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NJ law: How old must you be to operate a boat that is greater than 12 ft but has an engine of less than 10 horsepower? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- 13 years old Which action would be legal for personal watercraft? chase birds that are on or near the water jump the wake of another vessel unreasonably close to that vessel attach the lanyard of an ignition switch to the operator's PFD allow a person 9 years of age to operate the PWC ---------- Correct Answer ------------ attach the lanyard of an ignition switch to the operator's PFD What minimum distance must be maintained from a U.S. Navy boat? 100 yards 500 yards 2,000 yards 5,000 yards ---------- Correct Answer ------------ 100 yards A passenger on your boat has irritated eyes, headache, nausea, weakness, and dizziness. These are early symptoms of what injury? hyperventilation shock carbon monoxide poisoning head, neck, or spinal injury ---------- Correct Answer ------------ carbon monoxide poisoning What is the first stage of cold water immersion? swim failure cold shock hyperventilation collapse ---------- Correct Answer ------------ cold shock When is it legal to tow a person on waterskis? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- sunrise to sunset What does an operator do to keep a proper lookout? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- watch for navigational hazards

Who is responsible for avoiding collisions? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- the operator What is a safe speed for boats? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- a speed at which the operator can avoid collisions What is the main purpose of the lateral system of red and green buoys/markers? ---------

• Correct Answer ---------- to mark the edge of safe waters Where should green markers be? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- On your port side moving towards the open sea When do green marker numbers increase? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- As you are returning upstream from open water Where should red markers be? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- On your starboard side (RED, RIGHT, RETURNING) coming back from the open sea When do red markers numbers increase? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- As you are returning upstream from open water Is operating at slow/no-wake speed when passing an anchored vessel legal? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- yes When is a sailboat undersail the give-way vessel when encountering a power-driven vessel? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- when it is overtaking the power-driven vessel What should an operator do to make sure passengers know what to do in an emergency? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- conduct drills Other than a vessel operator, who is required to be on board a vessel if it is towing a skier? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- a competent observer white buoy with an orange diamond with a cross through it and black lettering ---------- Correct Answer ---------- exclusion (do not enter) Why is carbon monoxide dangerous? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- clear, odorless, tasteless At what distance away from a military vessel must a recreational vessel slow to minimum speed? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- 500 yards What must a vessel owner do before letting others operate their vessel? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- make sure the person knows how to operate the boat safely how to reduce the risk of falling overboard ---------- Correct Answer ---------- stay near the center of the boat, low center of gravity

In federally controlled waters, what equipment is required on an 18 foot boat? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- USCG approved visual distress signal, PFD, throwable device sound producing device required on an 18 ft boat in NJ waters ---------- Correct Answer - --------- horn or whistle What factors provide warning of dangerous weather? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- dark clouds and shifting winds part of a regular engine maintenance program ---------- Correct Answer ---------- check the oil With respect to the wind or current, how should you approach the dock? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- into the wind What should you do before fueling? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- stop the engine, close all doors/windows/hatches Where should the trailer be located when loading gear? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- well away from the dock how to avoid propeller strikes when boarding ---------- Correct Answer ---------- turn of engine What is a reason why boat operators would be directed to shore? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- not enough PFDs on board What is the best way of minimizing the risk of drowning? ---------- Correct Answer ---------

• wearing a life jacket how to avoid transporting nuisance species ---------- Correct Answer ---------- clean hull, clear bilge, clear off zebra mussels boat operator should tell passengers ---------- Correct Answer ---------- basic safety information and the location of safety equipment function of an ignition safety switch ---------- Correct Answer ---------- kills the engine if it comes off How far away from a marina, dock, or wharf must a power boat be to travel faster than no wake speed? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- 200 feet effect of alcohol while boating compared to land ---------- Correct Answer ---------- greater while boating

