Hawaii Car / Permit: Road Signs Practice Test

Question 1

At a stop sign with no painted stop line, where must your vehicle come to rest?

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Short of the crosswalk, painted or not — With no stop line present, the stop has to be made short of the crosswalk, and that applies whether the crosswalk has been painted on the surface or not.

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Anywhere within fifteen feet of the corner

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Past the crosswalk so that you can see

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With the front bumper level with the far curb

Question 2

Rectangular black-and-white speed signs may post which two limits?

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The fastest and the slowest speeds allowed — These regulatory signs display the established maximum and the established minimum. Driving above the higher figure or below the lower one both break the rule.

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One limit for cars and another for trucks only

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The average speed of traffic and the highest lawful speed

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A suggested speed and the amount of the fine

Question 3

A rectangular black-and-white sign reading Pass With Care marks what?

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The end of a zone in which passing was banned — That sign shows the point at which a no-passing zone finishes. It does not promise the road is clear, only that the restriction has ended.

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A lane closed off for repairs

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A bridge too narrow for two vehicles at once

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The beginning of a stretch where passing is banned

Question 4

A three-sided red and white sign faces you as you near a junction. What does it require?

Accepted Answer

Give way to traffic with priority, stopping only if you must — The triangular sign tells you the other traffic holds the right of way. You have to be ready to halt, but an actual stop is only required when traffic with priority is there.

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Stop only when an officer is directing you

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Halt fully every single time, whatever the traffic

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Accelerate so you merge ahead of the other cars

Question 5

You have halted at a stop sign, but parked cars hide the cross street. What is the correct next step?

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Creep forward and stop again where you can see traffic coming — When the first stop leaves you unable to see other traffic, the manual tells you to edge forward slowly and stop a second time at a point where approaching vehicles are visible.

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Sound the horn and pull out at your normal speed

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Judge the gap by listening for engines

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Reverse away and pick a different route

Question 6

A sign showing a red circle with a red diagonal through a symbol is doing what?

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Banning the vehicle or the movement shown inside it — Signs built around a red circle, with or without the diagonal bar, restrict or ban the vehicle, the movement or the activity pictured inside them.

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Warning you that the road narrows further on

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Marking a route set aside for emergency vehicles

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Showing where a particular service can be found

Question 7

A sign warning of a reduced speed ahead has just gone past. When does the lower limit actually take effect?

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When you reach the next posted speed limit sign — The warning simply tells you to begin slowing. The lower figure does not apply until you arrive at the next sign that posts the speed limit itself.

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Only while children or workers are present

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The instant you pass the warning sign

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After you have traveled a hundred feet

Question 8

A rectangular sign printed only in black and white tells a driver what?

Accepted Answer

Something the law requires you to do — Black-and-white lettering signals that something is required of you by law, and signs carrying that pairing are always rectangles. Guide and information messages use green, blue or brown instead.

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How far it is to the next town

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Where maintenance work is under way

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A hazard that might lie ahead

Question 9

A diamond-shaped sign with a yellow background is telling you what?

Accepted Answer

Conditions ahead could be dangerous, so be ready to react — Yellow warns of hazardous or possibly hazardous conditions, and that warning is nearly always carried on a diamond. Orange, not yellow, is the color used for roadwork warnings.

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That highway crews are working just ahead

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A rule you must obey or face a penalty

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Where a public park or rest area is located

Question 10

On a Hawaii traffic sign, what message does the color red carry?

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Something is forbidden — Red is the color the manual assigns to prohibition: wherever it appears, some action is being forbidden. It shows up on several sign shapes, not just the eight-sided stop sign.

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A route or a service lies ahead

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The surface of the road is about to change

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Road crews are working somewhere ahead

Question 11

Where is the pennant-shaped yellow and black no-passing sign placed?

Accepted Answer

On the left of the road where the zone starts — This pennant supplements the do-not-pass signs. It sits on the left-hand side of the road and points out where the zone in which passing is banned starts.

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Overhead, above the middle of the roadway

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On the right, marking where the zone ends

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On the right shoulder, halfway along the zone

Question 12

How can you recognize a flagperson controlling traffic in a Hawaii work zone?

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Orange outer clothing plus a red flag or a stop-slow paddle — Flagpersons wear orange outer clothing and direct traffic using either red flags or paddles marked stop on one face and slow on the other.

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A green armband and a lantern

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A white helmet and a blue baton

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A yellow raincoat and a whistle

Hawaii Car / Permit: Road Signs practice test

Study questions with answers

1. At a stop sign with no painted stop line, where must your vehicle come to rest?

2. Rectangular black-and-white speed signs may post which two limits?

3. A rectangular black-and-white sign reading Pass With Care marks what?

4. A three-sided red and white sign faces you as you near a junction. What does it require?

5. You have halted at a stop sign, but parked cars hide the cross street. What is the correct next step?

6. A sign showing a red circle with a red diagonal through a symbol is doing what?

7. A sign warning of a reduced speed ahead has just gone past. When does the lower limit actually take effect?

8. A rectangular sign printed only in black and white tells a driver what?

9. A diamond-shaped sign with a yellow background is telling you what?

10. On a Hawaii traffic sign, what message does the color red carry?

11. Where is the pennant-shaped yellow and black no-passing sign placed?

12. How can you recognize a flagperson controlling traffic in a Hawaii work zone?

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