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Florida Boating License Practice Test: Free Questions & Answers
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Florida's boater exam has at least 75 questions, including at least 12 on Florida law, and you need 75% to pass. Try these 10 questions first — each answer explains the rule behind it — then take the course and the real exam online with unlimited free retakes.
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Who is required to carry a Florida Boating Safety Education ID Card?
What's on the test
Navigation rules, required equipment, Florida-specific law such as divers-down flags, manatee zones, PWC rules and accident reporting, plus safe operation and emergencies. The final exam has at least 75 questions, including at least 12 Florida-specific questions, and you need 75% to pass.
All 10 questions and answers
1. Who is required to carry a Florida Boating Safety Education ID Card?
Answer: Anyone born on or after January 1, 1988 who operates a vessel with a motor of 10 hp or more
F.S. 327.395 ties the requirement to the operator's birth date and the motor's horsepower, not to age today.
2. What is the minimum age to operate a personal watercraft (jet ski) in Florida?
Answer: 14
F.S. 327.39(5) — no one under 14 may operate a PWC; renting one requires being 18.
3. A personal watercraft may NOT be operated during which hours?
Answer: From a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise
327.39(3).
4. In open water, how far should you stay from a divers-down flag?
Answer: 300 ft
300 ft in open water, 100 ft in rivers, inlets and navigation channels; inside that distance proceed at idle speed (327.331).
5. How long is your course-completion certificate accepted in place of the FWC card?
Answer: 90 days
327.395(6)(f) — carry it with photo ID while the permanent card is issued.
6. Which of these is a listed exemption from the card requirement?
Answer: Being accompanied by a person 18 or older who holds the card or is exempt
327.395(6)(c).
7. What blood-alcohol level makes an operator 21 or older legally impaired in Florida?
Answer: 0.08
327.35; under 21 the limit is 0.02 (327.355).
8. When must a boating accident be reported to authorities?
Answer: If there is a death, disappearance, an injury needing treatment beyond first aid, or at least $2,000 in property damage
327.30.
9. On a vessel under 26 feet that is underway, which passengers must wear a life jacket?
Answer: Children under 6
327.50; everyone else needs a wearable USCG-approved PFD readily accessible.
10. Does the Florida Boating Safety Education ID Card expire?
Answer: No, it is valid for life
327.395(5).
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Frequently asked questions
Florida requires the final exam to have at least 75 questions, including at least 12 Florida-specific questions. The American Boating Foundation exam follows that rule and includes unlimited free retakes.
75 percent. You can retake the exam as many times as needed at no extra charge.
Most people finish the self-paced online course in a few sittings. You receive a temporary certificate by email the moment you pass; the permanent FWC card typically arrives several weeks later.
See the cost →The course is online and self-paced, and the exam is taken online at the end of the course. Florida's 2025 law requires FWC to set minimum standards for online courses and approve each online provider; the American Boating Foundation is FWC provider #45.
Navigation rules, required equipment, Florida-specific law such as divers-down flags, manatee zones, PWC rules and accident reporting, plus safe operation and emergencies. The practice questions above are drawn from those topics.
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