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Florida permit test: road signs and signals questions

The Florida permit test has 50 questions. You need 40 right to pass (80%). Test format source

These 10 questions come from FirstTry's Florida bank, written from the Official Florida Driver License Handbook. Pick your answer, then open "Show the answer". Each answer links to the handbook section it comes from.

10 road signs and signals questions

What does an orange traffic sign usually warn you about?

  1. Parks and historic sites
  2. Highway route numbers
  3. Construction or maintenance work
  4. Gas, food, and lodging services
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Construction or maintenance work. Orange is the color for construction and maintenance warnings.

From the handbook: Traffic Controls: Traffic Signs, Traffic Sign Colors (PDF p. 54)

A blue and white sign along the highway most likely points you to:

  1. Services such as gas, food, motels, or hospitals
  2. The end of a school zone
  3. A scenic area or state park
  4. A construction detour
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Services such as gas, food, motels, or hospitals. Blue and white service signs guide drivers to services like fuel, food, lodging, and hospitals.

From the handbook: Traffic Controls: Traffic Signs, Informational Signs (PDF p. 54)

What does a fluorescent yellow-green sign warn you about?

  1. A lane that is ending
  2. Road construction
  3. School, pedestrian, or bicycle activity
  4. A toll plaza ahead
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School, pedestrian, or bicycle activity. Fluorescent yellow-green is a high-emphasis warning color for areas with schoolchildren, pedestrians, or bicyclists.

From the handbook: Traffic Controls: Traffic Signs, Traffic Sign Colors (PDF p. 54)

You reach a yield sign and nothing is crossing your path. What may you do?

  1. Continue slowly without stopping
  2. Sound your horn, then go
  3. You must still come to a full stop
  4. Wait for a green light
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Continue slowly without stopping. At a yield sign, slow down and let crossing traffic go first. When nothing is coming, you can keep moving slowly without a full stop.

From the handbook: Traffic Controls: Regulatory Signs, Yield (PDF p. 55)

You are stopped at a red light with a NO TURN ON RED sign. When may you turn right?

  1. Only after the light turns green
  2. Only late at night
  3. After a full stop, if the way is clear
  4. Whenever no pedestrians are present
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Only after the light turns green. This sign takes away the usual right-on-red option. Any turn has to wait for the green signal.

From the handbook: Traffic Controls: Regulatory Signs, No Turn on Red (PDF p. 56)

What color and shape are warning signs normally?

  1. Red and eight-sided
  2. White and rectangular
  3. Green and rectangular
  4. Yellow and diamond-shaped
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Yellow and diamond-shaped. Most warning signs are yellow diamonds. They tell you about conditions coming up.

From the handbook: Traffic Controls: Warning Signs (PDF p. 57)

At a railroad crossing, the crossbuck sign means:

  1. The tracks are no longer in use
  2. You may cross without slowing down
  3. Trains will stop for you
  4. Yield; trains have the right-of-way
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Yield; trains have the right-of-way. A crossbuck is a yield sign for the railroad. Trains always get the right-of-way.

From the handbook: Traffic Controls: Railroad Crossing Signs & Signals (PDF p. 64)

A School sign tells you a school is nearby. When should you watch for children?

  1. At all times, not only during school hours
  2. Only during school hours
  3. Only when a light is flashing
  4. Only when a crossing guard is on duty
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At all times, not only during school hours. Near a school, children can appear at any hour, so stay alert all the time, not just when school is in session.

From the handbook: Traffic Controls: School Zone Signs & Signals (PDF p. 65)

After a full stop at a steady red light, when may you turn right?

  1. Never; you must wait for green
  2. When no NO TURN ON RED sign is posted and the way is clear
  3. Only if an officer waves you through
  4. Only when a green arrow appears
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When no NO TURN ON RED sign is posted and the way is clear. Right on red is allowed after a complete stop, as long as no sign forbids it and the way is clear. Yield to pedestrians and other traffic.

From the handbook: Traffic Controls: Traffic Signals, Red Light (PDF p. 59)

A steady yellow light appears as you approach an intersection. What should you do?

  1. Stop if you can do so safely
  2. Keep going; yellow means the same as green
  3. Speed up to beat the red light
  4. Slam on the brakes no matter how close you are
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Stop if you can do so safely. Yellow warns that red is coming. Stop if it is safe, because being in the intersection when the light turns red is very dangerous.

From the handbook: Traffic Controls: Traffic Signals, Yellow Light (PDF p. 59)

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