Section 8: State and Local Regulations 101
CHAPTER 2 REVIEW
1. What is the primary purpose of the Navigation Rules?
a. prevent collisions
b. replace nautical charts
c. set standards for plotting courses
d. set limits on the size of vessels
2. According to the Rules, what actions must the “giveway”
boat take?
a. maintain course and speed
b. stay out of the way of the other
c. shift into neutral
d. watch its wake
3. When is the term “Not Under Command” appropriate
for a boat?
a. The Captain has gone below.
b. The vessel has no steerage or power.
c. It is a “give way” vessel.
d. The Captain is not on the vessel.
4. What maneuvering privileges apply to a sailing vessel
using both sail and engines to propel the boat?
a. a power driven vessel
b. a vessel “Not Under Command”
c. still considered to be a sailing vessel
d. classifi es as a sail/power vessel that must give way
to sailing vessels but is the stand on vessel when
on a course approaching a power vessel
5. What is the defi nition of “safe speed?”
a. any speed that limits your wake to one foot crest
b. one-half your maximum throttle
c. speed that allows stopping your boat in time to
avoid collision
d. does not depend on visibility
6. What actions must two power boats take when meeting
head-on?
a. Both sound a horn but maintain course and speed.
b. The smallest vessel gives way.
c. Both must take action to avoid collision.
d. The largest vessel gives way.
7. What is the provision in the General Rule of Responsibility?
a. is only applicable in International Waters
b. provides that you may break the Navigation Rules
to avoid danger
c. prescribes the insurance you must carry on your
boat
d. describes who is responsible for equipping vessels
with proper lights
8. When returning from sea, what is the light color for
lighted navigation aids that indicate the left side of the
channel?
a. fl ashing white lights
b. yellow lights
c. green lights
d. steady white lights
9. In a narrow channel, where should boats operate?
a. the lee side
b. the windward side
c. the starboard side
d. the port side
10. When stopped by the USCG, what is a cause for termination
of using your boat?
a. outdated fl ares
b. insuffi cient PFD’s
c. inadequate plaques
d. improper disposal of waste
11. When should you clean your boat (including the
hull, bait wells, bilges, and bait buckets) to reduce
the spread of aquatic nuisance species to waters other
than those in which you just operated?
a. as soon as you notice species are present in or on
your boat
b. at the next destination before you launch
c. after retrieving your boat, clearing the boat ramp,
and in the parking area
d. when you get home