boating while intoxicated in NJ waters ---------- Correct Answer ---------- boating in NJ = implied consent for breathilizer action that results in loss of steering control in a PWC ---------- Correct Answer ---------- letting off of the throttle How many feet away from the shoreline must a jetski be to operate at a speed greater than minimum headway speed? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- 100 feet What hours is it illegal to operate a PWC? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- sunset to sunrise Why should an operator keep a proper lookout? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- to avoid collisions What can paddlers do to avoid capsizing? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- low center of gravity, 3 points of contact with boat anglers/hunters should do this while fishing/hunting from boat ---------- Correct Answer -- -------- wear a PFD Children of what age are required to wear a PFD? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- 12 and under What is the main factor in determining a safe speed? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- visibility What do you do when two powerboats are approaching head on? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- both turn right When should navigation lights be displayed? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- night and when visibility is reduced What could happen if you anchor from the stern? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- the boat could swamp What do you do if visibility is restricted because of fog? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- reduce speed to avoid collisions What do you do if you fall overboard in cold water? ---------- Correct Answer ---------- try to get back into/onto your boat or on something else that floats What is the age that you MUST wear a PFD at all times? ---------- Correct Answer -------- --- 12 or younger

When you are closer than 200 feet away from a marina, pier, wharf, or dock how fast should you go? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- No wake speed, slow Before you leave the dock what should you look at? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- Nautical Chart What is a Nautical Chart? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- Contains information such as water depths and the locations of channels, sand bars, rocks and vegetation. Prevents from running aground. What can prevent you from running aground? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- Nautical Chart Who is responsible for avoiding collision? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- EVERYONE When two boats are approaching head on what should they do? ---------- Correct 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? -------- -- Correct 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? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- Maintain course and speed as the sailboat must give-way True or False: If you are overtaking another boat you must give way ---------- Correct Answer ----------- True What is the primary factor that will affect boat speed? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- Visibility Caught in the fog, What do you do? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- Slow down, turn on navigation lights, be prepared to take action to avoid collision Red buoys: Even or odd numbers? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- Even Green buoys: Even or odd numbers? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- Odd Purpose of Markers? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- Identify edges of safe water, the potential for running aground outside them is very high Running Aground, what must you FIRST do? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- Make sure everyone is okay, give assistance

What should you do after you run aground? ---------- Correct 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? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- Yes Where are validation decals placed? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- Next to the registration numbers on both sides of the bow of the boat Where are registration numbers located on a boat? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- Both sides of the BOW of the boat What is located on the starboard side of the stern or transom of your boat? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- HULL identification number What is a mandatory Coast Guard requirement that you must have on your boat in federally controlled waters? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- Approved visual distress signals What are approved visual distress signals? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- Flare, SOS light, red meteors, or distress flags What is required on all boats? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- Life jackets, fire extinguishers, whistle, horn How fast should you go when approaching a dock? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- Slow speed Should you go towards or away from the current or wind when docking your boat? ------- --- Correct Answer ----------- AGAINST the wind or current What should you do before you fuel your boat? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- 1. Get everyone off the boat

2. Make sure everything is turned off including all electrical equipment
3. Close all windows, doors, ports, and openings
4. Remove portable fuel tanks from the boat and fill them on the dock
5. Make sure fire extinguisher is handy What should you do after fueling your boat? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- 1. Open all windows, ports, doors, and openings
6. Wipe up any spilled fuel
7. Sniff bilge and engine for fuel vapors
8. Allow for the boat to ventilate before starting the engine back up (4 minutes)

What should you do when fueling your tank? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- Use caution and keep the nozzle of the fuel-pump hose in solid contact True or False: You should fill the fuel tank to the brim ---------- Correct Answer ----------- False. Leave room for fuel to expand When should green markers be on your starboard side? ---------- Correct Answer --------- -- When traveling towards open water When should red markers be on your starboard side? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- When returning from open water Whats the 3 responsibility's of every boater? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- 1. Practice good seamanship

2. Keep a proper lookout
3. Maintain a safe speed What are the two basic types of boat hulls? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- Displacement and planing What are the common navigation lights? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- Side Lights: (red=starboard, green=port) Sternlight: behind the vessel Masthead Light: shines forward and to both sides All-Round White Light: Serves as anchor light when side lights are not working When must a power-driven vessel give way to? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- 1. Any vessel not under command
4. Any vessel restricted in ability to move
5. A vessel engaged in fishing
6. A sailing vessel unless it is overtaking When must a sailing vessel give way to? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- 1. Any vessel not under command
7. Any vessel restricted in ability to move
8. A vessel engaged in fishing Where is the bow? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- Front of the boat Where is the stern? ---------- Correct Answer ----------- Back of the boat A boat's capacity plate gives the maximum weight and/or number of people the boat can carry safely in certain weather conditions. What are these conditions? rainy weather

