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La forma de las Marcas de aguas navegables es:The shape of safe water marks is:
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Correct answer: d) Spherical, pillar or spar, with a spherical topmark.
Why it is correct
A safe water mark is spherical, pillar or spar. It carries one red sphere as topmark.
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) Its shape is set.
- b) Not those shapes.
- c) Its shape is set.
How to work it out in the exam
- Safe water: sphere topmark.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2024 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 1 · question 16 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2024 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 3 · question 13 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
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