NJ BOATING CERTIFICATE PRACTICE EXAM
1) A capacity plate shows the: Accurate Answer - Maximum
horsepower and weight allowed
2) What is the minimum height of the state registration numbers that are
displayed on a boat? Accurate Answer - 3"
3) If a boat transfers ownership, is destroyed, lost, stolen or recovered, the
owner must notify the agency which issued the certificate within this many
days: Accurate Answer - 15
4) On a federally documented boat, it must have this number permanently
affixed in block type, Arabic numerals not lees than 3" in height, on a clearly
visible internal structural part of the boat. Accurate Answer - Official
number
5) This legal proof of state registration is required to be on the boat whenever
it is underway: Accurate Answer - Certificate of number
6) Motorized boats must be Accurate Answer - 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: Accurate Answer - Suppress flames
, 8) Which one of the following boats is required to have a fire extinguisher on
board: Accurate Answer - Personal watercraft
9) Which of the following boats is required to have a Type IV (throwable)
Personal Floatation Device on board under USCG regulations? Accurate
Answer - 16" bass boat
10) Which of the following is a U.S. Coast Guard approved type of visual
distress signaling device: Accurate Answer - 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... Accurate Answer - 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? Accurate Answer - 1
13) With whom should you leave your float plan? Accurate Answer -
Friend, neighbor, or relative
14) To prevent structural damage, always do this prior to backing your boat
into the water. Accurate Answer - raise the lower unit (outdrive) or
outboard engine
1) A capacity plate shows the: Accurate Answer - Maximum
horsepower and weight allowed
2) What is the minimum height of the state registration numbers that are
displayed on a boat? Accurate Answer - 3"
3) If a boat transfers ownership, is destroyed, lost, stolen or recovered, the
owner must notify the agency which issued the certificate within this many
days: Accurate Answer - 15
4) On a federally documented boat, it must have this number permanently
affixed in block type, Arabic numerals not lees than 3" in height, on a clearly
visible internal structural part of the boat. Accurate Answer - Official
number
5) This legal proof of state registration is required to be on the boat whenever
it is underway: Accurate Answer - Certificate of number
6) Motorized boats must be Accurate Answer - 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: Accurate Answer - Suppress flames
, 8) Which one of the following boats is required to have a fire extinguisher on
board: Accurate Answer - Personal watercraft
9) Which of the following boats is required to have a Type IV (throwable)
Personal Floatation Device on board under USCG regulations? Accurate
Answer - 16" bass boat
10) Which of the following is a U.S. Coast Guard approved type of visual
distress signaling device: Accurate Answer - 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... Accurate Answer - 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? Accurate Answer - 1
13) With whom should you leave your float plan? Accurate Answer -
Friend, neighbor, or relative
14) To prevent structural damage, always do this prior to backing your boat
into the water. Accurate Answer - raise the lower unit (outdrive) or
outboard engine
