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Nebraska 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. Orange is used on Nebraska signs to alert you to what?
Correct answer: Road workers and a construction area
The manual reserves orange for construction areas and for the crews working on the road.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 3B-1 Sign Colors
2. A three-sided triangular sign standing on its point always means what?
Correct answer: Give the right-of-way
The manual states that the triangle carries a single meaning, and that meaning is to yield.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 3B-2 Sign Shapes
3. What does a five-sided pentagon-shaped sign mark in Nebraska?
Correct answer: A school zone or a crossing used by students
The manual gives the pentagon to school zones and to the crosswalks where students cross the road.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 3B-2 Sign Shapes
4. A number posted below a railroad crossbuck sign tells you what?
Correct answer: How many sets of rails you will cross
According to the manual, that figure warns you that more than a single set of rails lies beyond the sign.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 3B-2 Sign Shapes
5. What does the Added Lane warning sign tell a Nebraska driver?
Correct answer: Traffic is joining from another road, but a lane has been added so merging is unnecessary
The manual explains that traffic from another road is joining, but because an extra lane has been provided, no merge is needed.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 3B-4 Warning Signs
6. Brown lettering on a Nebraska highway sign points you toward what?
Correct answer: Recreation areas and sites of cultural interest
Brown is the color the manual gives to recreational destinations and places of cultural interest.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 3B-1 Sign Colors
7. A diamond-shaped sign in Nebraska is telling you what?
Correct answer: A special condition or hazard lies ahead
Diamonds are the manual's warning shape, alerting you to a hazard or an unusual condition so you can slow down and take care.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 3B-2 Sign Shapes
8. What information does a blue roadside sign give a Nebraska driver?
Correct answer: Services for motorists, like rest areas and hospitals
Blue marks services for the traveling motorist, such as a place to rest or a hospital.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 3B-1 Sign Colors
9. Black lettering on an orange background identifies which kind of area in Nebraska?
Correct answer: A highway work zone
The manual reserves this color pairing strictly for highway work areas, both on the approach and inside the zone itself.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 3B-6 Work Zone Devices
10. A warning sign showing a truck on a steep downward slope is advising you to do what?
Correct answer: Make sure your brakes are working before the grade
The manual pairs this sign with a sharp downgrade and tells drivers to check their brakes before starting down.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 3B-4 Warning Signs
11. What should you expect after passing a Flagger warning sign in a Nebraska work zone?
Correct answer: A worker with a STOP and SLOW paddle controlling traffic
The manual says a worker in a bright orange reflective vest is stationed ahead with a paddle reading STOP on one face and SLOW on the other, and you must stay put until waved on.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 3B-6 Work Zone Devices
12. In Nebraska, what does a red traffic sign tell you to do?
Correct answer: Halt, give way, or stay out of a road you may not use
The manual assigns red to the signs that halt you, make you give way, or keep you off a road you must not enter.
Source: Nebraska Driver's Manual — 3B-1 Sign Colors
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