2026 MISSOURI BOATING CORE MAIN EXAM ALL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔PWC Safety: - ✔✔- A lanyard connects the safety switch to the operator's wrist or
PFD.
- When the lanyard is pulled from the switch, the engine shuts off.
-If a PWC has an ignition safety switch, most states require the operator to attach the
lanyard. However, even if attaching the lanyard is not required by law, many lives could
be saved by doing so. If your powerboat or PWC does not have an ignition safety
switch, you should have one installed.
-Your PWC may have a self-circling feature. If the operator is thrown from the PWC, the
engine idles while the PWC slowly circles so that the operator can reboard. Be sure the
idle speed is set correctly.
✔✔Lanyard - ✔✔Short cord used for fastening something or securing rigging; on a
PWC and most powerboats, it attaches the ignition safety switch to the operator's wrist
or life jacket.
✔✔Use of Ignition Safety Switches Helps Prevent Injuries: - ✔✔-Each year, many
boating accidents involve an operator and/or passengers who fall overboard for a
,variety of reasons. Wearing an ignition safety switch lanyard not only ensures that your
boat or PWC stays close if you fall overboard, but it also prevents you from being run
over by your own boat. When the operator isn't wearing a lanyard, the unmanned boat
tends to run in hard, fast circles, often resulting in a severe injury or death from a
propeller strike. Wearing the lanyard reduces the risk of a propeller injury and makes it
easier to reboard the boat.
✔✔Avoid Jet Ski injuries - ✔✔-Connect the ignition safety switch lanyard to the
operator's wrist or PFD. If the operator ends up in the water, shutting off the engine
stops the jet stream.
-Wear a wetsuit or other protective clothing that will keep the jet stream from entering
your body cavities.
-This is recommended for both the operator and any passengers.
Passengers could fall off the PWC into the path of the jet stream before the operator
can stop the engine.
✔✔How to Prevent Propeller strikes: - ✔✔-Turn off the engine when passengers are
boarding or disembarking. Propellers should not be spinning when a passenger is in a
vulnerable situation.
Prevent passengers from being thrown overboard accidentally.
-Never start a boat with the engine in gear.
-Never ride on a seat back, gunwale, transom, or bow.
-Make sure all passengers are seated properly before getting underway.
-Some operators cause injuries by putting the engine in gear while people are still
swimming or diving from the boat.
-Assign a responsible adult to watch any children in the boat and sound the alarm if a
child falls overboard.
-Maintain a proper lookout for people in the water. The primary cause of propeller strike
accidents is operator inattention or carelessness.
-Slow down when approaching congested areas and anchorages. In congested areas,
always be alert for swimmers and divers.
-Learn to recognize warning buoys that mark swimming and other hazardous areas.
-Keep the boat away from marked swimming and diving areas.
-Become familiar with the red flag with a white diagonal stripe and the blue-and-white
"Alfa" flag—both signal that divers are down.
✔✔The registration information for the boats or the seadoos etc. - ✔✔-Number must be
painted, applied as a decal, or otherwise affixed to both sides of the bow above the
waterline.
, -Number must read from left to right on both sides of the bow.
-Number must be in at least three-inch-high BLOCK letters.
-Number's color must sharply contrast with its background.
Letters must be separated from the numbers by at least a two-inch space.
-A hyphen may be placed within the two-inch space. For example: MO 1255 HP or MO-
1255-HP.
-No other numbers may be displayed on either side of the bow.
-Decal must be affixed on both sides of the vessel, directly underneath the main body of
the registration number or, if there is insufficient room underneath, as close as possible
to the registration number.
✔✔Registration of the vessels for your boat, seadoos etc. - ✔✔-All motorized vessels
and sailboats over 12 feet in length must be titled.
-Owners of vessels that have already been registered may be sent a renewal notice to
their residence without any action by the owner.
-If you change address, you must notify the Missouri Department of Revenue (MDOR)
within 15 days of the change.
-If a numbered vessel is lost, stolen or abandoned, the owner should report it to local
authorities and to the MDOR within 15 days of such event.
-If you lose or destroy your Certificate of Number or decal, you must apply to the MDOR
for a duplicate and submit a processing fee.
✔✔Registrating and titling motors - ✔✔-Outboard motors, regardless of horsepower
(excluding electric trolling motors), are required to have a Certificate of Title and to be
registered with the state of Missouri.
-Application for a title and for registration must be made within 60 days of purchase or
entry into the state.
-The registration of a motor is permanent as long as ownership is not changed.
-Owners of registered motors are issued a motor registration decal that should be
displayed on the left side of the outboard motor.
