Wallaceburg Power & Saiil Squadron Boating Quiz


 The Basic Boating Knowledge Challenge

This page has been constructed to test your knowledge of basic boating skills. Review the questions and answer them to the best of your ability. This page will evaluate your answers and provide you with an on line evaluation.

If, after taking this test, you feel that you might need to brush up on basic skills, please email the Wallaceburg Power and Sail Squadron to get a course schedule. Good Luck.

 Basic Boating Questions...

The method used to establish contact with one or more Stations is called:

Call
Dinghy
Frequency
The right side of a boat is called:

Port
Starboard
Lee
The location of the vessel with reference to land position, aids to navigations is called:

Position
Ship Station
Traffic
When getting skier back to the boat, it is best to do so:

Over the stern
Over the bow
Over the side in the middle
With the engine running
If a small boat is underpowered:

The boat becomes unmanageable
The insurance rate will be reduced
The engine will work too hard, and performance will suffer
Gas consumption improves dramatically
A Capacity Plate gives:

The boats speed
The weight of the boat when empty
Gross load capacity and recommended engine size
The number of lifejackets that must be carried
A 7.0 boat must carry:

A magnetic compass
Three fire extinguishers
A sound-signaling device
A lifebuoy with a self-igniting light
Every lifejacket or PDF must be:

The same colour as your boat
Of the approved type
Carefully locked away when on board
Carefully locked away when on board
The flares carried on a boat are valid:

For 4 years from the date of manufacture
For 4 years from date of purchase
For 4 boating seasons
For the life of the original owners
Fire extinguishers on a boat must be approved by:

The Ministry of the Environment
Any local office of Canada Customs
The Association of Marine Firefighters
Transport Canada
A condition in which the body temperature drops below normal is called:

Suffocation
Exhaustion
Hypothermia
Influenza
When one boat overtakes another, the overtaking boat:

Must pass port side
Must pass to the starboard side
May pass on either side if safe to do so
Must sound three short blasts
Your danger zone is an arc:

From ahead to 112.5 degrees starboard
From ahead to 112.5 degrees port
Where your white light is visible
112.5 degrees each side of dead stern
Osmosis is a problem that occurs:

On steel hulls
On wooden hulls
On fiberglass hulls
On aluminum hulls
Small craft warnings indicate wind:

Less than 20 knots
Between 20 and 33 knots
Between 34 and 48 knots
More than 48 knots
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