What shape and color is the yield sign?
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A.
A red octagonal sign with a white border
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B.
A yellow pentagon with black lettering
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C.
A red and white triangle with the point at the bottom Correct
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D.
A square sign with a red circle and a white horizontal bar inside
The answer is "A red and white triangle with the point at the bottom"
The yield sign is triangular with the point at the bottom, and it's red and white with the word YIELD at the top. Drivers who learned the stop sign first often reach for its eight-sided red outline here, carrying over the color pair without checking the shape the manual actually gives for yield.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. A red octagonal sign with a white border
The eight-sided red sign is the stop sign, not the yield sign. Drivers who memorize the stop sign first often carry its shape over to any other red-and-white regulatory sign they're asked about. This answer carries the stop sign's octagonal shape over to the yield sign because both share red-and-white coloring.
B. A yellow pentagon with black lettering
The five-sided yellow pentagon warns of a school zone or school crossing and is a warning sign, not a regulatory sign. This answer reaches for the pentagon because it is the most distinctive outline on the sign chart and feels like the shape the test would single out.
D. A square sign with a red circle and a white horizontal bar inside
That describes the Do Not Enter sign, a square regulatory sign whose red circle and white bar sit inside the square outline. This answer picks the Do Not Enter sign out of habit because it is the red-and-white regulatory sign drivers see most often on one-way streets.
This question tests your knowledge of Regulatory Signs in North Carolina. Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook, "Chapter 5 - Signals and Signs: Traffic Signs, Regulatory Signs," p.83..
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