2018-19 OSSRC Entry Referee Test

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1 - Cincinnati

2 - Dayton

3 - Columbus

4 - Marietta

5 - Sidney

1. Goals MUST be anchored securely to the ground. If they cannot be secured, the game must NOT be played. *

1 point

A. True

B. False

2. Corner flags must be safe – therefore, to prevent an injury, the minimum height of the corner flag-posts must be at least 5 feet tall. If the corner flags are not safe, the game must NOT be played with them. *

1 point

A. True

B. False

3. A foul committed on the penalty area line is considered to be a foul committed inside the penalty area. *

1 point

A. True

B. False

4. The home team must provide the game ball. *

1 point

A. True

B. False

5. Who is responsible for making sure the game balls are acceptable? *

1 point

A. Coaches

B. The Assistant Referees

C. The Referee

D. Players

E. A, B and C

6. In a GU16 soccer game the maximum number of players on each team is: *

1 point

A. 7

B. 11

C. 18

D. 21

7. A BU14 team wants to play without a goalkeeper. The referee should: *

1 point

A. Allow It, either team may decide to not have a goalkeeper

B. Not allow it

8. In a small-sided 9v9 game a team must have a minimum of at least how many players in order for the game to continue? *

1 point

A. 7

B. 6

C. 5

D. 4

E. There is no limiting number

9. During play, a substitute must be at the half-line prior to the ball going out-of-play (except for an injury stoppage) in order to be recognized and allowed to enter into the game. *

1 point

A. True

B. False

10. All the players on a team must be dressed in the same color jersey. *

1 point

A. True

B. False

11. Players are allowed to wear earrings, as long as they are properly taped over. *

1 point

A. True

B. False

12. While inspecting player equipment, the referee discovers a player wearing tennis shoes with flat soles instead of soccer cleats. The referee should: *

1 point

A. Instruct the player that he must change his shoes before being allowed to play, since his shoes were not made for playing soccer

B. Permit him to play, since the shoes do not present a danger to other players

13. A kicked ball completely crosses over the touch line, between the halfway line and an assistant referee (AR). The AR should signal with the flag at 45 degrees above the horizontal in the direction of the throw-in. *

1 point

A. True

B. False

14. The referee notices that the AR has raised the flag vertically and has given it a slight wiggle. The referee should conclude that the AR is indicating an offside violation. *

1 point

A. True

B. False

15. The AR indicates to the referee that a substitution is requested by using the following signal. How long should the AR maintain this signal? *

1 point

A. Until the entire substitution process is completed

B. Until the referee waves the substitute onto the field

C. Until the referee acknowledges the AR’s signal and delays the restart of play

D. Until the player being subbed out begins running off the field

16. While play is going on in his half of the field, the AR’s position should be in line with the second-last defender or the ball, whichever is nearer to the goal line. *

1 point

A. True

B. False

17. According to “The Laws of the Game”,, the referee should stop the game immediately if, in her opinion, a player is seriously injured. *

1 point

A. True

B. False

18. Midway through the second half, the referee sees lightning way in the distance. The coaches of both teams wish to continue the game. The referee should: *

1 point

A. allow the game to continue, no stoppage is necessary since the lightning was not nearby.

B. allow the game to continue and suspend play only if lightning is seen again.

C. suspend the game immediately, regardless of the coaches’ opinions, and get to shelter.

D. allow game to continue and suspend only if thunder is also heard.

19. Must the referee have to add time to any period for time lost due to substitution, injury, or time wasting? *

1 point

A. Yes

B. No

20. According to “The Laws of the Game”, a dropped ball must be performed between two opposing players. *

1 point

A. True

B. False

21. The referee has just awarded a corner kick. Before the kick can be taken, time runs out for the first half (including added time). What action should the referee take? *

1 point

A. extend time for the taking of the corner kick.

B. start the second half with a corner kick.

C. declare the half over because time has expired. Do not allow the corner kick to be taken.

22. On a kick-off, the ball is kicked forward, but it immediately crosses the touch line before any player touches it. What action should the referee take? *

1 point

A. Award a throw-in to the opposing team

B. Retake the kick-off

C. Award an IFK to the opposing team

D. Award a throw-in to the kicking team

23. A goalkeeper caught and maintained possession of the ball while inside his own penalty area. The referee stopped the game because an injured attacking player was lying on the ground nearby. When ready to restart play, the referee should … *

