ALABAMA BOATING CORE EXAM SET 2026 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔rudder - ✔✔Steering device, usually a vertical blade attached to a post at, or near,
the stern of the boat
✔✔Class A Vehicles (length) - ✔✔Less than 16 feet
✔✔Class 1 Vehicles (length) - ✔✔16 feet to less than 26 feet
✔✔Class 2 Vehicles (length) - ✔✔26 feet to less than 40 feet
✔✔Class 3 Vehicles (length) - ✔✔40 feet to less than 65 feet
✔✔tiller - ✔✔Lever used to turn a rudder to steer a boat
✔✔transom - ✔✔Vertical surface at the back of the hull
✔✔outboard - ✔✔Is a portable, self-contained package of an engine, gear case, and
propeller that is attached to the transom of a boat.
✔✔inboard - ✔✔Is a four-stroke automotive engine adapted for marine use. Inboard
engines are mounted inside the hull's midsection or in front of the transom.
✔✔Stern drives - ✔✔Known also as inboard/outboards (I/Os) because they combine
features found on both inboard and outboard engines
✔✔PWC - ✔✔A small vessel that uses an inboard jet drive as its primary source of
propulsion and is designed to be operated by a person or persons sitting, standing, or
kneeling on the vessel rather than inside the vessel. Must be less than 16 feet in length
✔✔capsize - ✔✔To turn on the side or turn completely over
✔✔swamp - ✔✔To fill with water
✔✔Calculation for Boat's Capacity - ✔✔Number of people =
(boat length (ft.) × boat width (ft.)/
15
✔✔Figure Eight Bend: - ✔✔has several uses, including connecting two ropes to make a
longer line or making a "stopper" knot in a single line in order to prevent the line from
slipping through a hole or a gap in a block or a cleat.
, ✔✔Bowline Knot: - ✔✔a multi-purpose knot that is essential for boat operators to know.
Forming the knot creates a fixed loop on the end of the rope or line—a loop that can be
used for hitching, mooring, or lifting.
✔✔Anchor Bend Knot: - ✔✔A type of hitching knot, used to secure a rope to an anchor
or a ring. If additional security is needed, a half hitch can be tied at the end.
✔✔Cleating Hitch: - ✔✔Used to attach a line to a cleat on a dock, is formed by wrapping
the line around the base of the cleat, then forming one or more figure eights around the
cleat. The knot is secured with a half hitch.
✔✔Clove Hitch: - ✔✔is handy for temporary fastening, such as when tying up to a
piling. It's particularly useful because—with experience—it can be tied with only one
hand. For extra fastening power or for longer periods of time, add two half hitches after
tying
✔✔Round Turn and Two Half Hitches: - ✔✔Handy for tying down a bulky load or tying a
boat to a mooring post, is versatile. It is a secure knot that does not jam and is easy to
undo.
✔✔Three Major Responsibilities of a Boater - ✔✔Practice good seamanship.
Keep a proper lookout.
Maintain a safe speed.
✔✔Vessel: - ✔✔Every kind of watercraft capable of being used as a means of
transportation on water, including seaplanes
✔✔Power-driven vessel: - ✔✔Any vessel propelled by machinery, including a sailboat
using an engine
✔✔Sailing vessel - ✔✔Any vessel under sail and with no engine in use
✔✔Vessel engaged in fishing: - ✔✔Any vessel fishing with nets, lines, trawls, or other
fishing equipment that restricts maneuverability; however, this does not include a vessel
fishing with trolling lines or other fishing equipment that does not restrict maneuverability
✔✔Underway: - ✔✔Not anchored, tied to shore, or aground
✔✔Risk of collision: - ✔✔Any situation when an approaching vessel continues on a
collision course (the bearing of the approaching vessel does not change), or anytime
you are approaching a very large vessel
✔✔give-way vessel - ✔✔The vessel that is required to take early and substantial action
to keep well away from other vessels by stopping, slowing down or changing course
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔rudder - ✔✔Steering device, usually a vertical blade attached to a post at, or near,
the stern of the boat
✔✔Class A Vehicles (length) - ✔✔Less than 16 feet
✔✔Class 1 Vehicles (length) - ✔✔16 feet to less than 26 feet
✔✔Class 2 Vehicles (length) - ✔✔26 feet to less than 40 feet
✔✔Class 3 Vehicles (length) - ✔✔40 feet to less than 65 feet
✔✔tiller - ✔✔Lever used to turn a rudder to steer a boat
✔✔transom - ✔✔Vertical surface at the back of the hull
✔✔outboard - ✔✔Is a portable, self-contained package of an engine, gear case, and
propeller that is attached to the transom of a boat.
