Driver's Ed Alabama boating test study guide Test questions and answers

If you fall into cold water, what should you do? Try to board and set on top of your boat In Alabama what are the recommended hours for personal watercraft? Daylight hours What is required of a boater if they see an accident? To give aid What is the operating speed of a boat in the no wake zone 5 miles per hour What is the best way to keep from drowning To wear a PFD What effect does alcohol have while driving a boat It increases the likelihood of accidents Where is a boats registration number located? On both sides of the bow When boating on federally controlled waters what is the required equipment to have on board? A visual distress signal How do you keep from transporting a nuisance species Removing Zebra Mussels What is the only time a sailboat is a giveaway vessel when encountering a motorized boat? When it is coming up behind another boat When are you required to report an accident to marine police? Immidiately if the damage is over $2,000. Why do boaters need to keep a proper lookout To avoid hazards and collisions What do boaters need to do in intense fog? Reduce speed to maintain course safely Is crossing at right angles to another boat when visibility is unobstructed legal? Yes What should an operator do when a person is being pulled into a boat Turn off the Motor/engine What is the purpose of red and green buoys on waterways To mark the edges of safe water areas Is not having enough Personal Floatation Devices an example of careless operation? yes When do you discard and replace and PFD When there is a slight tear or rip in it. What are main characterisitics needed to select the proper PFD Body weight and chest size What sound producing device is required onboard in Alabama waterways on eighteen foot motorized vessels? Airhorn, whistle, or another sound producing device