NJ Boater Exam Questions and Answers
1. What does one short blast of a horn mean?: I intend to pass you on my port
(left) side
2. A sailboat is underway in the fog. What sound signal should you
hear?: one prolonged blast plus two short blasts every two minutes
3. Green can buoy: Cylindrical-shaped (square) markers that are always green in color, with
odd numbers. Keep this marker on your left (port) side when proceeding in the upstream (returning
from sea) direction.
4. Orange square marker buoy: Information
5. Carbon Monoxide (CO): It is an invisible, odorless, tasteless gas that is produced when a
carbon-based fuel burns.
Never enter areas under swim platforms where exhaust outlets are located—even for a second. One or
two breaths in this area could be fatal.
Slow Speed or Idling causes carbon monoxide to accumulate in the cabin, cockpit, and rear deck. Stay 20
feet from other boats so you don't inhale its CO.
Early symptoms of CO poisoning include irritated eyes, headache, nausea, weakness, and dizziness.
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, 6. How to determine distance from thunderstorm:: Count the number of
seconds between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder.
Divide the number of seconds by five.
The result is roughly the distance in miles you are from the storm.
7. How are CAN buoys marked?: green with odd numbers
8. White marker with red vertical stripes: safe water on all sides
9. Orange circle marker: Slow or idle speed
10. White buoy with blue stripe: Mooring buoy - it has chains that boats/ships can
anchor to. It's anchor is heavy.
11. White marker with black vertical stripes: Do not pass between the marker
and the shore
12. White buoy with orange bands and an orange diamond: Stay at
least 700 feet away from it
13. White buoy with an orange crossed diamond and black
lettering: keep out
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1. What does one short blast of a horn mean?: I intend to pass you on my port
(left) side
2. A sailboat is underway in the fog. What sound signal should you
hear?: one prolonged blast plus two short blasts every two minutes
3. Green can buoy: Cylindrical-shaped (square) markers that are always green in color, with
odd numbers. Keep this marker on your left (port) side when proceeding in the upstream (returning
from sea) direction.
4. Orange square marker buoy: Information
5. Carbon Monoxide (CO): It is an invisible, odorless, tasteless gas that is produced when a
carbon-based fuel burns.
Never enter areas under swim platforms where exhaust outlets are located—even for a second. One or
two breaths in this area could be fatal.
Slow Speed or Idling causes carbon monoxide to accumulate in the cabin, cockpit, and rear deck. Stay 20
feet from other boats so you don't inhale its CO.
Early symptoms of CO poisoning include irritated eyes, headache, nausea, weakness, and dizziness.
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, 6. How to determine distance from thunderstorm:: Count the number of
seconds between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder.
Divide the number of seconds by five.
The result is roughly the distance in miles you are from the storm.
7. How are CAN buoys marked?: green with odd numbers
8. White marker with red vertical stripes: safe water on all sides
9. Orange circle marker: Slow or idle speed
10. White buoy with blue stripe: Mooring buoy - it has chains that boats/ships can
anchor to. It's anchor is heavy.
11. White marker with black vertical stripes: Do not pass between the marker
and the shore
12. White buoy with orange bands and an orange diamond: Stay at
least 700 feet away from it
13. White buoy with an orange crossed diamond and black
lettering: keep out
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