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Las Marcas Cardinales siempre estarán pintadas:Cardinal Marks will always be painted:
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Correct answer: a) With horizontal yellow and black bands.
Why it is correct
Cardinals are yellow and black, in horizontal bands.
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) Those colours belong to a bifurcation mark.
- c) The bands are horizontal.
- d) Those are not a cardinal’s colours.
How to work it out in the exam
- Vertical stripes: safe water. Horizontal bands: the rest.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2024 · Convocatoria de noviembre · PER Test 1 · question 13 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2024 · Convocatoria de noviembre · PER Test 3 · question 13 Official paper · Official answer key
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