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Mississippi 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. An orange background on a traffic sign tells a Mississippi driver what?
Correct answer: A construction or maintenance warning applies
Orange is the color the manual assigns to construction and maintenance warnings, so expect work activity nearby.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Standard Shapes and Colors
2. Five-sided pentagon signs are used in Mississippi for which purpose?
Correct answer: School crossings and advance notice of school zones
Pentagons mark school crossings and give advance notice that a school zone is coming up.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Standard Shapes and Colors
3. A crossbuck at a railroad crossing has a small sign under it showing a number. What does that number tell you?
Correct answer: The number of tracks at the crossing
The number beneath the crossbuck counts the tracks at that crossing, warning you that more than one train route runs through it.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Railroad Crossings
4. A red circle crossed by a white horizontal bar means what, whether or not words appear on it?
Correct answer: You are barred from entering this lane of travel
That symbol is the do-not-enter message. It tells you this lane of travel is closed to you.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Regulatory Signs
5. You are stopped at a red light beneath a sign banning right turns on red. What may you do?
Correct answer: Hold your position until the signal turns green
Where that sign is posted the usual right-on-red allowance disappears, so you hold your position until the signal shows green.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Regulatory Signs
6. The no-U-turn sign in Mississippi bans turning around in which locations?
Correct answer: At an intersection, mid-street, or in a highway median
The prohibition covers an intersection, the middle of a street, and a highway median.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Regulatory Signs
7. What does the manual instruct you to do when you spot a WRONG WAY sign?
Correct answer: Get off the road and turn around at the first safe chance
That sign warns you are headed against traffic and risking a head-on crash, so you should get off the road and reverse direction at the first safe chance.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Regulatory Signs
8. After halting at a stop sign, what must a Mississippi driver do next?
Correct answer: Give way to traffic near enough to create a hazard
Stopping is only half the duty. Before rolling into the intersection you have to give way to any vehicle near enough to be dangerous.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Regulatory Signs
9. Which message is carried by a sign shaped like a pennant?
Correct answer: A no-passing zone lies ahead
The pennant is the one shape set aside to warn that a zone where passing is banned begins just ahead.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Standard Shapes and Colors
10. A tall, upright rectangular sign is usually used for what kind of message?
Correct answer: A regulation such as a posted speed limit
The vertical rectangle is the shape the manual associates with regulations such as posted speed limits.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Standard Shapes and Colors
11. What does a blue traffic sign indicate in Mississippi?
Correct answer: Guidance toward motorist services
Blue is the color set aside for guiding drivers to services they may need along the way.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Standard Shapes and Colors
12. Brown lettering and backgrounds on Mississippi signs point drivers toward what?
Correct answer: Public recreation and scenic destinations
Brown is used for guidance to public recreation sites and scenic destinations rather than for warnings or rules.
Source: Mississippi Driver's License Manual — Standard Shapes and Colors
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