What should you expect beyond this single winding-arrow sign?
Correct answer: A series of curves in the road.
The arrow traces changes in road alignment. It differs from the slippery-road sign, which shows a vehicle and skidding tracks.
Source: Mississippi Driver's Manual, revised December 2024, printed/physical PDF page 31, Warning signs: Winding Road. Current linked manual text and page illustration read September 29, 2026. Reused artwork is not extracted from the Mississippi PDF. ↗
What traffic direction does the pictured sign establish on the street it marks?
Correct answer: Traffic travels only to the right.
A ONE WAY sign indicates the permitted direction of travel. Do not enter against the arrow even if no traffic is visible.
Source: Mississippi Driver's Manual, revised December 2024, printed/physical PDF page 29, Regulatory signs: ONE WAY. Current linked manual text and page illustration read September 29, 2026. Reused artwork is not extracted from the Mississippi PDF. ↗
What kind of information is normally carried by a blue sign such as this one?
Correct answer: A motorist service, such as fuel, food or lodging.
Blue information signs guide motorists to services. The fuel symbol shown is one example; brown signs usually identify recreation destinations.
Source: Mississippi Driver's Manual, revised December 2024, printed/physical PDF page 27, Sign colors: blue. Current linked manual text and page illustration read September 29, 2026. Reused artwork is not extracted from the Mississippi PDF. ↗
A route marker has black numbers inside the familiar white U.S. shield. Which system does it identify?
Correct answer: A numbered United States route.
The black-and-white U.S. route shield identifies a numbered United States route. It is distinct from the circular Mississippi state-route marker and the red-and-blue Interstate shield.
Source: Mississippi Driver's Manual, revised December 2024, printed/physical PDF page 32, Guide signs: U.S. numbered route shield. Current linked manual text and page illustration read September 29, 2026. Reused artwork is not extracted from the Mississippi PDF. ↗
In Mississippi, a route number inside a white circle on a black rectangular background identifies what?
Correct answer: A Mississippi state route.
The guide-sign examples identify this circular marker as a state route. Its number identifies the route, not a speed limit.
Source: Mississippi Driver's Manual, revised December 2024, printed/physical PDF page 32, Guide signs: state route marker. Current linked manual text and page illustration read September 29, 2026. Reused artwork is not extracted from the Mississippi PDF. ↗
A shield-shaped marker has INTERSTATE in a red top section and a white route number on blue below. What does it identify?
Correct answer: A route in the Interstate highway system.
The red, white and blue shield identifies an Interstate route. It supplies route guidance, not a speed or lane-use instruction.
Source: Mississippi Driver's Manual, revised December 2024, printed/physical PDF page 32, Guide signs: Interstate route shield. Current linked manual text and page illustration read September 29, 2026. Reused artwork is not extracted from the Mississippi PDF. ↗
A yellow EXIT ONLY panel points down at your lane. What does it tell you?
Correct answer: Traffic remaining in that lane must take the exit.
An EXIT ONLY panel identifies a lane that leaves the highway. If you need to continue through, move to a through lane only when a safe and lawful change is available.
Source: Mississippi Driver's Manual, revised December 2024, printed/physical PDF page 31, EXIT ONLY warning and lane direction. Current linked manual text and page illustration read September 29, 2026. Reused artwork is not extracted from the Mississippi PDF. ↗
Your approach has a STOP sign and a plaque reading CROSS TRAFFIC DOES NOT STOP. What does the plaque clarify?
Correct answer: Cross traffic does not have the same stop requirement as your approach.
This warning distinguishes the intersection from an all-way stop. Do not expect cross traffic to stop merely because you have stopped.
Source: Mississippi Driver's Manual, revised December 2024, printed/physical PDF page 31, CROSS TRAFFIC DOES NOT STOP warning. Current linked manual text and page illustration read September 29, 2026. Reused artwork is not extracted from the Mississippi PDF. ↗
A yellow warning sign depicts a farm tractor. What does it call attention to?
Correct answer: Farm vehicles using or entering the road.
The tractor symbol warns of farm machinery on a shared road. Be alert and prepare to slow down.
Source: Mississippi Driver's Manual, revised December 2024, printed/physical PDF page 34, Slow-moving vehicles: farm tractor warning. Current linked manual text and page illustration read September 29, 2026. Reused artwork is not extracted from the Mississippi PDF. ↗
What does a yellow warning sign showing a horse pulling a buggy mean?
Correct answer: Horse-drawn vehicles may be using the road.
The horse-and-buggy symbol warns of horse-drawn traffic on the road. It is a warning to anticipate that traffic, not a motor-vehicle prohibition.
Source: Mississippi Driver's Manual, revised December 2024, printed/physical PDF page 34, Slow-moving vehicles: horse-and-buggy warning. Current linked manual text and page illustration read September 29, 2026. Reused artwork is not extracted from the Mississippi PDF. ↗
A sign at your intersection reads NO TURN ON RED. Which movement does it prohibit?
Correct answer: A right turn while the signal remains red, even after stopping.
The sign prohibits a right turn while the signal is red. A complete stop alone does not cancel the posted restriction.
Source: Mississippi Driver's Manual, revised December 2024, printed/physical PDF page 28, Regulatory signs: NO TURN ON RED. Current linked manual text and page illustration read September 29, 2026. Reused artwork is not extracted from the Mississippi PDF. ↗
