California: Road signs Practice Test
Regulatory, warning, and guide signs you will see on California roads.
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Questions are original and based on the official manual "California Driver Handbook" (2025), California DMV.
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Where must you stop at this sign when both a limit line and a crosswalk are painted?
- Anywhere inside the crosswalk
- At the limit line, before entering the crosswalk
- Just past the crosswalk for a better view
- Wherever the car ahead of you stopped
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Correct answer: At the limit line, before entering the crosswalk
Make a full stop at the limit line, before the crosswalk. If neither is marked, stop before entering the intersection, and check traffic in every direction.
Source: California Driver Handbook (2025), page 35 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 35)
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You approach a YIELD sign. What is the correct action?
- Stop completely and count to three before going on
- Maintain your speed and merge into the traffic
- Sound your horn before entering
- Slow down and be ready to stop to let others pass first
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Correct answer: Slow down and be ready to stop to let others pass first
A yield sign does not always require a stop, but you must slow, be ready to stop, and let others go before you.
Source: California Driver Handbook (2025), page 35 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 35)
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What does this red-and-white regulatory sign prohibit?
- Turning around to go back the other way
- Passing other vehicles on this road
- Stopping at the curb on this street
- Entering the road from a side street
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Correct answer: Turning around to go back the other way
The looping arrow inside the circle-and-slash marks a no U-turn restriction at that location.
Source: California Driver Handbook (2025), page 36 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 36)
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What is this yellow warning sign telling you?
- A tow truck service is ahead
- The road becomes slippery in wet weather
- Loose gravel is being used on the road
- The lane is reserved for emergency stopping
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Correct answer: The road becomes slippery in wet weather
This sign warns that the pavement can be slippery when wet, so reduce speed and avoid sudden steering or braking.
Source: California Driver Handbook (2025), page 37 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 37)
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What should you expect after passing this warning sign?
- Your lane will end and you must exit
- The highway splits into two separate roadways
- A traffic signal is a short distance ahead
- Traffic from another roadway will join your road
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Correct answer: Traffic from another roadway will join your road
A merging traffic sign warns that vehicles from another road will blend into your lane, so adjust your speed and spacing.
Source: California Driver Handbook (2025), page 37 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 37)
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This yellow sign warns you that the road ahead will do what?
- Become a divided highway
- Become a one-way street
- Cross a set of railroad tracks
- Narrow to a single lane
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Correct answer: Become a divided highway
The divided highway sign tells you the road splits into two roadways separated by a median.
Source: California Driver Handbook (2025), page 37 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 37)
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What does this yellow warning sign mean?
- A passing lane is being added
- The number of lanes is reduced ahead
- A parking lane begins ahead
- A bicycle lane crosses the road
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Correct answer: The number of lanes is reduced ahead
The Lane Ends sign warns that the number of lanes is reduced ahead.
Source: California Driver Handbook (2025), page 37 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 37)
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You pass this yellow diamond sign. What should you prepare for?
- A flashing beacon at a school
- A pedestrian crossing with no signal
- A traffic signal ahead
- A toll booth
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Correct answer: A traffic signal ahead
The Traffic Signal Ahead warning sign tells you there is a traffic signal ahead.
Source: California Driver Handbook (2025), page 37 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 37)
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A DO NOT ENTER sign is posted at the entrance to a ramp. What does it mean?
- Enter only if you signal first
- The ramp is for trucks only
- You must not drive onto that road or ramp
- The ramp is closed for construction
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Correct answer: You must not drive onto that road or ramp
The sign means you may not enter the roadway where it is posted, because traffic there flows toward you.
Source: California Driver Handbook (2025), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)
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You see a WRONG WAY sign facing you. What should you do?
- Speed up to reach the next exit
- Move to the right lane and keep going
- Stop where you are and wait for help
- Back out or turn around when it is safe
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Correct answer: Back out or turn around when it is safe
The sign means you are travelling against traffic. Get out of that lane by backing out or turning around when it is safe.
Source: California Driver Handbook (2025), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)
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While driving at night, the road reflectors ahead shine red in your headlights. What does this indicate?
- You are driving the wrong way
- A road closure is ahead
- You are entering a toll section
- Your headlights are on high beam
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Correct answer: You are driving the wrong way
Red reflectors at night mean you are going the wrong way. When it is safe, back out or turn around.
Source: California Driver Handbook (2025), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)