Alaska: Road signs
Regulatory, warning, guide and construction signs, including Alaska wildlife crossing signs. Split into 4 shorter tests so you're not stuck in one long quiz.
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Road signs — Part 1
Questions in this part include: “According to the manual, many fatal crashes occur when a driver does what?”
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Questions in this part include: “What level of caution should be observed at all warning signs?”
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Regulatory, warning, guide and construction signs, including Alaska wildlife crossing signs. — Part 3
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Regulatory, warning, guide and construction signs, including Alaska wildlife crossing signs. — Part 4
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According to the manual, many fatal crashes occur when a driver does what?
- Does not heed a clearly visible traffic sign
- Cannot see a sign covered by snow
- Drives faster than other traffic on the road
- Stops too long at a posted stop sign
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Correct answer: Does not heed a clearly visible traffic sign
The manual says many fatal crashes occur when a driver does not heed a clearly visible traffic sign, and tells drivers to obey signs.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)
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What do signs do for conditions ahead that require caution or extra alertness?
- They close the road until the conditions clear
- They tell drivers to stop and wait
- They warn drivers of them
- They list them in the order they occur
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Correct answer: They warn drivers of them
One way signs help is by warning of conditions ahead that require caution or extra alertness.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)
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How do signs guide drivers to their destination?
- By measuring each driver's speed
- By identifying the route
- By marking every fuel stop on the road
- By showing the shortest trip in miles only
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Correct answer: By identifying the route
The manual says signs guide drivers to their destination by identifying the route.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)
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Besides warning and guiding drivers, what do signs do?
- Replace the need for pavement markings
- Measure the speed of traffic
- Issue citations to violators
- Inform drivers of regulations
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Correct answer: Inform drivers of regulations
Signs help drivers by informing them of regulations.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)
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To become a better "sign" driver, what should you do with the sign section of the manual?
- Memorize only the signs that have numbers printed on them
- Read the warning signs only, since they matter the most
- Skip signs you already know from other places you drove
- Study it and match each sign's meaning to the expected behavior
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Correct answer: Study it and match each sign's meaning to the expected behavior
The manual says to study the sign section and associate each sign's meaning with the behavior expected of you.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)
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What should you do with your eyes to avoid missing traffic signs?
- Fix them on the vehicle in front of you
- Look far ahead and keep moving them
- Keep them on the center of the road
- Look only at signs on your side of the road
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Correct answer: Look far ahead and keep moving them
The manual says to look far ahead and move your eyes, because it is easy for a "stare" driver to miss traffic signs.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)
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What is the result of good sign observance?
- Never needing to check mirrors
- Avoiding every traffic citation
- Doing the right thing at the right time
- Driving at the same speed everywhere
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Correct answer: Doing the right thing at the right time
The manual says the result of good sign observance is doing the right thing at the right time.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)
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What backs regulatory signs?
- State statute, regulation, or local ordinance
- Federal law alone
- Advice from local drivers' groups
- The preferences of the road crew that posts them
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Correct answer: State statute, regulation, or local ordinance
Regulatory signs give instructions that must be obeyed and are backed by state statute, regulation, or local ordinance.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)
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What can result from violating the instructions on a regulatory sign?
- Nothing, since the sign is only advisory
- Mandatory driver education
- A traffic citation
- Cancellation of your insurance
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Correct answer: A traffic citation
Violating a regulatory sign's instructions can result in the issuance of a traffic citation.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)
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At a stop sign, where must you make your complete stop?
- In the middle of the crosswalk so that you can see the cross traffic
- Just past the stop line, at the very edge of the intersection itself
- Only at the point where the other traffic first becomes visible to you
- Before entering the intersection or at the stop line, behind the crosswalk
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Correct answer: Before entering the intersection or at the stop line, behind the crosswalk
You make a complete stop before entering the intersection or at the stop line, and you stop behind the crosswalk.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)
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After stopping at a stop sign, what should you look for?
