ILEARNTOBOAT FINAL EXAM WITH PRECISE DEAILED || || || || || ||
ANSWERS
What is the main reason for assuming the HELP position when you are stranded in
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the water? - ✔✔reduces heat loss
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What is the important safety information found on a boat's capacity plate? -
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✔✔maximum weight and/or number of people the boat can carry safely || || || || || || || || || ||
What is the best way to avoid overloading your boat? - ✔✔Don't exceed the limits
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listed on the capacity plate.
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What should you leave with a friend or relative before a long outing on the water? -
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✔✔float plan ||
Where should your passengers be while the boat is tied to the dock for fueling? -
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✔✔on the dock and away from the boat
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How full should you fill the fuel tank on a PWC? - ✔✔Leave a little empty space in the
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tank.
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What is the best way to clean the hull of your vessel to protect the environment? -
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✔✔Use plain water or non-phosphate detergent.
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You are getting ready to launch your boat. Where should you park to load your
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equipment and gear? - ✔✔well away from the boat ramp and approach lane
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, When preparing to dock, what is the safest way to stop the forward motion of your
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boat? - ✔✔Shift into reverse gear.
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If the wind or current is pushing your boat away from the dock as you prepare to
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dock, which line should you secure first? - ✔✔bow line
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When must navigation lights be displayed? - ✔✔From sunset to sunrise and when
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visibility is restricted || ||
You are operating a powerboat at night. Your green sidelight must be visible to boats
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approaching from which direction(s)? - ✔✔head-on and starboard (right)
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A motorboat and a PWC are meeting head-on. Which one is the stand-on vessel? -
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✔✔neither
You encounter another boat. You assess the situation and determine that you are the
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give-way vessel. What must you do? - ✔✔Take early and substantial action to keep
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well away.
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Which of these causes the most collisions? - ✔✔failing to keep a proper lookout
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Who is required to keep a proper lookout while boating? - ✔✔operator
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Who may depart from the Navigation Rules? - ✔✔anyone who needs to avoid a
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collision
You hear the fog signal of another vessel, and a risk of collision exists. What action
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must you take? - ✔✔Reduce to "idle speed," and proceed with caution.
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ANSWERS
What is the main reason for assuming the HELP position when you are stranded in
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the water? - ✔✔reduces heat loss
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What is the important safety information found on a boat's capacity plate? -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔maximum weight and/or number of people the boat can carry safely || || || || || || || || || ||
What is the best way to avoid overloading your boat? - ✔✔Don't exceed the limits
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listed on the capacity plate.
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What should you leave with a friend or relative before a long outing on the water? -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔float plan ||
Where should your passengers be while the boat is tied to the dock for fueling? -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔on the dock and away from the boat
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How full should you fill the fuel tank on a PWC? - ✔✔Leave a little empty space in the
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tank.
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What is the best way to clean the hull of your vessel to protect the environment? -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔Use plain water or non-phosphate detergent.
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You are getting ready to launch your boat. Where should you park to load your
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
equipment and gear? - ✔✔well away from the boat ramp and approach lane
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, When preparing to dock, what is the safest way to stop the forward motion of your
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
boat? - ✔✔Shift into reverse gear.
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If the wind or current is pushing your boat away from the dock as you prepare to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
dock, which line should you secure first? - ✔✔bow line
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When must navigation lights be displayed? - ✔✔From sunset to sunrise and when
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visibility is restricted || ||
You are operating a powerboat at night. Your green sidelight must be visible to boats
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approaching from which direction(s)? - ✔✔head-on and starboard (right)
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A motorboat and a PWC are meeting head-on. Which one is the stand-on vessel? -
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✔✔neither
You encounter another boat. You assess the situation and determine that you are the
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give-way vessel. What must you do? - ✔✔Take early and substantial action to keep
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
well away.
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Which of these causes the most collisions? - ✔✔failing to keep a proper lookout
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Who is required to keep a proper lookout while boating? - ✔✔operator
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Who may depart from the Navigation Rules? - ✔✔anyone who needs to avoid a
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collision
You hear the fog signal of another vessel, and a risk of collision exists. What action
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must you take? - ✔✔Reduce to "idle speed," and proceed with caution.
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