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Una marca esférica con franjas verticales rojas y blancas es:A spherical mark with red and white vertical stripes is:
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Correct answer: c) A safe water mark
Why it is correct
Red and white vertical stripes identify a safe water mark, and a spherical shape is one of its allowed forms.
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) A preferred channel mark has horizontal bands, green with a red band.
- b) A north cardinal is black above yellow.
- d) A special mark is yellow.
How to work it out in the exam
- Only two marks have vertical stripes: red and white, safe water; blue and yellow, wreck.
Where this question comes from
- Región de Murcia · 2017 · 1ª convocatoria · PER Tipo 1 · question 17 Official paper · Official answer key
- Región de Murcia · 2019 · 2ª convocatoria · PER Tipo 1 · question 16 Official paper · Official answer key
- Región de Murcia · 2022 · 1ª convocatoria · PER Tipo 1 · question 16 Official paper · Official answer key
- Región de Murcia · 2026 · 2ª convocatoria · PER Tipo 1 · question 16 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
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