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¿Cuál es la característica diurna más importante de una Marca cardinal?What is a cardinal mark’s most important daytime feature?
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Correct answer: d) Topmark.
Why it is correct
By day, the two cone topmark tells at once which cardinal it is. Colour confirms it.
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) Helps, but less.
- b) Does not define it.
- c) Night.
How to work it out in the exam
- Cardinal by day: cones.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2022 · Convocatoria de junio · PER Test 1 · question 15 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2022 · Convocatoria de junio · PER Test 3 · question 15 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
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