Under 46 CFR §11.402(b), an applicant's qualifying service yields a calculated tonnage limitation of 7,400 GRT. Applying the rounding rule in §11.402(b), what tonnage limitation will appear on the applicant's MMC?

Why D is correct

46 CFR §11.402(b) states that limitations are expressed in multiples of 1,000 GRT using the next higher figure when an intermediate tonnage is calculated. 7,400 GRT is an intermediate value between 7,000 and 8,000, so the next higher multiple of 1,000 GRT—8,000 GRT—applies.