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Connecticut Boating License Practice Test: State Law Questions

Connecticut boating practice test on chapter 268, state law only; every explanation ends at its section of the General Statutes.

How many temporary safe boating certificates may one person be issued in Connecticut?

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Safe boating certificate 16

  • A Connecticut 14-year-old with no certificate may operate under an adult's direct onboard supervision. How long must that adult have held a certificate? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140e(a)
  • A person buys a boat and applies for a Connecticut temporary safe boating certificate at registration. How long is it valid? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140e(c)
  • A student enrolled in an approved Connecticut boating course has no certificate yet. Under whose supervision may the student operate a vessel? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140e(e)
  • A visitor rents a motorboat that is not a personal watercraft from a Connecticut livery. Up to what rental period is no certificate needed? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140e(d)
  • Besides a course, what other route to a Connecticut safe boating certificate does the statute give? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140e(b)
  • Connecticut exempts a vessel driven only by a small electric motor on certain inland waters. What is the largest motor the exemption covers? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140e(a)
  • Connecticut law says every approved safe boating course must teach how to inspect a vessel and trailer for what? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140e(h)
  • Connecticut's certificate rule applies when a person operates what kind of vessel? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140e(a)
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Safe boating certificate, continued

  • For how long is a Connecticut safe boating certificate valid? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140e(a)
  • How many temporary safe boating certificates may one person be issued in Connecticut? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140e(c)
  • What document takes the place of a Connecticut safe boating certificate under section 15-140e? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140e(a)
  • What must a Connecticut boat livery give each rental customer? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140e(d)
  • When does a certificate from another state let its holder operate a vessel on Connecticut waters? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140f(e)
  • Where must a Connecticut safe boating certificate be while its holder operates a vessel? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140g(a)
  • Which of these people needs a Connecticut safe boating certificate to operate a registered boat on state waters? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140e(a)
  • Who issues the Connecticut safe boating certificate? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140e(a)

Ages 5

  • Connecticut's rule for operators under twelve applies to a motor powered vessel exceeding what power? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140h(a)
  • How old must the adult be who accompanies a Connecticut operator younger than twelve? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140h(a)
  • In Connecticut, a child under what age may not operate a motor powered vessel over ten horsepower without a certified adult aboard? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140h(a)
  • What is the minimum age to operate a jetted articulated vessel in Connecticut? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140j(b)
  • What is the minimum age to operate a registered vessel that is engaged in water skiing on Connecticut waters? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140h(b)

Personal watercraft and jetted vessels 10

  • A buyer wants a Connecticut temporary certificate of personal watercraft operation. What must the buyer have done before applying? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140j(e)
  • A Connecticut owner lets a 15-year-old with no certificate of personal watercraft operation ride the owner's watercraft alone. What does the law say about the owner? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140j(b)
  • Connecticut's fourteen-day rental exemption from the certificate rule leaves out which craft? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140e(d)
  • How close may a jetted articulated vessel operate to a dock, shore, pier or fixed structure in Connecticut, other than to pass directly through? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140j(i)
  • How close may a jetted articulated vessel operate to another vessel in Connecticut, other than to pass directly through? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140j(i)
  • In Connecticut's definition, a personal watercraft is an inboard powered vessel shorter than what length? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140j(a)
  • What may a jetted articulated vessel do in a Connecticut slow-no-wake area without the commissioner's authorization? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140j(i)
  • What must a Connecticut personal watercraft passenger be able to do? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140j(h)
  • What must a person hold to operate a personal watercraft in Connecticut? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140j(b)
  • Where may a passenger not ride on a personal watercraft in Connecticut? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140j(h)

Water skiing 7

  • A rider leaves the boat and rides its wake with no tow line. Is that water skiing under Connecticut's definition? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-127
  • Connecticut also bars water skiing when weather cuts normal visibility below what distance? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-134(a)(3)
  • During which hours is water skiing prohibited in Connecticut? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-134(a)(3)
  • How old must the observer be in a Connecticut motorboat towing a water skier? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-134(a)(1)
  • Since October 1, 2015, what must accompany the certificate of a person operating a Connecticut vessel engaged in water skiing? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140e(f)
  • Who is excused from Connecticut's safe water skiing endorsement? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140e(f)
  • Who must authorize a ski jump ramp or marked ski course on public Connecticut waters? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-134(c)(1)

