QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Controlled Access Highways - CORRECT ANSWER Have limited access, vehicles
can enter and leave only at interchanges.
Uncontrolled Access Highways - CORRECT ANSWER -Can be State or US,
-Where there are typically side streets, intersections, shopping and/or driveways
Expressways - CORRECT ANSWER -Controlled access
-Designed for low risk, high speed travel as cross traffic is eliminated and a median or barrier
is present
-Pedestrians and slow-moving traffic are NOT permitted
-Wide shoulders provide an escape path
-Greater speeds make collisions on expressways more serious
-Travel at same speed as traffic, but don't exceed speed limit
Cloverleaf - CORRECT ANSWER Entrance/exit ramps that look like a 4-leaf clover.
Diamond - CORRECT ANSWER Road with little traffic that crosses a busy
expressway.
Trumpet - CORRECT ANSWER A side road that forms a T intersection with an
expressway.
All-directional - CORRECT ANSWER High volume traffic is channeled in many
different directions.
Entrance Ramp - CORRECT ANSWER Gives you time to evaluate zone conditions as
you prepare to enter an expressway.
-Look for a gap in traffic