- Only traffic coming from the right
- Only pedestrians in the crosswalk
- Only traffic that has a green light
- Traffic and pedestrians on both sides
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Correct answer: Traffic and pedestrians on both sides
At a stop sign you look both right and left for traffic and pedestrians.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)
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In addition to stopping at a stop sign, what must you do?
- Sound your horn
- Yield right-of-way
- Flash your headlights
- Turn on your hazard lights
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Correct answer: Yield right-of-way
The manual lists yielding right-of-way as part of obeying a stop sign.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)
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What should you do as you approach a yield sign?
- Slow down as required
- Stop completely every time
- Speed up to clear the intersection
- Change lanes before reaching it
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Correct answer: Slow down as required
You slow down as required when approaching a yield sign.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)
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What must you yield to at a yield sign?
- Traffic and pedestrians
- Only vehicles on your left
- Only pedestrians
- Only emergency vehicles
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Correct answer: Traffic and pedestrians
At a yield sign you look both left and right and yield to traffic and pedestrians.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)
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When must you stop at a yield sign?
- Only when a police officer is directing traffic at the corner
- Every time, whether or not other traffic is nearby
- When necessary to avoid pedestrians or traffic on the protected street
- Only when there is a stop line painted on the road
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Correct answer: When necessary to avoid pedestrians or traffic on the protected street
A stop is required at a yield sign when necessary to avoid a pedestrian or traffic on the protected street.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)
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A DO NOT ENTER sign faces which traffic?
- Traffic leaving a highway on a marked exit ramp
- Vehicles that are too heavy for the road ahead
- Traffic approaching a bridge that has only one lane
- Traffic entering a roadway or ramp in the wrong direction
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Correct answer: Traffic entering a roadway or ramp in the wrong direction
The sign faces traffic entering a roadway or ramp in the wrong direction, and you must not proceed beyond it.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 39 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 39)
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Which sign may be placed further down the prohibited direction after a DO NOT ENTER sign?
- A red and white YIELD sign
- A black on white SPEED LIMIT sign
- A black on orange DETOUR sign
- A white on red WRONG WAY sign
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Correct answer: A white on red WRONG WAY sign
A white on red WRONG WAY sign may be placed further down the prohibited direction.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 39 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 39)
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What do warning signs alert drivers to?
- Rest areas, gas, food, and lodging nearby
- The names of towns and the miles to reach them
- Actual or potentially dangerous conditions ahead
- Instructions that must be obeyed or you may be cited
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Correct answer: Actual or potentially dangerous conditions ahead
Warning signs alert drivers to actual or potentially dangerous conditions ahead.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 39 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 39)
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What level of caution should be observed at all warning signs?
- Extra caution
- Normal caution
- Caution only at night
- Caution only on freeways
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Correct answer: Extra caution
Extra caution should be observed at all warning signs.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 39 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 39)
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What do most warning signs imply a driver should do?
- Decrease the speed of the vehicle
- Stop completely and wait for traffic to clear
- Move into the left lane as soon as possible
- Sound the horn to warn other drivers nearby
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Correct answer: Decrease the speed of the vehicle
Most warning signs imply a driver should decrease the speed of the vehicle.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 39 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 39)
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What should you do about the situation a warning sign describes?
- Ignore it unless other vehicles are nearby
- Wait for a flagger to direct you
- Read it and adjust your driving to it
- Report it to the nearest DMV office
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Correct answer: Read it and adjust your driving to it
The manual says to read the situation and adjust your driving to it.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 39 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 39)
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What information do guide signs provide?
- Speed limits and the rules for passing on the road
- Warnings of dangerous conditions farther ahead
- Work zone and temporary detour instructions
- Destination, route guidance, and place names
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Correct answer: Destination, route guidance, and place names
Guide signs provide destination, route guidance, and place names.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 39 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 39)
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To which information on guide signs should you pay special attention?
- The sign's color and shape
- The speed limit shown
- The number of lanes shown
- Mileage information
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Correct answer: Mileage information
The manual says to pay special attention to mileage information on guide signs.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 39 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 39)
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What do construction and maintenance signs indicate?
