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Un cilindro de color rojo es la marca de tope de una marca:A red cylinder is the topmark of a mark:
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Correct answer: a) Port lateral
Why it is correct
A red cylinder belongs to port 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
- b) With the main channel to port, the mark is green with a cone.
- c) Isolated danger carries two black spheres.
- d) Option b) is false.
How to work it out in the exam
- Cylinder, port. Cone, starboard.
Where this question comes from
- Junta de Andalucía · 2020 · 3ª convocatoria · PER Modelo A · question 15 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2020 · 3ª convocatoria · PER Modelo B · question 17 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
Pending instructor review. Machine translation, not reviewed.