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Una boya cuya marca de tope es un aspa amarilla en forma de “X” es una marca:A buoy whose topmark is a yellow X-shaped cross is a mark:
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Correct answer: c) Special
Why it is correct
A yellow X is the topmark of special marks.
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
- a) Cardinals carry two black cones.
- b) Cardinals carry two black cones.
- d) Isolated danger carries two black spheres.
How to work it out in the exam
- Yellow and X: special.
Where this question comes from
- Junta de Andalucía · 2018 · 1ª convocatoria · PER Modelo A · question 17 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2018 · 1ª convocatoria · PER Modelo B · question 13 Official paper · Official answer key
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