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Según la Regla 36 del RIPA “Señales para llamar la atención”, si un buque quiere llamar nuestra atención:Under Rule 36, signals to attract attention, if a vessel wants to attract our attention:
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Correct answer: d) She will make any light or sound signal that cannot be mistaken for a signal authorised elsewhere in the rules.
Why it is correct
To attract attention any signal not mistaken for a rules signal will do. If a searchlight is used, it points at the danger, not the other vessel.
Why the others are not
- a) Do not dazzle the other.
- b) They are banned.
- c) They are banned.
How to work it out in the exam
- Attention: anything not confusing.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2025 · Convocatoria de noviembre · PER Test 2 · question 26 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2025 · Convocatoria de noviembre · PER Test 4 · question 20 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 36
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 36
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