Alabama Boating Certification Exam
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Alabama Boating certification Exam
1. How should a vessel's registration number
and validation decal be displayed?
On both sides of the bow of the boat.
2. What is most important when selecting the
right PFD for a passenger?
Total number of passengers on board.
3. What important safety information is found
on a boat's capacity plate?
Maximum weight and/or number of
people the boat can carry safely.
4. what is the best way to find out about haz-
ards on a local waterway?
Consult a nautical chart.
5. According to Alabama law, what operators
are required to have completed an approved
boating course in order to operate a personal
watercraft(PWC)?
Operators who are 12 years of age or
older.
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, 6. Which type of PFD will turn most unconscious
persons face up in the water?
Type 1
7. Everyone on board a vessel should under-
stand basic safety practices. Who is respon-
sible for ensuring this?
The vessel operator.
8. Where is the best place to store a fire extin-
guisher on a boat?
Mounted in an accessible location.
9. When should a life jacket be discarded and
replaced?
When its slightly torn.
10. What effect does alcohol have when you are
operating a vessel?
Increases the likelihood of accidents.
11.
Alabama Boating certification Exam
When boating on federally controlled waters
in and 18-foot boat, what equipment are you
legally required to have on board?
U.S. Coast Guard- approved visual dis-
tress signals.
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Unabridged Formatted Document • Complete Practice Exam Edition
Alabama Boating certification Exam
1. How should a vessel's registration number
and validation decal be displayed?
On both sides of the bow of the boat.
2. What is most important when selecting the
right PFD for a passenger?
Total number of passengers on board.
3. What important safety information is found
on a boat's capacity plate?
Maximum weight and/or number of
people the boat can carry safely.
4. what is the best way to find out about haz-
ards on a local waterway?
Consult a nautical chart.
5. According to Alabama law, what operators
are required to have completed an approved
boating course in order to operate a personal
watercraft(PWC)?
Operators who are 12 years of age or
older.
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, 6. Which type of PFD will turn most unconscious
persons face up in the water?
Type 1
7. Everyone on board a vessel should under-
stand basic safety practices. Who is respon-
sible for ensuring this?
The vessel operator.
8. Where is the best place to store a fire extin-
guisher on a boat?
Mounted in an accessible location.
9. When should a life jacket be discarded and
replaced?
When its slightly torn.
10. What effect does alcohol have when you are
operating a vessel?
Increases the likelihood of accidents.
11.
Alabama Boating certification Exam
When boating on federally controlled waters
in and 18-foot boat, what equipment are you
legally required to have on board?
U.S. Coast Guard- approved visual dis-
tress signals.
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