California Car / Permit practice question · Road Signs
What does a yellow diamond-shaped sign showing a red-and-white yield symbol mean?
Answer choices
- Slow-moving farm equipment may be on the road ahead.
- A sharp turn in the road is ahead in the direction of the arrow.
- A yield sign is ahead; be prepared to yield.— Correct answer
- Traffic merges from the side ahead; adjust speed to allow vehicles to merge.
Why this is the answer
A diamond-shaped sign showing a yield symbol is the Yield Ahead warning sign. It tells you a yield sign is coming, so be ready to give way. When you reach the yield sign itself, slow down and be ready to stop for any vehicle, bicyclist, or pedestrian. It is not a farm-equipment or merging warning.
Source: California Driver Handbook — Traffic Signs
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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