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Las Marcas Cardinales se usan para indicar:Cardinal marks are used to indicate:
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Correct answer: c) Where the navigable water is.
Why it is correct
A cardinal says which quadrant holds navigable water relative to a danger. You pass on the side of its name.
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) The opposite.
- b) It shows where to pass.
- d) Not its job.
How to work it out in the exam
- Cardinal: the water is in its name.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2023 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 1 · question 16 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2023 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 3 · question 14 Official paper · Official answer key
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