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La marca de tope de una marca de aguas navegables será de color:The topmark of a safe water mark is coloured:
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Correct answer: d) Red.
Why it is correct
A safe water mark carries one red sphere on top. Two black ones are isolated danger.
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) Isolated danger.
- b) No such topmark.
- c) Those are the body colours.
How to work it out in the exam
- Safe water: red sphere.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de febrero · PER Test 5 · question 15 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
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