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Massachusetts Car / Permit: Road Signs practice test
Learn the shapes, colors, and meanings of regulatory, warning, and guide signs — from stop and yield to construction and school-zone signs.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. You approach a yellow diamond-shaped sign showing a tractor. What does it tell you to do?
Correct answer: Slow-moving farm equipment may be on the road ahead.
Slow-moving farm equipment may be on the road ahead. (This is the "Farm Machinery" sign.)
2. You approach a yellow diamond-shaped sign with a T-shaped side-road symbol. What does it tell you to do?
Correct answer: Another road joins from the side ahead; watch for entering traffic.
Another road joins from the side ahead; watch for entering traffic. (This is the "Side Road" sign.)
3. What does a blue sign with a white letter 'H' mean?
Correct answer: A hospital with emergency medical services is nearby.
A hospital with emergency medical services is nearby. (This is the "Hospital" sign.)
4. Green highway signs are used mainly for what?
Correct answer: Giving directions and showing destinations
Green guide signs give directions, list destinations and distances, and guide you through highway interchanges.
5. What does a blue sign showing a bed mean?
Correct answer: Hotels or motels are available nearby.
Hotels or motels are available nearby. (This is the "Lodging" sign.)
6. You approach a yellow diamond-shaped sign with a plus-shaped intersection symbol. What does it tell you to do?
Correct answer: A crossroad intersection is ahead; watch for entering traffic.
A crossroad intersection is ahead; watch for entering traffic. (This is the "Cross Road" sign.)
7. What does an orange-colored traffic sign warn you about?
Correct answer: A road construction or maintenance area
Orange signs mark road construction and maintenance zones. Slow down and watch for workers, equipment, and changing conditions.
Source: Massachusetts Driver's Manual — Traffic Signs (Sign Colors)
8. What is the correct meaning of a yellow (or fluorescent-green) diamond-shaped sign showing a walking pedestrian?
Correct answer: Watch for people crossing; be ready to stop and yield.
Watch for people crossing; be ready to stop and yield. (This is the "Pedestrian Crossing" sign.)
9. Signs with a brown background are used to direct drivers to which of the following?
Correct answer: Parks, recreation areas, and scenic sites
Brown signs point the way to public recreation areas, parks, points of interest, and scenic or historic sites.
Source: Massachusetts Driver's Manual — Traffic Signs (Sign Colors)
10. A diamond-shaped sign with a yellow background is generally used to do what?
Correct answer: Alert you to a hazard or a change in the road ahead
Yellow diamond-shaped signs are warning signs. They alert you to a hazard or a change in road conditions ahead, such as a curve or crossing.
11. A round yellow sign showing an X and the letters RR warns you of what?
Correct answer: A railroad crossing is ahead
This round warning sign means a railroad crossing is ahead. Slow down and be ready to stop for a train.
12. What does a blue sign showing a fork and knife mean?
Correct answer: Restaurants or food services are available nearby.
Restaurants or food services are available nearby. (This is the "Food" sign.)
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