Boater Education Card Exam (NASBLA-approved boating safety course)
State law (NY): practice questions
Our Boater Education Card (U.S.) bank has 24 questions on this topic. Here are 5 of them with answers; the full mock exam draws from every topic, like the real one.
Question 1 · New York
In New York, the speed limit within 100 feet of the shore, a dock, pier, raft, float or anchored boat is:
- 5 miles per hour
- 15 miles per hour
- 10 miles per hour
- No limit
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A. 5 miles per hour — NY Navigation Law 45(2): no vessel shall exceed five miles per hour within one hundred feet of shore, a dock, pier, raft, float or anchored or moored vessel (except for a skier's takeoff or landing).
Question 2 · New York
In New York, a PWC may not be operated within how many feet of a designated bathing area (with some exceptions)?
- 1,000 feet
- 100 feet
- 500 feet
- 50 feet
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C. 500 feet — NY Navigation Law 73-a(1)(f): not within five hundred feet of any designated bathing area, except where the opposite shore is closer, at no more than 10 mph.
Question 3 · New York
Under New York law, a disposable fire extinguisher is considered expired how long after manufacture?
- 5 years
- 8 years
- 12 years
- 20 years
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C. 12 years — NY Navigation Law 40(6)(e): disposable extinguishers are considered expired twelve years after their date of manufacture.
Question 4 · New York
In New York, what is the minimum age to operate a personal watercraft?
- 16
- 14
- 10
- 18
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B. 14 — NY Navigation Law 49(1-a): PWC operators must be 14 or older and hold, or be accompanied by an adult holding, a boating safety certificate.
Question 5 · New York
In New York, operating a vessel while intoxicated with a child 15 or younger aboard is:
- Not a separate offense
- A traffic infraction
- A $50 fine only
- A class E felony
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D. A class E felony — NY Navigation Law 49-a(2)(e-1) and (f)(2)(ii): violating (e-1) is a class E felony.