Minnesota Boating Exam (MN) Chapter 4 questions with || || || || || || || ||
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If you see an accident or a distress signal, you should - ✔✔Help out if possible
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If you are involved in an accident with another boat, you must - ✔✔Stop and
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exchange information - and provide assistance if necessary
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__% of people who drown while boating are not wearing a lifejacket - ✔✔85
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Capsizing - ✔✔When a boat overturns or is swamped with water.
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Which boats is capsizing most common in? - ✔✔Small boats such as sailboats and
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canoes
Overboard - ✔✔When someone unexpectedly tumbles over the side of a boat into the
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water.
Common causes of capsizing and falling overboard include: - ✔✔Being caught off
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guard by a wave or a sharp turn when moving around in the boat
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Carrying too much weight in the boat|| || || || || ||
Unevenly distributing weight in the boat || || || || ||
Bad weather
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What should you do to prevent emergencies? - ✔✔Stay low and centered in your boat
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Take corners at a safe speed
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, Watch for other boat's wake and take it head-on from the bow
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Never overload your boat || || ||
Avoid boating in bad weather || || || ||
If you have to boat in bad weather, make sure you ____ ____ - ✔✔Slow down
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If you're operating a boat and a passenger falls overboard or you see a capsized
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person, what are the steps you need to take to rescue them? - ✔✔Immediately slow
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down and stop the boat || || || ||
Quickly throw something buoyant, like a lifejacket or a life buoy, to the person
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overboard.
Assign someone in your boat to keep the overboard person in sight at all times. Have
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them continually point to the person's location in the water
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It is important to consider that in most cases, the overboard person will climb back
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into the boat from the stern. To avoid a second emergency, - ✔✔Turn off your engine
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How does an engine cut-off switch work? - ✔✔Attaching a lanyard between the
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operator and the switch. If the lanyard is removed from the switch, the engine will
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shut off ||
How do wireless engine cut-off switches work? - ✔✔One part of the device attaches to
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the engine cut-off switch and the other part is attached to the operator and passenger
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Man Overboard Devices - ✔✔MOB
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In the event that you find yourself in the water after your boat capsizes or you fall
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overboard, what should you remember? - ✔✔Stay calm and conserve your energy
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verified detailed answers || ||
If you see an accident or a distress signal, you should - ✔✔Help out if possible
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If you are involved in an accident with another boat, you must - ✔✔Stop and
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exchange information - and provide assistance if necessary
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__% of people who drown while boating are not wearing a lifejacket - ✔✔85
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Capsizing - ✔✔When a boat overturns or is swamped with water.
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Which boats is capsizing most common in? - ✔✔Small boats such as sailboats and
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canoes
Overboard - ✔✔When someone unexpectedly tumbles over the side of a boat into the
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water.
Common causes of capsizing and falling overboard include: - ✔✔Being caught off
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guard by a wave or a sharp turn when moving around in the boat
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Carrying too much weight in the boat|| || || || || ||
Unevenly distributing weight in the boat || || || || ||
Bad weather
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What should you do to prevent emergencies? - ✔✔Stay low and centered in your boat
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Take corners at a safe speed
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, Watch for other boat's wake and take it head-on from the bow
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Never overload your boat || || ||
Avoid boating in bad weather || || || ||
If you have to boat in bad weather, make sure you ____ ____ - ✔✔Slow down
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If you're operating a boat and a passenger falls overboard or you see a capsized
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person, what are the steps you need to take to rescue them? - ✔✔Immediately slow
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down and stop the boat || || || ||
Quickly throw something buoyant, like a lifejacket or a life buoy, to the person
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overboard.
Assign someone in your boat to keep the overboard person in sight at all times. Have
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them continually point to the person's location in the water
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It is important to consider that in most cases, the overboard person will climb back
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into the boat from the stern. To avoid a second emergency, - ✔✔Turn off your engine
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How does an engine cut-off switch work? - ✔✔Attaching a lanyard between the
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operator and the switch. If the lanyard is removed from the switch, the engine will
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shut off ||
How do wireless engine cut-off switches work? - ✔✔One part of the device attaches to
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the engine cut-off switch and the other part is attached to the operator and passenger
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Man Overboard Devices - ✔✔MOB
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In the event that you find yourself in the water after your boat capsizes or you fall
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overboard, what should you remember? - ✔✔Stay calm and conserve your energy
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