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Según el Anexo IV del RIPA, ¿qué señal podríamos utilizar para indicar peligro o necesidad de ayuda?Under Annex IV, what signal could we use to indicate distress and need of help?
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Correct answer: a) A rocket parachute flare showing a red light.
Why it is correct
A red parachute rocket is a distress signal. White lights are not.
Why the others are not
- b) Red.
- c) Not distress.
- d) Not distress.
How to work it out in the exam
- Distress: red rocket.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2023 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 2 · question 27 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2023 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 4 · question 22 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 37
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 37
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