TX Boater Education Certification Exam Review
Questions with Correct Answers
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1. What is most important when selecting the right PFD for a passenger?
Answer: pas- senger's body weight and chest size
2. What is the best way to find out about hazards on a local waterway?
Answer: Consult a nautical chart.
3. Which type of PFD will turn most unconscious persons face up in the water?
Answer: Type I
4. Where is the best place to store a fire extinguisher on a boat?
Answer: mounted in an accessible location
5. What effect does alcohol have when you are operating a vessel?
Answer: increases the likelihood of accidents
6. What sound producing device(s) is required when boating on Texas waters in an 18-foot
powerboat?
Answer: a whistle, horn, or other means to make an efficient signal
7. What is one part of a regular vessel and engine maintenance program?
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checking the oil level before ever outing
8. What should you do before fueling your boat?
Answer: Turn off the engine and close all windows, ports, doors, and other openings.
9. How can propeller strike accidents be avoided?
Answer: Turn off the engine when passengers are boarding.
10. What is the best way to minimize the risk of drowning while boating?
Answer: Have everyone wear an appropriate life jacket at all times.
11. What should the vessel operator tell everyone on board before departing?-
Answer: where to find the PFDs and visual distress signals
12. According to the Texas Water Safety Act, how far must you keep your vessel from
a diving area marked b diver-down flag?
Answer: at least 50 feet
13. Which is true about operating a boat in Texas while intoxicated?
Answer: By oper- ating a vessel on Texas waters, a boater has consented to alcohol testing if
arrested by a law enforcement officer.
14. How do you know when you are operating your vessel at a safe speed?
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Questions with Correct Answers
100% Verified Graded A+
1. What is most important when selecting the right PFD for a passenger?
Answer: pas- senger's body weight and chest size
2. What is the best way to find out about hazards on a local waterway?
Answer: Consult a nautical chart.
3. Which type of PFD will turn most unconscious persons face up in the water?
Answer: Type I
4. Where is the best place to store a fire extinguisher on a boat?
Answer: mounted in an accessible location
5. What effect does alcohol have when you are operating a vessel?
Answer: increases the likelihood of accidents
6. What sound producing device(s) is required when boating on Texas waters in an 18-foot
powerboat?
Answer: a whistle, horn, or other means to make an efficient signal
7. What is one part of a regular vessel and engine maintenance program?
1/
10
, Answer: -
checking the oil level before ever outing
8. What should you do before fueling your boat?
Answer: Turn off the engine and close all windows, ports, doors, and other openings.
9. How can propeller strike accidents be avoided?
Answer: Turn off the engine when passengers are boarding.
10. What is the best way to minimize the risk of drowning while boating?
Answer: Have everyone wear an appropriate life jacket at all times.
11. What should the vessel operator tell everyone on board before departing?-
Answer: where to find the PFDs and visual distress signals
12. According to the Texas Water Safety Act, how far must you keep your vessel from
a diving area marked b diver-down flag?
Answer: at least 50 feet
13. Which is true about operating a boat in Texas while intoxicated?
Answer: By oper- ating a vessel on Texas waters, a boater has consented to alcohol testing if
arrested by a law enforcement officer.
14. How do you know when you are operating your vessel at a safe speed?
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