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NJ Boating Certificate Practice Exam
(Latest Update) Rated A+.
1) A capacity plate shows the: - ✔✔✔Maximum horsepower and weight allowed
2) What is the minimum height of the state registration numbers that are displayed on a
boat? - ✔✔✔3"
3) If a boat transfers ownership, is destroyed, lost, stolen or recovered, the owner must
notify the agency which issued the certificate within these many days: - ✔✔✔15
4) On a federally documented boat, it must have this number permanently affixed in
block type, Arabic numerals not less than 3" in height, on a clearly visible internal
structural part of the boat. - ✔✔✔Official number
5) This legal proof of state registration is required to be on the boat whenever it is
underway: - ✔✔✔Certificate of number
6) Motorized boats must be - ✔✔✔registered in the state of principal use
7) A Backfire Flame Arrestor is attached to the air intake of an inboard gasoline engine
and is designed to: - ✔✔✔Suppress flames
8) Which one of the following boats is required to have a fire extinguisher on board: -
✔✔✔Personal watercraft
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9) Which of the following boats is required to have a Type IV (throwable) Personal
Floatation Device on board under USCG regulations? - ✔✔✔16" bass boat
10) Which of the following is a U.S. Coast Guard approved type of visual distress
signaling device: - ✔✔✔electric distress signal light
11) All boats less than 39.4 feet in length, must legally carry this item in order to
communicate with other boats... - ✔✔✔an efficient means of producing a sound signal
12) A U.S. Coast Guard approved installed fire extinguishing system replaces this many
portable B-I fire extinguishers? - ✔✔✔1
13) With whom should you leave your float plan? - ✔✔✔Friend, neighbor, or relative
14) To prevent structural damage, always do this prior to backing your boat into the
water. - ✔✔✔raise the lower unit (outdrive) or outboard engine
15) When fueling, you should always make certain this item makes contact with the fuel
tank opening to prevent static spark. - ✔✔✔Fuel nozzle
16) A type IV (throwable) PFD must be kept: - ✔✔✔Immediately available
17) This required piece of safety equipment is attached to the carburetor of inboard
gasoline engines to suppress flames: - ✔✔✔backfire flame arrestors
18) After fueling, and before starting the engine, this item should be turned on for at
least 4 minutes. - ✔✔✔engine exhaust blower
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NJ Boating Certificate Practice Exam
(Latest Update) Rated A+.
1) A capacity plate shows the: - ✔✔✔Maximum horsepower and weight allowed
2) What is the minimum height of the state registration numbers that are displayed on a
boat? - ✔✔✔3"
3) If a boat transfers ownership, is destroyed, lost, stolen or recovered, the owner must
notify the agency which issued the certificate within these many days: - ✔✔✔15
4) On a federally documented boat, it must have this number permanently affixed in
block type, Arabic numerals not less than 3" in height, on a clearly visible internal
structural part of the boat. - ✔✔✔Official number
5) This legal proof of state registration is required to be on the boat whenever it is
underway: - ✔✔✔Certificate of number
6) Motorized boats must be - ✔✔✔registered in the state of principal use
7) A Backfire Flame Arrestor is attached to the air intake of an inboard gasoline engine
and is designed to: - ✔✔✔Suppress flames
8) Which one of the following boats is required to have a fire extinguisher on board: -
✔✔✔Personal watercraft
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9) Which of the following boats is required to have a Type IV (throwable) Personal
Floatation Device on board under USCG regulations? - ✔✔✔16" bass boat
10) Which of the following is a U.S. Coast Guard approved type of visual distress
signaling device: - ✔✔✔electric distress signal light
11) All boats less than 39.4 feet in length, must legally carry this item in order to
communicate with other boats... - ✔✔✔an efficient means of producing a sound signal
12) A U.S. Coast Guard approved installed fire extinguishing system replaces this many
portable B-I fire extinguishers? - ✔✔✔1
13) With whom should you leave your float plan? - ✔✔✔Friend, neighbor, or relative
14) To prevent structural damage, always do this prior to backing your boat into the
water. - ✔✔✔raise the lower unit (outdrive) or outboard engine
15) When fueling, you should always make certain this item makes contact with the fuel
tank opening to prevent static spark. - ✔✔✔Fuel nozzle
16) A type IV (throwable) PFD must be kept: - ✔✔✔Immediately available
17) This required piece of safety equipment is attached to the carburetor of inboard
gasoline engines to suppress flames: - ✔✔✔backfire flame arrestors
18) After fueling, and before starting the engine, this item should be turned on for at
least 4 minutes. - ✔✔✔engine exhaust blower
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