ILEARNTOBOAT EXAM WITH 100% ACCURATE DETAILED || || || || || ||
SOLUTIONS
You are planning to go boating in cold water conditions. How should you equip your
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boat in order to be prepared for cold water immersion? - ✔✔Have a ladder or sling in
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position so that you can re-enter the boat if you fall overboard.
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What information is usually found on the capacity plate of a powerboat? -
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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 be included on a float plan? - ✔✔your plans for the water outing
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What is a good safety precaution when fueling your boat? - ✔✔Sniff for fumes after
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fueling and before starting the engine.
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Where should portable gasoline fuel tanks be filled? - ✔✔on the dock
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Which statement regarding vessel maintenance is true? - ✔✔When replacing electrical
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parts on a vessel, never use automotive parts.
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What is the problem with using your boat's engine to drive it onto a trailer? - ✔✔The
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propeller's wash can create a large hole just beyond the ramp.
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What is the best way to approach a dock when there is strong wind or current? -
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✔✔Into wind or current || || ||
, How should you approach a dock when the wind or current is pushing you away from
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the dock? - ✔✔Approach at a sharp angle (about 40 degrees). Secure the bow line
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first.
You are operating a powerboat at night. You see red and white lights on another boat.
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What do these lights tell you? - ✔✔You must give way to the other vessel
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You are operating a powerboat at night. Your red sidelight must be visible to boats
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approaching from which direction(s)? - ✔✔head-on and port (left)
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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 are approaching another boat. Assume that according to the navigation rules, you
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are the stand-on boat. Which exception to the rules means you must give way? -
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✔✔The other boat has difficulty maneuvering.
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Why should a vessel operator keep a proper lookout? - ✔✔to avoid collisions
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How does a vessel operator keep a proper lookout? - ✔✔by watching and listening
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Who may depart from the Navigation Rules? - ✔✔anyone who needs to avoid a
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collision
You are out on the water in foggy conditions. You hear one prolonged blast every two
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minutes. What does this sound signal mean? - ✔✔I am a power-driven vessel
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underway.
SOLUTIONS
You are planning to go boating in cold water conditions. How should you equip your
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
boat in order to be prepared for cold water immersion? - ✔✔Have a ladder or sling in
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
position so that you can re-enter the boat if you fall overboard.
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
What information is usually found on the capacity plate of a powerboat? -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔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
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
listed on the capacity plate.
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What should be included on a float plan? - ✔✔your plans for the water outing
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
What is a good safety precaution when fueling your boat? - ✔✔Sniff for fumes after
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
fueling and before starting the engine.
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Where should portable gasoline fuel tanks be filled? - ✔✔on the dock
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Which statement regarding vessel maintenance is true? - ✔✔When replacing electrical
|| || || || || || || || || ||
parts on a vessel, never use automotive parts.
|| || || || || || || ||
What is the problem with using your boat's engine to drive it onto a trailer? - ✔✔The
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
propeller's wash can create a large hole just beyond the ramp.
|| || || || || || || || || ||
What is the best way to approach a dock when there is strong wind or current? -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔Into wind or current || || ||
, How should you approach a dock when the wind or current is pushing you away from
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
the dock? - ✔✔Approach at a sharp angle (about 40 degrees). Secure the bow line
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first.
You are operating a powerboat at night. You see red and white lights on another boat.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
What do these lights tell you? - ✔✔You must give way to the other vessel
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
You are operating a powerboat at night. Your red sidelight must be visible to boats
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
approaching from which direction(s)? - ✔✔head-on and port (left)
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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 are approaching another boat. Assume that according to the navigation rules, you
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
are the stand-on boat. Which exception to the rules means you must give way? -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔The other boat has difficulty maneuvering.
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Why should a vessel operator keep a proper lookout? - ✔✔to avoid collisions
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
How does a vessel operator keep a proper lookout? - ✔✔by watching and listening
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Who may depart from the Navigation Rules? - ✔✔anyone who needs to avoid a
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
collision
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
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underway.