weather with winds up to 76 knots weather with winds up to 154 knots good weather ---------- Correct Answer ------------ good weather You file a float plan for a weekend trip. Which of these should be included in the plan? your boat's horsepower rating onboard location of food and cooking utensils names and addresses of your passengers chart showing planing speed vs. fuel use ---------- Correct Answer ------------ names and addresses of your passengers What should you do with your float plan for a weekend water outing? Mail it to your home address. Stow it with the boat's registration papers. Fax it to the nearest U.S. Coast Guard station. Leave it with a friend or relative. ---------- Correct Answer ------------ Leave it with a friend or relative. Where should portable gasoline fuel tanks be filled? in the boat's cabin in the boat's cockpit on the dock on the gunwale ---------- Correct Answer ------------ on the dock Which fueling practice is safe? fueling your boat at night when it is cooler filling portable fuel tanks on the fuel dock turning on the boat's ventilation system while fueling opening all windows, ports, doors, and other openings before fueling ---------- Correct Answer ------------ filling portable fuel tanks on the fuel dock What factor determines a boat's required equipment? storage capacity rate of speed fuel tank weight length of boat ---------- Correct Answer ------------ length of boat What is the problem with using your boat's engine to drive it onto a trailer? You may break the winch cable. You may damage the engine.

A power-driven vessel is approaching head-on, but you have the right of way. A sailing vessel is crossing your path, and you must swerve to avoid it. You must give way to the other vessel. You are the stand-on vessel. ---------- Correct Answer ------------ You must give way to the other vessel. What is the best source for a complete listing of navigation rules that apply to recreational boaters? U.S. Coast Guard U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Fish and Game Commission U.S. Wildlife Federation ---------- Correct Answer ------------ U.S. Coast Guard Two powerboats are about to cross paths. What should the boat on the starboard (right) do? Speed up to cross in front of the other boat. Speed up and turn toward the other boat. Maintain course and speed, but stay alert. Shoot a flare and sound a danger signal on a horn or whistle. ---------- Correct Answer -- ---------- Maintain course and speed, but stay alert. A sailboat and a PWC are meeting head-on. Which one is the stand-on vessel? sailboat PWC neither both ---------- Correct Answer ------------ sailboat One boat is overtaking another. Which boat must give way? the faster boat the larger boat the boat that is overtaking the boat being overtaken ---------- Correct Answer ------------ the boat that is overtaking You are out on the water in foggy conditions. You hear one prolonged blast every two minutes. What does this sound signal mean? I am a power-driven vessel at anchor. I am a power-driven vessel underway. I am an inflatable raft at anchor. I am an inflatable raft adrift in the water. ---------- Correct Answer ------------ I am a power-driven vessel underway.

Which of these anchors is a good choice for most recreational boats? fluke-style clamp-style galvanized chain concrete block ---------- Correct Answer ------------ fluke-style What is the best way to avoid being run over by your own PWC or motorboat? wear a USCG-approved life jacket use the PWC's self-circling feature swim away from the boat or PWC if you fall overboard wear an ignition safety switch lanyard ---------- Correct Answer ------------ wear an ignition safety switch lanyard Which class of boats has priority when using river locks? paddleboats personal watercraft commercial boats private fishing boats ---------- Correct Answer ------------ commercial boats You are traveling upstream on a river. You see a green square daymark. What should you do? Slow down to no-wake speed. Keep the marker on your port (left) side. Wave a skier-down flag. Go around the marker on either side. ---------- Correct Answer ------------ Keep the marker on your port (left) side. You see a white marker with red vertical stripes. What type of marker is this? polluted water marker safe water marker low bridge marker information marker ---------- Correct Answer ------------ safe water marker Which symbol on a regulatory marker indicates hazards such as rocks or stumps? green square yellow crossed diamond aqua circle orange diamond ---------- Correct Answer ------------ orange diamond

