Laws and Safety Equipment

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1

Laws

2

Numbering

3

Safety Equipment-Life Jackets

4

Fire Extinguishers

5

Visual Distress Signals

6

Ventilation

7

Mufflers

8

Backfire and Flame Control

9

Whistle Bell and Horn

10

Navigation Lights

11

Pollution and Garbage

12

Prohibited Operation

13

Age and Education Requirements

14

Personal Watercraft

15

Water Skiing

16

Diving

17

Boating Under the Influence

18

Accidents

19

Other West Virginia Laws

20

Chapter Review

Chapter 2 Review Questions

You have reached the end of Chapter 2. The questions below are for practice only. They have been selected to help you study and highlight some important information.

Select an answer by clicking on the radio button to the left of your choice. When you have finished, click Check Answers. If an answer is incorrect, the correct answer will be marked in red. Good luck!

1) West Virginia requires the Certificate of Number (registration card) be on board your boat when:


2) In West Virginia, the state validation decal must be displayed in this location:


3) If a vessel no longer remains in West Virginia, or if the person whose name appears on the certificate loses his interest by legal process, the Certificate of Number is no longer valid after this many days:


4) To operate a motorboat while towing someone on skis or similar devices in West Virginia, a person at least twelve (12) years of age or older, other than the operator, must be on board the vessel in a position to observe the progress of the person being towed, or:


5) While on the waters of West Virginia, a person less than 15-years old may operate this boat by themselves:


6) While boating on waters of West Virginia, a vessel operator whose tests show _____BAC is presumed under the influence and his or her ability to operate a vessel is impaired.


7) In West Virginia, you must ask permission to operate your vessel within this distance of another boater engaged in fishing.



   
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