NC DMV Traffic Signs and Signals 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What does a yellow diamond-shaped sign with a curving arrow and a speed number below it indicate?
- The legal speed limit for the road
- The distance to the next exit
- The recommended safe speed for the curve ahead (Correct answer)
- The minimum speed required
Correct answer: The recommended safe speed for the curve ahead
The advisory speed plaque under a curve warning sign shows the recommended safe speed, not the legal limit.
Question 2: A driver approaches an intersection where the traffic lights are completely dark due to a power outage. What should the driver do?
- Treat the intersection as a four-way stop (Correct answer)
- Yield only to traffic on the right
- Proceed without stopping if the road looks clear
- Wait until the signal is repaired
Correct answer: Treat the intersection as a four-way stop
When a traffic signal is dark or malfunctioning, drivers must treat the intersection as an all-way stop.
Question 3: What does a white rectangular sign with black letters typically display?
- Directions to recreation areas
- Construction zone alerts
- Regulatory information such as speed limits (Correct answer)
- Warnings about road hazards
Correct answer: Regulatory information such as speed limits
White signs with black lettering are regulatory signs that state laws you must obey, such as speed limits.
Question 4: You see a yellow sign showing a truck on a downward slope. What does it warn?
- A truck weigh station is ahead
- Trucks are prohibited
- A truck stop is nearby
- A steep downgrade is ahead (Correct answer)
Correct answer: A steep downgrade is ahead
This warning sign tells drivers, especially truckers, that a steep hill is ahead and they should check brakes and downshift.
Question 5: What must you do when a steady yellow light appears as you approach an intersection?
- Treat it like a green light
- Stop immediately even inside the intersection
- Always accelerate to beat the red light
- Stop if you can do so safely before the intersection (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Stop if you can do so safely before the intersection
A steady yellow light warns the signal is about to turn red, so you should stop if you can do so safely.
Question 6: Blue signs along the highway provide what type of information?
- No passing zones
- Speed regulations
- Motorist services like gas, food, and lodging (Correct answer)
- Construction warnings
Correct answer: Motorist services like gas, food, and lodging
Blue signs direct drivers to services such as fuel, food, lodging, and hospitals.
Question 7: What does a crossbuck sign (white X-shaped sign reading RAILROAD CROSSING) legally require?
- Sound your horn before crossing
- Cross only during daylight hours
- Come to a complete stop every time
- Yield to any approaching train (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Yield to any approaching train
A crossbuck acts as a yield sign, requiring drivers to give the right-of-way to trains at the crossing.
NC DMV Traffic Signs and Signals 3
What does a yellow diamond-shaped sign with a curving arrow and a speed number below it indicate?