Wyoming DMV Sign Test 3

5 out of 5 (36 votes)
80% Passing score
20 Questions
4 Mistakes allowed
Wyoming road signs are not just filler material in the Class C knowledge test, and that is worth knowing before you start studying. WYDOT folds sign questions into the regular 25-question multiple-choice permit test, which is based on the state’s Rules of the Road / Class C Driver License Manual. You need 20 correct answers to pass, so every missed sign, signal, or pavement marking question counts the same as a missed right-of-way or impaired-driving question. A wrong answer is a wrong answer, basically, even if it came from something as familiar-looking as a yellow warning sign. This Wyoming road sign practice test gives you 20 focused questions pulled around the material drivers are expected to know: regulatory signs, warning signs, guide signs, traffic signals, lane markings, railroad crossings, work zones, and those pavement markings that seem obvious until the answer choices start splitting hairs. The practice passing score is 16 out of 20, matching the same 80% standard used on the real Wyoming permit test. It is a tighter drill than the full exam, but that is the point. You are not wandering through the whole manual here; you are checking whether the signs and markings actually stick. And Wyoming is a good place to take that seriously. Roads can shift quickly from city traffic in Cheyenne to long open stretches, mountain routes, construction zones, tourist-heavy areas near Yellowstone, and small-town intersections where the sign is the instruction. Not a suggestion. The instruction. Knowing the shape of a stop sign or yield sign is the easy part, sure, but the test can also press on meanings, categories, signals, and markings that drivers tend to skim over when they study too fast. You can retake this Wyoming DMV practice test as many times as you need, which is useful because repetition exposes the weak spots in a way casual reading usually does not. Maybe it is railroad crossings. Maybe it is work-zone signs. Maybe it is one of those markings you have seen for years and somehow never had to name out loud. Better to find that out here than at a WYDOT testing station, after the automated system has already decided which 25 questions you are getting.
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Sample Wyoming Permit Test Questions

Question 1

At a railroad grade crossing without an applicable exception, what must a driver of a vehicle carrying cargo that requires a hazardous-material placard do?

Which of the following is true about vehicles displaying a diamond-shaped sign (indicating a hazardous load)?
  1. A Use the freeway instead of crossing the tracks
  2. B Reduce speed to 35 mph without stopping
  3. C Stop before crossing the tracks
  4. D Proceed first because placarded vehicles have priority

Correct answer: C – Stop before crossing the tracks

Under Wyoming law, a driver transporting cargo that requires a U.S. Department of Transportation placard must generally stop between 15 and 50 feet from the nearest rail. The driver must look and listen for rail traffic and proceed only when safe. Exceptions include certain crossings controlled by an officer, traffic signal, gates, flashing-light signal, or an official exemption sign.

Source: Wyo. Stat. § 31-5-511(a), (b) – Stopping requirements for certain vehicles at railroad crossings

Question 2

A white X-shaped sign displaying the words “RAILROAD CROSSING” identifies a:

This road sign means:
  1. A Stop-controlled intersection
  2. B Three-way intersection
  3. C Crossroad intersection
  4. D Railroad grade crossing

Correct answer: D – Railroad grade crossing

The crossbuck marks a railroad grade crossing. A driver approaching it must look and listen for rail traffic and yield when a train or other rail equipment is approaching closely enough to make crossing unsafe. A separate sign below the crossbuck may show the number of tracks, and a YIELD or STOP sign may also be included in the assembly.

Source: Wyoming Rules of the Road Driver License Manual — “Railroad crossings”, 2009 MUTCD — §§ 8B.03–8B.04, “Grade Crossing (Crossbuck) Sign” and “Crossbuck Assemblies with YIELD or STOP Signs at Passive Grade Crossings”

Question 3

On a Wyoming two-way roadway, solid yellow centerlines separate:

  1. A A center turn lane from through lanes
  2. B A bicycle lane from motor vehicles
  3. C Lanes moving in the same direction
  4. D Traffic moving in opposite directions

Correct answer: D – Traffic moving in opposite directions

Yellow longitudinal lines separate traffic traveling in opposite directions. A solid yellow line also indicates that passing or changing lanes across the line is prohibited, subject to permitted left turns into or from an alley, private road, or driveway. White lines, by comparison, normally separate traffic moving in the same direction.

Source: Wyoming Rules of the Road Driver License Manual — “Pavement markings”

Question 4

An orange diamond sign showing a person holding a flag warns of:

This sign means:
  1. A A pedestrian crossing
  2. B The end of road work
  3. C A school crossing
  4. D A flagger controlling traffic ahead

Correct answer: D – A flagger controlling traffic ahead

The Flagger sign is placed in advance of a location where a flagger controls road users in a temporary traffic-control zone. Drivers must be ready to respond to the flagger’s directions. A STOP/SLOW paddle is the preferred hand-signaling device, although a flag or an approved automated device may be used in appropriate circumstances.

Source: 2009 MUTCD — § 6F.31, “Flagger Signs (W20-7, W20-7a)”, 2009 MUTCD — §§ 6E.03, 6E.07, “Hand-Signaling Devices” and “Flagger Procedures”

Question 5

What should you do when a steady yellow traffic signal appears?

  1. A Continue through at the same speed
  2. B Yield only if cross traffic has started moving
  3. C Stop before entering if possible; otherwise proceed carefully
  4. D Stop immediately, even if you are already in the intersection

Correct answer: C – Stop before entering if possible; otherwise proceed carefully

Wyoming’s signal law provides that a steady yellow light warns that the green movement is ending or a red indication will appear immediately afterward. The driver manual directs you to stop before entering if that can be done safely. If a safe stop is not possible, continue through the intersection carefully rather than braking abruptly within it.

Source: Wyo. Stat. § 31-5-403(a)(ii)(A) – Signal legend generally, Wyoming Rules of the Road Driver License Manual — “Traffic signals”

Question 6

A yellow diamond sign showing one traffic line joining another from the right warns that:

This sign means:
  1. A Two-way traffic begins ahead
  2. B The roadway becomes narrower
  3. C Traffic may merge into your lane ahead
  4. D A divided highway begins

Correct answer: C – Traffic may merge into your lane ahead

A Merge sign warns drivers that merging movements may occur ahead where lanes from separate roadways converge. It differs from a Lane Ends sign, which warns that a lane on the same roadway terminates because the usable pavement width is reduced. Watch the developing traffic pattern and make any necessary speed or lane adjustments safely.

Source: 2009 MUTCD — § 2C.40, “Merge Signs (W4-1, W4-5)”

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