Signs & Roadway Markings Quiz Review

The purpose of traffic signs are:

• to direct, to decide, to stop.

• to observe, to direct, to guide.

• to stop, to warn, to decide.

• to regulate, to warn, to guide.

Yielding in traffic means:

• allowing others to go before you.

• coming to a complete stop every time.

• expecting others to stop for you.

• speeding up to avoid a collision.

The basic speed law requires you to drive:

• within 5 mph of the 55 mph speed limit.

•  no faster than is safe for existing conditions.

• at the maximum posted speed limit.

• above posted minimum speed limit.

Most warning signs are:

• diamond-shaped.

• oval-shaped.

• square-shaped.

• round-shaped.

You pass a school zone sign. You should:

• go slightly faster to pass quickly.

• know you are within one block of a school.

• go 30 mph.

• stop immediately.

Your red traffic signal changes to green while a pedestrian is crossing in your traffic lane. You should:

• give the right of way to the pedestrian.

• give the right of way to left-turning vehicles.

•  run the pedestrian down.

• beep loudly and then proceed.

Your traffic light changes to yellow as you approach an intersection. In most cases, what action should you take?

• Signal for a right turn and slow.

• Go through if no other vehicles are coming.

• Accelerate to clear the intersection.

• Make every reasonable effort to stop.

Broken white lines:

• warn of a railroad crossing ahead.

• separate lanes of traffic moving in the same direction.

• indicate a no-passing zone.

• tell you where to stop.

Refer to the figure to answer this question. 

    A sign shaped like this means:

• warning.

• railroad crossing.

• route marking.

• school zone.

Which of the following highways runs through a city?

• Interstate Route 80

• Interstate Route 801

• Interstate Route 15

• Interstate Route 151