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Signals, Signs & Markings — PennDOT Practice Questions

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1. A steady yellow light appears as you approach. What should you do?

  • Slow down and prepare to stop; continue carefully only if you cannot stop safely.
  • BSpeed up to beat the red.
  • CStop immediately, wherever you are, even if you are already in the intersection.

Why A is correct

Slow down and prepare to stop. If you are within the intersection or cannot stop safely before entering it, continue through carefully.

2. Besides ONE WAY signs, what is a clue that a street is one-way?

  • AThere is no center line.
  • Cars parked on both sides face the same direction.
  • CThe street is narrow with no room for two cars side by side.

Why B is correct

Another clue a road is one way is vehicles parked on both sides of the road headed in the same direction.

4. Traffic is backed up across a railroad crossing. Where should you stop?

  • Where your vehicle is entirely clear of the tracks.
  • BOn the tracks, if no train is coming.
  • CRight behind the car ahead, even if that puts you on the tracks.

Why A is correct

Do not stop on a railroad track. If traffic is backed up, stop where your vehicle will be entirely clear of the tracks.

6. What do white triangles painted across your lane mean?

  • You must yield to approaching traffic.
  • BA speed hump or rumble strip ahead.
  • CA bike lane ahead.

Why A is correct

The word YIELD or white triangles painted across the lane indicate you must yield to approaching traffic.

7. What do yellow lines on the road separate?

  • ALanes going the same way.
  • Traffic traveling in opposite directions.
  • CParking spaces and loading zones.

Why B is correct

Yellow lines divide traffic traveling in opposite directions. Solid white lines divide lanes going the same way and mark the right edge.

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  • A DIVIDED HIGHWAY ENDS sign is ahead. What should you do?
  • A flashing red light means the same as what?
  • A LOW CLEARANCE sign shows 11 ft 6 in. Your vehicle is 12 feet tall. What should you do?
  • A ramp-metering signal turns green. What does that mean?
  • A steady yellow X appears over your lane. What should you do?
  • A three-digit interstate starts with an odd number, such as I-180. What is it usually?
  • As a general rule, which lines may you cross?
  • At a STOP sign with a crosswalk or stop line, where must the front of your car stop?
  • How do the stripes on an object marker tell you which way to go?
  • How far apart are Exit 95 and Exit 20 on a Pennsylvania highway?
  • How should you treat a railroad crossbuck sign?
  • In Pennsylvania, is a turn on a steady red arrow ever allowed?
  • May you turn right on a steady red light in Pennsylvania?
  • On a vertical traffic signal, which light is always on top?
  • One- or two-digit even-numbered interstates generally run which way?
  • The centerline is solid yellow on your side and broken yellow on the other side. May you pass?
  • There is a double solid yellow centerline but no NO PASSING sign. May you pass?
  • What color are service signs that show gas, food and lodging?
  • What color are work zone signs?
  • What do most warning signs look like?
  • What does a keystone-shaped route marker show?
  • What does a LEFT TURN YIELD ON GREEN sign mean?
  • What does a steady red X over a lane mean?
  • What does a steady yellow arrow mean?
  • What does a WINDING ROAD sign mean?
  • What does an ADDED LANE sign mean?
  • What does an OPPOSING TRAFFIC HAS EXTENDED GREEN sign warn you?
  • What is the suspension for failing to obey a railroad crossing gate?
  • What must you do on a flashing yellow arrow?
  • What shape is a YIELD sign?
  • When may you turn left on a red light?
  • Where are WRONG WAY signs placed?
  • Which of these requires you to stop at a railroad crossing?
  • Which sign is the only pentagon-shaped sign on the road?
  • Which warning sign is pennant-shaped, and where is it placed?
  • Why is a turn on a green arrow called “protected”?
  • You are trapped on a crossing and a train is coming. What should you do?
  • You face a steady red light and see no stop line or crosswalk. Where do you stop?
  • You slow almost to a stop at a STOP sign, see no one, and roll on. Is that legal?
  • You stop at a crossing with two tracks and a train passes. When may you start across?
  • Your road crosses a divided highway. Which way can you turn at each roadway?
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