Massachusetts Permit Test: Road Signs Practice Questions
Shapes, colors and meanings of regulatory, warning and guide signs.
Question 1
How are numbered Massachusetts state highway routes posted?
Correct answer: White rectangles, black letters
In Massachusetts, numbered state routes are posted on white rectangular signs with black letters and borders; interstate signs are red, white and blue shields.
Source: Chapter 4: Rules of the Road – Guide Signs
Question 2
In Massachusetts' sign color system, what are purple signs used for?
Correct answer: Electronic toll collection
Purple signs are used for electronic toll collection (such as E-ZPass lanes).
Source: Chapter 4: Rules of the Road – Traffic Signs
Question 3
What does a fluorescent pink sign indicate?
Correct answer: Incident management
Fluorescent pink signs are used for incident management, such as traffic control around a crash.
Source: Chapter 4: Rules of the Road – Traffic Signs
Question 4
Fluorescent yellow-green signs warn of which conditions?
Correct answer: School zones, bikes, pedestrians, curves
Fluorescent yellow-green signs warn of school zones, bicycles, pedestrians and curves.
Source: Chapter 4: Rules of the Road – Traffic Signs
Question 5
In the Massachusetts manual's work-zone illustration, how far before the flagger is the 'Flagger Ahead' sign shown?
Correct answer: 500 feet
The manual shows the Flagger Ahead sign placed about 500 feet before the flagger, giving you time to slow down and prepare to stop.
Source: Chapter 4: Rules of the Road – Work Zones, figure 'Flagger Ahead Sign (500 feet)' (Massachusetts Driver's Manual, rev. April 2026, PDF p. 95)