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Las Marcas Especiales indican:Special marks indicate:
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Correct answer: b) Traffic separation where conventional channel buoyage might confuse.
Why it is correct
Among its uses, a special mark shows traffic separation where lateral marks would confuse. It also marks leisure areas, cables or exercise zones.
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) That is safe water.
- c) That is cardinal.
- d) That is lateral.
How to work it out in the exam
- Special: specific areas and uses.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de julio · PER Test 2 · question 15 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de julio · PER Test 4 · question 13 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
Pending instructor review. Machine translation, not reviewed.