RTA Traffic Signs and Signals 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A pennant-shaped sign is used exclusively to indicate which of the following?
- No U-turn zone
- No passing zone (Correct answer)
- School zone ahead
- Divided highway begins
Correct answer: No passing zone
The pennant (triangular) shape is reserved solely for 'No Passing Zone' signs placed on the left side of the road.
Question 2: What does a flashing yellow arrow signal at an intersection mean?
- Yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians before turning (Correct answer)
- Stop and wait for a green arrow
- You may proceed without yielding
- The signal is out of order
Correct answer: Yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians before turning
A flashing yellow arrow means you may turn but must yield to oncoming vehicles and pedestrians in the crosswalk.
Question 3: A sign showing a truck on a downhill grade with the warning 'RUNAWAY TRUCK RAMP' is what shape and color?
- Red rectangle
- Yellow diamond (Correct answer)
- Orange rectangle
- Blue square
Correct answer: Yellow diamond
Runaway truck ramp warning signs are yellow diamond-shaped, consistent with all standard warning signs.
Question 4: Which sign would you see indicating that the road ahead divides into a one-way road going both left and right?
- Keep Right sign
- Divided Highway Begins sign (Correct answer)
- Two-Way Traffic sign
- Wrong Way sign
Correct answer: Divided Highway Begins sign
The 'Divided Highway Begins' sign warns drivers that the road is splitting into a divided highway with a median.
Question 5: What action is required when you see a sign with a red circle and slash over a U-turn symbol?
- U-turns are permitted only during daylight
- U-turns are prohibited at that location (Correct answer)
- U-turns require a full stop first
- U-turns are allowed only for emergency vehicles
Correct answer: U-turns are prohibited at that location
A red circle with a diagonal slash over any symbol means that action is prohibited, so U-turns are not allowed.
Question 6: An orange sign with black lettering that reads 'ROAD WORK AHEAD' belongs to which sign category?
- Warning signs
- Regulatory signs
- Temporary traffic control signs (Correct answer)
- Guide signs
Correct answer: Temporary traffic control signs
Orange signs with black lettering are temporary traffic control (construction zone) signs, alerting drivers to work zones.
Question 7: When a traffic signal is completely dark (no lights working), how should a driver treat the intersection?
- Proceed through at normal speed
- Yield to all traffic approaching from the right
- Treat it as a four-way stop (Correct answer)
- Only emergency vehicles may proceed
Correct answer: Treat it as a four-way stop
A dark traffic signal must be treated as a four-way stop, with drivers stopping and yielding in turn.
RTA Traffic Signs and Signals 2
A pennant-shaped sign is used exclusively to indicate which of the following?