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Saskatchewan Class 7: Construction, guide and information signs

Orange construction and maintenance signs, highway route markers, and blue information and service signs.

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What colours are used on construction signs?

Study reference: Saskatchewan Driver's Handbook (online edition, Rev. 2026), Ch. 4 Traffic signs and signals — Construction signs, Guide signs, Information signs

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  1. What colours are used on construction signs?

    1. Black on a yellow background
    2. Black on an orange background
    3. White on a blue background
    4. White on a green background

  2. Signs showing symbols for food, fuel and camping tell you what?

    1. Services that are available nearby
    2. Routes for trucks only
    3. Places with special speed limits
    4. Areas where stopping is banned

  3. What should you be prepared to do when you see this sign?

    Orange diamond with a black figure holding a flag on a pole
    1. Pull onto the shoulder
    2. Stop for a traffic control person
    3. Merge into the left lane
    4. Speed up past the work area

  4. You pass this sign. What should you expect?

    Orange diamond with black text reading CONSTRUCTION AHEAD and a distance in kilometres
    1. A road closed to all traffic
    2. A construction zone with speed changes
    3. The end of a construction zone
    4. A detour that avoids all work

  5. On an airport guide sign, what shows you which way to go?

    1. An arrow under the sign
    2. The direction the plane points
    3. The colour of the border
    4. The number on the tab

  6. What does a pavement drop-off sign warn about?

    1. The pavement ends and a gravel surface begins ahead
    2. Rocks may fall onto the road
    3. A bridge deck is grooved
    4. The next lane or shoulder is at a different height

  7. What does this sign warn you of?

    Orange diamond with a black figure of a worker holding a shovel
    1. A survey crew on a farm
    2. A pedestrian crossing ahead
    3. A school crossing guard
    4. Highway workers ahead

  8. What does a truck entrance construction sign mark?

    1. Where trucks enter, leave or cross
    2. A lane reserved for trucks only
    3. A road closed to trucks
    4. A truck inspection station

  9. An orange overhead lines sign is posted in a work area. Who most needs to be ready to stop?

    1. A driver with a high load
    2. A driver towing a short trailer
    3. A driver of a small car
    4. A motorcycle rider

  10. An orange sign warns of a survey crew ahead. What should you do?

    1. Stop and wait for a flag
    2. Sound your horn to warn them
    3. Change lanes without signalling
    4. Slow down and watch for workers

  11. What kind of sign marks the Trans Canada Highway and provincial highways?

    1. A regulatory sign
    2. A temporary construction sign
    3. A route marker guide sign
    4. A warning sign

  12. On a fuel information sign, what does the letter D mean?

    1. Drive-through service
    2. Diesel fuel is available
    3. Dangerous goods route
    4. Detour route

Construction, guide and information signs: key rules to remember

Our summary of what the official handbook says on this topic, in our own words. Read it before or after the practice questions above, then check the original chapter. Read the official chapter ↗

Construction signs

  • Black letters or symbols on an orange background.
  • Traffic control person ahead: be prepared to stop for instructions. Survey crew ahead. Highway workers.
  • Truck entrance left/right: where trucks enter, leave or cross.
  • Overhead lines: be prepared to stop if your vehicle has a high load.
  • Construction ahead: you are entering a construction zone; extra caution, be ready for speed limit changes.
  • Be prepared to stop.
  • Pavement drop-off: the next lane or shoulder (or both) is lower or higher than your lane.
  • Grooved pavement ahead.
  • (Related, Regulatory signs) A separate sign shows the maximum speed in a work zone.

Guide signs

  • Route markers for the Trans Canada Highway, provincial highways and numbered rural municipal routes.
  • Airport sign: the plane points the direction to the airport.

Information signs

  • Advance community sign with service tabs.
  • Service symbols: telephone, picnic, accommodation, trailer facilities, food, swimming, camping, hospital, golf, police, museum, gasoline fuel and diesel fuel (D).
  • (Standard sign colours) Blue = general information or service information.

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