Illustration D011NG below represents the geographic location of a vessel and the radar presentation at the same time. Which statement is TRUE?

Correct Answer: Option C — Ship No. 1 does not appear as an individual target due to the effect of beam width.

Radar beam width causes targets to appear wider than their actual physical dimensions. If two targets are separated by an angle less than the horizontal beam width of the antenna, the radar will paint them as a single, merged target, preventing the navigator from distinguishing them as individual objects.