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Traffic signals: Japan Licence Test Practice Questions

Traffic-signal questions turn on what each light and arrow actually permits, not what it looks like it permits.

Quick answerThe bank contains 63 traffic signals questions, 18 of them illustrated. Five representative questions are shown below; follow a set link to study the topic in full.

Every question below appears in the numbered sets listed under “Study this topic by set”. Answers are shown immediately; each carries the same explanation used in the practice app.

Sample questions

Karimen set 1Source question 8Traffic signals

Sample question 1

Japanese licence-test illustration: Intersection diagram with signals Ⓐ and Ⓑ and an arrow

In the situation shown in the figure, when traffic signal Ⓐ at the intersection is green, vehicles proceeding in the direction indicated by the arrow may execute a left turn even if traffic signal Ⓑ is red.

Answer: True

Explanation: Vehicles should only follow the traffic signal ahead and do not need to follow the traffic signal of the cross street.
Karimen set 1Source question 35Traffic signals

Sample question 2

Japanese licence-test illustration: Hand signal: arm extended diagonally downward from vehicle

A hand signal as shown in the figure, with the arm extended diagonally downward from the vehicle, is used to indicate that the vehicle is reversing.

Answer: False

Explanation: This hand signal indicates that the vehicle is slowing down or attempting to stop.
Karimen set 1Source question 45Traffic signals

Sample question 3

Japanese licence-test illustration: Police officer waving a lamp side-to-side

A lamp being moved side-to-side by a police officer as shown in the figure has the same meaning as the red light of a traffic signal for traffic proceeding in the direction of the arrows.

Answer: True

Explanation: The arrows indicate traffic proceeding towards the front and back of the police officer, so the hand signal has the same meaning as a red light.
Karimen set 1Source question 27Traffic signals

Sample question 4

A driver must start the vehicle immediately after a traffic signal turns green, because the green signal designates "must proceed."

Answer: False

Explanation: A green light does not mean that a vehicle must proceed. A vehicle must proceed according to the circumstances.
Karimen set 1Source question 34Traffic signals

Sample question 5

When a traffic signal for cross traffic turns red at an intersection, the traffic signal ahead is always green.

Answer: False

Explanation: The traffic signal ahead is not always green even when the traffic signal for cross traffic turns red.

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