You see an orange diamond-shaped sign. What kind of area does it warn you about?
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A.
A state highway route marker
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B.
A construction or maintenance zone Correct
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C.
A parks and recreation area
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D.
A pedestrian crosswalk area
The answer is "A construction or maintenance zone"
Orange warning signs mark construction and maintenance zones on Illinois roadways. Choice C pulls in readers who remember orange trail markers at a park entrance and generalize the color out from work zones, though the manual assigns parks to brown.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. A state highway route marker
Route markers appear in the guide-signs section and don't use orange as their main color. This answer reaches for a highway-branding color when the manual assigns orange to work zones only.
C. A parks and recreation area
Parks and recreation signs use brown, not orange. This answer carries over a memory of orange trail markers into the roadway color code.
D. A pedestrian crosswalk area
Pedestrian crossing warnings run yellow or yellow-green. This answer groups every warning color under one label instead of separating them by function.
This question tests your knowledge of Road Signs in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Colors of Signs," p.64..
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