CALIFORNIA BOATING EXAM A
Questions and Answers
1. What effective action allows boaters to avoid a collision on the
water?
A. maintaining a safe speed
B. wearing a life jacket
C. knowing the horsepower of the motor
D. keeping the fuel tank topped up
Answer a. maintaining a safe speed
2. Which is the most important factor in determining a safe vessel
speed on any given day?
A. horsepower rating
B. engine temperature
C. vessel length
D. traffic density
Answer d. traffic density
3. When does a risk of collision exist?
A. approaching a vessel being towed
B. anchoring in a cove
C. idling through a no wake zone
,D. checking the wind speed
Answer a. approaching a vessel being towed
4. What is a physical affect of drinking alcohol or using other
drugs while boating?
A. reduces response time
B. increases clarity of vision
C. prevents hypothermia
D. heightens awareness
Answer a. reduces response time
5. When anchoring, what part of a vessel should an anchor be
secured to?
A. stern
B. transom
C. rail
D. bow
Answer d. bow
6. What does ATON stand for?
A. Assistance to Others in Need
B. Aids to Navigation
C. Association of Tug Operating Navigators
D. Academy of Tides, Oceans and Navigating
, Answer b. Aids to Navigation
7. According to California law, at what blood alcohol
concentration level is a person considered to be "under the
influence" when operating a recreational boat?
A. .08 percent or more
B. .06 percent or more
C. .04 percent or more
D. .10 percent or more
Answer a. .08 percent or more
8. According to California law, at what blood alcohol concentration
level is it illegal for a person younger than 21 to operate a
vessel?
A. .08 percent or more
B. .04 percent or more
C. .01 percent or more
D. .10 percent or more
Answer c. .01 percent or more
9. In a large percentage of boating accidents, what did boat
operators do immediately before their accidents?
A. filed a float plan
B. took a boating safety course
Questions and Answers
1. What effective action allows boaters to avoid a collision on the
water?
A. maintaining a safe speed
B. wearing a life jacket
C. knowing the horsepower of the motor
D. keeping the fuel tank topped up
Answer a. maintaining a safe speed
2. Which is the most important factor in determining a safe vessel
speed on any given day?
A. horsepower rating
B. engine temperature
C. vessel length
D. traffic density
Answer d. traffic density
3. When does a risk of collision exist?
A. approaching a vessel being towed
B. anchoring in a cove
C. idling through a no wake zone
,D. checking the wind speed
Answer a. approaching a vessel being towed
4. What is a physical affect of drinking alcohol or using other
drugs while boating?
A. reduces response time
B. increases clarity of vision
C. prevents hypothermia
D. heightens awareness
Answer a. reduces response time
5. When anchoring, what part of a vessel should an anchor be
secured to?
A. stern
B. transom
C. rail
D. bow
Answer d. bow
6. What does ATON stand for?
A. Assistance to Others in Need
B. Aids to Navigation
C. Association of Tug Operating Navigators
D. Academy of Tides, Oceans and Navigating
, Answer b. Aids to Navigation
7. According to California law, at what blood alcohol
concentration level is a person considered to be "under the
influence" when operating a recreational boat?
A. .08 percent or more
B. .06 percent or more
C. .04 percent or more
D. .10 percent or more
Answer a. .08 percent or more
8. According to California law, at what blood alcohol concentration
level is it illegal for a person younger than 21 to operate a
vessel?
A. .08 percent or more
B. .04 percent or more
C. .01 percent or more
D. .10 percent or more
Answer c. .01 percent or more
9. In a large percentage of boating accidents, what did boat
operators do immediately before their accidents?
A. filed a float plan
B. took a boating safety course
