Ohio: Sign shapes and colors Practice Test
What sign types, shapes and colors tell you before you read them.
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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Ohio Driver Manual" (HSY 7607 10/25 (October 2025)), Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
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What gives clues to the type of information a traffic sign provides?
- Its size, weight, and mounting height
- Its age, cost, and the material it is made of
- Its shape, color, symbols, and instruction
- Only the number of words printed on it
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Correct answer: Its shape, color, symbols, and instruction
The shape, color, symbols and instruction of a sign give clues to the type of information it provides.
Source: Ohio Driver Manual (HSY 7607 10/25 (October 2025)), page 11
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Warning signs are usually which color and shape?
- Orange with black lettering or symbols and rectangular
- Yellow with black lettering or symbols and diamond shaped
- Green with white lettering or symbols and square shaped
- White with black lettering or symbols and round shaped
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Correct answer: Yellow with black lettering or symbols and diamond shaped
Warning signs are usually yellow with black lettering or symbols and are diamond shaped.
Source: Ohio Driver Manual (HSY 7607 10/25 (October 2025)), page 11
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Work zone signs generally have which background color?
- Yellow
- Green
- Brown
- Orange
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Correct answer: Orange
The manual says work zone signs generally have a distinctive orange background.
Source: Ohio Driver Manual (HSY 7607 10/25 (October 2025)), page 12
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Which shapes and colors may guide signs be?
- Diamond shaped, in yellow or orange
- Triangular or circular, in black or white
- Octagonal or round, in red or orange
- Square or rectangular, in green, brown, or blue
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Correct answer: Square or rectangular, in green, brown, or blue
Guide signs may be square or rectangular, and their colors may be green, brown, or blue.
Source: Ohio Driver Manual (HSY 7607 10/25 (October 2025)), page 12
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What do the shape and color of route number signs indicate?
- The speed limit of the roadway
- The type of roadway
- The number of lanes on the roadway
- The direction of travel on the roadway
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Correct answer: The type of roadway
The shape and color of route number signs indicate the type of roadway, such as interstate, U.S., state, city, county or local.
Source: Ohio Driver Manual (HSY 7607 10/25 (October 2025)), page 12