Distances, slow-no-wake and reckless operation 14

  • A Connecticut boat passes a stationary police vessel that is flashing blue lights. Within what distance must it drop to slow-no-wake? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-154(e)
  • A Connecticut scuba diver must not surface farther than what distance from the marker, except in an emergency? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-135(a)
  • A law enforcement vessel with blue lights flashing comes up on a Connecticut boater. What must the boater do first? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-154(d)
  • How far ahead must written permission be obtained for a regatta or race on Connecticut state waters? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140b
  • How far must a Connecticut vessel stay from a device marking the position of a scuba diver? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-135(c)
  • How many Connecticut divers may share one marking device when they are not diving from an anchored boat? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-135(b)
  • In section 15-154 of the Connecticut statutes, slow-no-wake means a minimum wake and a speed over ground of no more than what? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-154(e)
  • May a Connecticut boater tie up to a navigation aid or a device marking a restricted area? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-133(g)
  • Reckless operation in the first degree in Connecticut involves death, serious injury, or property damage above what amount? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140k(a)
  • Sea conditions make it unsafe to stop where a Connecticut officer signals. What must the operator do? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-154(c)
  • Warning flags or buoys mark an authorized race on Connecticut waters. What may a boat that is not in the event do? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140b
  • What does Connecticut law say about the capacity information label fixed to a vessel? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-133(c)
  • Which of these does Connecticut treat as interfering with free and proper navigation, outside an emergency? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-133(b)
  • Which of these is reckless operation of a vessel in the second degree in Connecticut? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140m(a)

Alcohol and drugs 9

  • A Connecticut boater has a third conviction within ten years for operating under the influence. What happens to the certificate? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-133(h)
  • A Connecticut boater under arrest refuses the chemical test. What does the peace officer do with the safe boating certificate at once? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140q(c)
  • A Connecticut certificate has been suspended. By when must its holder return it to the commissioner? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-156(e)
  • A Connecticut operator under eighteen is found guilty of operating under the influence. How long does the suspension last? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-133(k)
  • After a first conviction for operating a vessel under the influence in Connecticut, how long is the certificate suspended? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-133(h)
  • By operating a vessel in Connecticut, a person is deemed to have consented to a chemical test of what? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-140q(a)
  • For a Connecticut vessel operator aged twenty-one or older, what blood alcohol ratio is an elevated blood alcohol content? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-133(d)
  • For a Connecticut vessel operator under twenty-one, what blood alcohol ratio is elevated? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-133(d)
  • For Connecticut's boating under the influence law, when is a person operating a vessel? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-133(d)

Collisions and accident reports 9

  • A Connecticut boating accident causes only property damage. Above what total must it be reported in writing? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-149a(a)
  • A Connecticut boating accident injures a person so as to need medical attention. Whom must the operator notify immediately? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-149a(a)
  • A Connecticut operator leaves a collision without helping or identifying himself and shows no reasonable cause. What does section 15-132 make of that? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-132
  • A paid towboat operator finds a boat that was in an accident on Connecticut waters. What comes before taking it under tow, outside an emergency? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-149a(b)
  • After a collision in Connecticut, how long must an operator stay by the other vessel? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-132
  • After a Connecticut boating accident with a death, injury or disappearance, how soon is the written report due to the commissioner? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-149a(a)
  • How soon is the written report due for a Connecticut boating accident with property damage alone? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-149a(a)
  • The operator is physically unable to report a Connecticut accident in which a person was injured. Who must report? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-149a(a)
  • What must each operator give the other after a collision between vessels in Connecticut? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-132

Mufflers, noise and signals 8

  • A Connecticut officer has reason to think a motorboat is too loud and asks for an on-site noise test. What must the operator do? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-129(e)
  • Connecticut names two bodies of water where every vessel must meet the federal visual distress signal rules of 33 CFR Part 175. Which are they? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-129(a)
  • For a motorboat engine made on or after January 1, 1993, what is Connecticut's stationary sound level limit? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-129(c)
  • What does Connecticut say about a muffler cutout or bypass on a motorboat? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-129(g)
  • What is Connecticut's limit on motorboat noise measured under SAE specification J1970? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-129(d)
  • What must the engine of every motorboat have under Connecticut's equipment section? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-129(a)
  • Which vessels may show flashing blue lights on Connecticut waters? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-129a(e)
  • Which vessels may use a siren on Connecticut waters? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-129(l)

