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¿Qué indica una Marca Cardinal?What does a cardinal mark indicate?
Show the answer
Correct answer: c) The safest water in the area relative to a point of interest.
Why it is correct
A cardinal says which quadrant holds safe water relative to a danger. You pass on the side its name gives.
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) It does not show that.
- b) A special mark does that.
- d) It does not forbid it.
How to work it out in the exam
- Cardinal: pass on its side.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2025 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 1 · question 15 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2025 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 3 · question 17 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
Pending instructor review. Machine translation, not reviewed.