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Arkansas 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. A posted speed limit sign gives the driver which piece of information?
Correct answer: The highest and the lowest speed permitted on that stretch of road
The guide says the sign states both the maximum and the minimum for that section, and that the top figure assumes ideal conditions and should be cut when roads turn slick.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 2, Speed Limit Sign
2. A diamond-shaped yellow sign carrying black symbols is telling you what?
Correct answer: Some hazard or unusual condition lies ahead, so be ready to slow or stop
Yellow-and-black diamonds are grouped in the guide as warning signs; they flag a special situation ahead so a driver can reduce speed and halt if that becomes necessary.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 2, Warning Signs
3. On a regulatory sign, a symbol covered by a red circle and a red slash means the driver
Correct answer: may not carry out the maneuver pictured
A red ring and slash over a symbol is the guide's shorthand for a banned movement, such as a turn in that direction or a U-turn.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 2, Regulation Signs
4. The white X-shaped sign lettered in black at a railroad crossing requires a driver to
Correct answer: give way to any train using the crossing
The guide calls this the cross buck; it marks the grade crossing itself, and a driver who meets it must let an approaching train go through first.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 2, Cross Buck Sign
5. A sign showing a numeral mounted below a cross buck tells the driver
Correct answer: how many separate sets of rails cross the road at that spot
Where several tracks meet the road, the guide says a numbered plate under the cross buck states the count, warning that a second train may follow from either direction.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 2, Multiple Tracks
6. A small EXEMPT placard mounted at a railroad crossing indicates that
Correct answer: the crossing has been abandoned or is no longer used
The guide explains that an EXEMPT plate, whether under the advance sign or under the cross buck, marks a crossing whose use has been discontinued.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 2, Railroad (Exempt) Signs
7. A round yellow sign bearing a large X and two R's is posted before a crossing. It tells you to
Correct answer: cut your speed, look and listen for a train, and be ready to halt at the rails
This is the advance warning sign. The guide says it is placed ahead of a highway-rail intersection so drivers slow down and prepare to stop if a train is coming.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 2, Round Yellow Advance Warning Sign
8. Seeing a Do Not Enter sign at the mouth of a roadway tells you that
Correct answer: driving into that roadway is not allowed
The guide describes the sign as a red circle crossed by a line, and it says that shape and coloring mean the movement is not permitted.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 2, Do Not Enter Signs
9. What kind of message is carried on a white square or rectangular sign with black or red markings?
Correct answer: A rule you must obey, such as lane use, turning or parking instructions
The guide calls these regulation signs, and it says they set out rules on traffic direction, lane use, turning, parking and similar instructions.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 2, Regulation Signs
10. What does a large X painted on the pavement together with the letters RR indicate?
Correct answer: The same warning the advance sign gives — a rail crossing lies ahead
The guide says these markings carry the identical message as the round advance sign, and on two-lane roads they come with no-passing markings.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 2, Pavement Markings
11. Signs posted inside a highway work zone can normally be recognized by
Correct answer: an orange, white or black background in a diamond or rectangular shape
The guide says work zone signs may be diamonds or rectangles and that their backgrounds run orange, white or black with lettering or symbols in white or black.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 2, Work Zone Signs
12. An orange reflective triangle edged in red on the back of a vehicle indicates that the vehicle
Correct answer: moves more slowly than the normal flow of traffic
This emblem is the slow moving vehicle sign; the guide says it warns everyone else that the machine ahead cannot keep up with normal traffic speeds.
Source: Arkansas Driver License Study Guide — Chapter 2, Slow Moving Vehicle Sign
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