- Permanent hazards that remain on the road throughout the year
- Locations where services are available to drivers on the trip
- Road work and temporary conditions needing special alertness
- Laws that must be obeyed or the driver may be cited
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Correct answer: Road work and temporary conditions needing special alertness
These signs indicate work in the road and temporary conditions requiring special alertness.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 39 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 39)
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What should you do at construction and maintenance signs?
- Adjust your speed and prepare for special conditions
- Stop and wait for a flagger to wave you through
- Move to the farthest right lane and keep your speed
- Turn on your hazard lights and follow the car ahead
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Correct answer: Adjust your speed and prepare for special conditions
The manual says to adjust your speed and prepare for special conditions.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 39 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 39)
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School areas and crosswalks marked by five-sided signs require what?
- Higher speed to clear the area
- Reduced speed
- No change in speed
- Use of hazard lights
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Correct answer: Reduced speed
Five-sided signs warn of school areas and school crosswalks requiring reduced speed.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 39 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 39)
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What should you prepare to do at a school sign?
- Yield to buses only
- Pass slower vehicles
- Merge into the left lane
- Stop for pedestrians
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Correct answer: Stop for pedestrians
The manual says to prepare to stop for pedestrians at a school sign.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 39 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 39)
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Which of these may be marked with a white on blue service sign?
- School crossings
- Campgrounds
- Railroad crossings
- Detours
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Correct answer: Campgrounds
White on blue signs may mark services such as Gas, Phone, Food, Lodging, Rest Areas, Campgrounds and Litter Barrels.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 39 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 39)
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A white rectangular sign reads SPEED LIMIT 25. What does it tell you?
- Slow to the posted speed on the ramp
- Reduce speed for slippery pavement ahead
- Do not exceed posted speed
- Adjust speed to the advisory speed on a curve
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Correct answer: Do not exceed posted speed
The page pairs the speed limit sign with the meaning "Do not exceed posted speed."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 40 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 40)
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A red circle with a diagonal slash over a symbol indicates what?
- Prohibited movement
- A suggested movement
- A required movement
- A movement allowed only at night
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Correct answer: Prohibited movement
The manual says a red circle with a diagonal slash indicates prohibited movement.
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 40 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 40)
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What does a sign reading PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES PROHIBITED mean?
- Do not walk or bike on any part of the right-of-way
- Watch for people crossing and bicyclists ahead
- Bicycles must use the sidewalk instead of the road
- Yield to walkers and bikers at the crossing
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Correct answer: Do not walk or bike on any part of the right-of-way
The page pairs this sign with "Do not walk or bike on any part of the right-of-way."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 40 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 40)
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What does a white sign reading NO TURN ON RED mean?
- Prepare to stop at the traffic signal ahead
- Make a right turn only from the right lane
- Do not turn right on red signal
- Do not turn left on a green signal
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Correct answer: Do not turn right on red signal
The page pairs this sign with "Do not turn right on red signal."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 40 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 40)
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What does a white sign reading TRUCKS USE RIGHT LANE mean?
- Trucks must use the center lane
- Trucks must use right lane
- Trucks must keep to the left of this sign
- Trucks may not pass on the highway
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Correct answer: Trucks must use right lane
The page pairs this sign with "Trucks must use right lane."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 40 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 40)
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A white sign shows two curved arrows from opposite directions above the word ONLY. What does it mean?
- Left turns are prohibited from the center lane
- Use the center lane only for passing
- Use the center lane only for right turns
- Use center lane only for left turns
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Correct answer: Use center lane only for left turns
The page pairs this sign with "Use center lane only for left turns."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 40 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 40)
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A white sign shows a black arrow curving right beside a raised island. What does it mean?
- Keep left of this sign
- Take the sharp turn to the right
- Merge into traffic from the right
- Keep right of this sign
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Correct answer: Keep right of this sign
The page pairs this sign with "Keep right of this sign."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 40 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 40)
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A red and white sign reads NO PARKING BUS STOP with an arrow pointing right. What does it mean?
