Kansas: Sign shapes and colors Practice Test
What the shape and color of a traffic sign tell you before you can read it.
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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Kansas Driving Handbook" (Revised February 2022), Kansas Department of Revenue, Division of Vehicles.
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Which warning sign is described as the only pennant-shaped warning sign?
- The Yield Sign Ahead sign
- The Stop Sign Ahead sign
- The Traffic Signal Ahead sign
- The No Passing Zone sign
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Correct answer: The No Passing Zone sign
The No Passing Zone sign is the only pennant-shaped warning sign.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 17
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Where is the pennant-shaped No Passing Zone sign placed?
- On the left side of the road, facing the driver
- On the right shoulder, facing the driver
- Above the lane, over the road
- In the middle of the lane, on the pavement
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Correct answer: On the left side of the road, facing the driver
The No Passing Zone sign marks the beginning of a no passing zone and is placed on the left side of the road facing the driver.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 17
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What gives clues to the type of information a traffic sign provides?
- Only its color
- Its size and its height above the road
- Its shape and where it is posted
- Its shape, color, symbols and words
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Correct answer: Its shape, color, symbols and words
The shape, color, symbols and words of traffic signs give clues to the type of information they provide.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 35
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What color and shape are warning signs usually?
- Orange with black lettering or symbols, diamond shaped
- Yellow with black lettering or symbols, diamond shaped
- Yellow with black lettering or symbols, octagon shaped
- White with black lettering, rectangular shaped
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Correct answer: Yellow with black lettering or symbols, diamond shaped
Warning signs are usually yellow with black lettering or symbols and are diamond shaped.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 35
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Which signs may be fluorescent yellow?
- Stop signs, yield signs and regulatory speed limit signs
- Detour signs, flagger ahead signs and workers ahead signs
- School zone, school crossing and pedestrian crossing signs
- Incident management signs and general information signs
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Correct answer: School zone, school crossing and pedestrian crossing signs
Some warning signs may be fluorescent yellow, such as school zone, school crossing and pedestrian crossing signs.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 35
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What are the shape and colors of a stop sign?
- Four sides, white with red letters
- Eight sides, red with white letters
- Eight sides, white with black letters
- Three sides, red with white letters
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Correct answer: Eight sides, red with white letters
A stop sign has eight sides and is red with white letters.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 40
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Which colors are guide signs?
- Red, white or black
- Yellow, orange or pink
- Green, brown or blue
- Purple, gray or white
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Correct answer: Green, brown or blue
Guide signs are square and rectangular and are green, brown, or blue.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 42
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Which color are the guide signs that show services such as rest areas, gas stations, hotels or hospitals?
- Green
- Brown
- Blue
- Red
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Correct answer: Blue
Service signs are blue, with white lettering or symbols, and show the location of services such as rest areas, gas stations, hotels and hospitals.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 42
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What color are incident signs?
- Fluorescent yellow with black lettering
- Fluorescent pink with black lettering
- Orange with black lettering
- Blue with white lettering
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Correct answer: Fluorescent pink with black lettering
Incident signs are fluorescent pink with black lettering.
Source: Kansas Driving Handbook (Revised February 2022), page 43