USCG Aux Boating Skills Final
Exam Questions and Verified
Answers
It holds up a rail - correct answer ✔✔Stanchion
The right side of a boat, looking forward - correct answer ✔✔Starboard
Toward the back of the boat - correct answer ✔✔Aft
A marine toilet - correct answer ✔✔Head
It transports people and gear - correct answer ✔✔Tender
Stern cross section of a square-stern boat - correct answer ✔✔Transom
It rises up on top of the water when it has enough speed - correct answer ✔✔Planing hull
Its engine is mounted on the transom - correct answer ✔✔Outboard
A runabout with seats in the front - correct answer ✔✔Bowrider
A personal watercraft - correct answer ✔✔PWC
,Freeboard - correct answer ✔✔The shortest distance from the waterline to the top of a vessels
sides or transom is its
needs - correct answer ✔✔Select your boat to suit your
transportation - correct answer ✔✔A vessel is anything used on the water for
outdrive - correct answer ✔✔The part of a stern-drive engine that is outside the vessel is called
the
sinks - correct answer ✔✔If a boat weighs more than the water it displaces, it
in sheltered waters - correct answer ✔✔Skiffs, jon-boats, houseboats, and pontoon boats
should be used only
the boat operator - correct answer ✔✔The primary responsibility for the safety of all persons
on board a boat whether rented or privately owned belongs to
a jet drive - correct answer ✔✔The means of propulsion often used in rocky shallow water
where propellers are easily damaged is
the Coast Guard Customer Infoline - correct answer ✔✔You can get information about product
recalls and possible safety defects in vessels by calling
a marine surveyor - correct answer ✔✔If you are buying a used boat, have it examined for
possible defects by
bow - correct answer ✔✔The forward part of a vessel is called the
, strong and heavy, easily molded, easily repaired, all of the above - correct answer ✔✔Fiberglass
is a popular boatbuilding material because it is
starboard - correct answer ✔✔From the Norse, we got the term "steering board," which
eventually became
hull - correct answer ✔✔The keel and the planks of a boat together make the
raft, an inflatable,a PWC, all of the above - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following is a
vessel?
its low freeboard - correct answer ✔✔A bass boat can become dangerous in rough water
because of
rides on top of the water at cruising speeds - correct answer ✔✔A planing hulled vessel
transom - correct answer ✔✔The flat, vertical surface on the aft portion of boats is called the
length - correct answer ✔✔The top speed of a displacement hulled vessel depends primarily on
its
a stern-drive - correct answer ✔✔In the water, and especially when it is rough, the easiest type
of engine to work on is
free: made by the Coast Guard Auxiliary - correct answer ✔✔Vessel Safety Check
an inflatable life jacket - correct answer ✔✔Not inherently buoyant
Exam Questions and Verified
Answers
It holds up a rail - correct answer ✔✔Stanchion
The right side of a boat, looking forward - correct answer ✔✔Starboard
Toward the back of the boat - correct answer ✔✔Aft
A marine toilet - correct answer ✔✔Head
It transports people and gear - correct answer ✔✔Tender
Stern cross section of a square-stern boat - correct answer ✔✔Transom
It rises up on top of the water when it has enough speed - correct answer ✔✔Planing hull
Its engine is mounted on the transom - correct answer ✔✔Outboard
A runabout with seats in the front - correct answer ✔✔Bowrider
A personal watercraft - correct answer ✔✔PWC
,Freeboard - correct answer ✔✔The shortest distance from the waterline to the top of a vessels
sides or transom is its
needs - correct answer ✔✔Select your boat to suit your
transportation - correct answer ✔✔A vessel is anything used on the water for
outdrive - correct answer ✔✔The part of a stern-drive engine that is outside the vessel is called
the
sinks - correct answer ✔✔If a boat weighs more than the water it displaces, it
in sheltered waters - correct answer ✔✔Skiffs, jon-boats, houseboats, and pontoon boats
should be used only
the boat operator - correct answer ✔✔The primary responsibility for the safety of all persons
on board a boat whether rented or privately owned belongs to
a jet drive - correct answer ✔✔The means of propulsion often used in rocky shallow water
where propellers are easily damaged is
the Coast Guard Customer Infoline - correct answer ✔✔You can get information about product
recalls and possible safety defects in vessels by calling
a marine surveyor - correct answer ✔✔If you are buying a used boat, have it examined for
possible defects by
bow - correct answer ✔✔The forward part of a vessel is called the
, strong and heavy, easily molded, easily repaired, all of the above - correct answer ✔✔Fiberglass
is a popular boatbuilding material because it is
starboard - correct answer ✔✔From the Norse, we got the term "steering board," which
eventually became
hull - correct answer ✔✔The keel and the planks of a boat together make the
raft, an inflatable,a PWC, all of the above - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following is a
vessel?
its low freeboard - correct answer ✔✔A bass boat can become dangerous in rough water
because of
rides on top of the water at cruising speeds - correct answer ✔✔A planing hulled vessel
transom - correct answer ✔✔The flat, vertical surface on the aft portion of boats is called the
length - correct answer ✔✔The top speed of a displacement hulled vessel depends primarily on
its
a stern-drive - correct answer ✔✔In the water, and especially when it is rough, the easiest type
of engine to work on is
free: made by the Coast Guard Auxiliary - correct answer ✔✔Vessel Safety Check
an inflatable life jacket - correct answer ✔✔Not inherently buoyant
