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Ohio 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. While driving you see a yellow diamond-shaped sign with a sharply bending arrow. What does it indicate?
Correct answer: A sharp turn in the road is ahead in the direction of the arrow.
A sharp turn in the road is ahead in the direction of the arrow. (This is the "Turn Ahead" sign.)
Source: Ohio Digest of Motor Vehicle Laws — Traffic Signs
2. While driving you see a yellow diamond-shaped sign showing the road narrowing on both sides. What does it indicate?
Correct answer: The roadway becomes narrower ahead.
The roadway becomes narrower ahead. (This is the "Road Narrows" sign.)
Source: Ohio Digest of Motor Vehicle Laws — Traffic Signs
3. What is the correct meaning of a yellow diamond-shaped sign with a merging-arrow symbol?
Correct answer: Traffic merges from the side ahead; adjust speed to allow vehicles to merge.
Traffic merges from the side ahead; adjust speed to allow vehicles to merge. (This is the "Merging Traffic" sign.)
Source: Ohio Digest of Motor Vehicle Laws — Traffic Signs
4. A yellow diamond-shaped sign with a gently curving arrow is posted ahead. What does it mean?
Correct answer: The road curves gently ahead in the direction shown.
The road curves gently ahead in the direction shown. (This is the "Curve" sign.)
Source: Ohio Digest of Motor Vehicle Laws — Traffic Signs
5. A blue-and-white sign with the wheelchair symbol reading 'PARKING' is posted ahead. What does it mean?
Correct answer: Parking reserved for vehicles displaying a disability permit.
Parking reserved for vehicles displaying a disability permit. (This is the "Accessible Parking" sign.)
Source: Ohio Digest of Motor Vehicle Laws — Traffic Signs
6. A yellow diamond-shaped sign with an arrow that curves one way then the other is posted ahead. What does it mean?
Correct answer: A curve in one direction followed by a curve in the opposite direction.
A curve in one direction followed by a curve in the opposite direction. (This is the "Reverse Curve" sign.)
Source: Ohio Digest of Motor Vehicle Laws — Traffic Signs
7. What should you understand when you see a white circular sign showing a bicycle crossed out in red?
Correct answer: Bicycles are not allowed on this road.
Bicycles are not allowed on this road. (This is the "No Bicycles" sign.)
Source: Ohio Digest of Motor Vehicle Laws — Traffic Signs
8. A round, yellow sign showing a large 'X' along with the letters 'RR' warns that a driver is approaching what?
Correct answer: A highway-railroad grade crossing
The round yellow advance-warning sign with an 'X' and 'RR' tells drivers a highway-railroad grade crossing lies ahead, so they should be ready to stop.
Source: Section 5: Learning to Drive — Railroad Crossings
9. What should you understand when you see a white sign reading 'NO PARKING ANY TIME'?
Correct answer: Parking is prohibited here at all times.
Parking is prohibited here at all times. (This is the "No Parking Any Time" sign.)
Source: Ohio Digest of Motor Vehicle Laws — Traffic Signs
10. A sign showing a U-turn arrow inside a red circle with a slash is telling a driver what?
Correct answer: U-turns are not permitted there
A prohibitory sign uses the red circle and slash to forbid the pictured action, so this sign bans making a U-turn at that spot.
Source: Section 4: Rules of the Road — Traffic Signs (Prohibitory Signs)
11. When a red circle with a diagonal line through it is placed over a symbol on a sign, it tells you that the pictured action is what?
Correct answer: Not allowed at that location
On prohibitory signs the red circle and slash stand for the word 'NO,' meaning the illustrated maneuver is not permitted.
Source: Section 4: Rules of the Road — Traffic Signs (Prohibitory Signs)
12. A yellow diamond-shaped sign showing a red STOP symbol is posted ahead. What does it mean?
Correct answer: A stop sign is ahead; prepare to stop.
A stop sign is ahead; prepare to stop. (This is the "Stop Ahead" sign.)
Source: Ohio Digest of Motor Vehicle Laws — Traffic Signs
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