When is a vessel operator required to use navigation lights? at all times when moored at a dock or pier when away from the dock during the day during periods of restricted visibility ---------- Correct Answer ------------ during periods of restricted visibility By law, what age children must wear a USCG-approved life jacket when underway on the open deck of a vessel less than 19 feet in length? 12 years old and younger 12 years old and older 7 years old and younger 7 years old and older ---------- Correct Answer ------------ 12 years old and younger What must be on board and available for inspection by enforcement officers whenever a vessel is operated? float plan Bill of Sale trailer license registration information ---------- Correct Answer ------------ registration information According to Washington law, during what hours is it legal to operate a personal watercraft? 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. sunrise to sunset after dark 6 a.m. to noon ---------- Correct Answer ------------ sunrise to sunset When a vessel is towing a skier, what are the legal requirements for observing that skier? A capable observer must be on board and report the skier's progress to the operator. A capable observer must watch from shore or a nearby vessel. A capable observer must be on board only if the skier is not wearing a life jacket. A capable observer must be on board only if the operator and/or skier are under the age of 18. ---------- Correct Answer ------------ A capable observer must be on board and report the skier's progress to the operator. A boat operator is involved in an accident in which a person is injured and requires hospitalization. How quickly must the operator file a boating accident report? within 48 minutes

within 48 hours within 48 days before the vessel registration expires ---------- Correct Answer ------------ within 48 hours In Washington, how old must a person be to legally operate a personal watercraft? at least 4 years of age at least 9 years of age at least 14 years of age at least 19 years of age ---------- Correct Answer ------------ at least 14 years of age If convicted for boat operation under the influence (BUI), how long can you be imprisoned? 364 days 180 days 90 days 30 days ---------- Correct Answer ------------ 364 days In addition to an all-round white light, what light(s) must power-driven vessels less than 65.6 feet (20 meters) long exhibit when underway between sunset and sunrise? blue or red flashing light red and green sidelights orange sternlight one lantern or flashlight shining a white light ---------- Correct Answer ------------ red and green sidelights In addition to the required wearable PFD(s), what other equipment must you have on board if your vessel is 16 feet or longer? Red Cross-approved first-aid kit Type IV USCG-approved throwable PFD kitchen facilities flashing blue light ---------- Correct Answer ------------ Type IV USCG-approved throwable PFD Which of these vessels must be registered to operate on Washington's waters? 18 - ft. sailboat 14 - ft. rowboat canoe kayak ---------- Correct Answer ------------ What should you do after your boat runs aground and you determine that there are no leaks?

Life jackets do not float well in shallow water. Life jackets are difficult to put on in the water. Life jackets are easy to put on in the water. Children's life jackets should fit loosely. ---------- Correct Answer ------------ Life jackets are difficult to put on in the water. You are caught in severe weather while boating. What should you do? Throw all unnecessary gear overboard. Head for the closest low-head dam or rapids. Turn your navigation lights off to save the battery. Slow down but maintain headway and steering. ---------- Correct Answer ------------ Slow down but maintain headway and steering. While boating, you see a red flag with a white diagonal stripe. What does this flag mean? diver underwater in the immediate area area designated for one boat at a time outer limits of a pump-out station zone center of an environmental survey area ---------- Correct Answer ------------ diver underwater in the immediate area What safety precaution should you take when hunting from a boat? Always remain seated while shooting. Have your dog stand on the bow for faster retrieval. Lower the anchor slowly from the side of the boat. Wear two layers of warm clothing over your PFD. ---------- Correct Answer ------------ Always remain seated while shooting. Which action shows responsibility toward the aquatic environment? tossing used fishing line in the water tossing plastic six-pack holders in the water operating a powerboat in shallow water using phosphate-free products to clean a boat ---------- Correct Answer ------------ using phosphate-free products to clean a boat What is the likelihood of drowning for paddlers in small boats (such as canoes, kayaks, and rafts)? (Compare paddlers to other boaters.) Paddlers never drown. Paddlers are less than half as likely to drown. Paddlers are more than twice as likely to drown.

Paddlers are 22 times more likely to drown. ---------- Correct Answer ------------ Paddlers are more than twice as likely to drown. Two people are on a boat towing a skier. One person is the operator. What is the role of the second person? ---------- Correct Answer ------------ watch the skier