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Si se dispone de un equipo radar que funciona correctamente, ¿hay que utilizarlo para tener pronto conocimiento del riesgo de abordaje?If radar equipment is working properly, must it be used to get early warning of risk of collision?
Show the answer
Correct answer: a) Yes, it must be used properly for that purpose
Why it is correct
Rule 7 requires radar, if working, to be used to get early warning of collision risk.
Why the others are not
- b) The rule does not limit it to those places.
- c) It applies to any vessel fitted with it.
- d) It is a duty.
How to work it out in the exam
- If you have it and it works, use it.
Where this question comes from
- Junta de Andalucía · 2016 · 3ª convocatoria · PER Modelo A · question 20 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2016 · 3ª convocatoria · PER Modelo B · question 22 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 7
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 7
Pending instructor review. Machine translation, not reviewed.