The Rules Of Flat Track Roller Derby March 1st, 2014 Edition Skater Rules Test

6.2.5.1 – A penalized skater’s teammates, managers, and coaches may not physically enter the
designated Penalty Box Area to communicate with the penalized skater at any time (see Section 5.13.12 and Section 5.13.13).

See 4.2.2.1 – A skater may not be hit above the shoulders.

5.13.20 – A skater exiting the Penalty Box who re-enters the track in a manner that would
constitute a penalty for cutting (see Section 5.11 - Cutting the Track), given that all in-bounds
and upright Blockers are assumed to have superior position to a skater returning from the box.

6.4.2.1 – A skater may be expelled from the game at the Head Referee’s discretion for serious
physical violence or any action deemed by the Officials to cause an extraordinary physical threat to others. Only the Head Referee may expel a skater, coach, or manager. The Head Referee’s decision is binding.

[Penalty] 5.14.2 – Willfully failing to leave the track for a penalty

1.5.4 – Any skaters who are not completely in bounds at the jam-starting whistle will not be
permitted to join the jam in progress. No penalty will be issued.

See Section 5.16 Expulsion (Gross Misconduct)

8.2.6.3 – In the event that any jam (including an overtime jam) is called off prior to its natural conclusion (for example Sections 8.2.6.2.3–8.2.6.2.8) with time remaining on the jam clock but not on the period clock, the points from the jam will remain and an additional jam may occur at the Head Referee’s discretion. Such a jam will follow the rules for overtime jams (Section 1.6 - Overtime).

5.3.3 – [Example of legal play] A downed skater returning to the track who causes an opponent to stumble but not fall or lose relative position.

No penalty is to be issued if the skater returns in bounds in front of an opponent who blocked that skater out of bounds.
5.11.1.2 – When the initiating skater goes out of bounds at any timeafter the initiating block.

5.10.3 – No skater may initiate a block while out of play, or to a skater who is out of play. It is, however, legal to counter-block in such a situation.

5.8.2 – Skaters may not pick up momentum for a block until in bounds.

6.2.3.2.2 – The moment the penalized skater is directed off the track, the skater is considered “in the box” for scoring, Lead Jammer, Passing the Star, and Cutting the Track rule purposes, and is no longer considered part of the pack for purposes of pack definition.

5.13.17 – A Jammer successfully calling off a jam without establishing Lead Jammer status.

6.4.1 – Fouling Out: A skater fouls out from the game when seven penalties have been assessed to that skater.

1.7.3.1 – The next jam can start as soon as skaters are lined up, but no more than 30 seconds should elapse after a timeout.

3.3.3.2.2 – To regain position after having fallen behind, a Blocker must return to the back of the Engagement Zone by skating within the track boundaries to legally return to play.

7.1.3.5.1 – Blockers who advance or chase forward ahead of the Engagement Zone are considered part of and belonging to point totals of the previous (just completed) scoring pass.

1.7.1 – Each team is allowed three one-minute timeouts per game.

5.13.1 – A skater who establishes legal starting position on the track before the jam-starting whistle, but is blocked out of bounds or out of legal starting position prior to or as the jamstarting whistle blows. This skater will be allowed to remain in the jam, and is not considered to have committed a False Start.

6.2.4.1.2 – If a skater does not stand when instructed, the Penalty Timer will stop the penalty clock until the skater stands.

6.2.3.2 – No team may have more than two Blockers and one Jammer seated in the Penalty Box at a time.

6.2.7 – Penalized skaters may remove only their mouth guard once they are seated in the Penalty Box. No other equipment may be removed while a skater is in the designated Penalty Box Area (see Section 5.13.14).

See Section 1.10 Whistles.

5.5.6 – [Penalty] Extended touching (lasting three seconds or more) with the forearms or hands to an opponent’s legal and/or illegal target zone.

6.2.8 – After being released from the Penalty Box, a penalized skater may return to the track. A skater may skate clockwise in the clearance around the outside of the track when exiting the Penalty Box. When returning to play, the skater must return behind the rearmost pack skater (see Section 5.13.20).

3.1.1.2 – Proximity is defined as not more than 10 feet (3 meters) (as measured from the hips) in
front of or behind the nearest pack skater.

The correct answer is "All of these." All of the mentioned actions are considered illegal procedure penalties in their respective contexts. A false start, too many skaters on the track, improper uniform, and removing required safety equipment are all violations of the rules and regulations, resulting in penalties.

3.2.8 – Skaters who line up fully in bounds but in an illegal starting position (while touching their legal starting area) are considered to have committed a False Start, and will receive a False Start warning. Once warned, skaters who False Start must cease all forward motion until they have yielded to all skaters in the immediate vicinity by ceding relative position to those skaters, or they may be issued a penalty (see Section 5.13.9).

