2014 Soccer On-Line Exam
1. During their inspection of the field, the referees note that the field has multiple lines of different color and the soccer field areas contrast in color to the other markings. This is permitted by rule.
A. True
B. False
2. The visiting coach does not have a roster with her at the game site.
A. The game may not begin until the coach provides a roster.
B. The game may begin if the coach promises to provide a roster by the end of the game.
C. The game may begin if the coach promises to provide a roster by halftime.
D. The game may begin but the referee should remind the coach that a roster is required for future games.
3. During the game, the referee notices that B30 has tape on her ear lobes. Closer observation suggests that there are earrings underneath the tape. The referee should:
A. Stop the game, caution the Team B head coach and require B30 to leave the game.
B. Wait until the next stoppage; and since this is the first caution for illegal equipment, caution the Team B head coach and require B30 to leave the game.
C. Wait until the next stoppage, feel B30’s ear lobes to check for earrings under the tape and, if so, caution the Team B head coach and require B30 to leave the game.
D. Since the referee did not notice the tape before the game, the referee should take no action.
4. B17 is wearing a cast that is completely covered and padded with closed-cell, slow-recovery foam padding no less than ½-inch thick. Before B17 can play, the referee must see a doctor’s permission slip.
A. True
B. False. B17 is legally equipped.
5. The referees are wearing yellow jerseys. The visiting team is wearing yellow jerseys. The referees must change jerseys.
A. True
B. False. The visiting team must change jerseys.
6. B14 takes a shot on goal, with goalkeeper A1 out of position. A3, however, extends her arm into the path of the ball, deflecting it to B9. B9 shoots and the ball enters the goal.
A. The referee should award Team B a penalty kick and caution A3 for unsporting conduct.
B. The referee should award Team B a penalty kick and disqualify A3 for serious foul play.
C. The referee should allow the goal and caution A3 for unsporting conduct.
D. The referee should allow the goal and disqualify A3 for serious foul play.
7. B9 runs towards the ball, which is rolling on the ground near the right goal post. A3 faces B9, with the ball behind her, and extends her arms wide to prevent B9 from running past her to get the ball. A3 does not make physical contact with B9. The ball rolls over the goal line for a goal kick.
A. A3 is guilty of pushing. The referee should award a penalty kick to Team B.
B. A3 is guilty of pushing. The referee should award a penalty kick to Team B and disqualify A3 for serious foul play.
C. A3 is guilty of obstruction. The referee should award an indirect free kick to Team B.
D. There is no offense, and a goal kick should be awarded.
8. A8 is dribbling toward goal on a breakaway. The goalkeeper, B1, comes out of the goal area in an attempt to stop A8. A8 kicks the ball past B1 and attempts to run around B1, who is now on the ground. B1 reaches up with his hand and pulls down A8 as he attempts to run past.
A. B1 is guilty of holding. The referee should award a penalty kick to Team A.
B. B1 is guilty of holding. The referee should award a penalty kick to Team A and disqualify B1 for serious foul play.
C. B1 is guilty of holding. The referee should award a penalty kick to Team A if he cannot apply advantage and disqualify B1 for serious foul play.
D. There is no offense. The referee should allow play to continue.
9. Team B’s head coach was cautioned earlier in the game after the referee discovered B5 was wearing an earring while playing in the game. Twenty-seven minutes later, the referee discovers that B1 is not wearing shinguards.
A. The Team B head coach should receive a second caution for an illegally equipped player. The Team B coach is disqualified for receiving a second caution.
B. B1 is cautioned for being illegally equipped. She is required to leave the field and, as the goalkeeper, must be replaced by either a substitute or a field player.
C. Both B1 and the Team B head coach should be cautioned.
D. Since Team B has already been cautioned for an illegally equipped player, the referee may ignore the absence of shinguards on B1.
10. A9 believes that he has been fouled by B4. The referee allows play to continue. A9 spits at the referee. If the referee stops play immediately, the referee should restart play with an indirect free kick.
