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La forma de las boyas de las marcas cardinales será:The shape of cardinal mark buoys will be:
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Correct answer: d) Pillar or spar.
Why it is correct
Cardinals are pillar or spar.
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) A can shape belongs to port.
- b) A conical shape belongs to starboard.
- c) A spherical shape belongs to safe water.
How to work it out in the exam
- Can, conical and spherical each have their own meaning.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de octubre · PER Test 1 · question 14 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de octubre · PER Test 3 · question 14 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
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