CDI ANSWER KEY
Since ancient times, human's quest for food, riches and knowledge makes them
traverse billions of miles.
Wholly true
The Hobby Horse is also known as ___________________.
Dan Horse
It is part of human's life and without effective and affordable transportation, it is
impossible for any kind of movement from one place to another.
Wholly true
Which is not part of traffic management?
Road accidents and traffic jams.
It usually relates to an excess of vehicles to a portion of a roadway at a particular time
resulting in speeds that are slower than normal or free flow speeds.
Traffic congestion
Humans doesn't need modes of transportation to escape enemies, to move goods to
the market, communicate, and to reach new and better living space.
Wholly false
It is defined as mutual obstruction of traffic by vehicles due to the existing interrelation
between the speed of moving vehicles and the volume of flows in the conditions of
depletion of the infrastructure capacity.
Traffic congestion
It is the organization, arrangement, guidance, and control of both stationary and moving
traffic, including pedestrians bicyclists, and all types of vehicles, to provide for the safety,
orderly and efficient movement of people and goods, and to protect and enhance the
quality of the local environment near the traffic facilities.
Traffic management
The movement of goods and people from one place to another
Traffic
Traffic congestion can lead to drivers becoming frustrated and engaging in road rage.
Wholly true
transportation does not play a key role in the development of human society.
Wholly false
Thousands of years ago, during the Stone age, most humans are nomadic-hunter
gatherers.
Wholly true
The movement of goods and people from one place to another, and the various means
by which such movement is accomplished, is an integral part of human civilization.
Wholly true
Transportation does not enable trade, commerce and communication that supports a
civilization.
Wholly false
As demand approaches the capacity of a road (or of the intersections along the road),
extreme traffic congestion sets in.
Wholly true
In pre-Columbian America, _____________________ was the only new world animal other
than the dog that is capable of domestication for use in transportation.
Llama
Road width, traffic lights, intersections, or any obstacles are symbolized so that drivers
can be more careful of their surroundings before crossing through the road.
Warning Signs
______________________________ are used as draft animals – transporting both people and
freight from A to B. Many of the people of the far north are nomadic. Their graze and
grow and then move on and the people who own them travel with them. Their
possessions are on sleighs or directly on the backs of the reindeer. It became famous
because of Santa Claus.
Reindeer
___________depict a variety of symbols that are applied to show or re-enforce traffic laws,
regulations, or specifications which apply either at all times or at specified times or
positions upon a street or highway.
Regulatory signs
The Convention on Road Traffic, commonly known as the ________________________, is an
international treaty designed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road
safety by establishing standard traffic rules among the contracting parties.
Vienna Convention on Road Traffic
When it comes to transporting people and their possessions, ___________________ have
two important advantages: They can run very fast and very far. Their speed and
endurance are amazing for a creature so large, making them the ideal animals to carry
people and goods around the world.
Horse
A _______________________ means STOP. A right turn can be made against a red light ONLY
after you stop and yield to pedestrians and vehicles in your path. DO NOT turn if there is
a sign posted for NO TURN ON RED.
red signal light
Signs which are ___________________________ in color refer to situations where you must
stop or yield.
Red
Under the regulatory sign group, which of the following is included?
All of the foregoing
The invention of the wheel is not one of man's greatest inventions.
Wholly false
It is also known as caution signs.
Danger warning signs
Pedestrians are not allowed to cross the road
NO PEDESTRIAN CROSSING
A _________________________ warns you that the red signal is about to appear. When you
see the _________________, you should stop, if you can do so safely. If you can't stop, look
out for vehicles that may enter the intersection when the light changes.
yellow signal light
The early invention of the bicycle has made __________________ widely acknowledged as
the father of the bicycle.
Karl Von Drais
It is common in China for a group of vendors to enter an urban area each morning in a
truck from their village. From a central area, the vendors disperse, selling their goods.
