NJ BOATING CERTIFICATION EVALUATION TEST
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED GRADED A+
◉ Give-way vessel. Answer: 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
◉ Stand-on vessel. Answer: The vessel with the right of way
◉ Vessel. Answer: a ship or large boat
◉ Power-driven vessel. Answer: Any vessel propelled by machinery,
including a sailboat using an engine
◉ Sailing vessel. Answer: Any vessel under sail and with no engine
in use
◉ Underway. Answer: When a vessel is not tied to a pier or at anchor
◉ Leeward. Answer: In the direction away from the wind
,◉ Windward. Answer: being in or facing the direction from which
the wind is blowing
◉ Sidelight. Answer: red and green lights visible to another vessel
approaching from the side or head on
◉ Sternlight. Answer: This white light is seen only from behind or
nearly behind the vessel.
◉ Masterhead Light. Answer: Required on all power driven vessels
more than 40 ft with a all round white light. absence of light
indicates a sailing vessel
◉ All-Round White Light. Answer: On power-driven vessels less than
39.4 feet in length, this light may be used to combine a masthead
light and sternlight into a single white light that can be seen by other
vessels from any direction. This light serves as an anchor light when
sidelights are extinguished.
◉ Port Light. Answer: red
◉ Starboard Light. Answer: green
, ◉ Nun Buoy. Answer: A conical, red buoy bearing an even number
and marking the starboard side of a channel from seaward
◉ Can Buoy. Answer: Green buoy, odd numbered on the left side
while returning from the sea
◉ Intracoastal Waterway. Answer: chain of local channels linked
together to provide an inland passage along the Atlantic and Gulf of
Mexico
◉ Non-Lateral Markers. Answer: navigation aids that give
information other than the edges of safe water areas.
◉ Safe Water Marker. Answer: These are white with red vertical
stripes and indicate unobstructed water on all sides. They mark mid-
channels or fairways and may be passed on either side.
◉ Mooring buoy. Answer: These are white with a blue horizontal
band. They usually are placed in marinas and other areas where
boats are allowed to anchor. These are the only buoys you may tie up
to legally.
◉ Inland Waters Obstruction Marker. Answer: These are white with
black vertical stripes and indicate an obstruction to navigation. You
should not pass between these buoys and the nearest shore.
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED GRADED A+
◉ Give-way vessel. Answer: 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
◉ Stand-on vessel. Answer: The vessel with the right of way
◉ Vessel. Answer: a ship or large boat
◉ Power-driven vessel. Answer: Any vessel propelled by machinery,
including a sailboat using an engine
◉ Sailing vessel. Answer: Any vessel under sail and with no engine
in use
◉ Underway. Answer: When a vessel is not tied to a pier or at anchor
◉ Leeward. Answer: In the direction away from the wind
,◉ Windward. Answer: being in or facing the direction from which
the wind is blowing
◉ Sidelight. Answer: red and green lights visible to another vessel
approaching from the side or head on
◉ Sternlight. Answer: This white light is seen only from behind or
nearly behind the vessel.
◉ Masterhead Light. Answer: Required on all power driven vessels
more than 40 ft with a all round white light. absence of light
indicates a sailing vessel
◉ All-Round White Light. Answer: On power-driven vessels less than
39.4 feet in length, this light may be used to combine a masthead
light and sternlight into a single white light that can be seen by other
vessels from any direction. This light serves as an anchor light when
sidelights are extinguished.
◉ Port Light. Answer: red
◉ Starboard Light. Answer: green
, ◉ Nun Buoy. Answer: A conical, red buoy bearing an even number
and marking the starboard side of a channel from seaward
◉ Can Buoy. Answer: Green buoy, odd numbered on the left side
while returning from the sea
◉ Intracoastal Waterway. Answer: chain of local channels linked
together to provide an inland passage along the Atlantic and Gulf of
Mexico
◉ Non-Lateral Markers. Answer: navigation aids that give
information other than the edges of safe water areas.
◉ Safe Water Marker. Answer: These are white with red vertical
stripes and indicate unobstructed water on all sides. They mark mid-
channels or fairways and may be passed on either side.
◉ Mooring buoy. Answer: These are white with a blue horizontal
band. They usually are placed in marinas and other areas where
boats are allowed to anchor. These are the only buoys you may tie up
to legally.
◉ Inland Waters Obstruction Marker. Answer: These are white with
black vertical stripes and indicate an obstruction to navigation. You
should not pass between these buoys and the nearest shore.
