Kentucky: 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 "Kentucky Driver Manual" (Updated July 23, 2026), Kentucky State Police.
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What gives drivers clues to the type of information a traffic sign provides?
- Its shape, color, symbols, and words
- Only the words printed on it
- Its size and its height above the road
- The type of post it is mounted on
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Correct answer: Its shape, color, symbols, and words
The shape, color, symbols, and words of a sign give clues to the type of information it provides.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual (Updated July 23, 2026), page 35 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 35)
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What color and shape are warning signs usually?
- Orange and diamond shaped
- White and rectangular
- Yellow and diamond shaped
- Red and triangular
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Correct answer: Yellow and diamond shaped
Warning signs are usually yellow with black lettering or symbols and are diamond shaped.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual (Updated July 23, 2026), page 35 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 35)
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School crossing and pedestrian crossing warning signs may be what color?
- Fluorescent red
- Fluorescent yellow
- Bright white
- Plain black and white
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Correct answer: Fluorescent yellow
Some warning signs, such as school zones, school crossing, and pedestrian crossing, may be fluorescent yellow.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual (Updated July 23, 2026), page 35 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 35)
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What color are work zone signs, and what color are their letters or symbols?
- Yellow with black letters or symbols
- Green with white letters or symbols
- Orange with black letters or symbols
- Red with white letters or symbols
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Correct answer: Orange with black letters or symbols
Work zone signs are generally diamond or rectangular shaped and orange with black letters or symbols.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual (Updated July 23, 2026), page 37 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 37)
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What colors do regulatory signs have?
- Yellow with black letters, symbols, and borders
- Orange with black letters, symbols, and borders
- Blue with white letters, symbols, and borders
- White with black, red, or green lettering
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Correct answer: White with black, red, or green lettering
Regulatory signs are white with black, red, or green letters or symbols.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual (Updated July 23, 2026), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)
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How many sides does a stop sign have?
- Four
- Six
- Eight
- Ten
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Correct answer: Eight
A stop sign has eight sides and is red with white letters.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual (Updated July 23, 2026), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)
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What colors is a stop sign?
- Yellow with black letters
- White with black letters
- Red with white letters
- Red with black letters
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Correct answer: Red with white letters
A stop sign is red with white letters and has eight sides.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual (Updated July 23, 2026), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)
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Which description fits a yield sign?
- A red and white eight-sided sign with white letters
- A yellow and black diamond with black letters
- A white and black rectangle with black letters
- A red and white downward-pointing triangle
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Correct answer: A red and white downward-pointing triangle
A yield sign is a red and white downward-pointing triangle with red letters.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual (Updated July 23, 2026), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)
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What colors are guide signs?
- Orange, yellow, or white
- Red, white, or black
- Yellow, black, or orange
- Green, brown, or blue
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Correct answer: Green, brown, or blue
Guide signs are square and rectangular and are green, brown, or blue.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual (Updated July 23, 2026), page 38 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 38)
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On the chart of standard colors, what does the color red indicate?
- General warning
- Stop or forbidden
- Movement permitted, directional guidance
- Services and points of interest
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Correct answer: Stop or forbidden
Red means stop or forbidden.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual (Updated July 23, 2026), page 40 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 40)
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On the chart of standard colors, what does the color green indicate?
- Movement permitted, directional guidance
- Stop or forbidden
- General warning
- A school zone or school crossing ahead
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Correct answer: Movement permitted, directional guidance
Green indicates movement permitted and directional guidance.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual (Updated July 23, 2026), page 40 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 40)
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On the chart of standard colors, what does the color yellow indicate?
- Stop or forbidden
- Movement permitted, directional guidance
- General warning
- Information about points of interest
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Correct answer: General warning
Yellow indicates a general warning.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual (Updated July 23, 2026), page 40 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 40)
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Which type of sign is generally a horizontal rectangle?
- Yield signs
- Guide signs
- School signs
- Railroad warning signs
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Correct answer: Guide signs
Horizontal rectangles are generally used for guide signs.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual (Updated July 23, 2026), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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Which sign uses an equilateral triangle shape, and no other sign does?
- Stop signs
- School signs
- Railroad signs
- Yield signs
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Correct answer: Yield signs
The equilateral triangle is used only for yield signs.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual (Updated July 23, 2026), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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Which type of sign is generally a vertical rectangle?
- Guide signs
- Regulating signs
- School signs
- Railroad signs
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Correct answer: Regulating signs
Vertical rectangles are generally regulating signs.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual (Updated July 23, 2026), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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What does a diamond-shaped sign generally indicate?
- Directions to cities, towns, and points of interest
- The type of roadway that you are traveling on
- That a school zone is ahead on the roadway
- Existing or possible hazards on the roadway
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Correct answer: Existing or possible hazards on the roadway
Diamond-shaped signs indicate existing or possible hazards on the roadway.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual (Updated July 23, 2026), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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Which type of sign uses a pentagon shape?
- School signs
- Railroad signs
- Guide signs
- Yield signs
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Correct answer: School signs
Pentagon-shaped signs are school signs.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual (Updated July 23, 2026), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)
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What do round signs indicate?
- School zones
- Regulations at intersections
- Railroad and advance warning
- Directional guidance
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Correct answer: Railroad and advance warning
Round signs are used for railroad and advance warning.
Source: Kentucky Driver Manual (Updated July 23, 2026), page 41 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 41)