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Una marca, cuya mitad superior es negra y la inferior amarilla, es una:A mark whose upper half is black and lower half yellow is a:
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Correct answer: b) North cardinal
Why it is correct
A north cardinal is black above yellow.
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) South is yellow above black.
- c) A channel division is red or green.
- d) Isolated danger is black and red.
How to work it out in the exam
- The cones point to the black: up on the north mark.
Where this question comes from
- Junta de Andalucía · 2018 · 1ª convocatoria · PER Modelo A · question 13 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2018 · 1ª convocatoria · PER Modelo B · question 15 Official paper · Official answer key
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