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ASA 101 EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS|
GRADE A| 100% CORRECT (VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS)(2025/ 2026 UPDATE)
A guardrail at the bow of a boat to which the lifelines are connected. - ANS ✓Pulpit
Device consisting of a gear driven drum that is operated with a handle to provide mechanical
advantage when hauling on a line. (Also used to snub a line.) - ANS ✓Winch
Fitting used to secure a line under load. - ANS ✓Cleat
A cushion, usually an inflated cylinder of rubber, placed between a boat and a dock. - ANS
✓Fender
Lines used to tie a boat to a dock. - ANS ✓Docklines
A pulley. - ANS ✓Block
A fitting used to lead a line fair and at the correct angle to a winch, cleat or other fitting. -
ANS ✓Fairlead
The area of the boat, usually recessed into the deck, from which the boat is steered and sailed.
- ANS ✓Cockpit
The interior of a boat. - ANS ✓Cabin
Across the boat from side to side. - ANS ✓Athwartships
A guardrail at the stern of a boat to which lifelines are connected. - ANS ✓Pushpit
The sail attached to the aft side of the mainmast. - ANS ✓Mainsail
Triangular sail set forward of the mast. If it goes over the mainsail when unfurled, it's called a
genoa. - ANS ✓Jib/genoa
1. The forward lower corner of a sail (next to the luff.)
2. To change course by turning the bow of the boat through the wind.
3. A course designation according to which side of the boat the wind is blowing onto (port or
starboard.) - ANS ✓Tack
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1. The top of the sail.
2. A marine toilet. - ANS ✓Head
The aft lower corner of a sail. - ANS ✓Clew
1. The forward edge of a sail.
2. The fluttering of a sail when the boat is too close to the wind for the sail's trim.
3. To head up so that the sails luff. - ANS ✓Luff
The bottom edge of a sail. - ANS ✓Foot
The aft edge of a sail. - ANS ✓Leech
A slat inserted in the leech of a sail to support the sailcloth. - ANS ✓Batten
A pocket sewn into the sail to hold a batten. - ANS ✓Batten pocket
A rope sewn into the edge of a sail, often used to attach it to the mast or boom. - ANS ✓Bolt
rope
The adjustable rigging used to raise and lower or trim the sails. - ANS ✓Running rigging
A line used to raise and lower a sail. - ANS ✓Halyard
The line used to control the main boom and thus also to trim the mainsail. - ANS ✓Mainsheet
A line attached to the clew of a jib used to adjust its angle to the wind. - ANS ✓Jibsheet
An item of running rigging, often a block and tackle, used to hold the boom in place. - ANS
✓Boom vang
A line used to tension the foot of the mainsail. - ANS ✓Outhaul
A line used to tension the luff of a sail by pulling down the boom at the gooseneck. - ANS
✓Downhaul
A line used to tension the luff of a sail. - ANS ✓Cunningham
A car-and-track system that allows the mainsheet's attachment point to the deck to be moved
athwartships - ANS ✓Traveler
A metal clip or fabric tab used to attach a sail's luff to a stay - ANS ✓Hank
A line or wire that supports the boom when it's not being supported by its sail. - ANS
✓Boom topping lift
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ASA 101
ASA 101 EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS|
GRADE A| 100% CORRECT (VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS)(2025/ 2026 UPDATE)
A guardrail at the bow of a boat to which the lifelines are connected. - ANS ✓Pulpit
Device consisting of a gear driven drum that is operated with a handle to provide mechanical
advantage when hauling on a line. (Also used to snub a line.) - ANS ✓Winch
Fitting used to secure a line under load. - ANS ✓Cleat
A cushion, usually an inflated cylinder of rubber, placed between a boat and a dock. - ANS
✓Fender
Lines used to tie a boat to a dock. - ANS ✓Docklines
A pulley. - ANS ✓Block
A fitting used to lead a line fair and at the correct angle to a winch, cleat or other fitting. -
ANS ✓Fairlead
The area of the boat, usually recessed into the deck, from which the boat is steered and sailed.
- ANS ✓Cockpit
The interior of a boat. - ANS ✓Cabin
Across the boat from side to side. - ANS ✓Athwartships
A guardrail at the stern of a boat to which lifelines are connected. - ANS ✓Pushpit
The sail attached to the aft side of the mainmast. - ANS ✓Mainsail
Triangular sail set forward of the mast. If it goes over the mainsail when unfurled, it's called a
genoa. - ANS ✓Jib/genoa
1. The forward lower corner of a sail (next to the luff.)
2. To change course by turning the bow of the boat through the wind.
3. A course designation according to which side of the boat the wind is blowing onto (port or
starboard.) - ANS ✓Tack
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1. The top of the sail.
2. A marine toilet. - ANS ✓Head
The aft lower corner of a sail. - ANS ✓Clew
1. The forward edge of a sail.
2. The fluttering of a sail when the boat is too close to the wind for the sail's trim.
3. To head up so that the sails luff. - ANS ✓Luff
The bottom edge of a sail. - ANS ✓Foot
The aft edge of a sail. - ANS ✓Leech
A slat inserted in the leech of a sail to support the sailcloth. - ANS ✓Batten
A pocket sewn into the sail to hold a batten. - ANS ✓Batten pocket
A rope sewn into the edge of a sail, often used to attach it to the mast or boom. - ANS ✓Bolt
rope
The adjustable rigging used to raise and lower or trim the sails. - ANS ✓Running rigging
A line used to raise and lower a sail. - ANS ✓Halyard
The line used to control the main boom and thus also to trim the mainsail. - ANS ✓Mainsheet
A line attached to the clew of a jib used to adjust its angle to the wind. - ANS ✓Jibsheet
An item of running rigging, often a block and tackle, used to hold the boom in place. - ANS
✓Boom vang
A line used to tension the foot of the mainsail. - ANS ✓Outhaul
A line used to tension the luff of a sail by pulling down the boom at the gooseneck. - ANS
✓Downhaul
A line used to tension the luff of a sail. - ANS ✓Cunningham
A car-and-track system that allows the mainsheet's attachment point to the deck to be moved
athwartships - ANS ✓Traveler
A metal clip or fabric tab used to attach a sail's luff to a stay - ANS ✓Hank
A line or wire that supports the boom when it's not being supported by its sail. - ANS
✓Boom topping lift
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