Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC) Boating Safety Test
Protecting the environment: practice questions
Our Pleasure Craft Operator Card (Canada) bank has 10 questions on this topic. Here are 3 of them with answers; the full mock exam draws from every topic, like the real one.
Question 1
Portable toilets on Ontario waters are:
- Required on all boats
- Considered temporary storage and illegal
- Legal only in winter
- Legal if they are emptied overboard far from shore
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B. Considered temporary storage and illegal — Safe Boating Guide: portable toilets are considered temporary storage and are illegal on Ontario waters.
Question 2
If you see pollution on the water, you should:
- Ignore it
- Report it to a Pollution Prevention Officer
- Spray it with detergent
- Try to sink it
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B. Report it to a Pollution Prevention Officer — Safe Boating Guide: report pollution to a Pollution Prevention Officer or the listed numbers.
Question 3
What is the best way to deal with oil and fuel in your bilge?
- Pump it overboard
- Use absorbent bilge cloths and dispose of them properly
- Leave it to evaporate
- Add dish soap
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B. Use absorbent bilge cloths and dispose of them properly — Safe Boating Guide: use towels or bilge cloths to absorb oil, fuel, antifreeze and transmission fluid; toss them in an approved container.