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TRAFFIC CONTROL TECHNICIAN (CHAP 1-4)
QUESTION AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
**1. What does IMSA stand for?**
A) International Municipal Signal Association
B) International Motorway Safety Agency
C) Institute of Municipal Safety and Action
D) International Management System Association
**Answer: A) International Municipal Signal Association**
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**2. What is IMSA's mission?**
A) To provide traffic laws
B) To promote the exchange of ideas and provide certifications for safe traffic control
C) To manage traffic signals only
D) To enforce traffic regulations
**Answer: B) To promote the exchange of ideas and provide certifications for safe traffic control**
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**3. What does MUTCD stand for?**
A) Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
B) Manual for Urban Traffic Control Devices
C) Model Uniform Traffic Control Design
D) Manual of Universal Traffic Control
**Answer: A) Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices**
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**4. What does the MUTCD require?**
A) Use of bright colors
B) High visibility safety apparel by all workers
C) Special traffic signals
D) Extra signage
**Answer: B) High visibility safety apparel by all workers**
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**5. What are traffic control devices?**
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A) Only stop signs
B) All signs, signals, markings, and devices used to regulate or guide traffic
C) Only lights and signals
D) Non-essential road markings
**Answer: B) All signs, signals, markings, and devices used to regulate or guide traffic**
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**6. What are the five basic requirements for an effective traffic control device?**
A) Easy to understand
B) Fulfills a need, commands attention, conveys clear meaning, commands respect, gives adequate
response time
C) Colorful and large
D) Located at every intersection
**Answer: B) Fulfills a need, commands attention, conveys clear meaning, commands respect, gives
adequate response time**
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**7. What is a fundamental objective of the MUTCD?**
A) Create more traffic signs
B) Establish uniform traffic control devices and standards
TRAFFIC CONTROL TECHNICIAN (CHAP 1-4)
QUESTION AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
**1. What does IMSA stand for?**
A) International Municipal Signal Association
B) International Motorway Safety Agency
C) Institute of Municipal Safety and Action
D) International Management System Association
**Answer: A) International Municipal Signal Association**
---
**2. What is IMSA's mission?**
A) To provide traffic laws
B) To promote the exchange of ideas and provide certifications for safe traffic control
C) To manage traffic signals only
D) To enforce traffic regulations
**Answer: B) To promote the exchange of ideas and provide certifications for safe traffic control**
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**3. What does MUTCD stand for?**
A) Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
B) Manual for Urban Traffic Control Devices
C) Model Uniform Traffic Control Design
D) Manual of Universal Traffic Control
**Answer: A) Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices**
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**4. What does the MUTCD require?**
A) Use of bright colors
B) High visibility safety apparel by all workers
C) Special traffic signals
D) Extra signage
**Answer: B) High visibility safety apparel by all workers**
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**5. What are traffic control devices?**
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A) Only stop signs
B) All signs, signals, markings, and devices used to regulate or guide traffic
C) Only lights and signals
D) Non-essential road markings
**Answer: B) All signs, signals, markings, and devices used to regulate or guide traffic**
---
**6. What are the five basic requirements for an effective traffic control device?**
A) Easy to understand
B) Fulfills a need, commands attention, conveys clear meaning, commands respect, gives adequate
response time
C) Colorful and large
D) Located at every intersection
**Answer: B) Fulfills a need, commands attention, conveys clear meaning, commands respect, gives
adequate response time**
---
**7. What is a fundamental objective of the MUTCD?**
A) Create more traffic signs
B) Establish uniform traffic control devices and standards
