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En una marca de peligro aislado el ritmo y el color de su luz es:On an isolated danger mark, the rhythm and colour of the light are:

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Correct answer: b) A group of two white flashes.

Why it is correct

Isolated danger: white light, group of two flashes, Fl(2).

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 colour is not red.
  • c) The colour is not green.
  • d) It is two flashes, not one.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. Two spheres, two flashes, always white.

Where this question comes from

Regulations

Try it: Buoyage pilotage

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