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Road signs on the Nova Scotia learners test

20 of the 40 questions on the Nova Scotia learners test in Nova Scotia are road signs and you need 16 of them right, per Government of Nova Scotia, Take a driver knowledge test for a learner's licence, checked 15 September 2026. We hold 20 sign questions for it.
20 sign questions on the real test20 sign questions in our bank
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A rural verge lined with three bare posts of different heights, every plate removed, a road running past them into open country.

How signs are scored here

Sign questions on the real test
20 of 40
Pass mark for the signs section
16 correct
Sign questions written here
20

Out of 79 for the Nova Scotia learners test

Signs drawn for the site
41

Hand drawn vector, never a photograph of a plate

Government of Nova Scotia, Take a driver knowledge test for a learner's licenceverified 2026-09-15

What the licensing body scores

Road signs are their own section on the Nova Scotia learners test: 20 of the 40 questions, scored apart from rules of the road.

You need 16 of those 20 right to pass the signs section, on the same attempt as the rules section. A strong score in one section does not carry the other.

20 of the 79 questions written for the Nova Scotia learners test are sign questions and 59 are rules of the road. Every sign is an original drawing and every question is original prose with its own citation, never copied from the exam bank itself.

Government of Nova Scotia, Take a driver knowledge test for a learner's licenceverified 2026-09-15
A two lane rural road approaching a bend through mixed forest, gravel shoulder and a guardrail on the outside of the curve, an empty sign post standing right of centre.
StopSTOP

Stop

Read
Yield

Yield

Read
Slippery when wet

Slippery when wet

Read
School zone

School zone

Read
Construction ahead

Construction ahead

Read
Railway crossbuck

Railway crossbuck

Read

Practise the signs on their own

Sign after sign, with the meaning explained each time you miss one.

A quiet urban intersection with painted crosswalks, a bare curb and low buildings on both sides, wet asphalt under overcast morning light, an empty sign post standing right of centre.Start

Nova Scotia signs drill

20 sign questions

The sign half of the bank on its own, with the reason for each answer.
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All 41 signs in our set

Grouped by shape and colour

What each sign means and what you actually do when you meet it.

Everything for Nova Scotia

Stages, fees and the published format

The rest of what the licensing body publishes, with the record under each figure.
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Source for this page

The scoring facts above come from the record below. The bank counts come straight from the questions written for Nova Scotia on this site, counted when the site is built rather than typed by hand.