- Do not park to the left of this sign
- Do not park to right of this sign
- Park only to the right of this sign
- Buses only may stop to the left of this sign
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Correct answer: Do not park to right of this sign
The page pairs this sign with "Do not park to right of this sign."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 40 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 40)
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A red and white sign reads NO PARKING ANY TIME. What does it mean?
- Park only for a short time as directed by this sign
- Stopping is allowed here but parking is not allowed
- Do not stop, stand, or park as directed by this sign
- Park only on the right side of the street shown
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Correct answer: Do not stop, stand, or park as directed by this sign
The page pairs this sign with "Do not stop, stand, or park as directed by this sign."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 40 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 40)
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A white sign shows a left-turn arrow with the word ONLY. What does it mean?
- Make a left turn when in a lane below or facing this sign
- Left turns are prohibited from the lane below this sign
- Make a left turn only if no vehicles are approaching
- Use this lane to pass slower vehicles on the left
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Correct answer: Make a left turn when in a lane below or facing this sign
The page pairs this sign with "Make a left turn when in a lane below or facing this sign."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 40 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 40)
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A black and white sign reads ONE WAY with an arrow. What does it mean?
- Travel only as indicated on the posted street
- Traffic may travel both ways on the posted street
- Slow down because the road narrows ahead
- Take the detour to the right in front of this sign
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Correct answer: Travel only as indicated on the posted street
The page pairs this sign with "Travel only as indicated on the posted street."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 40 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 40)
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A white sign reads WEIGHT LIMIT 10 TONS. What does it mean?
- Heavy trucks must use the right lane beyond this sign
- Reduce speed to 10 miles an hour for the next mile
- Vehicles over the weight limit may not go beyond this sign
- Use the right lane only if the vehicle weighs over 10 tons
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Correct answer: Vehicles over the weight limit may not go beyond this sign
The page pairs this sign with "Do not drive any vehicle exceeding weight limit beyond this sign."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 40 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 40)
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A yellow five-sided sign shows two children above crosswalk lines. What does it tell you?
- Prepare to stop for a flagger who is ahead on the road
- Reduce speed to 20 as marked for school crosswalks
- Adjust driving for the construction area 500 feet ahead
- Slow to the posted speed on the highway ramp ahead
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Correct answer: Reduce speed to 20 as marked for school crosswalks
The page pairs this sign with "Reduce speed to 20 as marked for school crosswalks."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 40 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 40)
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A yellow diamond sign reads ONE LANE BRIDGE. What does it mean?
- The bridge is closed to all traffic; follow the detour
- Vehicles over a posted height must take another route
- Keep right of approaching traffic on the bridge
- One-way operation on bridge may require stop ahead
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Correct answer: One-way operation on bridge may require stop ahead
The page pairs this sign with "One-way operation on bridge may require stop ahead."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 40 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 40)
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A yellow diamond sign shows a down arrow and an up arrow with a raised island between them. What does it mean?
- Two-way road ahead; keep right of approaching traffic
- Traffic merges from the right ahead
- Road narrows ahead; merge left
- Keep to the right of divided highway
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Correct answer: Keep to the right of divided highway
The page pairs this sign with "Keep to the right of divided highway."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 40 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 40)
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A yellow diamond sign shows one arrow pointing up and one pointing down side by side. What does it mean?
- Keep to the right of the divided highway
- Two-way road. Keep right of approaching traffic.
- One-way traffic only on the street ahead
- Be alert for traffic merging from the right
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Correct answer: Two-way road. Keep right of approaching traffic.
The page pairs this sign with "Two-way road. Keep right of approaching traffic."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 40 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 40)
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A yellow diamond sign shows a car with curving skid marks. What does it mean?
- Slow down for a steep downgrade that needs a lower gear
- Reduce speed for a winding road with advisory speed
- Reduce speed for slippery roadway after rains, frost, etc.
