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¿Cuál es el color de una marca especial?What colour is a special mark?
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Correct answer: a) Yellow.
Why it is correct
Special marks are yellow, with a yellow X topmark and a yellow light.
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
- b) Port.
- c) Starboard.
- d) Safe water.
How to work it out in the exam
- Special: yellow.
Where this question comes from
- Región de Murcia · 2024 · 3ª convocatoria · PER Tipo 1 · question 17 Official paper · Official answer key
- Región de Murcia · 2025 · 3ª convocatoria · PER Tipo 1 · question 16 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
Pending instructor review. Machine translation, not reviewed.