NJ BOATING EXAM 2026 FOR STATE CERTIFICATION|WELL STRUCTURED|100% PASS
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
What is the age that you must wear a PFD at all times? 12 or younger
How old must you be to receive a NJ boat safety certificate? 13
How old must you be to operate a Personal Water Craft
16
(PWC)?
True or False: Anyone age 13 or older can operate a
powerboat that is operated by a trolling motor or one
true
horsepower or less If the boat is longer than 12 feet it
must have less than ten horsepower.
When should your navigation lights be on? sunset to sunrise or during the day if visibility is restricted
When is it legal to tow someone on a wakeboard or tube? sunrise to sunset
Is it legal to operate your boat by the launch ramp? Yes, you have to go at slow speed/no wake
Where is the best place to transfer gear from your vehicle
Away from the boat ramp
to your boat before launching?
Can you legally pass an emergency vessel with their lights
Yes, but you must go at a slow rate, no wake speed
on?
How fast should you go in a lagoon or narrow channel? Slow speed
Is it legal to operate at a slow speed inside of a marked
No - NEVER GO IN THIS AREA
exclusion area? (diamond with a cross)
What is the distance you should be from any military or
500 yards
service vessel?
If you are within 500 yards of a military vessel how fast
Slow, no wake speed
should you be going?
If you are within 100 yards of a military vessel, what should
Be stopped
you do?
If you are operating at a fast speed, how far must you be
200 feet
from a marina, pier, wharf, or dock?
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, NJ BOATING EXAM 2026 FOR STATE CERTIFICATION|WELL STRUCTURED|100% PASS
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
When you are closer than 200 feet away from a marina,
Slow, no wake speed
pier, wharf, or dock, how fast should you go?
Before you leave the dock, what should you look at? Nautical chart
Contains information such as water depths and locations
What is a nautical chart? of channel, sand bars, rocks, and vegetation. It prevents
from running aground.
How can you prevent running aground? Nautical chart
Who is responsible for avoiding collisions? Everyone
When two boats are approaching head on, what should
Each boat must give way to the right to pass
they do?
Another boat is approaching your boat from your star- You must stop, slow down, change direction since you are
board side, what do you do? the give-way vessel
When you are underway and a sailboat is passing you,
Maintain course and speed as the sailboat must give-way
what must you do?
True or False: If you are overtaking another boat, you must
True
give way
What is the primary factor that will attect boat speed? Visibility
Slow down, turn on navigation lights, be prepared to take
Caught in the fog, what do you do?
action to avoid collision
Do red buoys display even or odd numbers? Even
Do green buoys show even or odd numbers? Odd
To identify edges of safe water, the potential for running
What is the purpose of markers?
aground outside them is very high
Make sure everyone is okay, give assistance to those who
If you run aground, what is the FIRST thing you should do?
may be injured.
After running aground, what should you do?
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QUESTIONS ANSWERS
What is the age that you must wear a PFD at all times? 12 or younger
How old must you be to receive a NJ boat safety certificate? 13
How old must you be to operate a Personal Water Craft
16
(PWC)?
True or False: Anyone age 13 or older can operate a
powerboat that is operated by a trolling motor or one
true
horsepower or less If the boat is longer than 12 feet it
must have less than ten horsepower.
When should your navigation lights be on? sunset to sunrise or during the day if visibility is restricted
When is it legal to tow someone on a wakeboard or tube? sunrise to sunset
Is it legal to operate your boat by the launch ramp? Yes, you have to go at slow speed/no wake
Where is the best place to transfer gear from your vehicle
Away from the boat ramp
to your boat before launching?
Can you legally pass an emergency vessel with their lights
Yes, but you must go at a slow rate, no wake speed
on?
How fast should you go in a lagoon or narrow channel? Slow speed
Is it legal to operate at a slow speed inside of a marked
No - NEVER GO IN THIS AREA
exclusion area? (diamond with a cross)
What is the distance you should be from any military or
500 yards
service vessel?
If you are within 500 yards of a military vessel how fast
Slow, no wake speed
should you be going?
If you are within 100 yards of a military vessel, what should
Be stopped
you do?
If you are operating at a fast speed, how far must you be
200 feet
from a marina, pier, wharf, or dock?
1/9
, NJ BOATING EXAM 2026 FOR STATE CERTIFICATION|WELL STRUCTURED|100% PASS
QUESTIONS ANSWERS
When you are closer than 200 feet away from a marina,
Slow, no wake speed
pier, wharf, or dock, how fast should you go?
Before you leave the dock, what should you look at? Nautical chart
Contains information such as water depths and locations
What is a nautical chart? of channel, sand bars, rocks, and vegetation. It prevents
from running aground.
How can you prevent running aground? Nautical chart
Who is responsible for avoiding collisions? Everyone
When two boats are approaching head on, what should
Each boat must give way to the right to pass
they do?
Another boat is approaching your boat from your star- You must stop, slow down, change direction since you are
board side, what do you do? the give-way vessel
When you are underway and a sailboat is passing you,
Maintain course and speed as the sailboat must give-way
what must you do?
True or False: If you are overtaking another boat, you must
True
give way
What is the primary factor that will attect boat speed? Visibility
Slow down, turn on navigation lights, be prepared to take
Caught in the fog, what do you do?
action to avoid collision
Do red buoys display even or odd numbers? Even
Do green buoys show even or odd numbers? Odd
To identify edges of safe water, the potential for running
What is the purpose of markers?
aground outside them is very high
Make sure everyone is okay, give assistance to those who
If you run aground, what is the FIRST thing you should do?
may be injured.
After running aground, what should you do?
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