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Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC) Boating Safety Test

Emergencies: practice questions

Our Pleasure Craft Operator Card (Canada) bank has 37 questions on this topic. Here are 5 of them with answers; the full mock exam draws from every topic, like the real one.

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Question 1

On which side should you bring a person back into the boat?

  1. The windward side
  2. Any side
  3. The leeward side
  4. Over the transom by the motor
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A. The windward side — Safe Boating Guide: always bring the person back into the boat on the windward side.

Question 2

If you accidentally send a DSC distress alert, you should:

  1. Switch off the radio and say nothing
  2. Cancel it on channel 16 with your boat name and MMSI
  3. Wait for the Coast Guard to find out
  4. Send another alert
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B. Cancel it on channel 16 with your boat name and MMSI — Safe Boating Guide: communicate the mistake immediately: turn the unit off and on, select channel 16, broadcast the boat name and MMSI and cancel the false call.

Question 3

While recovering a person from the water, keep the propeller:

  1. In reverse
  2. Pointed toward them
  3. Far away from them, with the engine in neutral alongside
  4. Turning slowly to hold position
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C. Far away from them, with the engine in neutral alongside — Safe Boating Guide: go slow, know where the person is and keep the propeller far away; recover with the engine in neutral.

Question 4

To operate a VHF marine radio in Canada you need:

  1. No certificate
  2. A Pleasure Craft Operator Card only
  3. A ham radio licence
  4. A Restricted Operator Certificate - Maritime (ROC-M)
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D. A Restricted Operator Certificate - Maritime (ROC-M) — Safe Boating Guide: all VHF marine radio operators must have a ROC-M.

Question 5

How does a Mayday call begin?

  1. 'Pan-Pan' twice
  2. Your location and then 'Mayday' once
  3. 'Mayday, Mayday, Mayday. This is' and the boat's name three times
  4. 'Help' once and your phone number
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C. 'Mayday, Mayday, Mayday. This is' and the boat's name three times — Safe Boating Guide: 'Mayday, Mayday, Mayday. This is (name of boat three times, call letters once).'

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