Which term refers to a fixed signal that provides general movement information and is not a block or cab indicator?

• A. Block Signal
• B. Home Signal
• C. Distant Signal
• D. Fixed Signal

Answer: (D)

In signaling, signals placed along the track that stay fixed in position are described as fixed signals. They exist to give the engineer general movement instructions, not the status of a specific block and not in-cab information. That makes the umbrella term the one that fits “a fixed signal that provides general movement information and is not a block or cab indicator.”

Block signals are specifically about whether you may enter or proceed in a particular block, and cab signals are the indications shown inside the locomotive cab. Home signals are a type of fixed signal marking the entrance to a block, and distant signals are fixed signals that warn of the next block’s aspect. All of those are fixed signals, but the question points to the broader category used to convey general movement information, hence fixed signal.