USCG Aux Boating Skills Final Exam
Questions With Complete Solutions
Stanchion - Correct Answers ✅It holds up a rail
Starboard - Correct Answers ✅The right side of a boat, looking forward
Aft - Correct Answers ✅Toward the back of the boat
Head - Correct Answers ✅A marine toilet
Tender - Correct Answers ✅It transports people and gear
Transom - Correct Answers ✅Stern cross section of a square-stern boat
Planing hull - Correct Answers ✅It rises up on top of the water when it has
enough speed
Outboard - Correct Answers ✅Its engine is mounted on the transom
Bowrider - Correct Answers ✅A runabout with seats in the front
PWC - Correct Answers ✅A personal watercraft
The shortest distance from the waterline to the top of a vessels sides or
transom is its - Correct Answers ✅Freeboard
Select your boat to suit your - Correct Answers ✅needs
,USCG Aux Boating Skills Final Exam
Questions With Complete Solutions
A vessel is anything used on the water for - Correct Answers
✅transportation
The part of a stern-drive engine that is outside the vessel is called the -
Correct Answers ✅outdrive
If a boat weighs more than the water it displaces, it - Correct Answers
✅sinks
Skiffs, jon-boats, houseboats, and pontoon boats should be used only -
Correct Answers ✅in sheltered waters
The primary responsibility for the safety of all persons on board a boat
whether rented or privately owned belongs to - Correct Answers ✅the
boat operator
The means of propulsion often used in rocky shallow water where propellers
are easily damaged is - Correct Answers ✅a jet drive
You can get information about product recalls and possible safety defects in
vessels by calling - Correct Answers ✅the Coast Guard Customer Infoline
If you are buying a used boat, have it examined for possible defects by -
Correct Answers ✅a marine surveyor
The forward part of a vessel is called the - Correct Answers ✅bow
Fiberglass is a popular boatbuilding material because it is - Correct
Answers ✅strong and heavy, easily molded, easily repaired, all of the
above
, USCG Aux Boating Skills Final Exam
Questions With Complete Solutions
From the Norse, we got the term "steering board," which eventually became -
Correct Answers ✅starboard
The keel and the planks of a boat together make the - Correct Answers
✅hull
Which of the following is a vessel? - Correct Answers ✅raft, an inflatable,a
PWC, all of the above
A bass boat can become dangerous in rough water because of - Correct
Answers ✅its low freeboard
A planing hulled vessel - Correct Answers ✅rides on top of the water at
cruising speeds
The flat, vertical surface on the aft portion of boats is called the - Correct
Answers ✅transom
The top speed of a displacement hulled vessel depends primarily on its -
Correct Answers ✅length
In the water, and especially when it is rough, the easiest type of engine to
work on is - Correct Answers ✅a stern-drive
Vessel Safety Check - Correct Answers ✅free: made by the Coast Guard
Auxiliary
Not inherently buoyant - Correct Answers ✅an inflatable life jacket
Questions With Complete Solutions
Stanchion - Correct Answers ✅It holds up a rail
Starboard - Correct Answers ✅The right side of a boat, looking forward
Aft - Correct Answers ✅Toward the back of the boat
Head - Correct Answers ✅A marine toilet
Tender - Correct Answers ✅It transports people and gear
Transom - Correct Answers ✅Stern cross section of a square-stern boat
Planing hull - Correct Answers ✅It rises up on top of the water when it has
enough speed
Outboard - Correct Answers ✅Its engine is mounted on the transom
Bowrider - Correct Answers ✅A runabout with seats in the front
PWC - Correct Answers ✅A personal watercraft
The shortest distance from the waterline to the top of a vessels sides or
transom is its - Correct Answers ✅Freeboard
Select your boat to suit your - Correct Answers ✅needs
,USCG Aux Boating Skills Final Exam
Questions With Complete Solutions
A vessel is anything used on the water for - Correct Answers
✅transportation
The part of a stern-drive engine that is outside the vessel is called the -
Correct Answers ✅outdrive
If a boat weighs more than the water it displaces, it - Correct Answers
✅sinks
Skiffs, jon-boats, houseboats, and pontoon boats should be used only -
Correct Answers ✅in sheltered waters
The primary responsibility for the safety of all persons on board a boat
whether rented or privately owned belongs to - Correct Answers ✅the
boat operator
The means of propulsion often used in rocky shallow water where propellers
are easily damaged is - Correct Answers ✅a jet drive
You can get information about product recalls and possible safety defects in
vessels by calling - Correct Answers ✅the Coast Guard Customer Infoline
If you are buying a used boat, have it examined for possible defects by -
Correct Answers ✅a marine surveyor
The forward part of a vessel is called the - Correct Answers ✅bow
Fiberglass is a popular boatbuilding material because it is - Correct
Answers ✅strong and heavy, easily molded, easily repaired, all of the
above
, USCG Aux Boating Skills Final Exam
Questions With Complete Solutions
From the Norse, we got the term "steering board," which eventually became -
Correct Answers ✅starboard
The keel and the planks of a boat together make the - Correct Answers
✅hull
Which of the following is a vessel? - Correct Answers ✅raft, an inflatable,a
PWC, all of the above
A bass boat can become dangerous in rough water because of - Correct
Answers ✅its low freeboard
A planing hulled vessel - Correct Answers ✅rides on top of the water at
cruising speeds
The flat, vertical surface on the aft portion of boats is called the - Correct
Answers ✅transom
The top speed of a displacement hulled vessel depends primarily on its -
Correct Answers ✅length
In the water, and especially when it is rough, the easiest type of engine to
work on is - Correct Answers ✅a stern-drive
Vessel Safety Check - Correct Answers ✅free: made by the Coast Guard
Auxiliary
Not inherently buoyant - Correct Answers ✅an inflatable life jacket
