Alaska: Road signs — Part 2 Practice Test
Questions in this part include: “What level of caution should be observed at all warning signs?” · “What should you do about the situation a warning sign describes?”
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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Alaska Driver Manual" (Revised October 2025), Alaska Department of Administration, Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
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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)