KSA Driving Theory Practice

Guide Signs: Practice Questions

Guide signs are rectangular or square signs that direct road users to cities, streets and other destinations. The questions teach the colour code: blue signs usually point to cities and villages outside city limits, green signs to streets and neighbourhoods inside the city, white signs with black letters to major facilities such as airports, and brown signs to farms, museums and similar places. You will also practise recognising symbols for hospitals, hotels, fuel stations, highways, exits, road numbers and direction signs, and remember that sign size depends on the length of its message.

40 questions (36 core, 4 extra) · Handbook pp. 52–64 · Unit 1: Signs, Road Rules & Violations

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Question 1What determines the size of a guide sign?

  1. AThe time of day
  2. BThe number of lanes
  3. CThe length of the message it carries (correct answer)
  4. DThe speed limit of the road

Correct answer: C. Guide sign size depends on message length; colour depends on the type of message.Source: Handbook p. 52

Question 2What is the main purpose of guide signs?

  1. ATo set speed limits
  2. BTo direct road users to cities, streets and other destinations (correct answer)
  3. CTo ban certain vehicles
  4. DTo warn of dangers on the road

Correct answer: B. Guide signs show directions, distances, intersections and services, helping drivers take the shortest route.Source: Handbook p. 52

Question 3Which information would you expect to find on a guide sign?

  1. AA ban on overtaking
  2. BA minimum speed
  3. CA warning of a sharp bend
  4. DThe distance and direction to a city (correct answer)

Correct answer: D. Guide signs indicate intersections, distances, directions, services and important places.Source: Handbook p. 52

Question 4 · extraA blue rectangular sign with white letters usually indicates:

Guide sign: blue rectangle with white text 'Al-Qassim' with an arrow and 'Riyadh 320 km'
  1. AStreets inside a neighbourhood
  2. BRoad works
  3. CMuseums and farms
  4. DCities and villages, usually outside city limits (correct answer)

Correct answer: D. Blue guide signs are usually found outside city limits and refer to cities and villages.Source: Handbook p. 52

Question 5 · extraA green rectangular sign with white letters usually indicates:

Guide sign: green rectangle with white text: King Fahd Rd to the left, Al-Olaya District to the right
  1. ADistances between cities on the highway
  2. BEntertainment complexes
  3. CStreets and neighbourhoods within the city (correct answer)
  4. DDetours

Correct answer: C. Green guide signs are found within city limits and show streets and neighbourhoods.Source: Handbook p. 53

Question 6 · extraA white rectangular sign with black letters usually leads to:

Guide sign: white board with black text Airport and City Centre and arrows, leading to major facilities
  1. ATemporary road works
  2. BVillages outside the city
  3. CReligious places
  4. DImportant facilities such as airports or city centres (correct answer)

Correct answer: D. White guide signs with black letters lead to important facilities like airports or city centres.Source: Handbook p. 53

Question 7 · extraA brown sign with white letters usually indicates:

Guide sign: brown panel, white text Museum with right arrow and Heritage Farm 5 km, tourist attractions
  1. ARoad works
  2. BAirports
  3. CFarms, entertainment complexes, museums or religious places (correct answer)
  4. DStreets within the city

Correct answer: C. Brown guide signs refer to farms, entertainment complexes, museums and religious places.Source: Handbook p. 53

Question 8What colour are guidance signs used outside the city borders (e.g. hospital, hotel, gas station)?

  1. AYellow with a red frame
  2. BBrown
  3. CGreen
  4. DBlue (correct answer)

Correct answer: D. Guidance signs outside the city borders are blue.Source: Handbook p. 63

Question 9What colour are guidance signs to streets and neighbourhoods within cities?

  1. AGreen (correct answer)
  2. BYellow
  3. CBrown
  4. DBlue

Correct answer: A. Signs to streets and neighbourhoods inside cities are green with white letters.Source: Handbook p. 64

Question 10What do guidance signs to important facilities (airport, city centre) look like?

  1. ARed background with yellow symbols
  2. BGreen background with white symbols
  3. CBrown background with white letters
  4. DWhite background with black symbols (correct answer)

Correct answer: D. Signs to important facilities such as airports and city centres are white with black symbols.Source: Handbook p. 64

Question 11What does a brown sign like this direct you to?