Later in the day, they return to the truck then to their village.
Carrying Pole
Approximate distance of a particular exit.
REASSURANCE DIRECT SIGNS
The most significant pre-Wright brothers aeronautical experimenter was the German
glider pioneer Otto Lilienthal. Between 1891 and 1896, he built and flew a series of
highly successful full-size _____________________.
gliders
They have an equilateral triangle shape and have red borders.
Danger warning signs
___________________________ is the movement of people and goods from one location to
another. The movement typically occurs along with a specific facility or pathway that can
be called a guideway. It may be a physical guideway, as in the case of a railroad, or it
may be an agreed-upon or designated route, marked either electronically (as in aviation)
or geographically (as in the maritime industry).
Traffic
Provide directions to towns, scenic attractions, geographical interests, at less important
intersections.
FINGER BOARD AND DIRECTION SIGNS
Which of the following is NOT a PRIORITY SIGN?
NO ENTRY
_____________________ are direction signs. This color is used for things like street signs (the
names of streets), exit signs, mile markers, and signs showing you directions to a certain
city or the distance to a specific place.
Green road signs
Leonardo da Vinci made the first real studies of flight in the 1480s. His________________
flying machine was an aircraft that would fly by flapping its wings, a design he created
to show how humans could fly. It even had a sophisticated flight control system;
however, this design was never built by the designer.
ornithopter
A ________________ was a means of transportation devised by Native Americans who had
no knowledge of the wheel. It was simply constructed using two poles that were lashed
one on either side of a dog or, later, a horse, with one end of each pole dragging on the
ground.
Travois
_____________________ is the transport of person(s) and/or goods using
human muscle power.
Manpower
Pedestrian was coined from the Latin word pedester, meaning someone who
___________________.
travels on foot
The world's oldest wheel found in 2002 is on display at the City Museum of Ljubljana.
The _______________________ wooden wheel with its axle, in terms of both age and
technological perfection, belongs at the very peak of the world's cultural heritage.
5,200-year-old
Wheel enabled the transport burdens that are beyond the power of man or animals.
Wholly true
Walking remained the most common mode of human transportation, but throughout
the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, people increasingly used
_____________________ to move goods and themselves over land.
Animal Power
The invention of the wheel is a milestone and a great step forward in transportation.
Wholly true
A bullock cart or ox cart (sometimes called a bullock carriage when carrying people in
particular) is a two-wheeled or four-wheeled vehicle pulled by ______________________. It is
a means of transportation used since ancient times in many parts of the world.
Ox
It is also known as guide signs or direction signs.
Informative signs
Between 1899 and 1905, the Wright brothers conducted a program of aeronautical
research and experimentation that led to the first successful powered _________________ in
1903 and a refined, practical flying machine two years later. All successful
________________ since then have incorporated the basic design elements of the 1903
Wright Flyer. The genius of Wilbur and Orville lay not only in the singular act of getting
a flying machine into the air but also in the approach they evolved and employed to
create the technology of flight. Their method of evaluating data gathered by testing an
aircraft in flight, then refining the design based on those results, remains an essential
tool in aerospace research and development.
airplane
These road signs show what destination is lying ahead or after a particular turn or exit.
Informative signs
___________________ are devices placed along, beside, or above a roadway to guide, warn,
and regulate the flow of traffic, which includes motor vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles,
pedestrians, and other road users.
Traffic control signals
In Far Northern Hemisphere, the ____________ team drawing sledges are the chief mode
of transportation.
Dogs
The world's oldest wheel found at the _________________________________ in 2002 is on
display at the City Museum of Ljubljana.
Ljubljana Marshes
Road signs are there to serve as a warning to all road users to ensure they are safe from
potential driving hazards and situations. They also help regulate the flow of traffic
among vehicles, as well as other road users – pedestrians and cyclists, for example. You
can even include animals here.
Wholly True
These signs are round in shape with the exception of the Stop and Yield Signs.
