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¿Cuál será la marca de tope (si existe) de una marca de color verde con una banda ancha horizontal roja?:What topmark (if any) does a green mark with a broad red horizontal band have?
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Correct answer: a) A green cone
Why it is correct
It is the preferred channel to port mark, treated like a green. So it carries the green topmark: a green cone.
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) The cylinder belongs to the red.
- c) It takes the main colour.
- d) That belongs to the other.
How to work it out in the exam
- Topmark: shape and colour of the main one.
Where this question comes from
- Junta de Andalucía · 2026 · 2ª convocatoria · PER Modelo A · question 14 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2026 · 2ª convocatoria · PER Modelo B · question 15 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
Pending instructor review. Machine translation, not reviewed.