Guide sign: brown arrow-shaped board with white text Heritage Village, pointing to a tourist destination
  1. ADirections to a hospital
  2. BDirections to an industrial zone
  3. CDirections to museums, entertainment centres or farms (correct answer)
  4. DDirections to the city centre

Correct answer: C. Brown guidance signs lead to farms, entertainment complexes and museums.Source: Handbook p. 64

Question 12What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: blue panel with white text TURN ON LIGHTS, switch on vehicle lights
  1. ASpeed camera ahead
  2. BLights must be switched off
  3. CTurn on your vehicle's lights (correct answer)
  4. DTraffic lights ahead

Correct answer: C. This blue guidance sign instructs drivers to turn on the lights (e.g. before a tunnel).Source: Handbook p. 63

Question 13What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: blue panel with a white T-shape and red bar on top, no through road
  1. ANo through road (dead end) (correct answer)
  2. BNo entry
  3. CT-junction with priority
  4. DRoad works

Correct answer: A. A white T with a red bar means the road ahead has no exit.Source: Handbook p. 63

Question 14You see this sign at the start of a side road. What does it tell you?

Guide sign: blue panel with a white T-shape and red bar on top, no through road
  1. AYou may not enter this road
  2. BThis road does not lead anywhere further; it is a dead end (correct answer)
  3. CThe road continues as a highway
  4. DYou must turn right

Correct answer: B. No through road does not forbid entry; it tells you the road has no other exit.Source: Handbook p. 63

Question 15What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: blue panel with red crescent symbol, emergency centre
  1. AEmergency centre (Red Crescent / first aid) (correct answer)
  2. BFire station
  3. CHospital
  4. DMosque

Correct answer: A. A red crescent on a blue guidance sign indicates an emergency centre.Source: Handbook p. 63

Question 16What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: blue panel with a white H symbol, meaning hospital
  1. AHighway
  2. BHelicopter landing
  3. CHotel
  4. DHospital (correct answer)

Correct answer: D. A large white H on a blue guidance sign indicates a hospital.Source: Handbook p. 63

Question 17What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: blue square with a hotel symbol, indicating a hotel
  1. AHospital
  2. BRest area
  3. CHotel (correct answer)
  4. DCamp

Correct answer: C. A bed symbol indicates a hotel.Source: Handbook p. 63

Question 18What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: blue panel with knife and fork symbol, restaurant
  1. ACoffee shop
  2. BWorkshop
  3. CPicnic park
  4. DRestaurant (correct answer)

Correct answer: D. Crossed fork and spoon indicate a restaurant.Source: Handbook p. 63

Question 19What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: coffee shop services sign with a cup symbol
  1. ACoffee shop (correct answer)
  2. BGas station
  3. CRestaurant
  4. DHotel

Correct answer: A. A cup symbol indicates a coffee shop.Source: Handbook p. 63

Question 20What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: telephone services sign with a handset symbol
  1. AEmergency centre
  2. BRadio station
  3. CPublic telephone (correct answer)
  4. DInformation office

Correct answer: C. A telephone handset indicates a public telephone.Source: Handbook p. 63

Question 21What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: fuel station services sign with a petrol pump symbol
  1. AWorkshop
  2. BCar wash
  3. CGas (fuel) station (correct answer)
  4. DElectric power

Correct answer: C. A fuel pump indicates a gas station.Source: Handbook p. 63

Question 22What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: blue panel with a white square showing a black hammer, meaning vehicle workshop
  1. AGas station
  2. BWorkshop (vehicle repair) (correct answer)
  3. CRoad works
  4. DIndustrial zone

Correct answer: B. A tool symbol on a blue guidance sign indicates a workshop.Source: Handbook p. 63

Question 23What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: blue panel with a white square showing a tree and a picnic table, meaning park or picnic area
  1. ACamp
  2. BSand dunes
  3. CFarm
  4. DPark (picnic area) (correct answer)

Correct answer: D. A palm tree and picnic table indicate a park.Source: Handbook p. 63

Question 24What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: blue panel with black tent symbol, camp site
  1. ACamp (correct answer)
  2. BHotel
  3. CPark
  4. DTunnel

Correct answer: A. A tent symbol indicates a camp site.Source: Handbook p. 63

Question 25What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: blue rectangle with a white triangle, a walking pedestrian and zebra stripes, pedestrian crossing
  1. APedestrian zone ends
  2. BNo pedestrians
  3. CPedestrian crossing (here) (correct answer)
  4. DChildren crossing

Correct answer: C. A blue guidance sign with a walker on stripes marks the location of a pedestrian crossing.Source: Handbook p. 63

Question 26What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: blue square with white P and an arrow, indicating parking in the arrow direction
  1. ANo parking
  2. BExit
  3. CParking (in the direction of the arrow) (correct answer)
  4. DBus stop

