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Alaska Car / Permit: Road Signs practice test
Learn the shapes, colors, and meanings of regulatory, warning, and guide signs — from stop and yield to construction and school-zone signs.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. What does the Alaska manual say a driver must do at a stop sign?
Correct answer: Halt completely at the line or ahead of the crosswalk, look both ways, and yield
Halt fully at the stop line or short of the crosswalk before you reach the intersection, check to the left and the right for vehicles and people on foot, and give up the right-of-way.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Stop Sign
2. You see a white-on-blue sign beside an Alaska highway. What information does it carry?
Correct answer: Traveler services such as fuel, food, lodging or a rest area
Blue signs with white markings point out traveler services — fuel, telephones, meals, lodging, campgrounds, litter barrels and places to pull off and rest.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Service Sign
3. You are approaching a red and white triangular yield sign. What does Alaska expect of you?
Correct answer: Slow down, look both directions, and stop if that is what it takes to avoid traffic or a pedestrian
Reduce speed on the approach, check to the left and the right, and give way to traffic and pedestrians. A full stop is required whenever that is the only way to avoid a person on foot or traffic on the protected street.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Yield Sign
4. A red and white DO NOT ENTER sign faces you at the mouth of a ramp. What is it telling you?
Correct answer: You would be traveling the wrong way, so you may not pass the sign
That sign faces traffic about to travel a roadway or ramp the wrong way, so you may not go past it. Farther along in the prohibited direction a WRONG WAY sign in white on red may also be posted.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Do Not Enter Sign
5. Alaska posts leaping stag or moose signs along certain stretches of highway. What should a driver do there?
Correct answer: Be especially watchful and drive with extra caution through that stretch
Those symbols mark places where deer or moose cross often, so the manual tells drivers to be especially watchful and cautious through the marked area.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Animals
6. On an Alaska sign, what is the meaning of a red circle with a diagonal line through the symbol inside it?
Correct answer: The movement shown inside the circle is forbidden
That circle and slash tells you the movement pictured inside it is not allowed, such as a turn or a maneuver the sign shows.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Signs
7. Black lettering on an orange background identifies which family of Alaska signs?
Correct answer: Signs marking construction and maintenance areas
Orange signs with black markings cover roadwork and temporary conditions that call for extra alertness. Adjust your speed and get ready for whatever the crew has set up.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Construction & Maintenance Sign
8. What is the purpose of the white X-shaped crossbuck sign posted at an Alaska rail crossing?
Correct answer: It marks the rail crossing and warns you to be ready to stop for a train
The crossbuck marks the crossing itself and serves as a warning, so you should slow your approach and be set to halt for a train.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Railroad Crossings
9. A rectangular sign with white lettering on a green background appears over the roadway. What kind of sign is it?
Correct answer: A guide sign giving routes, destinations and distances
Green signs with white lettering are guide signs. They supply route numbers, place names and destination information, and the manual advises paying close attention to the mileage they show.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Guide Sign
10. What is posted on the blue Emergency Notification System sign found at Alaska highway-rail grade crossings?
Correct answer: A round-the-clock phone number for reporting crossing problems plus a number identifying the crossing
The blue ENS sign carries a toll-free number that railroad dispatchers answer around the clock, plus a Department of Transportation number pinpointing which crossing you are at, so problems can be reported and trains stopped.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Emergency Notification System (ENS)
11. What is the shape of the Alaska sign that warns of a school area or a school crosswalk?
Correct answer: A five-sided figure
School warning signs have five sides and use black on yellow. They mark school zones and school crossings where you must cut your speed and be ready to stop for children on foot.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — School Sign
12. How does Alaska mark the signs that alert drivers to hazards ahead?
Correct answer: Black on yellow
Warning signs use black lettering or symbols on a yellow background. They flag conditions that are already dangerous or could become so, and most of them imply that you should ease off your speed.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual — Warning Sign
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