer than 200 feet away from a marina, pier, wharf, or dock how fast should you
go?
❖ No wake speed, slow
Before you leave the dock what should you look at?
❖ Nautical Chart
What is a Nautical Chart?
❖ Contains information such as water depths and the locations of channels, sand bars,
rocks and vegetation. Prevents from running aground.
What can prevent you from running aground?
❖ Nautical Chart
Who is responsible for avoiding collision?
❖ EVERYONE
When two boats are approaching head on what should they do?
❖ Each boat must give way to the right to pass
Another boat is approaching your boat from your starboard side, what do you do?
❖ You must stop, slow down, change direction (you are the give-way vessel)
Correct Questions & Answers.
What is the age that you MUST wear a PFD at all times?
❖ 12 or younger.
How old must you be to receive a NJ boat safety certificate?
❖ 13 years old
How old must you be to operate a Personal Water Craft
(PWC)?
❖ 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 or if the the boat is longer than 12 feet it must have less than
ten horsepower
❖ True
When should your navigation lights be on?
❖ Sunset to Sunrise or during the day if visibility is restricted
When is it legal to tow someone on a wakeboard or tube?
❖ Sunrise to Sunset
,When is it legal to operate a personal watercraft?
❖ Sunrise to Sunset
Is it legal to operate your boat by the launch ramp?
❖ Yes you have to go at slow speed no wake
Where is the best place to transfer gear from your vehicle to your boat before launching?
❖ Away from the boat ramp. Preparation should be done away from the ramp
Can you legally pass an emergency vessel with their lights on?
❖ Yes, but you must go at a slow rate no wake speed
How fast should you go in a lagoon or narrow channel?
❖ Slow speed
Is it legal to operate at a slow speed inside of a marked exclusion area? (diamond with a cross)
❖ NEVER GO IN THIS AREA
What is the distance you should be from any military or service vessel?
❖ 500 yards away
If you are within 500 yards of a military vessel how fast should you be going?
❖ Slow, no wake speed
If you are within 100 yards of a military vessel what should you do?
❖ Be stopped
, If you are operating at a fast speed how far must you be from a marina, pier, wharf, or dock?
❖ 200 feet away
When you are closer than 200 feet away from a marina, pier, wharf, or dock how fast should you
go?
❖ No wake speed, slow
Before you leave the dock what should you look at?
❖ Nautical Chart
What is a Nautical Chart?
❖ Contains information such as water depths and the locations of channels, sand bars,
rocks and vegetation. Prevents from running aground.
What can prevent you from running aground?
❖ Nautical Chart
Who is responsible for avoiding collision?
❖ EVERYONE
When two boats are approaching head on what should they do?
❖ Each boat must give way to the right to pass
Another boat is approaching your boat from your starboard side, what do you do?
❖ You must stop, slow down, change direction (you are the give-way vessel)
