NJ Boating Exam 2024 questions & answers
1. What is the age that you MUST wear a PFD at all times?: answer- 12 or
younger
2. How old must you be to receive a NJ boat safety certificate?: answer- 13
years old
3. How old must you be to operate a Personal Water Craft
(PWC)?: answer- 16 years old
4. True or False: Anyone age 13 or older can operate a powerboat that is
operated by a trolling motor or one horsepower or less or if the the boat is
longer than 12 feet it must have less than ten horsepower: answer- True
5. When should your navigation lights be on?: answer- Sunset to Sunrise or
during theday if visibility is restricted
6. When is it legal to tow someone on a wakeboard or tube?: answer- Sunrise to
Sunset
7. When is it legal to operate a personal watercraft?: answer- Sunrise to Sunse
8. Is it legal to operate your boat by the launch ramp?: answer- Yes you have to
go at slowspeed no wake
9. Where is the best place to transfer gear from your vehicle to your boat before
launching?: answer- Away from the boat ramp. Preparation should be done away
from theramp
10. Can you legally pass an emergency vessel with their lights on?: Yes, but
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, you must go at a slow rate no wake speed
11. How fast should you go in a lagoon or narrow channel?: Slow speed
12. Is it legal to operate at a slow speed inside of a marked exclusion area?
(diamond with a cross): NEVER GO IN THIS AREA
13. What is the distance you should be from any military or service vessel?: -
500 yards away
14. If you are within 500 yards of a military vessel how fast should you be
going?: Slow, no wake speed
15. If you are within 100 yards of a military vessel what should you do?: Be
stopped
16. If you are operating at a fast speed how far must you be from a marina, pier,
wharf, or dock?: 200 feet away
17. When you are closer than 200 feet away from a marina, pier, wharf, or dock
how fast should you go?: No wake speed, slow
18. Before you leave the dock what should you look at?: Nautical Chart
19. What is a Nautical Chart?: Contains information such as water depths and
the locations of channels, sand bars, rocks and vegetation. Prevents from running
aground.
20. What can prevent you from running aground?: Nautical Chart
21. Who is responsible for avoiding collision?: EVERYONE
22. When two boats are approaching head on what should they do?: Each boat
must give way to the right to pass
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1. What is the age that you MUST wear a PFD at all times?: answer- 12 or
younger
2. How old must you be to receive a NJ boat safety certificate?: answer- 13
years old
3. How old must you be to operate a Personal Water Craft
(PWC)?: answer- 16 years old
4. True or False: Anyone age 13 or older can operate a powerboat that is
operated by a trolling motor or one horsepower or less or if the the boat is
longer than 12 feet it must have less than ten horsepower: answer- True
5. When should your navigation lights be on?: answer- Sunset to Sunrise or
during theday if visibility is restricted
6. When is it legal to tow someone on a wakeboard or tube?: answer- Sunrise to
Sunset
7. When is it legal to operate a personal watercraft?: answer- Sunrise to Sunse
8. Is it legal to operate your boat by the launch ramp?: answer- Yes you have to
go at slowspeed no wake
9. Where is the best place to transfer gear from your vehicle to your boat before
launching?: answer- Away from the boat ramp. Preparation should be done away
from theramp
10. Can you legally pass an emergency vessel with their lights on?: Yes, but
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, you must go at a slow rate no wake speed
11. How fast should you go in a lagoon or narrow channel?: Slow speed
12. Is it legal to operate at a slow speed inside of a marked exclusion area?
(diamond with a cross): NEVER GO IN THIS AREA
13. What is the distance you should be from any military or service vessel?: -
500 yards away
14. If you are within 500 yards of a military vessel how fast should you be
going?: Slow, no wake speed
15. If you are within 100 yards of a military vessel what should you do?: Be
stopped
16. If you are operating at a fast speed how far must you be from a marina, pier,
wharf, or dock?: 200 feet away
17. When you are closer than 200 feet away from a marina, pier, wharf, or dock
how fast should you go?: No wake speed, slow
18. Before you leave the dock what should you look at?: Nautical Chart
19. What is a Nautical Chart?: Contains information such as water depths and
the locations of channels, sand bars, rocks and vegetation. Prevents from running
aground.
20. What can prevent you from running aground?: Nautical Chart
21. Who is responsible for avoiding collision?: EVERYONE
22. When two boats are approaching head on what should they do?: Each boat
must give way to the right to pass
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