New Brunswick Class 7: Sign shapes and colours

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1. What does the colour white mean on a traffic sign?

   1. Warning
   2. Regulatory
   3. Guidance
   4. Tourism

2. What do white rectangular or square signs with black lettering usually tell you?

   1. The location of tourist attractions
   2. Hazards such as curves or dips ahead
   3. The law, such as speed limits or parking rules
   4. Directions to the nearest town

3. You see a blue sign beside the highway. What is it most likely telling you about?

   1. Motorist services or tourist information
   2. A school zone ahead
   3. A change in the speed limit for the next zone
   4. A road closure

4. What does the colour red mean on a traffic sign?

   1. General warning
   2. Motorist services
   3. Stop or prohibition
   4. Permitted movement

5. What does this sign require you to do?

   
   1. Stop only if there is cross traffic
   2. Slow down and proceed if no one is coming
   3. Come to a full stop and make sure the way is clear
   4. Give way to traffic on your left only

6. Which signs use fluorescent yellow?

   1. Hospital, airport and emergency route signs
   2. School zone and school crosswalk signs
   3. Railway crossing signs
   4. Construction zone signs

7. What shape are warning signs?

   1. Pentagon
   2. Circle
   3. Diamond
   4. Octagon

8. What do the newer railway crossing signs look like?

   1. A white X with a red reflective border
   2. A green circle with a train
   3. A red octagon with an X
   4. A yellow diamond with black letters

9. What shape are information signs that show the location of facilities like campgrounds and gas?

   1. Pentagon
   2. Round
   3. Triangle
   4. Square

10. Which three functions are traffic signs grouped by in the handbook?

    1. Urban, rural and highway
    2. Regulatory, warning and information
    3. Federal, provincial and municipal
    4. Permanent, temporary and seasonal

11. Which colour is used for construction and maintenance warning signs?

    1. Blue
    2. Orange
    3. Yellow
    4. Red

12. Which shape is used only for the stop sign?

    1. Pentagon
    2. Diamond
    3. Octagon
    4. Triangle

13. What does the colour green mean on a traffic sign?

    1. A permitted turn or direction
    2. A prohibited turn or movement
    3. A construction zone ahead
    4. A school crossing ahead

14. What is the purpose of this type of green sign?

    
    1. To tell you the speed limit
    2. To warn of a hazard ahead
    3. To show where parking is allowed nearby
    4. To guide you to places along the route

15. What does this five-sided sign mark?

    
    1. A pedestrian crosswalk
    2. A playground ahead
    3. A hospital zone
    4. A school zone

16. What shape and colour is a yield sign?

    1. A red octagon with white letters
    2. A white square with a red circle
    3. A triangle with a red border on white
    4. A yellow diamond with black symbols

17. Children are present in a school zone with no other speed posted. What is the maximum speed?

    
    1. 30 km/h
    2. 50 km/h
    3. 40 km/h
    4. 60 km/h

18. You approach an intersection with this sign. What must you do?

    
    1. Speed up to merge ahead of traffic
    2. Proceed, because you have the right of way
    3. Slow down, give the right of way and stop if needed
    4. Stop completely every time