Kentucky road signs practice test
Signs are a portion of the written test that must be answered from the applicant's own knowledge even on an oral test. Practise the 18 sign questions we wrote from the Kentucky handbook, then drill every common sign.
Kentucky handbook sign questions
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Question 1What shape and color are most warning signs?
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A: Yellow diamond with black lettering or symbols. Warning signs are usually yellow with black lettering or symbols and diamond shaped. Kentucky Driver Manual: Traffic Signs, page 43.
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Question 2Which warning signs may be fluorescent yellow (yellow-green)?
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A: School zone, school crossing and pedestrian crossing signs. School zone, school crossing and pedestrian crossing warning signs can be a bright fluorescent yellow-green. Kentucky Driver Manual: Traffic Signs, page 43.
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Question 3What does a round yellow sign with an X and "RR" mean?
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B: A highway-railroad grade crossing is ahead. The round yellow RR sign is placed before a railroad crossing: slow down, look and listen, and be ready to stop. Kentucky Driver Manual: Railroad Crossing Warning Signs, page 44.
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Question 4The white X-shaped railroad crossbuck sign has the same meaning as which sign?
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D: Yield. The crossbuck is a regulatory sign with the same meaning as a yield sign: slow down and be ready to stop for a train. Kentucky Driver Manual: Flashing Lights, page 43.
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Question 5What does a number posted below a railroad crossbuck tell you?
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A: How many tracks there are. At crossings with more than one track, the number of tracks is posted to warn that more than one train may cross. Kentucky Driver Manual: Railroad Crossing Warning Signs, page 44.
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Question 6What color are work zone signs?
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B: Orange with black letters or symbols. Work zone signs are generally diamond or rectangular and orange with black letters or symbols. Kentucky Driver Manual: Work Zone Signs, page 45.
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Question 7What happens to fines for speeding in a Kentucky work zone?
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D: They are doubled. Fines for speeding in a work zone are doubled. Kentucky Driver Manual: Work Zone Signs, page 46.
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Question 8Under Kentucky law, when are fines doubled in a highway work zone?
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A: When signs say fines are doubled and at least one worker is present. Fines may be doubled when signs inform drivers of the work zone and doubled fines, and at least one bona fide worker is present. Kentucky Driver Manual: Work Zones, page 77.
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Question 9What do black-and-white speed limit signs indicate?
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C: The maximum legal speed in ideal conditions. Speed limit signs indicate the maximum legal speed allowed in ideal conditions. Kentucky Driver Manual: Regulatory Signs, page 46.
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Question 10What should you do at an eight-sided red sign?
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A: Stop behind the stop line or crosswalk and yield to crossing traffic and pedestrians. A stop sign has eight sides; stop behind the stop line or crosswalk and yield to crossing vehicles and pedestrians in all directions. Kentucky Driver Manual: Regulatory Signs, page 46.
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Question 11What does a red and white downward-pointing triangle mean?
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C: Slow down and let traffic with the right-of-way go first. A yield sign means you must slow down and allow traffic with the right of way to cross before entering. Kentucky Driver Manual: Regulatory Signs, page 46.
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Question 12Where are Do Not Enter signs like this one often found?
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A: Exit ramps and the beginning of one-way streets. Do Not Enter signs (and Wrong Way signs) are usually placed at exit ramps and where one-way streets begin. Kentucky Driver Manual: Regulatory Signs, page 46.
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Question 13What does a 'Shared Center Lane Left Turn Only' sign mean?
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C: The center lane is reserved for left turns from either direction, not for through travel or passing. This sign shows a lane reserved for left-turning vehicles from either direction; it is not for through traffic or passing. Kentucky Driver Manual: Regulatory Signs, page 46.
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Question 14What colors are guide signs?
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B: Green, brown or blue. Guide signs are square or rectangular and green, brown or blue; they give directions and points of interest. Kentucky Driver Manual: Regulatory Signs, page 46.
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Question 15In the standard sign colors, what does red mean?
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C: Stop or forbidden. Standard colors: red = stop or forbidden; green = movement permitted; yellow = general warning. Kentucky Driver Manual: STANDARD COLORS, page 48.
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Question 16Which shape is used only for yield signs?
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A: Equilateral triangle. The equilateral triangle is used only for yield signs. Kentucky Driver Manual: STANDARD SHAPES, page 49.
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Question 17What does a pentagon-shaped sign indicate?
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D: School signs. Pentagon signs are school signs. Kentucky Driver Manual: STANDARD SHAPES, page 49.
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Question 18What does a vertical rectangle sign generally indicate?
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C: A regulation. Vertical rectangles are generally regulatory signs; horizontal rectangles are generally guide signs. Kentucky Driver Manual: STANDARD SHAPES, page 49.
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