1 point

A. do a dropped ball with only the goalkeeper present

B. give an IFK to the goalkeeper’s team

C. do a dropped ball with players from both teams present

D. give an IFK to the attacking team at the spot of the injury

24. The ball is “out-of-play” if and when: *

1 point

A. the ball has completely or wholly crossed the entire width of the goal line or the touch line.

B. the referee blows his whistle

C. the ball hits the referee

D. either A or B occurs

E. either A or B or C occurs

25. The ball is rolling on the ground along and on the touchline. A defending player quickly picks the ball up to take a throw-in. The referee blows the whistle. The correct restart is: *

1 point

A. a DFK to the attacking team for a handling foul.

B. a dropped ball because you blew your whistle too quickly

C. a throw-in to the defending team as the ball was going out anyway

D. an IFK to the attacking team because you blew your whistle too quickly

26. The referee has awarded a penalty kick. Before the kick can be taken, time runs out for the first half (including added time). What action should the referee take? *

1 point

A. extend time for the taking of the penalty kick.

B. start the second half with a penalty kick.

C. declare the half over because time has expired. Do not allow the penalty kick to be taken.

27. A shot on goal is taken when the AR is about 10 yards out from the goal. From his position it appears to the AR that the goalkeeper stops the ball on the goal line, but the attacking team celebrates a score. The referee looks to the AR for help. Should the AR signal that the goal was scored? *

1 point

A. Yes

B. No

28. An attacking player, who is in an offside position, intercepts the ball directly from an opponent’s pass. *

1 point

A. The player is guilty of offside

B. The player is NOT guilty of offside

29. A player cannot be offside if he receives the ball directly from: *

1 point

A. a Direct Free Kick

B. an Indirect Free Kick

C. a Corner Kick

D. either B or C

E. either A, B or C

30. An attacking player, in an offside position, receives the ball from a teammate’s pass, but only after the ball deflected off the back of a defender, which completely changed its direction. *

1 point

A. The player is guilty of offside

B. The player is NOT guilty of offside

31. Players A and B are attackers; Players X and Y are defenders. Player B plays the ball by X and then runs onto it to play the ball again. Meanwhile Player A does not move. *

1 point

A. The player is guilty of offside

B. The player is NOT guilty of offside

32. A corner kick is about to be taken. Before the kick is taken, a defender punches an attacking player in the penalty area. As the referee you should restart play with a: *

1 point

A. Corner kick

B. Goal kick

C. Penalty Kick

D. Direct Free Kick

E. Indirect Free Kick

33. A direct free kick foul (DFK) (except handling) can only be committed *

1 point

A. on the field of play

B. while the ball is in play

C. by a player

D. against an opponent, who is also a player

E. all of the above

F. just B and C

34. A defender in his own penalty area kicks at the ball when it is dangerously close to an opponent's face, but does not make contact with the opponent. The referee blows her whistle and stops play. The restart should be: *

1 point

A. a DFK for an attempted kicking penalty

B. an IFK for dangerous play

C. a dropped ball, since no foul was committed and the referee made a mistake by blowing her whistle

D. a Penalty Kick for an attempted kicking penalty

35. A goalkeeper in a GU13 game, within her own penalty area, grabs the ball with her hands after receiving it directly from a teammate's throw-in. The referee should: *

1 point

A. stop play and restart with a Direct Free Kick

B. stop play and restart with a Penalty Kick

C. allow play to continue

D. stop play and restart with an Indirect Free Kick

E. stop play and restart with a Dropped Ball

36. After a throw-in has been properly taken, a goalkeeper within his own penalty area violently shoves the referee in order to have a clear a path to the ball. The referee should: *

1 point

A. stop play and restart with an Indirect Free Kick

B. stop play and restart with a Penalty Kick

C. allow play to continue

D. stop play and restart with a retake of the Throw-In

E. stop play and restart with a Dropped Ball

37. The referee forgets to raise his arm up to indicate that an indirect free kick (IFK) is to be taken, and as a result a goal is scored directly (on the first touch). The referee should: *

