50 questions from every subject · 50 min · result per subject
All your mistakes
The Exam Pass keeps every question you got wrong in practice tests and checks until you answer it right.
Practice test format
Our practice exam has 50 questions, 5 from each of the ten topics. NSW doesn't publish a time limit for the real test; we give you 50 minutes. The questions are our own, written from the Boating Handbook. For questions from the real test pool, also do the official practice test on the Service NSW website.
The real test has 50 multiple-choice questions in two sections. In Section A you need at least 24 of 30 right; in Section B you must get all 20 right. Transport for NSW doesn't publish which topics fall in which section, so our practice exam can't split them: it asks for 44 of 50 (88 %), the lowest total that could pass the real test. Aim to get every safety question right.
The exam's subjects
- 1. Your licence and the law
- 2. Lifejackets: when to wear and which type
- 3. Safety equipment for enclosed and open waters
- 4. Before you go: planning, weather and loading
- 5. Lookout and giving way
- 6. Safe distance, speed, wash, alcohol and towing
- 7. Navigation marks
- 8. Lights and sound signals
- 9. Waterways, coastal bars, mooring and anchoring
- 10. Emergencies and the environment