Regulatory Signs
A German baron named _____________________ made the first major development when he
created a steerable, two-wheeled contraption in 1817. Known by many names, including
the “velocipede,” “hobby-horse,” “draisine” and “running the machine,” also known as
the bicycle.
Karl Von Drais
Stop signs, parking signs, and speed limit signs are the most common one and can
easily be understood without interpretation. Less common signs are the load and
dimension restriction signs, indicating what class of vehicles are allowed to enter a
certain road or bridge at a given time.
Wholly true
_____________________ is any freight- or passenger-carrying device that is dragged or
pushed with the aid of rollers.
Sledge on Rollers
It is one of the greatest inventions that appeared in the last 300 years.
Motorized Transportation
It is the supervision of the movement of people, goods, or vehicles to ensure,
efficiency, and safety.
traffic control
It has a rectangular shape with white color on blue.
Informative signs
It is the movement of goods and persons from place to place and the various means by
which such movement is accomplished.
Transportation
A ____________________ can walk across terrain that vehicles cannot handle especially in
the desert. Items are loaded onto a _______________ back, with often more than one
traveling in procession. Known as a caravan, camels are tied together to be led with their
cargo to their destination.
Camel
Which of the following is a direction sign?
All of the foregoing
These signs instruct the motorists to follow a direction or to obey a course of action. It is
in conjunction with regulatory or warning signs to form a standard treatment, and to
support the operation of traffic rules.
TRAFFIC INSTRUCTION SIGNS
In the Philippines, distance is measured from __________________________ in each Province
which should be somewhere near the Provincial Building. In Luzon, distance is measured
between each Provincial Zero KM Post and the Zero Kilometer Post is in Luneta Park,
Manila.
Zero Kilometer Post
The ____________________ is the custom-built, single-engine, single-seat, high-wing
monoplane that was flown by Charles Lindbergh on May 20–21, 1927.
Spirit of St. Louis
Driver must stop at designated STOP LINE. No parking within 6 meters.
STOP SIGN
Lane allowed for motorcycle riders and can be shared by other vehicles. Riders are not
allowed to stay on other lanes unless instructed by enforcers or the rider is turning into
an intersection and must signal his/her intention within 100 meters.
Motorcycle Lanes
The Hobby Horse is also known as ___________________.
Dan Horse
Bicycles that we drive today would not be anywhere close to being the same without the
ingenuity and inventiveness of the British inventor ___________________________ who
managed to introduce to the world the first commercial pneumatic rubber tire.
John Boyd Dunlop
A ___________________ is a strap attached at both ends to a sack, backpack, or
other luggage and used to carry the object by placing the strap over the top of the
head. This utilizes the spine rather than the shoulders as standard backpack straps do.
________________ are not intended to be worn over the forehead, but rather over the top
of the head just back from the hairline, pulling straight down in alignment with the
spine. The bearer then leans forward, allowing the back to help support the load.
Backload and Tumpline
__________________ is the most ancient mode of transportation. It is also the most
common and cheapest physical activity. Indeed, the medical and public health literature
has long-established the importance of _________________ and physical activity as
determinants of good health.
Walking
Informs the road users the names of roads and streets they are passing or entering.
STREET NAME SIGNS
These kinds of signs assist in managing the flow of traffic. It covers the commonly
known road signs that should be known by all motorists.
Regulatory signs
A _____________________ means GO, but you must first let any vehicles, bicycles, or
pedestrians remaining in the intersection get through before you move ahead.
green light
Visible in less than 1 kilometer before an intersection.
INTERSECTION DIRECTION SIGNS
Alternatively, these symbols can tell drivers their current positions, and where this
direction might lead them to. This sign is normally spotted when the upcoming
destination is an important stop such as gas stations or tourist attractions.
Informative signs
Which of the following is not a prohibitive/restrictive sign?
