Referee Recertification Exam: Quiz!

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Are you familiar with referee recertification? Would you like to try this quiz? Every referee must complete safe sports training so that they can be certified to officiate games. It would be best if you achieved this before recertifying, and this applies to referees 18 years of age or older. All United States soccer instructors, assessors, assigners, and referees require annual recertification. If you want to learn more about referee recertification, this may be the quiz for you.

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Referee Recertification Exam: Quiz!

For safety reasons, goals MUST be anchored securely to the ground.

Players may wear thermal undershorts if they are of the same color as the main color of the shorts.

A field player changes jerseys with the goalkeeper during half-time without informing you. When the new goalkeeper touches the ball with his/her hands during the second half, you realize the change was made. You should award a penalty kick for handling the ball within the penalty area.

You stopped the game for an injury that occurred inside the goal area. When you are ready to resume the game, you may restart with a dropped ball from any spot within the goal area.

The ball is in play. An attacking player makes a short pass that hits you and rebounds to a defending player. You should:

The goalkeeper may participate in a dropped ball restart.

After a goal is scored and before play restarts, the referee notices that there was an extra person on the field of play when the goal was scored.

A substitute who has not completed the substitution process by setting foot onto the field of play should be permitted to restart play by taking a throw-in or a corner kick.

A goalkeeper caught and maintained possession of the ball inside his/her goal area but injured himself/herself in the process. You stopped the game to allow a trainer to attend to the goalkeeper. When ready, restart play with a:

At a dropped ball, the ball touched the ground and then a player kicked it directly into the opponent’s goal. Restart play with a:

While the ball was in play, you temporarily stopped the game because of thunder and lightning. After the weather improves and play can be resumed safely, how should you restart the game?

The jerseys of the two goalkeepers are the same color and neither has another jersey to change into. As the referee, you should:

You have awarded a corner kick. Before the kick can be taken, time runs out for the first half. What action should you take?

There is contact at mid-field between two opponents. You whistle to stop play for a foul and signal for a free kick. You immediately realize that you have signaled in the wrong direction. The ball has NOT been put back into play. What should you do?

At the taking of a throw-in, all opponents must be at least 2 yards away from the point at which the throw-in is to be taken.

At the taking of a corner kick, opponents are required to be 10 yards from:

At the taking of a penalty kick, the kicker commits an infraction after you signal for the kick to be taken, but before the kick was taken. The kick was taken and the ball went 5 yards wide of the goal.

As the referee you only played 40 out of 45 minutes in the first half but didn’t realize this until the second half had already started. According to the Laws of the Game, you should:

The referee can decide who may or may not participate in a dropped ball.

While the ball is in play in the center circle, a player touches the ball with his/her shin-guard held in his/her hand. As the referee you should:

From a corner kick, the ball is properly placed and, as a result of the kick, it immediately leaves the field across the goal line. As the referee you should restart play with a:

From a throw-in, the ball went directly into the opponent’s goal without being touched by another player. As the referee you should restart play with a:

A goalkeeper, while standing in his/her penalty area, attempted to throw the ball to a teammate. The ball rebounded off of you and went across the goal line near the corner flag post. As the referee you should restart play with a:

A player, just before taking a penalty kick, tried to throw the goalkeeper off balance with a little stutter step. He/she then kicked the ball into the goal. As the referee you should restart play with a:

Before a penalty kick was taken, the goalkeeper moved to his/her right and then to his/her left, but remained on the goal line. The kick was taken and the goalkeeper deflected the ball over the crossbar. As the referee you should restart play with a:

At the taking of a penalty kick, a defender entered the penalty area before the kick was taken. The goalkeeper deflected the kick over the crossbar. As the referee you should restart play with a:

At the taking of a penalty kick, a teammate of the kicker entered the penalty area before the kick was taken. The kick was taken and the ball was saved by the goalkeeper. As the referee you should restart play with a:

When an indirect free kick is taken outside the penalty area, the ball is in play when it is kicked and moves.

An attacker encroaches into the penalty area on a penalty kick and the ball does not go into the net. You decide to restart play with an indirect free kick:

You restart the game with a dropped ball. After it touches the ground, the attacker kicks the ball directly to a teammate who is in an offside position.

An attacking player, in an offside position, intercepts a pass from a defender intended for that defender’s goalkeeper.

At the moment the ball was played by attacking player #8, attacker #11 was in an offside position. #11 then ran to an onside position where he/she actually received the ball.

A player takes a shot on goal while a teammate, in an offside position, is blocking the line of vision of the goalkeeper.

An attacking player takes a shot on goal, the ball rebounds off a goal post to a teammate, who was in an offside position when the shot was taken.

For the purpose of determining if an attacker is in an offside position, the position of the attacker’s head or feet matter, but not the position of the attacker’s arm.

You can decide how many players contest a dropped ball.

If a penalty kick has to be retaken for any reason, the same player must retake the kick.

A goalkeeper, within his/her own penalty area, may handle the ball when it has been thrown in by an opponent.

You blow the whistle for a foul against team A. The coach of team A steps on the field of play and continues to protest the call. You should:

A player persistently infringes the Laws of the Game.

A player strikes a teammate.

A player tackles an opponent, endangering the safety of the opponent.

In your opinion, a player delays the restart of play.

While recording a player’s information prior to cautioning for a reckless challenge, you decide the player is also dissenting from your decision.

When a throw-in is being taken, an opponent unfairly distracts or impedes the thrower.

At the taking of a penalty kick, the ball rebounds from the crossbar. Before any other player (including the goalkeeper) has touched it, the kicker regains possession of the ball and shoots and scores.

A defender, other than the goalkeeper, while on the goal line, prevents a goal by deliberately handling the ball.

At the taking of a penalty kick, a teammate of the kicker entered the penalty area before the kick was taken