- Slow to the posted speed because the road narrows ahead
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Correct answer: Reduce speed for slippery roadway after rains, frost, etc.
The page pairs this sign with "Reduce speed for slippery roadway after rains, frost, etc."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 40 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 40)
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A yellow diamond sign shows a traffic light with red, yellow and green lights. What does it mean?
- Prepare to stop at traffic signal ahead
- Prepare to stop for a flagger ahead
- Be alert for traffic merging at the ramp
- Slow to posted speed on ramp
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Correct answer: Prepare to stop at traffic signal ahead
The page pairs this sign with "Prepare to stop at traffic signal ahead."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 40 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 40)
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A yellow diamond sign shows a straight arrow with a short line joining it from the lower right. What does it mean?
- Be alert for traffic merging from the right
- Merge left; the road narrows ahead
- Keep right of approaching two-way traffic
- Be alert for the crew working near the roadway
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Correct answer: Be alert for traffic merging from the right
The page pairs this sign with "Be alert for traffic merging from the right."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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A yellow diamond sign shows a truck on a black wedge sloping down to the left. What does it mean?
- Slippery roadway ahead; reduce speed after rain or frost
- Trucks must use the right lane on the highway ahead
- Steep downgrade: trucks must slow and use a lower gear
- Over height trucks must take another route around
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Correct answer: Steep downgrade: trucks must slow and use a lower gear
The page pairs this sign with "Steep downgrade ahead requires trucks to slow and shift to lower gear."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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A yellow diamond sign shows a vertical measurement of 12 feet 6 inches between an up arrow and a down arrow. What does it mean?
- Vehicles wider than the posted width take the right lane
- Over height vehicles take another route around the clearance
- Trucks heavier than the posted limit must use another route
- Merge left because the roadway narrows ahead for trucks
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Correct answer: Over height vehicles take another route around the clearance
The page pairs this sign with "Over height vehicles take another route around restricted clearance."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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A yellow diamond sign shows a leaping animal with branching antlers. What does it mean?
- Be alert for a school crossing ahead
- Be alert for crew working on or adjacent to roadway
- Be alert for bicyclists on the bike route
- Be alert for deer crossing unexpectedly
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Correct answer: Be alert for deer crossing unexpectedly
The page pairs this sign with "Be alert for deer crossing unexpectedly."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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A yellow rectangular sign reads RAMP 30 MPH. What does it mean?
- Slow to 20 for school children
- Take curve to the right at advisory speed
- Adjust speed to advisory speed on winding road ahead
- Slow to posted speed on ramp
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Correct answer: Slow to posted speed on ramp
The page pairs this sign with "Slow to posted speed on ramp."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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A yellow diamond sign shows an arrow bending to the right, with a 35 MPH plate beneath it. What does it mean?
- Make sharp turn to right in front of this sign
- Take curve to the right at advisory speed
- Slow to posted speed on ramp
- Keep right of the divided highway ahead
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Correct answer: Take curve to the right at advisory speed
The page pairs this sign with "Take curve to the right at advisory speed."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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A yellow diamond sign shows an S-shaped arrow. What does it mean?
- Take the curve to the right at the advisory speed
- Make a sharp turn to the right in front of this sign
- Adjust speed to advisory speed on winding road ahead
- Reduce speed for slippery roadway after rains, frost
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Correct answer: Adjust speed to advisory speed on winding road ahead
The page pairs this sign with "Adjust speed to advisory speed on winding road ahead."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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A yellow rectangular sign shows one large black arrow pointing right. What does it mean?
- Make sharp turn to right in front of this sign
- Take curve to the right at advisory speed
- All traffic detour to right in front of this sign
- Keep right of this sign
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Correct answer: Make sharp turn to right in front of this sign
The page pairs this sign with "Make sharp turn to right in front of this sign."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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A green sign shows a bicycle with the words BIKE ROUTE and an arrow pointing right. What does it mean?
- Bike route extends to right. Watch for bicyclists.
