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Una marca cardinal de color negro con una ancha banda horizontal de color amarillo será:A black cardinal mark with a broad yellow horizontal band is:
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Correct answer: a) East cardinal.
Why it is correct
Black with a yellow band is east. Colours follow the cones: black where they point.
IALA World Regions: Region A covers Europe (including Spain), Africa, Oceania and Asia (except Japan, South Korea and the Philippines); when entering from seaward, keep RED (can) marks to PORT and GREEN (cone) marks to STARBOARD. Region B covers the Americas (North, Central and South), Japan, South Korea and the Philippines; lateral colours are reversed (GREEN to port and RED to starboard when entering), while keeping the same shapes (can to port, cone to starboard) and identical cardinal, isolated danger, safe water and special marks.
Why the others are not
- b) Yellow, black band.
- c) Black on top.
- d) Black below.
How to work it out in the exam
- Black, yellow band: east.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2022 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 1 · question 15 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2022 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 2 · question 15 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
Pending instructor review. Machine translation, not reviewed.