PER Test 2, Madrid (Ministerio de Transportes) 2026

Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · Convocatoria de abril · 45 questions

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• In a motion causing only heel, the ship turns about an axis that is:
• Deck openings, usually glazed, mainly to give light and air to certain spaces, chiefly cabins, are called:
• The sternpost (codaste) is:
• When you must talk by voice with Salvamento Marítimo in an emergency, what do you use?
• The radar reflector:
• Under SOLAS V Regulation 33, if as skipper you decide not to answer a distress call because it would endanger you, what must you do?
• Which international signal must a boat supporting divers show to indicate “diver down”?
• At night you see a mark with a yellow light flashing in groups of 5 every 20 seconds. Which mark is it?
• Approaching Cangas do Morrazo harbour at night, abeam of Punta Borneira, we see ahead a red Fl(2+1) light. If our port lies in the secondary channel, how do we reach Cangas?
• Isolated danger mark lights are grouped in:
• Sailing at night mid-channel into Pasajes, we see ahead a vessel showing sidelights and, at the masthead, two lights in a vertical line, white over red. Under Rule 29, this is:
• Under Rule 8, an alteration of course alone:
• Two power-driven boats cross with risk of collision. Boat “A” sees “B” on her starboard side. Under Rule 15, in general:
• Under Rule 33, sound signal equipment, a 20-metre vessel must carry:
• Steerage speed is:
• What does it mean to be “clear to leeward” (libre a sotavento)?
• If you find water in the bilge, you should:
• At what value on the centigrade scale does water boil?
• The Douglas scale:
• If there is a very sharp and sudden increase in wind strength while under way, we can say a wind event has occurred called:
• What is an isobar?
• The effect of the wind on a boat under way is:
• Sailing East of the meridian of Isla de Tarifa, you simultaneously measure radar distances of 5 miles to Isla de Tarifa lighthouse and 6.8 miles to Punta Cires lighthouse. Find your position:
• At 10:30 on the Punta Malabata–Tangier breakwater leading line at 5 miles from Malabata, you steer Ra = 068º (Ct = +2º) at 10 knots for 1.5 h, then head for Ceuta red entrance light. Find your DR position at 12:15:
• At 09:30 from Barbate pier head at 6 knots you steer Ra = 219º (Ct = –3º) to the Trafalgar–Camarinal opposition, then towards 11.2' NNW of Malabata (Ct = +1º) until West of Tarifa, then to Tangier (Ct = +2º). Find final Ra and ETA: