Vermont: Road signs Practice Test
Regulatory, warning, school and work zone signs from the Vermont Driver’s Manual.
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Questions are original and based on the official manual "Vermont Driver's Manual" (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles.
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Besides the wording, how can you tell what a road sign means?
- By its size and its height above the road
- By its shape and color
- By the number of posts holding it
- By its lettering style
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Correct answer: By its shape and color
You can tell what road signs mean by their shape and color as well as the wording.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 32 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 32)
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If a sign is covered by dirt or snow, how can you still know its general meaning?
- By its position on the road
- By the signs ahead of it
- By the speed of traffic around it
- By its shape
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Correct answer: By its shape
You should know the general meaning of a covered sign by its shape.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 32 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 32)
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Which of these is one of the general meanings of a sign that you should know by its shape?
- Regulatory
- Commercial
- Educational
- Seasonal
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Correct answer: Regulatory
The manual names regulatory, warning and information as the general meanings of signs.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 32 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 32)
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What must you do at a stop sign?
- Slow down and proceed if no other traffic is visible to you
- Stop, scan the intersection, honor the right of way, then proceed
- Stop only if other vehicles are approaching the intersection
- Stop, then proceed ahead of any other vehicle waiting there
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Correct answer: Stop, scan the intersection, honor the right of way, then proceed
A stop sign means you must stop, scan the intersection, honor the right of way and then proceed.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 32 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 32)
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At a stop sign, where are you required to stop?
- At the point where you can see cross traffic coming from both sides
- Only before the stop line, if one is painted on the road surface
- Only before a marked crosswalk, and not an unmarked one
- Before the stop line, crosswalk or intersecting road, whichever comes first
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Correct answer: Before the stop line, crosswalk or intersecting road, whichever comes first
You must stop before the stop line, the crosswalk (marked or unmarked) or the intersecting road, whichever comes first.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 32 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 32)
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What does a yield right-of-way sign mean?
- Stop completely before entering the intersection
- Enter if no vehicle is directly in front of you
- Slow down, search, and enter only if the way is clear
- Speed up to merge ahead of traffic
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Correct answer: Slow down, search, and enter only if the way is clear
A yield sign means slow down, search and enter only if the way is clear of pedestrians, bicyclists and vehicles.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 32 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 32)
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On which vehicles will you often see the triangle sign with its points cut off?
- School buses
- Police cars
- Farm vehicles
- Delivery trucks
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Correct answer: Farm vehicles
The manual gives farm vehicles as an example of vehicles that display the slow-speed triangle sign.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 33 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 33)
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Where are warning signs placed?
- Only where a danger is present at certain hours of the day
- Where drivers must stop completely
- Only near schools and railroads
- Where there is danger at all times and a driver needs to slow down
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Correct answer: Where there is danger at all times and a driver needs to slow down
Warning signs are placed where there is danger at all times and a driver needs to slow down.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 33 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 33)
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Which of these may a warning sign warn of?
- Sharp curves, unsafe intersections, or dips in the road
- A change in the speed limit on the highway ahead
- A one-way street ahead
- A required lane for turning
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Correct answer: Sharp curves, unsafe intersections, or dips in the road
Warning signs may warn of sharp curves, unsafe intersections or dips in the road.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 33 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 33)
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What should drivers do when they see a warning sign?
- Stop
- Change lanes
- Slow down
- Pass the vehicle ahead
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Correct answer: Slow down
The manual says drivers should slow down at a warning sign.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 33 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 33)
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Besides safe speeds, what additional information may some warning signs give, as in “Deer Crossing, next 3 miles”?
- The name of the next town
- A distance
- The time of day it applies
- The weight limit
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Correct answer: A distance
Some warning signs add a distance, such as “Deer Crossing, next 3 miles”.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 33 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 33)
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What does a downward arrow under a school or pedestrian sign indicate?
- A school bus stop ahead
- A lane that ends ahead
- A change in the speed limit
- A crosswalk or crossing area
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Correct answer: A crosswalk or crossing area
A downward arrow under a school or pedestrian sign indicates a crosswalk or crossing area.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 33 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 33)
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A green-yellow, five-sided warning sign shows two children walking. What is it labeled in the manual?
- School
- Pedestrian Crosswalk
- Intersection
- Hill
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Correct answer: School
The manual labels the sign with two children walking as School.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 33 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 33)
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A yellow diamond sign shows a car with wavy skid marks behind it. What is it labeled in the manual?
- Hill
- Lane Ends
- Slippery When Wet
- Intersection
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Correct answer: Slippery When Wet
The manual labels the sign showing a skidding car as Slippery When Wet.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 33 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 33)
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A yellow diamond sign shows a truck tilted on a steep slope. What is it labeled in the manual?
- Slippery When Wet
- Hill
- Lane Ends
- Hidden Road Right
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Correct answer: Hill
The manual labels the sign showing a truck on a slope as Hill.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 33 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 33)
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A yellow diamond sign shows a person in a walking pose. What is it labeled in the manual?
- School
- Deer Crossing
- Intersection
- Pedestrian Crosswalk
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Correct answer: Pedestrian Crosswalk
The manual labels the sign showing a walking person as Pedestrian Crosswalk.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 33 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 33)
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A yellow diamond sign shows a leaping animal with antlers. What is it labeled in the manual?
- Deer Crossing
- Pedestrian Crosswalk
- School
- Hill
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Correct answer: Deer Crossing
The manual labels the sign showing a leaping deer as Deer Crossing.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 33 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 33)
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A yellow diamond sign shows a plain black cross (plus sign). What is it labeled in the manual?
- Hidden Road Right
- Lane Ends
- Intersection
- Slippery When Wet
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Correct answer: Intersection
The manual labels the plus-shaped sign as Intersection.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 33 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 33)
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A yellow diamond sign shows a vertical road with a short side road joining on the right. What is it labeled in the manual?
- Intersection
- Hidden Road Right
- Lane Ends
- Hill
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Correct answer: Hidden Road Right
The manual labels the sign with a side road joining from the right as Hidden Road Right.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 33 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 33)
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A yellow diamond sign shows a road with a thick bar on one side and a lane narrowing and ending on the other. What is it labeled in the manual?
- Hidden Road Right
- Intersection
- Hill
- Lane Ends
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Correct answer: Lane Ends
The manual labels the sign showing a lane that narrows and ends as Lane Ends.
Source: Vermont Driver's Manual (2025 edition (VN-007 07/2024)), page 33 · Open this page in the manual (Manual page 33)