According to the manual, what information do guide/informational signs give drivers?
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A.
No U-turn and keep-right lane rules
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B.
Warnings about upcoming road hazards
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C.
Speed limits and enforcement rules
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D.
Directions, routes, distances, and services Correct
The answer is "Directions, routes, distances, and services"
The manual defines guide/informational signs as giving directions, routes, distances, and indicating services, which is the full scope of the category. Choice B is the trap for drivers who sort every roadside sign into just two buckets, regulatory and warning, and expect any sign that "informs" to be handing them a hazard alert.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. No U-turn and keep-right lane rules
These messages belong to the regulatory sign family, which the manual lists on page 83 with examples like NO U-TURN and KEEP RIGHT EXCEPT TO PASS. Treats any rectangular roadside sign as a guide sign because guide signs are also rectangular, ignoring that color and message content separate the two families.
B. Warnings about upcoming road hazards
Warnings about upcoming hazards belong to the warning-sign family, not the guide/informational category. Many warning signs are yellow diamonds, but their shapes and colors vary with the warning: orange diamonds for construction, a yellow circle for a railroad advance warning, and a yellow pentagon for a school zone. This answer sorts signs by whether they tell the driver something new and folds the warning family into the guide category because both deliver information the driver did not already have.
C. Speed limits and enforcement rules
Speed limits are posted on the black-and-white rectangular regulatory signs the manual covers on page 83, not on guide/informational signs. Carries over the habit of looking for the posted speed as the single most important roadside message, then assigns it to whichever sign category the question happens to name.
This question tests your knowledge of Guide Signs in North Carolina. Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook, "Chapter 5 - Signals and Signs, Guide/Informational Signs," p.85..
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