Arizona Road Signs Test (2026)
Every road sign on the Arizona exam, with what it means. Free and unlimited.
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This draw of 40 questions breaks down like this:
- Traffic Signs & Signals — 21
- Traffic Lanes, Passing & Turning — 4
- Right-of-Way & Intersections — 3
- Safe Driving — 3
- Sharing the Road — 3
- Emergencies & Crashes — 2
- Adverse Conditions — 1
- Alcohol, Drugs & the Law — 1
- Signaling & Communication — 1
- Speed Limits & Speed Management — 1
Heaviest on Traffic Signs & Signals (21 of 40) — that is the section to revise first if you miss several here.
3 are Arizona-specific questions, drawn from the state handbook rather than general road rules.
Each test on this site draws a different set, so Test 1, 2 and 3 never repeat a question.
Questions on this test
1. If your car goes into a skid, you should:
- Turn the wheel opposite
- Accelerate hard
- Slam on the brakes
- Ease off the gas and steer in the direction you want the front of the car to go
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Answer: Ease off the gas and steer in the direction you want the front of the car to go
Take your foot off the gas and steer where you want to go; avoid slamming the brakes.
2. What does this sign tell you to do?
- Keep to the right of a divider or obstruction
- Merge right
- Turn right only
- No right turn
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Answer: Keep to the right of a divider or obstruction
A keep-right sign directs you to pass to the right of a median or obstacle.
3. Texting while driving in Arizona is:
- A dangerous, illegal distraction
- Legal
- Fine at stops
- Legal on freeways
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Answer: A dangerous, illegal distraction
Texting/hand-held phone use while driving is illegal and dangerous.
4. What does this sign tell you to do?
- No left turn
- Turn left only
- Merge left
- Keep to the left of a divider or obstruction
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Answer: Keep to the left of a divider or obstruction
A keep-left sign directs you to pass to the left of a median or obstacle.
5. What does this sign warn of?
- A detour
- A winding road — a series of curves ahead
- A one-way street
- A racetrack
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Answer: A winding road — a series of curves ahead
This warns of a winding road (several curves). Reduce speed.
6. Give a large truck extra space because it:
- Is slow
- Needs more room to stop and turn and has big blind spots
- Uses fuel
- Is loud
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Answer: Needs more room to stop and turn and has big blind spots
Trucks need more stopping and turning room and have large No-Zones.
7. You may not pass on hills or curves because:
- You cannot see far enough ahead for oncoming traffic
- It wastes fuel
- It is faster to wait
- The road is rough
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Answer: You cannot see far enough ahead for oncoming traffic
On hills and curves you can't see oncoming traffic soon enough to pass safely, so passing is prohibited.
8. What does this sign warn of?
- A rest stop
- A right turn only
- A merge
- A side road entering from the right
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Answer: A side road entering from the right
A side-road sign warns that another road joins from the right; watch for vehicles entering.
9. A blue sign with a fork-and-knife or bed symbol indicates:
- A rest stop closed
- A warning
- A hospital only
- Food or lodging services nearby
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Answer: Food or lodging services nearby
Blue service signs use symbols for food, lodging, gas, and other services.
10. When turning at an intersection, watch especially for:
- Trucks only
- Only cars
- Pedestrians crossing the road you're turning onto
- Nothing
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Answer: Pedestrians crossing the road you're turning onto
Pedestrians may be crossing the street you turn into — yield to them.
11. For a driver under 21 in Arizona, ANY trace of alcohol, marijuana, or impairing drugs results in:
- Nothing
- A small fine
- A 2-year license suspension
- A warning
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Answer: A 2-year license suspension
Arizona has zero tolerance for under 21 — any trace suspends your license for 2 years.
12. A round sign always means:
- School
- Railroad crossing warning
- Stop
- Yield
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Answer: Railroad crossing warning
The only round sign is the railroad advance-warning sign.
13. A green light turns to a steady green arrow for your turn. This means:
- Turn is now prohibited
- Stop
- You now have a protected turn — oncoming traffic is stopped
- Yield to oncoming still
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Answer: You now have a protected turn — oncoming traffic is stopped
A green arrow gives a protected turn; opposing traffic is held.
14. A lane marked with a straight-up arrow means:
- No entry
- That lane is for going straight through
- Passing only
- Turns only
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Answer: That lane is for going straight through
A straight arrow means the lane is for through traffic only.
15. If your right wheels drift onto the shoulder, you should:
- Ease off the gas and steer back gently when it's safe
- Speed up
- Jerk the wheel back onto the road
- Brake hard
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Answer: Ease off the gas and steer back gently when it's safe
Don't jerk the wheel — slow down and steer back onto the pavement smoothly.
16. Keeping a space cushion around your car is important because it:
- Is required by law only
- Saves fuel
- Gives you time and room to avoid trouble
- Looks good
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Answer: Gives you time and room to avoid trouble
Space in front, back, and to the sides gives you options to avoid a crash.
17. A blue sign with an 'H' or a bed symbol tells you:
- A speed limit
- Where to find services like hospitals or lodging
- A construction zone
- A warning
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Answer: Where to find services like hospitals or lodging
Blue guide signs point to services — hospitals, lodging, gas, food.
18. A stop sign is the only sign shaped as a(n):
- Pentagon
- Circle
- Diamond
- Octagon
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Answer: Octagon
Only the stop sign is an octagon.
