The manual lists people who direct traffic in a work zone as one of its traffic control devices. What does the manual call them?
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A.
Signalers.
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B.
Flaggers. Correct
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C.
Escorts.
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D.
Officers.
The answer is "Flaggers."
The manual lists flaggers alongside barricades, cones, and drums as traffic control devices in work zones. Choice C catches drivers who associate the word escort with construction through their memory of pilot cars leading oversize loads on the highway.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Signalers.
Signaler is not the term the manual uses for the people directing traffic in a work zone. This answer substitutes a plausible synonym for the specific term the manual prints.
C. Escorts.
The manual does not use escort in its list of work zone traffic control devices. This answer reaches for a term from pilot-car and oversize-load escorts, which sit outside this list.
D. Officers.
Officers may sometimes direct traffic, but the manual's work zone list names flaggers. This answer assumes anyone directing traffic must be a uniformed officer of the law.
This question tests your knowledge of Construction Signs in North Carolina. Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook, "Work Zones," p.71..
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