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Pennsylvania 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 showing a truck on a downhill slope. What does it indicate?
Correct answer: A steep downgrade is ahead; use a lower gear and check your brakes.
A steep downgrade is ahead; use a lower gear and check your brakes. (This is the "Hill / Steep Grade" sign.)
Source: PA Driver's Manual — Signs, Signals and Pavement Markings
2. Orange signs with black lettering along a highway usually mean that you are approaching:
Correct answer: A roadwork or construction zone
Orange marks construction, maintenance, and utility work areas. Slow down and stay alert for workers, equipment, and changed traffic patterns.
Source: PA Driver's Manual — Signals, Signs and Pavement Markings
3. Regulatory signs, such as SPEED LIMIT and NO LEFT TURN signs, are posted to tell drivers:
Correct answer: Which actions the law requires or prohibits
Regulatory signs state what the law requires or forbids. Ignoring them can bring a fine and points because you are breaking the law.
Source: PA Driver's Manual — Signals, Signs and Pavement Markings
4. A yellow diamond-shaped sign showing one lane ending and merging is posted ahead. What does it mean?
Correct answer: A traffic lane ends ahead; merge with the adjacent lane.
A traffic lane ends ahead; merge with the adjacent lane. (This is the "Lane Ends" sign.)
Source: PA Driver's Manual — Signs, Signals and Pavement Markings
5. A yellow diamond-shaped sign showing the road splitting around a median is posted ahead. What does it mean?
Correct answer: The road ahead is divided by a median; keep right.
The road ahead is divided by a median; keep right. (This is the "Divided Highway Begins" sign.)
Source: PA Driver's Manual — Signs, Signals and Pavement Markings
6. What is the correct meaning of a yellow diamond-shaped sign reading 'BUMP'?
Correct answer: There is a bump or raised surface in the road ahead.
There is a bump or raised surface in the road ahead. (This is the "Bump" sign.)
Source: PA Driver's Manual — Signs, Signals and Pavement Markings
7. A yellow diamond-shaped sign showing a red-and-white yield symbol is posted ahead. What does it mean?
Correct answer: A yield sign is ahead; be prepared to yield.
A yield sign is ahead; be prepared to yield. (This is the "Yield Ahead" sign.)
Source: PA Driver's Manual — Signs, Signals and Pavement Markings
8. A sign warning DIVIDED HIGHWAY BEGINS tells you that ahead the road will:
Correct answer: Separate into two one-way roadways with a median
The highway splits into two one-way roadways separated by a median or divider. Keep to the right of that divider.
Source: PA Driver's Manual — Signals, Signs and Pavement Markings
9. A yellow diamond-shaped sign showing the road narrowing on both sides is posted ahead. What does it mean?
Correct answer: The roadway becomes narrower ahead.
The roadway becomes narrower ahead. (This is the "Road Narrows" sign.)
Source: PA Driver's Manual — Signs, Signals and Pavement Markings
10. You see several arrow-shaped (chevron) signs placed along the outside of a bend. They are there to show that:
Correct answer: The road changes direction sharply
Chevrons point the way the road bends and mark a sharp change in direction, such as a curve. They may be spaced through the whole curve.
Source: PA Driver's Manual — Signals, Signs and Pavement Markings
11. What should you understand when you see a yellow diamond-shaped sign with an S-shaped winding arrow?
Correct answer: A series of three or more curves is ahead.
A series of three or more curves is ahead. (This is the "Winding Road" sign.)
Source: PA Driver's Manual — Signs, Signals and Pavement Markings
12. While driving you see a yellow diamond-shaped sign showing a car with wavy skid marks. What does it indicate?
Correct answer: The road is slippery when wet; slow down and avoid hard braking.
The road is slippery when wet; slow down and avoid hard braking. (This is the "Slippery When Wet" sign.)
Source: PA Driver's Manual — Signs, Signals and Pavement Markings
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