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¿Qué forma tendrá la marca de tope de una marca lateral de bifurcación de la región A que indique el canal principal a babor?What topmark does a Region A fork lateral mark showing the main channel to port have?
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Correct answer: a) A green cone point up.
Why it is correct
Main channel to port is the green mark with a red band. It takes the green topmark: green cone point up.
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) No such topmark.
- c) Red takes a can.
- d) No such topmark.
How to work it out in the exam
- Channel to port: green mark, green cone.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de diciembre · PER Test 2 · question 14 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de diciembre · PER Test 6 · question 16 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
Pending instructor review. Machine translation, not reviewed.