Montana: 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 "Montana Driver Manual" (Revised April 2024), Montana Department of Justice, Motor Vehicle Division.
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On the sign color chart, which background color is used for guide and information signs?
- Green
- Red
- Orange
- Fluorescent pink
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Correct answer: Green
Green is the background color for guide and information signs, and for legend on permissive regulation and parking signs.
Source: Montana Driver Manual (Revised April 2024), page 22
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Which background color is used for traveler services information signs and emergency evacuation route signs?
- Green
- Brown
- Blue
- Orange
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Correct answer: Blue
Blue is the background color for traveler services information signs and emergency evacuation route signs.
Source: Montana Driver Manual (Revised April 2024), page 22
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Which background color is used for guide and information signs related to points of recreational or cultural interest?
- Green
- Brown
- Blue
- Fluorescent pink
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Correct answer: Brown
Brown is the background color for guide and information signs related to points of recreational or cultural interest.
Source: Montana Driver Manual (Revised April 2024), page 22
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Which background color is used for temporary traffic control signs?
- Yellow
- Fluorescent pink
- White
- Orange
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Correct answer: Orange
Orange is the background color for temporary traffic control signs; yellow is for warning signs other than temporary ones.
Source: Montana Driver Manual (Revised April 2024), page 22
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Which background color is used for incident management signs?
- Orange
- Fluorescent yellow-green
- Fluorescent pink
- Brown
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Correct answer: Fluorescent pink
Fluorescent pink is the background color for incident management signs.
Source: Montana Driver Manual (Revised April 2024), page 22
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Warning signs, except temporary signs, have which background color?
- Yellow
- White
- Green
- Blue
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Correct answer: Yellow
Yellow is the background color for warning signs other than temporary signs.
Source: Montana Driver Manual (Revised April 2024), page 22
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Which of these signs is shown on a black background?
- A STOP sign
- A temporary work zone sign
- A traveler services sign
- A night speed limit sign
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Correct answer: A night speed limit sign
Black is the background color for ONE WAY signs, night speed limit signs, and truck regulatory signs.
Source: Montana Driver Manual (Revised April 2024), page 22
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In poor visibility such as heavy fog, what part of a sign may you be able to make out?
- Only its color
- Only its shape
- Only its words
- Only its symbol
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Correct answer: Only its shape
In poor visibility, such as heavy fog, you may be able to make out only the shape of a sign.
Source: Montana Driver Manual (Revised April 2024), page 22
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According to the manual, red always means which of these?
- Slow down and proceed with caution
- Road work or construction ahead
- Information for travelers
- Stop, yield, do not enter, or wrong way
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Correct answer: Stop, yield, do not enter, or wrong way
Red always means stop, yield, do not enter, or wrong way.
Source: Montana Driver Manual (Revised April 2024), page 23
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Which traffic sign is the only eight-sided one?
- YIELD
- STOP
- DO NOT ENTER
- Railroad crossing
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Correct answer: STOP
The STOP sign is the only eight-sided traffic sign.
Source: Montana Driver Manual (Revised April 2024), page 23
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What is the usual shape of warning signs?
- Rectangular
- Diamond shaped
- Triangular
- Eight-sided
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Correct answer: Diamond shaped
Warning signs are usually diamond shaped.
Source: Montana Driver Manual (Revised April 2024), page 25
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Which warning sign is the only round one?
- Slippery when wet
- Pedestrian crossing
- Railroad crossing
- One lane bridge
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Correct answer: Railroad crossing
The railroad crossing ahead sign is the only round warning traffic sign.
Source: Montana Driver Manual (Revised April 2024), page 25