NJ B0ATING TEST ACTUAL EXAM LATEST 2024/2025
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS/ ALREADY
GRADED A++
What should you do if you fall overboard into cold water?
A. Try to re board your boat.
B. Remove any unnecessary clothing.
C. Tread water or swim to generate heat.
D. Try to float on your stomach. - ANSWER Answer: A
Visibility is restricted due to fog. What should the vessel operator do to
avoid the risk of collision:
A.Speed up as much as possible.
B.Reduce speed to the minimum needed to stay on course.
C.Sound two long blasts
D. Maintain the same speed. - ANSWER Answer: B
What could happen if you anchor a boat from the stern?
A.The anchor line may get tangled.
B.It may cause the boat to swamp.
C.The anchor can't hold firmly.
D.The anchor is difficult to retrieve. - ANSWER Answer: B
When must navigation lights be displayed?
A.At night when there is a risk of collision.
B.Only when adrift at night.
C.From sunset to sunrise and when visibility is restricted
D.Only when you are anchored or in fog. - ANSWER Answer: C
What should the operators of a PWC and a motorboat do when
approaching head-on?
Both vessels should turn to starboard(right)
Both should maintain course and swerve at last moment.
The boat should turn starboard and the PWC should turn port.
,The boat should turn port and the PWC should turn starboard. – ANSWER
A
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 gera 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
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 bouys:even or odd numbers - ANSWER Even
Green bouys:even or odd numbers - ANSWER odd
Purpous 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
What should you do after you run aground? - ANSWER Check if everyone
is okay, check for leaks, turn the engine off, shift weight in the boat forward,
raise the engine and push yourself using a boat hook or an ore
Must you register boat every year? - ANSWER Yes
Where are validation decals placed - ANSWER Next to the registration
numbers on both sides of the bow of the boat
Where are registration numbers located on the boat - ANSWER Both sides
fo the BOW of the boat
What is located on the starboard side of the stern or transom of your boat?
- ANSWER HULL identification number
What is a manditory Coast Guard requirement that you must have on your
boat in federally controlled waters? - ANSWER Approved visual distress
signals
What are approved visual distress signals - ANSWER Flare, SOS light, red
meteors, or distress flags
What is required on all boats? - ANSWER Life jackets, fire extinguishers,
whistle, horn
How fast should you go when approaching a dock? - ANSWER slow speed
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS/ ALREADY
GRADED A++
What should you do if you fall overboard into cold water?
A. Try to re board your boat.
B. Remove any unnecessary clothing.
C. Tread water or swim to generate heat.
D. Try to float on your stomach. - ANSWER Answer: A
Visibility is restricted due to fog. What should the vessel operator do to
avoid the risk of collision:
A.Speed up as much as possible.
B.Reduce speed to the minimum needed to stay on course.
C.Sound two long blasts
D. Maintain the same speed. - ANSWER Answer: B
What could happen if you anchor a boat from the stern?
A.The anchor line may get tangled.
B.It may cause the boat to swamp.
C.The anchor can't hold firmly.
D.The anchor is difficult to retrieve. - ANSWER Answer: B
When must navigation lights be displayed?
A.At night when there is a risk of collision.
B.Only when adrift at night.
C.From sunset to sunrise and when visibility is restricted
D.Only when you are anchored or in fog. - ANSWER Answer: C
What should the operators of a PWC and a motorboat do when
approaching head-on?
Both vessels should turn to starboard(right)
Both should maintain course and swerve at last moment.
The boat should turn starboard and the PWC should turn port.
,The boat should turn port and the PWC should turn starboard. – ANSWER
A
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 gera 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
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 bouys:even or odd numbers - ANSWER Even
Green bouys:even or odd numbers - ANSWER odd
Purpous 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
What should you do after you run aground? - ANSWER Check if everyone
is okay, check for leaks, turn the engine off, shift weight in the boat forward,
raise the engine and push yourself using a boat hook or an ore
Must you register boat every year? - ANSWER Yes
Where are validation decals placed - ANSWER Next to the registration
numbers on both sides of the bow of the boat
Where are registration numbers located on the boat - ANSWER Both sides
fo the BOW of the boat
What is located on the starboard side of the stern or transom of your boat?
- ANSWER HULL identification number
What is a manditory Coast Guard requirement that you must have on your
boat in federally controlled waters? - ANSWER Approved visual distress
signals
What are approved visual distress signals - ANSWER Flare, SOS light, red
meteors, or distress flags
What is required on all boats? - ANSWER Life jackets, fire extinguishers,
whistle, horn
How fast should you go when approaching a dock? - ANSWER slow speed
