BOAT ED TEMPORARY BOATERS TEST
FINAL COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
⩥ Parts of a PWC.
Answer: safety lanyard, steering control, bow, engine, intake
grate, intake, drive shaft, impeller, steering nozzle, stern
⩥ Fuel selector switch.
Answer: switch on PWC that can help avoid getting stranded
without fuel; on position used while underway; off position used
when engine off; reserve position used if you run out of fuel
while underway
⩥ Rudder.
Answer: steering device, usually a vertical blade attached to a
post at or near the stern of the boat
⩥ Tiller.
Answer: lever used to turn a rudder to steer a boat
,⩥ Transom.
Answer: vertical surface at the back of the hull
⩥ Halyards.
Answer: lines or ropes used to raise and lower the sails
⩥ Sheets.
Answer: lines or ropes used to control the angle of the sails to
the wind
⩥ Swamp.
Answer: to fill with water
⩥ Capsize.
Answer: turn on the side or completely over
⩥ Bilge.
Answer: interior of the hull below the floorboard; lowest part of
a vessel's interior where the sides of the vessel curve in to form
the bottom
,⩥ Coupler.
Answer: the part of the trailer that attaches to the ball hitch on a
towing vehicle
⩥ Bunks.
Answer: wooden supports on which the vessel rests while on the
trailer
⩥ Bow.
Answer: front of vessel
⩥ Stern.
Answer: rear of vessel
⩥ Starboard.
Answer: right of vessel
⩥ Port.
Answer: left of vessel
⩥ Hull.
, Answer: body of vessel
⩥ Gunwale.
Answer: upper edge of vessel's side
⩥ Cleat.
Answer: metal fitting to attach rope
⩥ Propeller.
Answer: rotates to power boat forward and backward
⩥ Beam.
Answer: maximum width of vesel
⩥ Freeboard.
Answer: distance from water to lowest point of boat where water
could come aboard
⩥ Draft.
Answer: depth of water needed to float vessel
FINAL COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
⩥ Parts of a PWC.
Answer: safety lanyard, steering control, bow, engine, intake
grate, intake, drive shaft, impeller, steering nozzle, stern
⩥ Fuel selector switch.
Answer: switch on PWC that can help avoid getting stranded
without fuel; on position used while underway; off position used
when engine off; reserve position used if you run out of fuel
while underway
⩥ Rudder.
Answer: steering device, usually a vertical blade attached to a
post at or near the stern of the boat
⩥ Tiller.
Answer: lever used to turn a rudder to steer a boat
,⩥ Transom.
Answer: vertical surface at the back of the hull
⩥ Halyards.
Answer: lines or ropes used to raise and lower the sails
⩥ Sheets.
Answer: lines or ropes used to control the angle of the sails to
the wind
⩥ Swamp.
Answer: to fill with water
⩥ Capsize.
Answer: turn on the side or completely over
⩥ Bilge.
Answer: interior of the hull below the floorboard; lowest part of
a vessel's interior where the sides of the vessel curve in to form
the bottom
,⩥ Coupler.
Answer: the part of the trailer that attaches to the ball hitch on a
towing vehicle
⩥ Bunks.
Answer: wooden supports on which the vessel rests while on the
trailer
⩥ Bow.
Answer: front of vessel
⩥ Stern.
Answer: rear of vessel
⩥ Starboard.
Answer: right of vessel
⩥ Port.
Answer: left of vessel
⩥ Hull.
, Answer: body of vessel
⩥ Gunwale.
Answer: upper edge of vessel's side
⩥ Cleat.
Answer: metal fitting to attach rope
⩥ Propeller.
Answer: rotates to power boat forward and backward
⩥ Beam.
Answer: maximum width of vesel
⩥ Freeboard.
Answer: distance from water to lowest point of boat where water
could come aboard
⩥ Draft.
Answer: depth of water needed to float vessel
