NJ Boating Exam (Questions and Answers)
What is the age that you MUST wear a PFD at all times? - ANSWER: 12 or younger
How old must you be to receive a NJ boat safety certificate? - ANSWER: 13 years old
How old must you be to operate a Personal Water Craft (PWC)? - ANSWER: 16
years old
True or False: Anyone age 13 or older can operate a powerboat that is operated by a
trolling motor or one horsepower or less if the boat is longer than 12 feet it must have
less than ten horsepower - ANSWER: True
When should your navigation lights be on? - ANSWER: Sunset to Sunrise or during
the day if visibility is restricted
When is it legal to tow someone on a wakeboard or tube? - ANSWER: Sunrise to
Sunset
Is it legal to operate your boat by the launch ramp? - ANSWER: Yes, you have to go
at slow speed no wake
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 the
ramp
Can you legally pass an emergency vessel with their lights on? - ANSWER: Yes, but
you must go at a slow rate no wake speed
How fast should you go in a lagoon or narrow channel? - ANSWER: Slow speed
Is it legal to operate at a slow speed inside of a marked exclusion area?(diamond with a
cross) - ANSWER: NEVER GO IN THIS AREA
what is the distance you should be from any military or service vessel? - ANSWER:
500 yards
If you are within 500 yards of a military vessel how fast should you be going? -
ANSWER: Slow, no wake speed
If you are within 100 yards of a military vessel, what should you do? - ANSWER: Be
stopped
If you are operating at a fast speed how far must you be from a marina, pier, wharf, or
dock? - ANSWER: 200 feet
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, NJ Boating Exam (Questions and Answers)
When you are closer than 200 feet away from a marina, pier, wharf, or dock how fast
should you go? - ANSWER: No wake speed, slow
Before you leave the dock what should you look at - ANSWER: Nautical chart
What is a Nautical chart - ANSWER: Contains information such as water depths and
the locations of channel, sand bars, rocks, and vegetation. Prevents from running
aground.
How can you prevent running aground - ANSWER: Nautical chart
Who is responsible for avoiding collisions - ANSWER: EVERYONE
When two boats are approaching head on what should they do? - ANSWER: Each
boat must give way to the right to pass
Another boat is approaching your boat from your starboard side, what do you do? -
ANSWER: You must stop, slow down, change direction(you are the give-way vessel)
When you are underway and a sailboat is passing you, what must you do? -
ANSWER: Maintain course and speed as the sailboat must give-way
True or False: If you are overtaking another boat, you must give way - ANSWER:
True
What is the primary factor that will affect boat speed? - ANSWER: Visibility
Caught in the fog, what do you do? - ANSWER: Slow down, turn on navigation lights,
be prepared to take action to avoid collision
Red buoys: even or odd numbers - ANSWER: Even
Green buoys: even or odd numbers - ANSWER: odd
Purpose of markers? - ANSWER: Identify edges of safe water, the potential for
running aground outside them is very high
Running aground, what must you FIRST do? - ANSWER: Make sure everyone is
okay, give assistance
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What is the age that you MUST wear a PFD at all times? - ANSWER: 12 or younger
How old must you be to receive a NJ boat safety certificate? - ANSWER: 13 years old
How old must you be to operate a Personal Water Craft (PWC)? - ANSWER: 16
years old
True or False: Anyone age 13 or older can operate a powerboat that is operated by a
trolling motor or one horsepower or less if the boat is longer than 12 feet it must have
less than ten horsepower - ANSWER: True
When should your navigation lights be on? - ANSWER: Sunset to Sunrise or during
the day if visibility is restricted
When is it legal to tow someone on a wakeboard or tube? - ANSWER: Sunrise to
Sunset
Is it legal to operate your boat by the launch ramp? - ANSWER: Yes, you have to go
at slow speed no wake
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 the
ramp
Can you legally pass an emergency vessel with their lights on? - ANSWER: Yes, but
you must go at a slow rate no wake speed
How fast should you go in a lagoon or narrow channel? - ANSWER: Slow speed
Is it legal to operate at a slow speed inside of a marked exclusion area?(diamond with a
cross) - ANSWER: NEVER GO IN THIS AREA
what is the distance you should be from any military or service vessel? - ANSWER:
500 yards
If you are within 500 yards of a military vessel how fast should you be going? -
ANSWER: Slow, no wake speed
If you are within 100 yards of a military vessel, what should you do? - ANSWER: Be
stopped
If you are operating at a fast speed how far must you be from a marina, pier, wharf, or
dock? - ANSWER: 200 feet
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, NJ Boating Exam (Questions and Answers)
When you are closer than 200 feet away from a marina, pier, wharf, or dock how fast
should you go? - ANSWER: No wake speed, slow
Before you leave the dock what should you look at - ANSWER: Nautical chart
What is a Nautical chart - ANSWER: Contains information such as water depths and
the locations of channel, sand bars, rocks, and vegetation. Prevents from running
aground.
How can you prevent running aground - ANSWER: Nautical chart
Who is responsible for avoiding collisions - ANSWER: EVERYONE
When two boats are approaching head on what should they do? - ANSWER: Each
boat must give way to the right to pass
Another boat is approaching your boat from your starboard side, what do you do? -
ANSWER: You must stop, slow down, change direction(you are the give-way vessel)
When you are underway and a sailboat is passing you, what must you do? -
ANSWER: Maintain course and speed as the sailboat must give-way
True or False: If you are overtaking another boat, you must give way - ANSWER:
True
What is the primary factor that will affect boat speed? - ANSWER: Visibility
Caught in the fog, what do you do? - ANSWER: Slow down, turn on navigation lights,
be prepared to take action to avoid collision
Red buoys: even or odd numbers - ANSWER: Even
Green buoys: even or odd numbers - ANSWER: odd
Purpose of markers? - ANSWER: Identify edges of safe water, the potential for
running aground outside them is very high
Running aground, what must you FIRST do? - ANSWER: Make sure everyone is
okay, give assistance
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