7.2.1.1 – The Jammer earns a point for each opponent who is not on the track immediately
upon scoring the first point on any opposing Blocker in each scoring pass, including those opposing Blockers who are still physically on the track but have been directed to the Penalty Box.

5.11.2.2 – [Example of Cutting the Track] An in-bounds, upright, and skating skater who returns
completely in bounds (having previously been out of bounds) in front of one or more in-bounds and upright skaters during a No Pack scenario, which results in the offending skater having bettered their position relative to that/those in-bounds skater(s).

8.3.5 – If the referee is not sure whether an action warrants an expulsion, an expulsion will not be assessed.

2.5.4.1 – If the Pivot recovers the Star in this manner, the Pivot may not place it on their own helmet. Doing so shall be considered illegal initiation of a Star Pass.

2.5.1 – Pass Procedure: In order to transfer the Jammer position to the Pivot, a Jammer must
hand their helmet cover (the “Star”) to the Pivot. (Removing the Star will make the Jammer
inactive; see Section 2.3.3) The Pivot must be grasping the Star when the Jammer releases it. Upon the Jammer releasing the Star, the Pivot will be considered the Jammer, and the prior Jammer will be considered a Blocker. They retain these new roles until the end of the jam.

3.2.8 – Skaters who line up fully in bounds but in an illegal starting position (while touching their
legal starting area) are considered to have committed a False Start, and will receive a False
Start warning. Once warned, skaters who False Start must cease all forward motion until they
have yielded to all skaters in the immediate vicinity by ceding relative position to those skaters,
or they may be issued a penalty (see also Section 5.13.9).

It is legal to hit a jumping skater if she jumped from an in-bounds position.
5.8.7 – If a skater jumps and ceases all contact with the ground, the skater’s prior in-bounds/out-of-bounds status is maintained until contact with the ground re-establishes in-bounds/out-of-bounds status.

2.4.1.1.1 – A Jammer must be in bounds to become Lead Jammer. A Jammer does not have to stay in bounds to remain Lead Jammer.

5.11.2.1 – [Example of cutting] An in-bounds, upright, and skating skater who returns completely in bounds (having previously been out of bounds) in front of one or more in-play and uppright skaters, which results in the offending skater having bettered their position.

5.13.7 – A skater initiating contact or engaging an opponent after the fourth whistle ending the jam that forces the opponent slightly off balance, forward, or sideways but does not cause the opponent to fall.

See the Glossary. Engagement Zone
The zone in which Blockers may legally engage and be engaged. The legal Engagement Zone extends from 20 feet (6 meters) behind the rearmost pack skater to 20 feet (6 meters) in front of the foremost pack skater, between the inside and outside track boundaries.

See 5.11 – Cutting the Track. Downed skaters are not to be penalized with Cutting the Track
penalties (until upright), but are still subject to Low Blocking and Out of Bounds
Engagement penalties.

See 3.1 Pack Definition

5.11.8 – [No Pass/No Penalty] A skater, having gone out of bounds or straddling, that briefly and unintentionally completely returns to the track on one skate in their efforts to remain or return out of bounds.

5.7.10 – Two teammates forming an impenetrable wall that, upon a physical challenge by an
opponent, prevents said opponent from passing between said teammates.

5.13.15 – Forcing a jam to be called off due to too many skaters on the track. Per Section
8.2.1.1.1, if too many skaters are on the track, the referees will direct a skater off the track. If a skater does not leave the track and the jam is called off due to too many skaters being on the track, that skater will receive the penalty.

The correct answer is "Clockwise and Counter-clockwise". This means that helmet covers can be retrieved while skating in either direction. It does not matter if the skater is moving in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction, they can still retrieve their helmet cover.

5.7.8 – [Penalty] Grasping a teammate in a manner that, upon a physical challenge by an opponent, prevents said opponent from passing between said teammates.

8.3.1.1 – A warning does not have to be issued in order for a penalty to be given. The exception to this is Out of Play penalties for failure to reform and failure to return, before which warnings must be given.

8.2.6.1.2 – Injury: Referees will only call off a jam in the case of a serious injury or an injury that could endanger another skater.
6.3.6 – If one team’s Jammer does not make it on to the track in time to participate in the jam and during the course of that jam the opposing team’s Jammer is sent off for a penalty, the jam will be whistled dead when the penalized Jammer is seated in the Penalty Box.

This action is an Illegal Procedure, not Insubordination.
5.13.11 – A penalized skater who leaves the Penalty Box during either a team or Official Timeout.