Numbering, decals and rented boats 10

  • A boat numbered in another state is used on Connecticut waters. After how many days in a calendar year must it display a Connecticut registration decal? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-142(b)
  • A Connecticut-registered vessel is sold or stolen. What must its owner do within fifteen days? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-147(a)
  • A renter needs a safe boating certificate and has none. What may a Connecticut livery not do? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-150(e)
  • A sailboat with no motor is exempt from Connecticut numbering when it is shorter than what length? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-143(a)
  • For which vessels may a Connecticut officer enforcing the boating chapter stop and board? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-154(b)
  • How long must a Connecticut boat livery keep its record of each rental? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-150(a)
  • The owner of a Connecticut-registered vessel moves. Within how many days must the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles be told in writing? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-146
  • Under Connecticut's numbering law, which of these counts as using a vessel on the waters of the state? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-142(a)
  • What paper must the operator of a boat rented from a Connecticut livery carry on board? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-150(b)
  • Where is the identification number displayed on a vessel numbered for Connecticut waters? Conn. Gen. Stat. 15-142(a)

How this list was compiled: Written only from chapter 268 of the Connecticut General Statutes, Boating (sections 15-127, 15-129, 15-129a, 15-132, 15-133, 15-134, 15-135, 15-140b, 15-140e, 15-140f, 15-140g, 15-140h, 15-140j, 15-140k, 15-140m, 15-140q, 15-142, 15-143, 15-146, 15-147, 15-149a, 15-150, 15-154 and 15-156), read on the General Assembly's site, https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_268.htm, on 2026-10-12. Each question names its section and links to that section's place on the chapter page. That a course, an equivalency examination and two certificates exist is sections 15-140e and 15-140j. The chapter gives no number of questions and no pass mark. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's certification questions page, https://portal.ct.gov/deep/boating/faqs/faqs-certification, read the same day, says a student attends all eight hours and passes the proctored exam with a score of 80% or higher; those figures are the Department's and are stored nowhere in this bank. The Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies were not read and nothing is asked from them. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site from the statute text; nothing is copied from a boater handbook, a boating course, a course provider's study guide or another practice test.

How it works

Unofficial Connecticut boating license practice test, state law only: each question is drawn from chapter 268 of the General Statutes and cites its section. Steering rules, lights and buoys sit in the federal rules bank on this site. Read October 2026.

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For life, 100 feet and six miles per hour

A safe boating certificate lasts for life (15-140e). Vessels stay 100 feet from a diver's marker (15-135). Within 200 feet of a stationary police vessel flashing blue lights, boats drop to slow-no-wake, six miles per hour or less (15-154). Water skiing stops one-half hour after sunset (15-134).

  • Two alcohol limits: eight-hundredths of one per cent at 21 and over, two-hundredths under 21 (section 15-133).
  • Two report clocks: 48 hours after a death, injury or disappearance; five days for damage over $500.

Questions and answers

Do you need a boating license in Connecticut?

The statutes name a safe boating certificate, not a license. Section 15-140e requires it of residents and of anyone owning real property or a vessel in the state who operates a registered boat. A valid Coast Guard operator license also satisfies it.

How many questions are on the Connecticut boating exam, and what is the passing score?

Chapter 268 gives neither. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's certification page says students attend all eight hours and pass a proctored exam with 80% or higher. This page's 25-question practice exam is this site's own length, with no pass line.

Does this CT boating license practice test cover personal watercraft?

Yes. A personal watercraft takes its own certificate of personal watercraft operation under section 15-140j, no passenger may ride in front of the operator, and the fourteen-day rental exemption does not reach personal watercraft.

How old do you have to be to drive a boat in Connecticut?

The certificate is issued regardless of age. Under 12, a boat over ten horsepower needs an adult of 18 with a certificate aboard, and the operator of a boat towing a skier must be 16 (section 15-140h).

Is this the official Connecticut safe boating exam?

No. Nothing here comes from the State: this is an independent practice page that the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has not seen or approved. Check any answer at its section of chapter 268. The approved course teaches more than law.

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