A. True
B. False. If the referee stops play immediately, the referee should restart play with a direct free kick.
11. An identifiable supporter of the home team seated in the designated spectator area is screaming profanities at the nearest assistant referee in disagreement with a decision about offside made by the assistant referee. The referee should:
A. Stop play and direct the spectator to leave the facility.
B. Stop play and request that the home school administration take appropriate action.
C. Stop play and inform the spectator that the assistant referee’s decision was correct.
D. Allow play to continue and ignore the supporter’s language.
12. The referee has awarded Team B a penalty kick. The goalkeeper, A1, stands with his back to the ball. This is permitted.
A. True
B. False
13. The referee awards a throw-in to Team A. A 14 takes the throw, but the ball hits the ground outside the touch line before entering the field. Team A should retake the throw-in from the spot where the ball hit the ground.
A. True
B. False. Team B should be awarded a throw-in from the same location.
14. While waiting for a corner kick to be taken by Team B, with Team A ahead, 2-1, in the second half, goalkeeper A1 pushes B7 to the ground from behind. B7 gets up and punches A1 in the face. Both teams then engage in a general brawl. After the fighting has ceased, the referee feels that because of the fight, further disorder will result and because of this, terminates the game.
A. If both teams have seven eligible players after the referee has disqualified the appropriate players, the game must be restarted.
B. The referee has authority to terminate the game and declare Team B the winner, since the Team A player began the fight.
C. The referee has authority to terminate the game. The 2-1 score for Team A stands as the official score, since more than half the game was played.
D. The referee has authority to terminate the game but does not have authority to declare either team the winner.
15. Defender B7 handles the ball inside the penalty area, deflecting it to A3, who scores. B7 should be shown the red card and disqualified.
A. True
B. False
16. Prior to the game, the host athletic director determines the field is unsafe for play and cancels the game despite the protests of the coaches and officials. This is correct procedure.
A. True
B. False
17. Cautioned Player A4 leaves the game and is not replaced. On the next stoppage of play that is not a legal substitution opportunity for Team A, A4 requests to enter the game. The referee should allow A4 to re-enter.
A. True
B. False
18. Team A is winning and repeatedly substitutes to consume time. The official shall order the timer to stop the clock and notify the offending team's coach that continuing to substitute in this manner will be considered unsporting conduct.
A. True
B. False
19. Player A14 scores a goal. Even though the player's name is not on the roster submitted by the coach at the start of the game, the referee should allow the goal.
A. True
B. False
20. Goalkeepers are required to:
A. Have a 6-inch number on the back and front of their jersey.
B. Have a 6-inch number on the back and a 4-inch number on the front of their jersey, pants or shorts.
C. Have a 6-inch number on the back and no number on the front of their jersey.
D. Have no numbers on their jersey.
21. Player A is wearing an ankle brace made of soft and yielding material. Player A may legally wear the ankle brace outside the stocking even though the ankle brace is black and the player’s stockings are white.
A. True
B. False
22. All permissible artificial limbs must be:
A. Covered by a cast.
B. Covered by a sleeve.
C. Padded with a minimum of 1/2-inch-thick, closed-cell, slow-recovery foam padding.
D. Covered with a minimum of 1/2-inch-thick soft material.
23. The home team coach asks for a 20-minute halftime interval for a parent appreciation ceremony. The visiting team's coach is opposed to this and insists that the interval be only 10 minutes. The referee shall not allow a 20-minute halftime interval.
A. True
B. False
24. Team A kicks off to start the game. Player A1 takes the kickoff and kicks the ball backwards to player A2. The referee shall stop play and award an indirect free kick to Team B.
A. True
B. False
25. At the moment the ball is played by A4, teammate A2 runs from an offside position behind the defense of Team B, but at the time she receives the ball, is in an onside position. The referee should call an offside.
