About the road signs test
- 20 questionsIn each signs practice test
- 16 to pass80% pass mark
- 118 questionsIn the practice bank, no repeats until you've seen them all
- 64 signsDrawn and explained below
Sample questions
Tap a question to see the answer and why.
Human activity signs (with a symbol of a person) are used:
- At all times during the construction season
- Only at night, when workers are hard to see
- Only on 100-series highways, never on streets
- Only when people are working at the site
Only when people are working at the site
Take extra care; driving mistakes can kill road workers.
A red light means:
- Pull over to the curb and wait for it to turn green
- Slow down and go through the intersection with caution
- Stop at the marked line or nearest side of the crosswalk
- Stop only if traffic is coming on the cross street
Stop at the marked line or nearest side of the crosswalk
You may turn right on red after stopping, unless a sign prohibits it.
This sign means:
- A sharp curve ahead that bends back on itself
- No U-turn permitted; don't turn to go the opposite way
- No left turn at this intersection; go straight or right
- Two-way traffic ahead; keep to the right of the line
No U-turn permitted; don't turn to go the opposite way
Find another legal place to turn around.
Which vehicles must display a slow-moving vehicle sign?
- Any vehicle towing a trailer or a boat on a public highway
- Buses at all times, and taxis when carrying passengers
- Farm tractors, and any vehicle that can't keep a speed over 40 km/h
- Trucks over 4,500 kg when they travel on 100-series highways
Farm tractors, and any vehicle that can't keep a speed over 40 km/h
The sign goes on the rear of the vehicle or its load.
What has replaced the older crossbuck with 'Railway Crossing' printed on it?
- A green rectangle showing the railway tracks
- A red octagon with a white train on it
- A white crossbuck with a red reflective border
- A yellow diamond with a black train symbol
A white crossbuck with a red reflective border
A smaller sign below the crossbuck shows if there's more than one track.
Chevron (arrow) signs posted in groups:
- Guide drivers around sharp curves
- Mark the route of a detour
- Mark the start of a passing lane
- Show traffic on a one-way street
Guide drivers around sharp curves
Follow them through the curve.
When this signal is showing, pedestrians:
- Have the right-of-way
- May start to cross
- Must run across as quickly as they can
- Should not start to cross
Should not start to cross
Pedestrians already crossing should finish.
This sign means:
- No right turn at this corner
- Right turn only, no through traffic
- Through or right turn only
- Turn left or right only
Through or right turn only
You may not turn left from this lane.
All 64 signs in the Nova Scotia bank
Every sign drawing used in the practice questions, with what it means. Drawings are simplified; always check the official handbook.
- Come to a complete stop and make sure the way is clear
- Reduce speed and give the right-of-way, stopping if necessary
- A school zone
- Work zones
- A railway crossing
- A railway crossing ahead
- A slow-moving vehicle
- Do not enter
- No left turn permitted
- No U-turn permitted; don't turn to go the opposite way
- No parking in either direction from the sign
- A right curve ahead
- A stop sign ahead
- Traffic signal lights ahead
- Merge: prepare to merge with other vehicles
- Never drive in that lane
- You may drive in that lane, obeying other signs and signals
- The maximum speed allowed in ideal conditions is 50 km/h
- A safe speed for the curve
- Traffic may travel only in the direction of the arrow
- Two-way traffic: the normal two-way rules apply
- Keep to the right of the traffic island or obstruction
- Change in maximum speed limit ahead; be ready to adjust
- Passing permitted
- Do not pass
- Truck traffic may go only in the direction shown
- A pedestrian crosswalk
- Vehicles in this lane must turn right
- Go straight through or turn left only
- A two-way left-turn lane, used by traffic from both directions
- No right turn permitted
- Through or right turn only
- No right turn on a red signal; wait for the green
- A divided highway ahead
- The divided highway ends; two-way traffic beyond
- Slippery when wet
- A bump or rough road ahead; slow down
- A steep decline ahead; you may need a lower gear
- The angle at which the tracks cross the road
- The road narrows ahead
- The right lane ends
- A sharp turn or bend; the arrow shows the direction
- A playground ahead: reduce speed, watch for children
- Guide drivers around sharp curves
- Low clearance: overhead clearance as shown
- Traffic control persons are directing traffic with stop/slow paddles
- Survey work on or near the road
- Workers are active at the site ahead
- A difference in elevation between lanes
- Stop at the marked line or nearest side of the crosswalk
- Stop before the intersection if you can do so safely
- Go when safe, yielding to pedestrians and vehicles in the intersection
- You may turn in the direction of the arrow
- May begin crossing, with the right-of-way
- Should not start to cross
- Deer cross this section of road
- A bridge or underpass narrower than the approach road
- Road surface is rutted or grooved; bikes and motorcycles may be unstable
- Be ready to stop; traffic may be stopped by traffic control persons
- Trucks entering or crossing ahead
- Stop, unless you're too close to stop safely
- It's safe to pass, but only on the side the arrow shows
- Slow down and proceed with caution
- Treat the intersection as a multi-stop, coming to a full stop
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