GIVE WAY
The Santos-Dumont No. 6 was an ____________________________ designed and built by the
Brazilian pioneer aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont.
airship
Yield to the vehicles on the right side of the intersection.
GIVE WAY SIGN
Signs used to warn motorists of potentially hazardous conditions on or adjacent to the
road. It advise motorists of road conditions that require caution and may call for a
reduction in speed, in the interest of safety and that of other road users.
Warning Signs
____________________ were also used as load animals to transport goods from one end of
the plateau to the other, traveling in large caravans and as mounts, especially during the
long journeys people undertook when trading or going on pilgrimage in the Tibetan
Plateau.
Yaks
Inform and advise road users about the directions, distances, routes, the location of
services for road users, and point of interest.
Informative signs
A ______________________ is usually big enough for at least two passengers to ride in. Most
____________________ travel across snow or ice, sliding on smooth runners, and are pulled
by one or more horses.
Sledge on Runners/Sleigh
It is also known as ass. It is first domesticated in the Middle East.
Donkey
In Thailand, _______________________ are used to trek through the dense forests around the
cities. A long time ago, ____________________ were also used to transport goods along the
Silk Road. Their size and strength meant lots of goods could be carried at one particular
time.
Elephants
Wheel was invented in _______________________.
Western Asia
Signs that inform road users of traffic laws and regulations which, if disregarded, will
constitute an offense.
Regulatory Signs
It can be seen from the picture below that the repeated pattern on display is an upward
triangle outlined in red. Commonly, these road signs alert drivers of incoming road
layout or hazards that might be lying ahead.
Warning signs
A ________________________ is a member of a community without fixed habitation who
regularly moves to and from the same areas.
Nomad
__________________________ are used to guide the traffic safely past obstructions on
roadways such as islands, median strips, bridge piers or indicate changes in the width of the
traveled portion of the roadway and an increase or reduction in traffic lanes.
TRANSITION LINES
These are construction activities in the roadway that result in physical changes to the highway
environment.
Work xones
A Non-Professional driver’s license is suited for:
Private vehicles
BARRIER LINE DOUBLE SOLID YELLOW LINES is where you should never cross to pass
another vehicle unless permitted.
Wholly true
________________ are often used to guide traffic into the right turning lanes separated by an
island, such as a corner island at a signalized intersection.
CHEVRON markings
What is the meaning of a continuous yellow line in the road?
It is prohibited to overtake
They are in the form of lines, symbols, messages or numerals, and may be set into the surface of,
applied upon, or attached to the pavement. In some cases, pavement markings are used as a
supplement to other traffic control devices, such as traffic signals and road signs. It guides traffic
or gives advance warning or may impose restrictions supported by traffic regulations.
Pavement markings
_______________________ is a condition in transport that is characterised by slower speeds,
longer trip times, and increased vehicular queueing.
Traffic congestion
These refer to environmental conditions that can lead to changes to driver behavior that affect
traffic flow.
Weather
BROKEN AND SOLID YELLOW LINES means overtaking is not permitted on the side of the
broken line but on side of a solid line.
Wholly false
It can be seen from the picture below that the repeated pattern on display is an upward triangle
outlined in red. Commonly, these road signs alert drivers of incoming road layout or hazards that
might be lying ahead.
Warning signs
The minimum age in the application for Non-Professional Driver’s License is:
17 years old
What should you do before turning left or right?
Give signal not less than 30 meters before turning
It is more dangerous to turn left than to turn right because:
You have to be aware and cautious from vehicles coming from left or right sides of the road
What should you prepare for a long trip?
All answers are correct
Before leaving the parking area, you should:
Look around first
The safest response even if you have rights on the road is:
Don’t force your rights
BROKEN YELLOW LINE means passing is not allowed.
Wholly false
When traffic demand is great enough that the interaction between vehicles slows the speed of the
traffic stream, this results in some congestion.
