USCG AUXILIARY AUXWEA EXAM B
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Starboard.
Answer: The right side of a boat, looking forward
◉ Aft.
Answer: Toward the back of the boat
◉ Head.
Answer: A marine toilet
◉ Tender.
Answer: It transports people and gear
◉ Transom.
Answer: Stern cross section of a square-stern boat
◉ Planing hull.
Answer: It rises up on top of the water when it has enough speed
,◉ Outboard.
Answer: Its engine is mounted on the transom
◉ Bowrider.
Answer: A runabout with seats in the front
◉ PWC.
Answer: A personal watercraft
◉ The shortest distance from the waterline to the top of a vessels
sides or transom is its.
Answer: Freeboard
◉ Select your boat to suit your.
Answer: needs
◉ A vessel is anything used on the water for.
Answer: transportation
◉ The part of a stern-drive engine that is outside the vessel is called
the.
,Answer: outdrive
◉ If a boat weighs more than the water it displaces, it.
Answer: sinks
◉ Skiffs, jon-boats, houseboats, and pontoon boats should be used
only.
Answer: in sheltered waters
◉ The primary responsibility for the safety of all persons on board a
boat whether rented or privately owned belongs to.
Answer: the boat operator
◉ The means of propulsion often used in rocky shallow water where
propellers are easily damaged is.
Answer: a jet drive
◉ You can get information about product recalls and possible safety
defects in vessels by calling.
Answer: the Coast Guard Customer Infoline
◉ If you are buying a used boat, have it examined for possible
defects by.
, Answer: a marine surveyor
◉ The forward part of a vessel is called the.
Answer: bow
◉ Fiberglass is a popular boatbuilding material because it is.
Answer: strong and heavy, easily molded, easily repaired, all of the
above
◉ From the Norse, we got the term "steering board," which
eventually became.
Answer: starboard
◉ The keel and the planks of a boat together make the.
Answer: hull
◉ Which of the following is a vessel?.
Answer: raft, an inflatable,a PWC, all of the above
◉ A bass boat can become dangerous in rough water because of.
Answer: its low freeboard
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS
◉ Starboard.
Answer: The right side of a boat, looking forward
◉ Aft.
Answer: Toward the back of the boat
◉ Head.
Answer: A marine toilet
◉ Tender.
Answer: It transports people and gear
◉ Transom.
Answer: Stern cross section of a square-stern boat
◉ Planing hull.
Answer: It rises up on top of the water when it has enough speed
,◉ Outboard.
Answer: Its engine is mounted on the transom
◉ Bowrider.
Answer: A runabout with seats in the front
◉ PWC.
Answer: A personal watercraft
◉ The shortest distance from the waterline to the top of a vessels
sides or transom is its.
Answer: Freeboard
◉ Select your boat to suit your.
Answer: needs
◉ A vessel is anything used on the water for.
Answer: transportation
◉ The part of a stern-drive engine that is outside the vessel is called
the.
,Answer: outdrive
◉ If a boat weighs more than the water it displaces, it.
Answer: sinks
◉ Skiffs, jon-boats, houseboats, and pontoon boats should be used
only.
Answer: in sheltered waters
◉ The primary responsibility for the safety of all persons on board a
boat whether rented or privately owned belongs to.
Answer: the boat operator
◉ The means of propulsion often used in rocky shallow water where
propellers are easily damaged is.
Answer: a jet drive
◉ You can get information about product recalls and possible safety
defects in vessels by calling.
Answer: the Coast Guard Customer Infoline
◉ If you are buying a used boat, have it examined for possible
defects by.
, Answer: a marine surveyor
◉ The forward part of a vessel is called the.
Answer: bow
◉ Fiberglass is a popular boatbuilding material because it is.
Answer: strong and heavy, easily molded, easily repaired, all of the
above
◉ From the Norse, we got the term "steering board," which
eventually became.
Answer: starboard
◉ The keel and the planks of a boat together make the.
Answer: hull
◉ Which of the following is a vessel?.
Answer: raft, an inflatable,a PWC, all of the above
◉ A bass boat can become dangerous in rough water because of.
Answer: its low freeboard