- Bicycles are prohibited on the road to the right
- Bicyclists must stop at the next intersection ahead
- Space reserved to the right for bicycle riders only
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Correct answer: Bike route extends to right. Watch for bicyclists.
The page pairs this sign with "Bike route extends to right. Watch for bicyclists."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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A blue sign shows a picnic table and a tree with an arrow pointing right. What does it mean?
- Gas and food available to the right
- Campground open ahead on the right
- Rest area open to the right
- Litter barrel located to the right
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Correct answer: Rest area open to the right
The page pairs this sign with "Rest area open to the right."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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What does a sign with a yellow SCHOOL panel above a white SPEED LIMIT 20 WHEN CHILDREN ARE PRESENT panel mean?
- Stop for pedestrians in every lane at all times
- Slow to 20 for school children
- Slow to 20 on the ramp ahead
- Reduce speed to 20 only after rain or frost
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Correct answer: Slow to 20 for school children
The page pairs this sign with "Slow to 20 for school children."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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A white sign with heavy black letters reads ROAD CLOSED. What does it mean?
- Road narrows ahead; prepare to merge
- Prepare to stop for flagger ahead
- One-way operation on bridge may require stop ahead
- Road closed to all traffic. Detour.
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Correct answer: Road closed to all traffic. Detour.
The page pairs this sign with "Road closed to all traffic. Detour."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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An orange diamond sign shows a person holding a flag. What does it mean?
- Be alert for crew working on or adjacent to roadway
- Adjust driving for construction area 500 feet ahead
- All traffic detour to right in front of this sign
- Prepare to stop for flagger ahead
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Correct answer: Prepare to stop for flagger ahead
The page pairs this sign with "Prepare to stop for flagger ahead."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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An orange diamond sign reads ROAD CONSTRUCTION 500 FT. What does it mean?
- Prepare to stop for a flagger who is 500 feet ahead
- Adjust driving for construction area 500 feet ahead
- Road closed to all traffic 500 feet ahead; detour
- All traffic detour to the right 500 feet ahead
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Correct answer: Adjust driving for construction area 500 feet ahead
The page pairs this sign with "Adjust driving for construction area 500 feet ahead."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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An orange diamond sign reads SURVEY CREW. What does it mean?
- Prepare to stop for a flagger who is directing traffic
- Adjust driving for a construction area 500 feet ahead
- Be alert for crew working on or adjacent to roadway
- Road closed to all traffic; follow the posted detour
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Correct answer: Be alert for crew working on or adjacent to roadway
The page pairs this sign with "Be alert for crew working on or adjacent to roadway."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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A black sign shows the word DETOUR on an orange panel and an orange arrow pointing right. What does it mean?
- All traffic detour to right in front of this sign
- Rest area open to the right
- Bike route extends to right
- Adjust driving for construction area 500 feet ahead
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Correct answer: All traffic detour to right in front of this sign
The page pairs this sign with "All traffic detour to right in front of this sign."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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A blue sign shows a wheelchair symbol above the word PARKING. What does it mean?
- Space reserved for persons with disability plates or placard
- Parking reserved for visitors of the nearest hospital
- Parking limited to vehicles waiting for school children
- Parking allowed only for buses at the bus stop
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Correct answer: Space reserved for persons with disability plates or placard
The page pairs this sign with "Space reserved for persons with disability plates or placard."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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A yellow diamond sign shows three arrows chasing each other in a circle. What does it mean?
- Rest area ahead
- Detour ahead
- Roundabout
- Merging traffic ahead
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Correct answer: Roundabout
The page pairs this sign with the meaning "Roundabout."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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A yellow diamond sign shows a standing animal with large antlers. What does it mean?
- Be alert for crew working on the roadway
- Be alert for caribou crossing unexpectedly
- Be alert for traffic merging from the right
- Be alert for a school crossing ahead
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Correct answer: Be alert for caribou crossing unexpectedly
The page pairs this sign with "Be alert for caribou crossing unexpectedly."
Source: Alaska Driver Manual (Revised October 2025), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)