Traffic Signs & Signals — Minnesota

Minnesota permit practice test: 641 free practice questions (25 official sample questions · Official driver handbook). Official test format: Class D: 40 Q, pass 32. Traffic Signs & Signals: 199 questions. Updated

Regulatory, warning and guide signs, plus traffic light and pavement marking questions.

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TopicTraffic Signs & Signals
License testMinnesota Car learner's permit test (Class D)
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Questions (199)

1. The traffic light is red, but a police officer is telling you to proceed. What should you do?
  1. Refuse to move your vehicle
  2. Proceed as the police officer told you ✓
  3. Honk your horn

Answer: B. Proceed as the police officer told you

Source: Official sample question (2026-10-17) · Official handbook: Chapter 5, Signs, Signals, and Pavement Markings—Traffic Officers
2. A red arrow pointing to the right on a traffic light means?
  1. Turn right after you have come to a complete stop
  2. Do not turn right until the light turns green ✓
  3. Turn right after slowing and checking traffic
  4. Turn right only if there are no pedestrians crossing the street at the moment

Answer: B. Do not turn right until the light turns green

Source: Official sample question (2026-10-17) · Official handbook: Chapter 5, Signs, Signals, and Pavement Markings—A Red Arrow
3. When a traffic light turns green, should you go immediately?
  1. No, because you must wait five seconds before proceeding
  2. Yes, or you could be given a ticket for causing gridlock
  3. Yes, but you must yield to any vehicle or person still in the intersection ✓

Answer: C. Yes, but you must yield to any vehicle or person still in the intersection

Source: Official sample question (2026-10-17) · Official handbook: Chapter 5, Signs, Signals, and Pavement Markings—A Green Light
4. Crossbuck signs indicate:
  1. Railroad crossings. ✓
  2. School zones.
  3. No passing zones.
  4. Hospitals.

Answer: A. Railroad crossings.

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5. Diamond symbols on pavement markings and signs indicate:
  1. School zones.
  2. Carpool lanes. ✓
  3. Construction areas.
  4. Hospitals.

Answer: B. Carpool lanes.

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6. This road sign means:
  1. All traffic must turn right.
  2. No right turn.
  3. All traffic must go straight ahead.
  4. A road joins from the right. ✓

Answer: D. A road joins from the right.

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7. You come to an intersection with a flashing red light. You must:
  1. Slow down and drive carefully through the intersection.
  2. Turn either right or left, since the road is blocked ahead.
  3. Stop at the intersection and wait for a flashing green light.
  4. Stop at the intersection, then proceed as traffic allows. ✓

Answer: D. Stop at the intersection, then proceed as traffic allows.

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8. Drivers may not pass a school bus when its red lights are flashing.
  1. True ✓
  2. False

Answer: A. True

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9. This sign means:
  1. Heavy traffic ahead.
  2. Do not enter. ✓
  3. Railroad crossing.
  4. Yield.

Answer: B. Do not enter.

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10. Regulatory signs:
  1. Are placed in every location where there is a present danger.
  2. Indicate what a driver must or must not do. ✓
  3. Are diamond-shaped and yellow or green.
  4. May warn drivers that they are approaching a school zone.

Answer: B. Indicate what a driver must or must not do.

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Last checked: 2026-10-17 · Verified from official source

Updated: · 25 official sample questions · Official driver handbook