Signs, Traffic Lights, and Pavement Markings — Louisiana Driver's License Practice Test

This Louisiana Driver's License Signs, Traffic Lights, and Pavement Markings practice set has 84 practice questions based on the official exam materials, each with an instant explanation. You need 80% on the real Louisiana Driver's License knowledge test to pass.

Sample questions

Three questions from the Signs, Traffic Lights, and Pavement Markings bank with the correct answer and an explanation. The practice quiz above draws 30 questions at random from the same bank.

1. Besides obeying regulatory signs, whose directions must you obey on the road?

   • Law enforcement, highway personnel, or school crossing guards — Correct answer
   • Only other drivers honking their horns
   • Passengers in your vehicle
   • Pedestrians waving from the sidewalk

   Explanation: Traffic control devices regulate and control traffic; you must obey regulatory signs and also obey directions from law enforcement, highway personnel, or school crossing guards.

   Handbook: Signs, Traffic Lights, and Pavement Markings — Traffic Control Devices

2. What can a sign's shape tell you?

   • What it means before you are close enough to read it — Correct answer
   • The exact speed limit on every road
   • How far away the nearest gas station is
   • The age of the road it is posted on

   Explanation: A sign's shape can tell you what it means before you are close enough to read it.

   Handbook: Signs, Traffic Lights, and Pavement Markings — Sign Shapes

3. The octagon (eight-sided) shape is used exclusively for which sign?

   • Stop signs — Correct answer
   • Yield signs
   • Speed limit signs
   • Railroad warning signs

   Explanation: The octagon shape is used exclusively for stop signs — slow down and come to a complete stop.

   Handbook: Signs, Traffic Lights, and Pavement Markings — Sign Shapes