1 point

A. Not allow the goal and restart with a Corner Kick, the free kick is still indirect

B. Not allow the goal and restart with a Goal Kick, the free kick is still indirect

C. Allow the goal, since all the players’ expected a direct free kick was to be taken and restart with a Kick Off

D. Not allow the goal and restart with an IFK to the opposing team

E. Not allow the goal and restart by having the IFK retaken

38. A player takes a quick direct free kick (DFK) and the ball hits the referee. The ball rebounds back to the kicker who then passes it to one of his teammates. The referee should: *

1 point

A. allow play to continue

B. stop play and restart by retaking the direct free kick (DFK)

C. stop play and restart with an indirect free kick (IFK) for the opposing team

D. stop play and restart with an direct free kick (DFK) for the opposing team

E. stop play and restart with dropped ball

39. When a team is taking any free kick from inside their own penalty area, the ball in play when it is kicked and: *

1 point

A. it travels a distance equal to its circumference

B. it clearly moves in any direction

C. it leaves the penalty area into the field of play

D. it is touched by a second player after it has left the penalty area

40. What is the exception(s) to the requirement that a free kick is taken at the spot where the infraction occurred? *

1 point

A. Penalty Kick.

B. Indirect free kick offense committed in its own goal area by the defending team.

C. Any free kick offense committed by the attacking team in the opponent’s goal area.

D. All the above

41. Penalty kicks: *

1 point

A. are not used in under 9 and under 10 small-sided games.

B. must be taken by the player who is fouled.

C. Both A and B

D. None of the above

42. While the ball is in play at midfield, the goalkeeper within his own goal area kicks an opponent. The referee should: *

1 point

A. Stop play and restart with a penalty kick.

B. Stop play and restart with an IFK on the goal area line closest to where the kick occurred.

C. Stop play and restart with an IFK where the foul occurred.

D. Stop play and restart with a DFK near midfield where the ball was when play was stopped.

43. When is the ball in play at the taking of a goal kick? *

1 point

A. When it travels a distance equal to its circumference

B. When it is kicked and it moves

C. When it is kicked directly beyond the penalty area and into the field of play

D. Stop play and restart with a DFK near midfield where the ball was when play was stopped.

E. When it is kicked and leaves the goal area

44. In a GU16 game what should the referee do if the player taking a throw-in steps on the touchline during the throw? *

1 point

A. Stop the match and award a throw-in to the opposing team.

B. Allow the game to continue, no offense has been committed.

C. Stop play and award an IFK to the opposing team.

D. Stop play, tell player that she may not step on touchline and let her re-take the throw-in.

45. Should the referee call a handling foul on the player taking a throw-in when he fails to release the ball from his hands before the ball crosses the touchline and enters the field of play? *

1 point

A. Yes

B. No

46. From a goal kick, the kicker miss kicks and runs up and kicks the ball again before it has left the penalty area. What should the referee do? *

1 point

A. Retake the goal kick.

B. Allow play to continue.

C. Stop play and award an IFK to the opposing attacking team (kicker is guilty of a “second touch” infraction).

47. During play, a defender in an attempt to clear the ball accidentally kicks the ball hard off the back of an attacker, which then goes out-of-play over the goal line. The correct Restart is? *

1 point

A. Corner kick

B. Goal kick

C. IFK

D. Penalty Kick

E. Kick-off

48. The defending team takes a goal kick, but before the ball leaves the penalty area, an attacking player runs into the penalty area and kicks the ball into the goal. The correct Restart is? *

1 point

A. Corner kick

B. Goal kick

C. IFK for the defending team

D. Dropped ball

E. Kick-off

49. When is the ball in play at the taking of a corner kick? *

1 point

A. When the ball is kicked and leaves the corner area.

B. When the ball is kicked and clearly moves.

C. When the ball is kicked and then is touched by another player other than the kicker.

D. When the kicker simply touches the ball with his foot.

50. From a corner kick, the ball rebounded off a goal post directly back to the player who took the corner kick. She then kicked the ball back to a teammate who was in an on-side position. For this incident, the referee blew his whistle and stopped the game. The correct Restart is? *

1 point

A. Corner kick

B. Goal kick

C. Throw-in

D. Dropped ball, since the referee made a mistake when he blew his whistle

E. IFK for the opposing team

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