19. Opposing up/down arrows on a yellow sign warn of:
- A one-way street
- A passing zone
- A parking area
- Two-way traffic ahead — keep right
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Answer: Two-way traffic ahead — keep right
This warns that the road ahead carries two-way traffic; keep right and don't pass.
20. You must dim your high beams when:
- Only in cities
- Within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle or 300 feet behind one
- Never
- Only when tired
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Answer: Within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle or 300 feet behind one
Lower your high beams within 500 ft of oncoming traffic and 300 ft when following.
21. A pentagon-shaped sign means:
- Hospital
- No passing
- Dead end
- School zone or school crossing
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Answer: School zone or school crossing
The five-sided pentagon marks a school zone or crossing.
22. What does this sign warn of?
- A truck stop
- A bump
- A steep downgrade (hill) ahead
- A parking garage
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Answer: A steep downgrade (hill) ahead
This warns of a steep hill/downgrade ahead — control your speed and gear.
23. You come upon a crash scene ahead. You should:
- Slow down, move over if possible, and watch for people and debris
- Speed by quickly
- Stop in your lane
- Take photos while driving
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Answer: Slow down, move over if possible, and watch for people and debris
Slow down, move over, and watch for injured people, responders, and debris.
24. When entering an interstate from an on-ramp, you should:
- Use the acceleration lane to reach highway speed, then merge into a gap
- Merge slowly below traffic speed
- Stop and wait for a gap
- Enter from the shoulder
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Answer: Use the acceleration lane to reach highway speed, then merge into a gap
The acceleration lane lets you match highway speed so you can merge smoothly into a gap.
25. What does this sign warn of?
- A yield sign ahead
- A dead end
- A stop sign ahead
- A rest area
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Answer: A yield sign ahead
A yield-ahead sign warns that a yield is coming up — be ready to give the right-of-way.
26. What does this sign warn of?
- A weigh station
- No trucks
- A truck crossing or entering the road ahead
- A truck stop
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Answer: A truck crossing or entering the road ahead
A truck-crossing sign warns that trucks may be crossing or entering; watch for them.
27. The shape of a warning sign is usually a:
- Rectangle
- Diamond
- Circle
- Octagon
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Answer: Diamond
Most warning signs are yellow diamonds.
28. When a school bus stops with red lights flashing on an undivided road, traffic:
- Only behind stops
- May pass slowly
- In both directions must stop
- Slows to 20
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Answer: In both directions must stop
Both directions stop for a stopped school bus on an undivided road.
29. Green highway signs give you:
- Warnings of hazards
- Directions, distances, and destinations
- Traffic laws
- Recreation information
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Answer: Directions, distances, and destinations
Green guide signs show directions, distances, and destinations.
30. At a four-way stop with a car directly across turning left as you go straight:
- Both stop forever
- You (going straight) generally have the right-of-way
- They go first
- Largest goes
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Answer: You (going straight) generally have the right-of-way
Through traffic generally has priority over a car turning left across your path.
31. In a roundabout, traffic flows:
- Clockwise
- Only when a light is green
- Counter-clockwise; yield on entry and signal to exit
- In both directions
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Answer: Counter-clockwise; yield on entry and signal to exit
Roundabout traffic moves counter-clockwise. Yield to traffic already circulating, then exit when you reach your street.
32. You should slow down before, not during, a curve because:
- Braking hard in a curve can cause a skid
- It looks better
- It saves gas
- The limit requires it
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Answer: Braking hard in a curve can cause a skid
Brake before the curve; braking or accelerating hard mid-curve can break traction.
33. What does this sign mean?
- No left turn
- No U-turn
- Do not enter
- No right turn
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Answer: No left turn
This sign prohibits left turns.
34. What does this sign warn of?
- A pedestrian or school crossing
- A bus stop
- A hospital
- A playground only
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Answer: A pedestrian or school crossing
This bright yellow-green sign marks a pedestrian or school crossing — be ready to yield to people crossing.
35. You must yield to pedestrians:
- Never
- Only at signals
- Only downtown
- In marked and unmarked crosswalks
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Answer: In marked and unmarked crosswalks
Yield to pedestrians in both marked and unmarked crosswalks.
36. A sign of this shape and color tells you:
- Available services
- A general warning of hazards ahead
- A law you must obey
- Directions and distances
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Answer: A general warning of hazards ahead
Yellow diamond signs are warnings — they alert you to possible hazards ahead. Slow down and use caution.
37. When another driver is trying to pass you, you should:
- Speed up
- Brake hard
- Maintain speed or slow slightly and stay right
- Move left
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Answer: Maintain speed or slow slightly and stay right
Help them pass: keep right and don't speed up.
38. A good habit for a safe following distance is to:
- Use only brake lights
- Pick a fixed point and count 3–4 seconds behind the car ahead
- Match the car's bumper
- Tailgate to save time
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Answer: Pick a fixed point and count 3–4 seconds behind the car ahead
Count 3–4 seconds from when the car ahead passes a marker until you reach it.
39. This sign warns that you are approaching:
- A rest area
- A roundabout only
- A railroad crossing
- A toll booth
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Answer: A railroad crossing
A round yellow sign is the advance warning for a railroad crossing.
40. Guide signs that give directions are usually:
- Red
- Orange
- Yellow
- Green
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Answer: Green
Green signs provide directional guidance.