IMSA Signal Technician Level 1 End of
Chapter Questions 1
What is the primary function of the IMSA?
a. teaching design issues
b. safety education
c. signal manufacturing training
d. install traffic signals - answer Safety education
IMSA stands for:
a. International Mechanical Signals Association
b. Interstate Manual on Safety Actions
c. International Municipal Signal Association
d. International Municipal Safety Association - answer International Municipal Signal
Association
Which of the following is NOT an IMSA certification?
a. Traffic Signal Level II Design/Engineering Technician
b. Traffic Signal Level II Field Technician
c. Traffic Signal Level II Bench Technician
d. Traffic Signal Level III Bridge Design Technician - answerTraffic Signal Level III
Bridge Design Technician
Which of the following are potential safety hazards?
a. Overhead and Underground Power
b. Gas
c. Aerial Lift Equipment
d. All of the above. - answerOverhead and underground power
Gas
Aerial lift equipment
What are the sections of a ramp meter signal?
a. Circular Red, Circular Yellow, Circular Green
b. Circular Yellow, Circular Green
c. Circular Red, Circular Yellow
d. Circular Red, Circular Green - answerCircular red, circular green
PPE stands for:
a. Passenger Protective Equipment
b. Personal Protective Equipment
c. Personal Passenger Engineering
d. Protective Personal Equipment - answerPersonal Protective Equipment
,Which of the follow is an example of adequate fall protection during the operation of
aerial lift equipment?
a. Full Body Harness
b. Safety Belt
c. Rails of a platform lift
d. All of the above - answerFull body harness
Safety belt
Rails of a platform lift
Work Zone Supervisor is responsible for which of the following tasks?
a. Maintaining the Project Schedule
b. Ensure Advance Warning Devices have not been removed or relocated
c. Enforce Traffic Laws in the work zone
d. All of the above - answerEnsure advance warning devices have not been removed or
relocated
Which of the following is NOT a sentence type in the MUTCD?
a. Standards: Requirements that have to be followed
b. Guidance: Recommendations that are to be followed unless there is good reason not
to.
c. Objectives: Reasons behind standards and guidance
d. Support: additional information to clarify the standards and guidance. - answerY:
Standards; requirements that have to be followed
Y: Guidance; recommendations that are to be followed unless there is a good reason
not to
N: Objectives; reasons behind the standards and guidance
Y: Support; additional information to clarify the standards and guidance
Which of the following is an example configuration of an Emergency-Vehicle Traffic
Control Signals:
a. Two-section traffic signal with circular green and circular red indications
b. Three section traffic signal with circular red, circular yellow, and smaller circular
yellow indications
c. Two-section traffic signal with circular green and circular yellow indications
d. None of the Above - answerThree-section traffic signal with circular red, circular
yellow, and smaller circular yellow indications
The following phases are typically assigned to the major street through movements:
a. 1 and 8
b. 2 and 6
c. 3 and 4
d. 5 and 7 - answer2 and 6
The green interval is made up which three components?
a. Minimum Green, Yellow Change, Red Clearance
, b. Maximum Green, Walk Interval, Red Clearance
c. Walk Interval, Flashing Don't Walk, Don't Walk
d. Minimum Green, Passage Time, Maximum Green - answerMinimum green, passage
time, maximum green
What are the three types of recall features of a traffic signal controller?
a. Coordination, Cycle, Offset
b. Red, Yellow, Green
c. Minimum, Coordination, Pedestrian
d. Minimum, Maximum, Pedestrian - answerMinimum, maximum, pedestrian (+soft)
In a coordination plan, what is the number of seconds given to each phase at the
intersection?
a. Split
b. Offset
c. Yield Point
d. Cycle Length - answerSplit (g,y,r)
Which of the following traffic signal coordination method is typically least expensive?
a. Hardwire Interconnect
b. Leased Telephone Line
c. Time-Based Coordination
d. Fiber-Optic Cables - answerTime-based coordination
Which of the following is a definition of cycle length:
a. The amount of time given to a particular indication during a particular phase
b. The elapsed time between the start of a specific display until that display comes up
again
c. The amount of time given to the left-turning movements of a signalized intersection
d. The amount of time given to a single phase of the intersection - answerThe elapsed
time between the start of a specific display until that display comes up again
Which of the following is a characteristic of sequential phases:
a. They cannot occur at the same time
b. They are the phases numbered 1-4.
c. They are the odd numbered phases
d. None of the above - answerThey cannot occur at the same time
Which of the following is a definition for initial green time:
a. Minimum time that the green indication must be displayed
b. Amount of time the green indication is displayed before a vehicle proceeds into the
intersection
c. The extended amount of time given to the green indication for each detected vehicle
d. None of the above - answerMinimum time that the green indication must be displayed
Chapter Questions 1
What is the primary function of the IMSA?
