Montana Car / Permit: Road Signs Practice Test

Question 1

You see a sign showing a red circle with a red slash drawn across a black arrow. What is it telling you?

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The movement pictured inside the circle is forbidden — The circle-and-slash treatment is the manual's shorthand for a prohibition, so whatever movement the black symbol pictures is the movement you may not make.

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The pictured movement is recommended in bad weather

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The pictured movement is allowed only for local traffic

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The pictured movement requires a full stop first

Question 2

A Range Cattle warning sign is posted because of which condition?

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Unfenced land where horses and cattle may wander onto the pavement — This sign marks open country without fencing, where livestock such as cattle and horses are free to walk out onto the traveled surface.

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A livestock auction yard is located just off the highway

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Trucks hauling animals frequently turn at the next junction

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A veterinary clinic serves the area around this stretch of road

Question 3

Orange is the base color for which family of traffic control devices in Montana?

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Devices used in construction and maintenance work areas — The manual sets orange aside for the signs, drums, cones, and panels that guide people through areas where crews are building or repairing the road.

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Devices marking scenic and recreation routes

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Devices posted at international border crossings

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Devices marking a school attendance area

Question 4

At a school crossing sign marking the spot where children cross the street, what does the manual require?

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Stop whenever pedestrians are waiting to cross — Children use this location to reach the far side, so the sign obliges a driver to bring the vehicle to a halt any time someone on foot is waiting to make the crossing.

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Sound your horn twice as you approach

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Continue at the posted limit unless a crossing guard is present

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Stop only between seven and nine in the morning

Question 5

A square DO NOT ENTER sign tells you what about the road just ahead?

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It runs one way, or vehicles are barred from it entirely — The manual gives this sign two possible meanings: the roadway carries traffic only one way, or no vehicle traffic at all is allowed onto it.

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It carries a reduced speed limit for the next mile

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It dead-ends a short distance beyond the sign

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It is closed only to trucks over one ton

Question 6

What does a YIELD sign require of a Montana driver?

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Slow to a reasonable speed and let traffic on the road you are entering go first — The manual pairs this sign with two actions: cut your speed to something sensible, then let every vehicle already using the road you are joining go ahead of you.

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Accelerate so you can merge ahead of approaching traffic

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Park on the shoulder until the roadway empties

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Halt completely and wait for a green signal

Question 7

What message does a Divided Highway Ends sign carry?

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The separate roadways merge into one carrying traffic both ways, so keep right — Beyond this sign the separated roadways come back together into one surface serving both directions of travel, which is why the manual tells drivers to hold to the right.

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A median is about to split the highway into two one-way roadways

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The route becomes an interstate and the speed limit rises

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The pavement ends and a gravel surface begins

Question 8

The Slippery When Wet warning sign asks a driver to take which combination of actions?

Accepted Answer

Ease off the speed, avoid hard braking or sharp steering, and lengthen your following gap — Because the surface loses grip once it is damp, the manual pairs three responses: ease off your speed, keep braking and steering gentle, and open up more room to the vehicle ahead.

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Stop on the shoulder until the pavement dries out

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Brake firmly and move immediately to the left lane

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Hold your speed and switch on the four-way flashers

Question 9

Diagonal stripes on a work-zone barricade that slope downward toward the right tell a driver to do what?

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Move over toward the right of the barrier — The slope of the stripes points the way traffic is meant to travel, so stripes falling toward the right side steer you to the right of the barrier.

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Stop and wait for a flagger

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Move over toward the left of the barrier

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Reverse out of the work area

Question 10

Which color scheme and shape does Montana normally use for warning signs?

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Black lettering on yellow, usually in a diamond outline — The manual assigns warning duty to yellow faces with black lettering, and shapes nearly all of them as diamonds so you can spot the hazard message quickly.

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White lettering on brown, usually triangular

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White lettering on green, usually rectangular

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Black lettering on orange, usually octagonal

Question 11

Among Montana's traffic signs, which one is the only shape built with eight sides?

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The stop sign — Only one sign in the manual carries an octagonal outline, so an eight-sided face always calls for a full halt before you move into the intersection ahead.

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The do not enter sign

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The railroad crossbuck

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The yield sign

Question 12

Which warning sign is the only round one used on Montana highways?

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The sign warning that railroad tracks lie ahead — Warning signs are diamonds with a single exception: the circular sign posted in advance of a place where the highway crosses railroad tracks.

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The sign warning of a narrow bridge

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The sign warning of loose gravel

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The sign warning of a steep grade

Montana Car / Permit: Road Signs practice test

Study questions with answers

1. You see a sign showing a red circle with a red slash drawn across a black arrow. What is it telling you?

2. A Range Cattle warning sign is posted because of which condition?

3. Orange is the base color for which family of traffic control devices in Montana?

4. At a school crossing sign marking the spot where children cross the street, what does the manual require?

5. A square DO NOT ENTER sign tells you what about the road just ahead?

6. What does a YIELD sign require of a Montana driver?

7. What message does a Divided Highway Ends sign carry?

8. The Slippery When Wet warning sign asks a driver to take which combination of actions?

9. Diagonal stripes on a work-zone barricade that slope downward toward the right tell a driver to do what?

10. Which color scheme and shape does Montana normally use for warning signs?

11. Among Montana's traffic signs, which one is the only shape built with eight sides?

12. Which warning sign is the only round one used on Montana highways?

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