According to the Texas manual, what sign shape is used exclusively for yield signs?
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A.
Regular octagon
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B.
Circular disc
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C.
Equilateral triangle Correct
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D.
Warning pennant
The answer is "Equilateral triangle"
The manual's shape table gives the equilateral triangle to yield signs and to no other sign type, so a driver reads the yield rule from the shape alone. The trap is octagon: it is the other single-purpose shape listed in the same 'exclusively' entries, so a learner grouping the two together as memory partners swaps which shape carries which rule.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Regular octagon
The octagon is the shape the manual reserves exclusively for stop signs, not yield. This answer swaps the two 'exclusively' entries because a learner memorizes stop and yield as one pair of shape-facts and grabs whichever surfaces first.
B. Circular disc
Round is the shape the manual assigns to railroad advance warning signs, not yield. This answer substitutes the rail advance disc because the act of yielding at a crossing gets pinned to the yellow circle a driver sees on approach rather than to the yield triangle.
D. Warning pennant
The pennant is the manual's advance warning shape for no-passing zones, not yield. This answer picks the pennant because a driver on a two-lane road recalls its sideways point 'directing' them and treats that as a warning to yield rather than a no-pass alert.
This question tests your knowledge of Road Signs in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Chapter 5, Table 17: Signs by Shape," p.26..
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