NJ Boating Exam (Latest 2023 – 2024) Verified
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What is the age that you MUST wear a PFD at all times? – 12 or younger
How old must you be to receive a NJ boat safety certificate? – 13 years old
How old must you be to operate a Personal Water Craft
(PWC)? – 16 years old
True or False: Anyone age 13 or older can operate a powerboat that is operated by a trolling motor
or one horsepower or less or if the boat is longer than 12 feet it must have less than ten horsepower
- True
When should your navigation lights be on? – Sunset to Sunrise or during the day if visibility is
restricted
When is it legal to tow someone on a wakeboard or tube? – Sunrise to Sunset
When is it legal to operate a personal watercraft? – Sunrise to Sunset
Is it legal to operate your boat by the launch ramp? – Yes, you have to go at slow speed no wake
Where is the best place to transfer gear from your vehicle to your boat before launching? – Away
from the boat ramp. Preparation should be done away from the ramp
Can you legally pass an emergency vessel with their lights on? – Yes, but you must go at a slow rate
no wake speed
How fast should you go in a lagoon or narrow channel? – Slow speed
Is it legal to operate at a slow speed inside of a marked exclusion area? (Diamond with a cross) –
NEVER GO IN THIS AREA
What is the distance you should be from any military or service vessel? – 500 yards away
If you are within 500 yards of a military vessel how fast should you be going? – Slow, no wake speed
If you are within 100 yards of a military vessel, what should you do? – Be stopped
If you are operating at a fast speed how far must you be from a marina, pier, wharf, or dock? – 200
feet away
When you are closer than 200 feet away from a marina, pier, wharf, or dock how fast should you go?
- No wake speed, slow
Before you leave the dock what should you look at? – Nautical Chart
What is a Nautical Chart? – Contains information such as water depths and the locations of channels,
sand bars, rocks and vegetation. Prevents from running aground.
What can prevent you from running aground? – Nautical Chart
Who is responsible for avoiding collision? – EVERYONE
When two boats are approaching head on what should they do? – Each boat must give way to the
right to pass
Another boat is approaching your boat from your starboard side, what do you do? – You must stop,
slow down, change direction (you are the give-way vessel)