Oklahoma: Emergency vehicles and work zones — Part 1 Practice Test
Questions in this part include: “When are speeding fines doubled in a construction or maintenance zone?” · “A flagperson tells you to stop. What should you do?”
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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Oklahoma Driver Manual" (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), Service Oklahoma.
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What does the color orange on road signs tell you?
- A school zone is just ahead
- A recreation area is ahead
- A railroad crossing is ahead
- You are nearing or in a work zone
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Correct answer: You are nearing or in a work zone
Orange is the work zone color: it means you are approaching or already in a construction or maintenance area.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 23 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 23)
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Why are signs, barricades, cones and barrels placed in a work zone?
- To guide you through and protect workers
- To mark where drivers may park and wait
- To show the lanes for trucks and buses only
- To close the whole road to every vehicle
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Correct answer: To guide you through and protect workers
These devices direct traffic safely through the work zone and protect the workers and flagpersons there.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 23 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 23)
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At a construction site, what speed must you slow down to?
- The speed of the traffic around you
- The posted speed
- Half of the usual speed limit
- The highway's minimum speed limit
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Correct answer: The posted speed
Construction sites can be hazardous, so you must slow down to the speed that is posted there.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 23 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 23)
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When are speeding fines doubled in a construction or maintenance zone?
- Only between sunset and sunrise
- At all times, even with no one there
- Only on interstate highways
- When workers or equipment are present
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Correct answer: When workers or equipment are present
Speeding fines double in construction and maintenance zones whenever workers or equipment are present.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 23 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 23)
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What do flashing arrow panels in a work zone do?
- Guide you into the proper lane
- Warn that a train is approaching
- Show the reduced work zone speed
- Mark the end of the work zone
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Correct answer: Guide you into the proper lane
Flashing arrow panels direct drivers into the correct traffic lane through the work zone.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 23 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 23)
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In which situations are flagpersons used?
- In cases of extreme hazards
- At every road construction site
- Only at railroad crossings
- Only when traffic signals are not working
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Correct answer: In cases of extreme hazards
The manual says flagpersons are used in cases of extreme hazards, standing in the road to direct traffic.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 24 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 24)
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What do flagpersons wear?
- Bright yellow hard hats and yellow vests or jackets
- White hard hats with green vests or jackets
- Orange hats and orange vests, shirts or jackets
- Red hats and bright red vests, shirts or jackets
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Correct answer: Orange hats and orange vests, shirts or jackets
Flagpersons wear orange hats and orange vests, shirts or jackets so that drivers can see them.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 24 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 24)
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What do flagpersons hold to direct traffic?
- Green signs or flags
- Red signs or flags
- Blue signs or flags
- White signs or flags
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Correct answer: Red signs or flags
A flagperson holds red signs or flags to direct traffic.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 24 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 24)
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What does the law require of a driver when a flagperson directs traffic?
- You may ignore the flagperson if the road looks clear
- You must obey only if a police officer is present
- You must follow the flagperson only on interstate highways
- You must obey the flagperson
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Correct answer: You must obey the flagperson
The law demands that drivers obey flagpersons.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 24 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 24)
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A flagperson tells you to stop. What should you do?
- Stop in your lane and do not veer right or left
- Move onto the shoulder and stop there
- Change lanes to get around the flagperson
- Slow down and keep rolling toward the flagperson
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Correct answer: Stop in your lane and do not veer right or left
When told to stop, a driver stops in the same lane without veering to either side.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 24 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 24)
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After you have stopped for a flagperson, when may you move forward?
- As soon as you see no workers in the road
- When the vehicle behind you honks
- Only when the flagperson signals you to go
- After waiting about ten seconds
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Correct answer: Only when the flagperson signals you to go
A driver must not move forward until the flagperson signals to go.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 24 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 24)
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What should you expect when you proceed past a flagperson?
- A clear road with no workers or equipment
- Workers and machinery, so be prepared to slow or stop
- Only passenger cars driving at the posted speed
- Barricades that make you take the next exit
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Correct answer: Workers and machinery, so be prepared to slow or stop
Drivers should go on with caution, expecting workers and machinery and being ready to slow down or stop.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 24 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 24)
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In a work area where a flagperson directs traffic, what should you always watch for in your lane?
- Drivers who are parked on the shoulder
- Pedestrians crossing at every intersection
- Cyclists riding in a bike lane
- Oncoming cars and trucks
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Correct answer: Oncoming cars and trucks
The manual says to always be on the lookout for oncoming cars and trucks in your lane in such an area.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 24 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 24)
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What are channeling devices such as barricades, panels, cones and drums used for?
- To direct traffic flow
- To mark legal parking spaces
- To warn of an approaching railroad crossing
- To mark the start of a school zone
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Correct answer: To direct traffic flow
Channeling devices are placed to direct the flow of traffic.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 24 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 24)
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What is the fine range on conviction for failing to obey construction and maintenance signs, signals and markings?
- $25 to $250
- $200 to $2,000
- $100 to $1,000
- $500 to $5,000
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Correct answer: $100 to $1,000
The penalty is a fine between $100 and $1,000 and/or up to 30 days in jail.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 24 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 24)
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What is the maximum jail time for failing to obey construction and maintenance signs, signals and markings?
- Up to 15 days
- Up to 30 days
- Up to 60 days
- Up to 90 days
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Correct answer: Up to 30 days
The penalty may include up to 30 days in jail, along with or instead of a fine.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 24 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 24)
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Failing to obey construction and maintenance signs, signals and markings, on conviction, is what kind of offense?
- A felony
- A civil infraction
- A warning-only offense
- A misdemeanor
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Correct answer: A misdemeanor
The manual says conviction is a misdemeanor.
Source: Oklahoma Driver Manual (2025 (updated November 24, 2025)), page 24 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 24)