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¿Qué son los guardines?What are steering cables or tiller ropes (guardines) on a vessel?
Show the answer
Correct answer: c) The cables that transmit the rotation of the steering wheel to the rudder blade.
Why it is correct
Steering cables (guardines) are the wires, chains or ropes that transmit the rotation of the steering wheel to the quadrant or tiller to turn the rudder blade.
Why the others are not
- a) Does not describe the steering cables linking the wheel to the rudder.
- b) Does not describe the steering cables linking the wheel to the rudder.
- d) Does not describe the steering cables linking the wheel to the rudder.
How to work it out in the exam
- Link guardines to the steering gear: they connect the wheel drum to the rudder quadrant.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2020 · Convocatoria de diciembre · PER Test 4 · question 4 Official paper · Official answer key
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