NJ BOATING CERTIFICATE PRACTICE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+
Question: What vital safety limitations are permanently displayed on a vessel's
capacity plate?
Answer: ✔✔ The maximum allowable engine horsepower and the maximum
weight capacity.
Question: What is the mandatory minimum height for the state registration
numbers displayed on the hull of a boat?
Answer: ✔✔ 3 inches
Question: If a vessel is destroyed, lost, stolen, recovered, or transfers ownership,
within how many days must the owner notify the state agency that issued the
registration?
Answer: ✔✔ 15 days
Question: Which identification number must be permanently affixed to a clearly
visible internal structural component of a federally documented boat using Arabic
numerals in block type at least 3 inches tall?
Answer: ✔✔ The official documentation number.
Question: What document serves as legal proof of state registration and is strictly
required to be kept on board the vessel whenever it is operating underway?
Answer: ✔✔ The Certificate of Number (often referred to as the boat registration
card).
, 6) Motorized boats must be -ANSWER......registered in the state of principal use
7) A Backfire Flame Arrestor is attached to the air intake of an inboard gasoline
engine and is designed to: -ANSWER......Suppress flames
8) Which one of the following boats is required to have a fire extinguisher on
board: -ANSWER......Personal watercraft
9) Which of the following boats is required to have a Type IV (throwable) Personal
Floatation Device on board under USCG regulations? -ANSWER......16" bass boat
10) Which of the following is a U.S. Coast Guard approved type of visual distress
signaling device: -ANSWER......electric distress signal light
11) All boats less than 39.4 feet in length, must legally carry this item in order to
communicate with other boats... -ANSWER......an efficient means of producing a
sound signal
12) A U.S. Coast Guard approved installed fire extinguishing system replaces this
many portable B-I fire extinguishers? -ANSWER......1
13) With whom should you leave your float plan? -ANSWER......Friend, neighbor,
or relative
14) To prevent structural damage, always do this prior to backing your boat into
the water. -ANSWER......raise the lower unit (outdrive) or outboard engine
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT RATED A+
Question: What vital safety limitations are permanently displayed on a vessel's
capacity plate?
Answer: ✔✔ The maximum allowable engine horsepower and the maximum
weight capacity.
Question: What is the mandatory minimum height for the state registration
numbers displayed on the hull of a boat?
Answer: ✔✔ 3 inches
Question: If a vessel is destroyed, lost, stolen, recovered, or transfers ownership,
within how many days must the owner notify the state agency that issued the
registration?
Answer: ✔✔ 15 days
Question: Which identification number must be permanently affixed to a clearly
visible internal structural component of a federally documented boat using Arabic
numerals in block type at least 3 inches tall?
Answer: ✔✔ The official documentation number.
Question: What document serves as legal proof of state registration and is strictly
required to be kept on board the vessel whenever it is operating underway?
Answer: ✔✔ The Certificate of Number (often referred to as the boat registration
card).
, 6) Motorized boats must be -ANSWER......registered in the state of principal use
7) A Backfire Flame Arrestor is attached to the air intake of an inboard gasoline
engine and is designed to: -ANSWER......Suppress flames
8) Which one of the following boats is required to have a fire extinguisher on
board: -ANSWER......Personal watercraft
9) Which of the following boats is required to have a Type IV (throwable) Personal
Floatation Device on board under USCG regulations? -ANSWER......16" bass boat
10) Which of the following is a U.S. Coast Guard approved type of visual distress
signaling device: -ANSWER......electric distress signal light
11) All boats less than 39.4 feet in length, must legally carry this item in order to
communicate with other boats... -ANSWER......an efficient means of producing a
sound signal
12) A U.S. Coast Guard approved installed fire extinguishing system replaces this
many portable B-I fire extinguishers? -ANSWER......1
13) With whom should you leave your float plan? -ANSWER......Friend, neighbor,
or relative
14) To prevent structural damage, always do this prior to backing your boat into
the water. -ANSWER......raise the lower unit (outdrive) or outboard engine
