Review Questions for Chapter 2: Before You Get Underway
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1.
What information is displayed on the capacity plate of an outboard powerboat?
2.
List three things that should be included on your float plan before you embark on an extended outing.
3.
Name three things you should do while filling the fuel tank of your vessel.
4.
A rule of thumb to prevent running out of fuel on a PWC is
out,
in, and
in reserve.
5.
If the combined weight of the vessel and its engine is more than
of the recommended load capacity of the trailer, you should get the next larger trailer.
6.
Tongue weight is the amount of the loaded trailer's weight that
.
7.
Two strong safety chains should be
to support the trailer's coupler in case it becomes disconnected from the towing vehicle .
8.
Where should you prepare your vessel before launching it from the trailer?
9.
Name three engine maintenance tips.
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Course Introduction
• Home Page
• About This Course
• FAQs
• Boating Laws
• Insurance Savings
• Welcome Message
1-Know Your Boat
• Chapter 1 Contents
• Parts of a Boat
• Hull Types
• Length Classes
• Engine Types
• Jet Drives
• Personal Watercraft
• Sailboats
• Chapter 1 Summary
• Chapter 1 Review
2-Before Heading Out
• Chapter 2 Contents
• Boat Capacity
• File a Float Plan
• Fueling Safely
• Fuel a PWC Safely
• Fuel Selector Switch
• Trailering Your Vessel
• Nautical Knots
• Vessel Maintenance
• Engine Maintenance
• Chapter 2 Summary
• Chapter 2 Review
3-Operating Your Boat
• Chapter 3 Contents
• Casting Off
• Docking
• Navigation Rules
• Meeting Head-On
• Paths That Cross
• Overtaking
• Sailboats
• Navigation Lights
• Night Navigation
• Sound Signals
• Buoys & Markers
• Buoy System
• Anchoring
• Dams, Locks, Bridges
• Tides
• Compass & Charts
• Operating a PWC
• Controlling a PWC
• PWC Courtesy
• Environment Issues
• More PWC Tips
• Reboarding a PWC
• Ignition Safety Switch
• Propeller Injuries
• Chapter 3 Summary
• Chapter 3 Review
4-Legal Requirements
• Chapter 4 Contents
• Registration & Decals
• More on Registering
• Hull ID Number
• Who May Operate
• Unlawful Operation
• Alcohol and Drugs
• Obstructing Navigation
• Homeland Security
• Life Jackets (PFDs)
• Fire Extinguishers
• Flame Arrestors
• Ventilation Systems
• Mufflers
• Navigation Lights
• Distress Signals
• Federal Waters
• Sound Signals
• Additional Rules
• PWC Requirements
• Towing Skiers
• Pollutant Disposal
• Nuisance Species
• Vessel Accidents
• Enforcement
• Required Equipment
• Chapter 4 Summary
• Chapter 4 Review
5-Boat Emergencies
• Chapter 5 Contents
• Risk Management
• Boating Stressors
• Dehydration
• Avoid Alcohol
• Wear PFDs
• Types of Accidents
• Capsizing
• Falling Overboard
• Collisions
• Fire Emergencies
• Running Aground
• Personal Injuries
• Hypothermia
• Carbon Monoxide
• Treating Injuries
• Weather Dangers
• Avoiding Bad Weather
• Bad Weather Tips
• Summoning Help
• Chapter 5 Summary
• Chapter 5 Review
6-Enjoy Water Sports
• Chapter 6 Contents
• Your Responsibilities
• Your Passengers
• Sharing Your Vessel
• The Environment
• Other Boaters
• Paddlesports
• Water-Skiing
• Scuba & Snorkeling
• Windsurfing
• Sailing
• Fishing
• Hunting
• Chapter 6 Summary
• Chapter 6 Review
Review Questions
• Chapter 1 Review
• Chapter 2 Review
• Chapter 3 Review
• Chapter 4 Review
• Chapter 5 Review
• Chapter 6 Review
Boating Terms
Glossary
• Aground
• All-Round Wh. Light
• Anchor
• Backfire
• Bail
• Beam
• Bilge
• Boat
• Bow
• Bow Line
• Bunks
• Buoy
• Cabin
• Capsize
• Cast Off
• Channel
• Chart
• Cleat
• Coupler
• Course
• Cowl
• Deck
• Displacement Hull
• Dock
• Down Current
• Downwind
• Draft
• Embark
• EPIRB
• Fairway
• Federal Waters
• Fenders
• Float Plan
• Forward
• Freeboard
• Furl
• Give-Way Boat
• Gunwale
• Halyards
• Hatch
• Headway Speed
• Hitch
• Hull
• Idle Speed
• Ignition Safety Switch
• Impeller
• Inboard Engine
• Jet Drive Engine
• Jet Ski
• Keel
• Lanyard
• Leeward
• Length Overall
• Marina
• Mast
• Masthead Light
• Moor
• Motorboat
• Navigation Lights
• Navigation Rules
• No Wake Speed
• Operate
• Outboard Engine
• Overboard
• PFD
• PWC
• Pier
• Planing Hull
• Port
• Powerboat
• Power-Driven Vessel
• PWC
• Propeller
• Raft
• Rigging
• Rudder
• Safety Lanyard
• Sailboat
• Sheets
• Sidelights
• Slow-No Wake
• Stand-On Boat
• Starboard
• Steering Control
• Stem
• Stern
• Stern Drive Engine
• Sternlight
• Stern Line
• Swamp
• Swim Platform
• Tide
• Tiller
• Tongue Weight
• Transom
• Trim
• Underway
• Unpowered Vessel
• Upstream
• Upwind
• Vessel
• Wake
• Winch
• Windward
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• Practice Test
• Certification Exam
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