LEVEL 1 TECHNICIAN QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Question : What is the primary function of the IMSA?
CORRECT ANSWER : Safety education
Question : IMSA stands for:
CORRECT ANSWER : International Municipal Signal
Association
Question : Which of the following is NOT an IMSA
certification? Y: Traffic Signal Level II Design/Engineer
Technician Y: Traffic Signal Level II Field Technician Y:
Traffic Signal Level II Bench Technician N: Traffic Signal
Level III Bridge Design Technician CORRECT ANSWER : N: Traffic Signal Level III Bridge Design Technician
Question : Which of the following are potential safety
hazards?
CORRECT ANSWER : Overhead and underground power
Gas Aerial lift equipment
Question : What are the sections of a ramp meter signal?
CORRECT ANSWER : Circular red, circular green
Question : PPE stands for:
CORRECT ANSWER : Personal Protective Equipment
Question : Which of the follow is an example of adequate fall
protection during the operation of aerial lift equipment?
CORRECT ANSWER : Full body harness Safety belt Rails
of a platform lift
Question : Work Zone Supervisor is responsible for which of
the following tasks?
CORRECT ANSWER : Ensure advance warning devices
have not been removed or relocated
Question : Which of the following is NOT a sentence type in
the MUTCD? Y: 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 CORRECT ANSWER : N: Objectives; reasons behind the standards and guidance
Question : Which of the following is an example
configuration of an Emergency-Vehicle Traffic Control
Signals:
CORRECT ANSWER : Three-section traffic signal with
circular red, circular yellow, and smaller circular yellow indications
Question : The following phases are typically assigned to the
major street through movements:
CORRECT ANSWER : 2 and 6
Question : The green interval is made up which three
components?
CORRECT ANSWER : Minimum green, passage time,
maximum green
Question : What are the three types of recall features of a
traffic signal controller?
CORRECT ANSWER : Minimum, maximum, pedestrian
(+soft)
Question : In a coordination plan, what is the number of
seconds given to each phase at the intersection?
CORRECT ANSWER : Split (g,y,r)
Question : Which of the following traffic signal coordination
method is typically least expensive?
