Traffic Management

Question 1

is a term used to embody the activities undertaken by a highway
transportation agency to improve roadway system safety, efficiency and effectiveness for both
providers and consumers of transportation services.

Answer 1

Traffic management

Question 2

Three Elements of the Road System

Answer 2

a. The road
b. The vehicle
c. The driver

Question 3

are means by which the road user is advised as to detailed
requirements or conditions affecting road use at specific places and times to that proper action
may be taken and accident or delay avoided.

Answer 3

Traffic control devices

Question 4

These have the authority of law and impose precise requirements upon the actions
of the road user.

Answer 4

Regulatory devices

Question 5

These are used to inform road users of potentially hazardous roadway conditions
or unusual traffic movements that are not readily apparent to passing traffic.

Answer 5

Warning devices

Question 6

These are employed simply to inform the road user of route, destination, and other
pertinent traffic.

Answer 6

Guiding devices

Question 7

are employed more frequently than any other devices to regulate, warn, or
guide road users.

Answer 7

Traffic signs

Question 8

normally consist of lines, patterns, words, symbols, reflectors,
etc.

Answer 8

Traffic markings

Question 9

Philippine traffic signs conform to the _______ on
Road Traffic and Road Signs, which the country officially adopted on June 6, 1973.

Answer 9

1968 Vienna Conventions of the United Nations

Question 10

Equilateral triangular shape with one side horizontal shall be used for

Answer 10

danger warning
signs

Question 11

_____ shape shall be used for regulating traffic.

Answer 11

Round

Question 12

______ shape shall be used for informative signs.

Answer 12

Rectangular

Question 13

______ shape shall be used for STOP signs only.

Answer 13

Octagonal

Question 14

_______ shall be used for YIELD signs only.

Answer 14

Inverted equilateral triangle

Question 15

shall have a yellow or white background with black symbols and
red border.

Answer 15

Danger warning signs

Question 16

shall have a white background with black symbols
and red border.

Answer 16

Prohibitory signs and restrictive signs

Question 17

with the exception of STOP and YIELD signs shall have a blue
background and white symbols.

Answer 17

Mandatory signs

Question 18

shall have a red background and white symbols.

Answer 18

STOP signs

Question 19

shall have a yellow background and red border.

Answer 19

YIELD signs

Question 20

shall have a white or light-colored symbol on a dark-colored (blue or
black) background or a blue or dark-colored symbol on a white or light-colored
background.

Answer 20

Informative signs

Question 21

are round with a red border and either a white or a yellow background.

Answer 21

Prohibition signs

Question 22

are round and in blue colors.

Answer 22

Obligatory Signs

Question 23

These signs are, in general, rectangular with either a blue base with a white background, or
with a light base with a dark foreground.

Answer 23

Prescription Signs

Question 24

These signs are rectangular with a white or yellow plate with a symbol that stands for the
service involved.

Answer 24

Information Signs

Question 25

These signs are small and rectangular, they supplement the information on the main sign

Answer 25

Supplemental signs

Question 26

are those laid in the direction of travel

Answer 26

Longitudinal lines

Question 27

are those laid across the direction of travel.

Answer 27

Transverse lines

Question 28

should be of non-skid materials and should not protrude more than 6 mm above the level of the carriageway

Answer 28

Road markings

Question 29

should not protrude more than 15 mm above the level of the carriageway.

Answer 29

Raised pavement markings

Question 30

shall consist of line segments of equal lengths separated by uniform gaps

Answer 30

broken line

Question 31

is used where crossing of the line is either discouraged or prohibited.

Answer 31

solid unbroken line

Question 32

Messages when used should be limited to as few words as possible, never more than

Answer 32

three

Question 33

The symbol used to supplement the give way sign consists of isosceles triangle having two equal sides of 3.1 m and a base of 1 m.

Answer 33

Give way (yield) symbol

Question 34

are used for lane use control.

Answer 34

Pavement arrows

Question 35

are small rectangular or dome-shaped devices that are fixed to the pavement surface to simulate or supplement painted pavement markings

Answer 35

Raised pavement markers

Question 36

are rectangular and generally consist of a series of alternating black and white bands

Answer 36

Hazard markers

Question 37

are small reflective panels or buttons mounted on guide posts or guard fences as an effective aid for night driving

Answer 37

Delineators