A. True
B. False
26. The Team A goalkeeper is dribbling the ball with his feet in his own penalty area when opponent B1 fairly charges and steals the ball. The referee penalizes B1 and awards an indirect kick to Team A. This is correct procedure.
A. True
B. False
27. The goalkeeper touches the ball with her hands after she has received it directly from a throw-in taken by her teammate. The referee shall allow play to continue since the ball was not kicked to her.
A. True
B. False
28. Player A4 scores a goal. After scoring, A4 goes to the opposing goalkeeper and ridicules him by pointing his finger in the goalkeeper's face. The referee shall disqualify A4 for taunting.
A. True
B. False
29. Bench Player A leaves the team area and enters the field where a fight is in progress. Although Player A did not participate in the fight, he/she should still be disqualified.
A. True
B. False
30. Player A2, in taking a penalty kick, approaches the ball and then stops abruptly. The goalkeeper dives to the side. A2 then kicks the ball and scores. The referee shall rule no goal and order the kick to be retaken.
A. True
B. False
31. Team A takes a shot on goal, which deflects off the referee and goes across the goal line just to the right of the goal. The referee shall award a goal kick to Team B.
A. True
B. False
32. The goalkeeper, before taking a goal kick, moves the ball from the right side of the goal area to the left side of the goal area. If this is deemed a time-wasting ploy, the referee shall stop the clock and caution the goalkeeper.
A. True
B. False
33. The referee, seeing the assistant referee's flag for offside, waves the flag down as the ball goes directly to the goalkeeper. This is correct procedure.
A. True
B. False
34. An indirect free kick is awarded to Team B. A player from Team A refuses to move the required 10 yards and then kicks the ball away. A direct free kick should be awarded to Team B.
A. True
B. False
35. Player A’s throw-in lands completely outside the touchline, without having broken the plane of the touchline, and bounds into the field of play. The referee orders a re-throw by Team A. This is a correct decision.
A. True
B. False
36. B10 is apparently injured. The referee has stopped play and summoned the Team B trainer onto the field of play.
A. Neither coach may give coaching instruction to his or her players during the injury stoppage.
B. The Team A coach may give instruction to the Team A players but the Team B coach must only attend to the injured player.
C. The Team B coach may only give instructions to the substitute for B10.
D. Both coaches may give their teams coaching instruction.
37. The visiting team, whose school colors are red and black, is wearing red socks. The visiting team No. 3 has applied several layers of red tape to his/her socks, both above and below the shinguards.
A. This is permitted.
B. This is not permitted.
38. During the game, the referee hears the home team's head coach using a bull horn to instruct her players on the far side of the field.
A. This is permitted.
B. This is not permitted.
39. Team A has been awarded an indirect free kick 22 yards from the Team B goal. Four Team A players are standing near the ball. A8 taps the top of the ball with his foot. A5 then kicks the ball, which enters the Team B goal without being touched by any other player.
A. Goal.
B. No goal.
40. A7 is on a breakaway, one on one with goalkeeper B1, near the penalty spot. As A7 attempts to run around B1, B6 runs in from behind A7 and tugs A7’s jersey, pulling him off balance. As A7 falls, his right foot kicks the ball weakly toward the goal and it crosses into the goal at the far post.
A. The goal should not be counted, B6 should be shown the red card and disqualified and Team A should be awarded a penalty kick.
B. The goal should not be counted, B6 should be shown the yellow card and required to leave the field of play and Team A should be awarded a penalty kick.
C. The goal should count, B6 should be shown the red card and disqualified and the game should be restarted with a kickoff by Team B.
D. The goal should count, B6 should be shown the yellow card and required to leave the field of play and the game should be restarted with a kickoff by Team B.
41. Taunting is a disqualification, and the number of players on the field must be reduced.
A. True
B. False
42. A team may not substitute an unlimited number of players from the bench when a player is injured and removed from the field.
A. True
B. False
43. The substitute for a player who leaves the field due to bleeding is permitted to take the penalty kick.