Correct answer: C. A white P on blue indicates a parking area; the arrow shows where it is.Source: Handbook p. 63

Question 27What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: blue panel with white road lines converging, highway
  1. AEnd of highway
  2. BTwo-way traffic
  3. CNarrow bridge
  4. DHighway (start of highway) (correct answer)

Correct answer: D. A road symbol under an overpass indicates a highway.Source: Handbook p. 63

Question 28What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: blue panel with a white highway symbol crossed by a red diagonal bar, meaning end of highway
  1. AHighway begins
  2. BRoad closed
  3. CNo entry
  4. DEnd of highway (correct answer)

Correct answer: D. The highway symbol crossed by a red line marks the end of the highway.Source: Handbook p. 63

Question 29What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: green board with Exit and number 15, marking exit 15
  1. AExit (with exit number 15) (correct answer)
  2. BRoad number 15
  3. C15 km to the next city
  4. DSpeed limit 15

Correct answer: A. A blue sign with an upward-slanting arrow and a number tab shows a highway exit and its number.Source: Handbook p. 64

Question 30What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: green board labelled City Name with lane arrows, directing traffic to that city
  1. ACity centre
  2. BDirection sign to a city (lanes leading to that city) (correct answer)
  3. CEnd of city
  4. DStreet name sign

Correct answer: B. Blue signs to cities and villages show the city name and the lanes or direction to take.Source: Handbook p. 64

Question 31What does a green sign like this show?

Guide sign: green board listing Street names with arrows, guiding to streets within the city
  1. AGuidance to farms and museums
  2. BGuidance to streets or neighbourhoods within the city (correct answer)
  3. CA temporary detour
  4. DGuidance to other cities on the highway

Correct answer: B. Green guidance signs show street and neighbourhood names inside cities.Source: Handbook p. 64

Question 32What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: green panel with N and the word North, direction north
  1. ANeighbourhood name
  2. BNo through road
  3. CThe direction North (correct answer)
  4. DNext exit

Correct answer: C. Green direction signs show compass directions: N = North (also E, W, S).Source: Handbook p. 64

Question 33What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: green square with a white map shape and the number 22, a main road route number
  1. ACity name
  2. BByway number
  3. CMain road number (correct answer)
  4. DSecondary road number

Correct answer: C. The road number on a map-shaped plate identifies a main road.Source: Handbook p. 64

Question 34What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: green square with a white shield containing the number 222, a secondary road route
  1. AByway number
  2. BExit number
  3. CSecondary road number (correct answer)
  4. DMain road number

Correct answer: C. This shield shape with a three-digit number identifies a secondary road.Source: Handbook p. 64

Question 35What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: green square with a white circle containing route number 2222, a byway road
  1. AMain road number
  2. BByway (local road) number (correct answer)
  3. CSecondary road number
  4. DSpeed limit

Correct answer: B. The round shape with a four-digit number identifies a byway.Source: Handbook p. 64

Question 36What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: board with a Kaaba symbol and arrow, showing the direction to Mecca
  1. ADirection to Mecca (correct answer)
  2. BDirection to Madinah
  3. CMosque nearby
  4. DCity centre

Correct answer: A. The Kaaba symbol on a green sign guides to Mecca.Source: Handbook p. 64

Question 37What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: white square with a black ring around a dot, meaning city centre
  1. ACustoms
  2. BRoundabout
  3. CCity centre (correct answer)
  4. DPoint of interest

Correct answer: C. A circle with a central dot on a white sign guides to the city centre.Source: Handbook p. 64

Question 38What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: industrial area, a black factory silhouette with chimney on a white square
  1. AFire station
  2. BPower station
  3. CIndustrial zone (correct answer)
  4. DWorkshop

Correct answer: C. A factory symbol guides to an industrial zone.Source: Handbook p. 64

Question 39What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: white square with a black aeroplane symbol, meaning airport
  1. ALow-flying aircraft (warning)
  2. BAirport (correct answer)
  3. CAir force base, no entry
  4. DHelicopter landing

Correct answer: B. An aircraft on a white guidance sign directs you to an airport.Source: Handbook p. 64

Question 40What does this sign mean?

Guide sign: white square with black mosque outline, Madinah Sanctuary boundary
  1. ACity centre
  2. BMadinah Sanctuary (correct answer)
  3. CMecca
  4. DMosque rest area

Correct answer: B. The mosque symbol on a white facility sign guides to the Madinah Sanctuary.Source: Handbook p. 64

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