a. teaching design issues
b. safety education
c. signal manufacturing training
d. install traffic signals - answer Safety education
IMSA stands for:
a. International Mechanical Signals Association
b. Interstate Manual on Safety Actions
c. International Municipal Signal Association
d. International Municipal Safety Association - answer International Municipal Signal
Association
Which of the following is NOT an IMSA certification?
a. Traffic Signal Level II Design/Engineering Technician
b. Traffic Signal Level II Field Technician
c. Traffic Signal Level II Bench Technician
d. Traffic Signal Level III Bridge Design Technician - answerTraffic Signal Level III
Bridge Design Technician
Which of the following are potential safety hazards?
a. Overhead and Underground Power
b. Gas
c. Aerial Lift Equipment
d. All of the above. - answerOverhead and underground power
Gas
Aerial lift equipment
What are the sections of a ramp meter signal?
a. Circular Red, Circular Yellow, Circular Green
b. Circular Yellow, Circular Green
c. Circular Red, Circular Yellow
d. Circular Red, Circular Green - answerCircular red, circular green
PPE stands for:
a. Passenger Protective Equipment
b. Personal Protective Equipment
c. Personal Passenger Engineering
d. Protective Personal Equipment - answerPersonal Protective Equipment
,Which of the follow is an example of adequate fall protection during the operation of
aerial lift equipment?
a. Full Body Harness
b. Safety Belt
c. Rails of a platform lift
d. All of the above - answerFull body harness
Safety belt
Rails of a platform lift
Work Zone Supervisor is responsible for which of the following tasks?
a. Maintaining the Project Schedule
b. Ensure Advance Warning Devices have not been removed or relocated
c. Enforce Traffic Laws in the work zone
d. All of the above - answerEnsure advance warning devices have not been removed or
relocated
Which of the following is NOT a sentence type in the MUTCD?
a. Standards: Requirements that have to be followed
b. Guidance: Recommendations that are to be followed unless there is good reason not
to.
c. Objectives: Reasons behind standards and guidance
d. Support: additional information to clarify the standards and guidance. - answerY:
Standards; requirements that have to be followed
Y: Guidance; recommendations that are to be followed unless there is a good reason
not to
N: Objectives; reasons behind the standards and guidance
Y: Support; additional information to clarify the standards and guidance
Which of the following is an example configuration of an Emergency-Vehicle Traffic
Control Signals:
a. Two-section traffic signal with circular green and circular red indications
b. Three section traffic signal with circular red, circular yellow, and smaller circular
yellow indications
c. Two-section traffic signal with circular green and circular yellow indications
d. None of the Above - answerThree-section traffic signal with circular red, circular
yellow, and smaller circular yellow indications
The following phases are typically assigned to the major street through movements:
a. 1 and 8
b. 2 and 6
c. 3 and 4
d. 5 and 7 - answer2 and 6
The green interval is made up which three components?
a. Minimum Green, Yellow Change, Red Clearance
, b. Maximum Green, Walk Interval, Red Clearance
c. Walk Interval, Flashing Don't Walk, Don't Walk
d. Minimum Green, Passage Time, Maximum Green - answerMinimum green, passage
time, maximum green
What are the three types of recall features of a traffic signal controller?
a. Coordination, Cycle, Offset
b. Red, Yellow, Green
c. Minimum, Coordination, Pedestrian
d. Minimum, Maximum, Pedestrian - answerMinimum, maximum, pedestrian (+soft)
In a coordination plan, what is the number of seconds given to each phase at the
intersection?
a. Split
b. Offset
c. Yield Point
d. Cycle Length - answerSplit (g,y,r)
Which of the following traffic signal coordination method is typically least expensive?
a. Hardwire Interconnect
b. Leased Telephone Line
c. Time-Based Coordination
d. Fiber-Optic Cables - answerTime-based coordination
Which of the following is a definition of cycle length:
a. The amount of time given to a particular indication during a particular phase
b. The elapsed time between the start of a specific display until that display comes up
again
c. The amount of time given to the left-turning movements of a signalized intersection
d. The amount of time given to a single phase of the intersection - answerThe elapsed
time between the start of a specific display until that display comes up again
Which of the following is a characteristic of sequential phases:
a. They cannot occur at the same time
b. They are the phases numbered 1-4.
c. They are the odd numbered phases
d. None of the above - answerThey cannot occur at the same time
Which of the following is a definition for initial green time:
a. Minimum time that the green indication must be displayed
b. Amount of time the green indication is displayed before a vehicle proceeds into the
intersection
c. The extended amount of time given to the green indication for each detected vehicle
d. None of the above - answerMinimum time that the green indication must be displayed
