NJ BOATING TEST 3 FINAL PAPER 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH FULL SOLUTION GRADED
A+
◉ Clove Hitch. Answer: 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
the hitch.
◉ Round Turn and Two Half Hitches. Answer: tying down a bulky
load or tying a boat to a mooring post
◉ 3 Major Responsibilities of Boaters. Answer: 1. Good seamanship
2. Keep lookout 3. Safe speed
◉ 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.
QUESTIONS WITH FULL SOLUTION GRADED
A+
◉ Clove Hitch. Answer: 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
the hitch.
◉ Round Turn and Two Half Hitches. Answer: tying down a bulky
load or tying a boat to a mooring post
◉ 3 Major Responsibilities of Boaters. Answer: 1. Good seamanship
2. Keep lookout 3. Safe speed
◉ 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.