✔✔inboard - ✔✔Is a four-stroke automotive engine adapted for marine use. Inboard
engines are mounted inside the hull's midsection or in front of the transom.
✔✔Stern drives - ✔✔Known also as inboard/outboards (I/Os) because they combine
features found on both inboard and outboard engines
✔✔PWC - ✔✔A small vessel that uses an inboard jet drive as its primary source of
propulsion and is designed to be operated by a person or persons sitting, standing, or
kneeling on the vessel rather than inside the vessel. Must be less than 16 feet in length
✔✔capsize - ✔✔To turn on the side or turn completely over
✔✔swamp - ✔✔To fill with water
✔✔Calculation for Boat's Capacity - ✔✔Number of people =
(boat length (ft.) × boat width (ft.)/
15
✔✔Figure Eight Bend: - ✔✔has several uses, including connecting two ropes to make a
longer line or making a "stopper" knot in a single line in order to prevent the line from
slipping through a hole or a gap in a block or a cleat.
, ✔✔Bowline Knot: - ✔✔a multi-purpose knot that is essential for boat operators to know.
Forming the knot creates a fixed loop on the end of the rope or line—a loop that can be
used for hitching, mooring, or lifting.
✔✔Anchor Bend Knot: - ✔✔A type of hitching knot, used to secure a rope to an anchor
or a ring. If additional security is needed, a half hitch can be tied at the end.
✔✔Cleating Hitch: - ✔✔Used to attach a line to a cleat on a dock, is formed by wrapping
the line around the base of the cleat, then forming one or more figure eights around the
cleat. The knot is secured with a half hitch.
✔✔Clove Hitch: - ✔✔is handy for temporary fastening, such as when tying up to a
piling. It's particularly useful because—with experience—it can be tied with only one
hand. For extra fastening power or for longer periods of time, add two half hitches after
tying
✔✔Round Turn and Two Half Hitches: - ✔✔Handy for tying down a bulky load or tying a
boat to a mooring post, is versatile. It is a secure knot that does not jam and is easy to
undo.
✔✔Three Major Responsibilities of a Boater - ✔✔Practice good seamanship.
Keep a proper lookout.
Maintain a safe speed.
✔✔Vessel: - ✔✔Every kind of watercraft capable of being used as a means of
transportation on water, including seaplanes
✔✔Power-driven vessel: - ✔✔Any vessel propelled by machinery, including a sailboat
using an engine
✔✔Sailing vessel - ✔✔Any vessel under sail and with no engine in use
✔✔Vessel engaged in fishing: - ✔✔Any vessel fishing with nets, lines, trawls, or other
fishing equipment that restricts maneuverability; however, this does not include a vessel
fishing with trolling lines or other fishing equipment that does not restrict maneuverability
✔✔Underway: - ✔✔Not anchored, tied to shore, or aground
✔✔Risk of collision: - ✔✔Any situation when an approaching vessel continues on a
collision course (the bearing of the approaching vessel does not change), or anytime
you are approaching a very large vessel
✔✔give-way vessel - ✔✔The vessel that is required to take early and substantial action
to keep well away from other vessels by stopping, slowing down or changing course