Wholly true
When vehicles are fully stopped for periods of time, this is known as a
_______________________ or (informally) a traffic snarl-up.
traffic jam
__________________________ lines consist of yellow box within the intersection and yellow
diagonal lines forming an "X" inside the box. The box should be open or no vehicle should stay
inside the box to avoid obstruction to other vehicles.
DO NOT BLOCK INTERSECTION
SOLID YELLOW LANE ON LEFT OF TRAFFIC DIRECTION means a driver must stop at the
side of a road marked with a continuous yellow edge line.
Wholly false
Pedestrians are not allowed to cross the road.
NO PEDESTRIAN CROSSING
While changing lanes, you should give a signal, check your rearview mirror and:
Watch out for oncoming vehicles
LANE LINE is where changing of lane is allowed provided that it is safe to do so and will not
result to obstruction.
Wholly true
Not following road and traffic rules:
May engage you in an accident
According to the law, you are not allowed to drive fast, except when:
All answers are correct
After overtaking, you want to safely go back to the lane where you where you came from, you
should:
Use the rear view mirror to check the vehicle you have overtaken
When parking uphill and parallel to the sidewalk, you should turn the wheel:
Away from the sidewalk curb
The cause of traffic congestion like mall sales, fiesta celebrations, campaign rallies of politicians,
and visitations of VIPs.
Special events
The vehicle is parked if:
The vehicle is stationary with the engine turned off
_____________________ guide drivers through a change in horizontal alignment of the road.
CHEVRON SIGNS
These are events that disrupt the normal flow of traffic, usually by physical impedance in the
travel lanes. These include vehicular crashes, breakdowns, and debris in travel lanes.
Traffic accidents
In order to effectively move goods and people, the vehicles and infrastructure, on which the
means of transport could transit, had to be made available and maintained.
Wholly true
A person who drives while under influence of alcohol or drugs is punishable by law with: All
answers are correct
n an intersection with a STOP sign, you should:
Stop and proceed if there is no danger
CENTERLINE (OR SEPARATION LINE) is where the crossing of solid white lines requires
special care and is discouraged.
Wholly true
_____________________ are thermoplastic lane marking designed to aid and provide motorist
with visual , audio and motion warnings on the road. ______________________ are highly
visible horizontal lines on the road that produce a humming sound and ample bumpy ride to the
motorists when ran over.
RUMBLE STRIPS
It is a state wherein transport is slowed and more vehicles are queueing on a given road.
Traffic congestion
______________________ is an unbroken white line used to indicate the proper location of the
loading and unloading zone of public utility vehicles preferably with parking restriction.
LOADING AND UNLOADING BAY LANE LINE
These are used to emphasize to the approaching driver a marked change in the direction of travel
and the presence of an obstruction.
Hazard markers
Having a license means you can drive:
Vehicles allowed indicated in your license
What is the meaning of a blinking yellow traffic light?
Slow down and proceed if there is no danger
_______________________ is an unbroken yellow line used to separate other vehicles from
buses and PUJ 's and supplemented by raised pavement markers on concrete pavements.
BUS AND PUJ LANE LINE
The other term for ROUNDABOUT.
Rotunda
It is a systematic and sustained effort aimed at directing and controlling all traffic on the roads,
make them free of the negative effects of the transport system.
Traffic management
It is the act or process of moving people or things from one place to another.
Transportation
Approximate distance of a particular exit.
REASSURANCE DIRECT SIGNS
You can overtake in a highway if it has two lanes with:
Broken yellow line
Obtaining a driver’s license is:
A privilege
What is the meaning of blinking red traffic light?
Stop and proceed if there is no danger ahead
SINGLE SOLID YELLOW LINE means overtaking is not prohibited in both directions.
Wholly false
Any person who has a license to operate vehicles in other countries may, upon presentation of
appropriate evidence of such license, be allowed to pay for a driver's license without presenting a
student driver's permit.
