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

Safe Operation

13

Operating Age Requirements

14

Personal Watercraft

15

Water Skiing

16

SCUBA

17

Boating Under the Influence

18

Accidents

19

Marine Events

20

Homeland Security

21

Other Georgia Laws

22

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


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


3) If a vessel no longer remains in Georgia, 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if the person whose name appears on the certificate loses his interest by legal process, the Certificate of Number is no longer valid after this many days: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) Georgia requires children of this age to wear a life jacket at all times while on the open deck of a recreational boat:


5) While boating on the waters of Georgia, a child less than 12 years of age may operate this boat by themselves:


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


7) A Georgia boating accident report must be filed when:


8) In Georgia a PWC may be operated only during these times:


9) To legally tow someone on skis or similar devices with a PWC in Georgia, the PWC must:


10) In Georgia, water skiing is permitted between these hours:



   
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