✔✔Hull identification number: - ✔✔-The Hull Identification Number (HIN) is a unique 12-
digit number assigned by the manufacturer to vessels built after 1972.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔PWC Safety: - ✔✔- A lanyard connects the safety switch to the operator's wrist or
PFD.
- When the lanyard is pulled from the switch, the engine shuts off.
-If a PWC has an ignition safety switch, most states require the operator to attach the
lanyard. However, even if attaching the lanyard is not required by law, many lives could
be saved by doing so. If your powerboat or PWC does not have an ignition safety
switch, you should have one installed.
-Your PWC may have a self-circling feature. If the operator is thrown from the PWC, the
engine idles while the PWC slowly circles so that the operator can reboard. Be sure the
idle speed is set correctly.
✔✔Lanyard - ✔✔Short cord used for fastening something or securing rigging; on a
PWC and most powerboats, it attaches the ignition safety switch to the operator's wrist
or life jacket.
✔✔Use of Ignition Safety Switches Helps Prevent Injuries: - ✔✔-Each year, many
boating accidents involve an operator and/or passengers who fall overboard for a
,variety of reasons. Wearing an ignition safety switch lanyard not only ensures that your
boat or PWC stays close if you fall overboard, but it also prevents you from being run
over by your own boat. When the operator isn't wearing a lanyard, the unmanned boat
tends to run in hard, fast circles, often resulting in a severe injury or death from a
propeller strike. Wearing the lanyard reduces the risk of a propeller injury and makes it
easier to reboard the boat.
✔✔Avoid Jet Ski injuries - ✔✔-Connect the ignition safety switch lanyard to the
operator's wrist or PFD. If the operator ends up in the water, shutting off the engine
stops the jet stream.
-Wear a wetsuit or other protective clothing that will keep the jet stream from entering
your body cavities.
-This is recommended for both the operator and any passengers.
Passengers could fall off the PWC into the path of the jet stream before the operator
can stop the engine.
✔✔How to Prevent Propeller strikes: - ✔✔-Turn off the engine when passengers are
boarding or disembarking. Propellers should not be spinning when a passenger is in a
vulnerable situation.
Prevent passengers from being thrown overboard accidentally.
-Never start a boat with the engine in gear.
-Never ride on a seat back, gunwale, transom, or bow.
-Make sure all passengers are seated properly before getting underway.
-Some operators cause injuries by putting the engine in gear while people are still
swimming or diving from the boat.
-Assign a responsible adult to watch any children in the boat and sound the alarm if a
child falls overboard.
-Maintain a proper lookout for people in the water. The primary cause of propeller strike
accidents is operator inattention or carelessness.
-Slow down when approaching congested areas and anchorages. In congested areas,
always be alert for swimmers and divers.
-Learn to recognize warning buoys that mark swimming and other hazardous areas.
-Keep the boat away from marked swimming and diving areas.
-Become familiar with the red flag with a white diagonal stripe and the blue-and-white
"Alfa" flag—both signal that divers are down.
✔✔The registration information for the boats or the seadoos etc. - ✔✔-Number must be
painted, applied as a decal, or otherwise affixed to both sides of the bow above the
waterline.
, -Number must read from left to right on both sides of the bow.
-Number must be in at least three-inch-high BLOCK letters.
-Number's color must sharply contrast with its background.
Letters must be separated from the numbers by at least a two-inch space.
-A hyphen may be placed within the two-inch space. For example: MO 1255 HP or MO-
1255-HP.
-No other numbers may be displayed on either side of the bow.
-Decal must be affixed on both sides of the vessel, directly underneath the main body of
the registration number or, if there is insufficient room underneath, as close as possible
to the registration number.
✔✔Registration of the vessels for your boat, seadoos etc. - ✔✔-All motorized vessels
and sailboats over 12 feet in length must be titled.
-Owners of vessels that have already been registered may be sent a renewal notice to
their residence without any action by the owner.
-If you change address, you must notify the Missouri Department of Revenue (MDOR)
within 15 days of the change.
-If a numbered vessel is lost, stolen or abandoned, the owner should report it to local
authorities and to the MDOR within 15 days of such event.
-If you lose or destroy your Certificate of Number or decal, you must apply to the MDOR
for a duplicate and submit a processing fee.
✔✔Registrating and titling motors - ✔✔-Outboard motors, regardless of horsepower
(excluding electric trolling motors), are required to have a Certificate of Title and to be
registered with the state of Missouri.
-Application for a title and for registration must be made within 60 days of purchase or
entry into the state.
-The registration of a motor is permanent as long as ownership is not changed.
-Owners of registered motors are issued a motor registration decal that should be
displayed on the left side of the outboard motor.
✔✔Hull identification number: - ✔✔-The Hull Identification Number (HIN) is a unique 12-
digit number assigned by the manufacturer to vessels built after 1972.
