Welcome to the Rules exam!
There are 18 questions, and you must get at least 12 correct to pass the exam.
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You are.
The other player is.
10.
14.
20.
There is no maximum.
Yes.
No.
Yes.
No, you would incur one penalty stroke for improving your line of play.
No, you would incur two penalty strokes in stroke play (loss of hole in match play) for improving your line of play.
Yes.
No.
The ball must be replaced without penalty.
The ball must be replaced with a one stroke penalty.
The ball must be played as it lies without penalty.
The ball must be played as it lies with a one stroke penalty.
Yes.
No, to make a stroke you must strike the ball.
Yes.
No, you are only allowed to do that in a “General Area” cut to fairway height or lower (e.g. on the fairway).
You must drop from no higher than knee height (thus, under knee height is OK).
You must drop from at least knee height (thus, over knee height is OK).
You must drop from knee height (not over and not under).
The length of your putter.
The length of the club you in each case use to measure with.
The length of the longest club you have brought, except a putter.
80 inches.
No.
Yes, one penalty stroke.
Yes, two penalty strokes in stroke play (lost hole in match play).
You should (your ball is farthest from the hole).
The other player should (all balls must be on the putting green before anyone begins putting).
You have made two strokes and incur a one stroke penalty.
You have made two strokes and incur no penalty.
You have made one stroke and incur a one stroke penalty.
You have made one stroke and incur no penalty.
Yes.
No (to be holed, all the ball must be under the surface).
Yes.
No.
Yes.
No.
Yes.
No, you must use a ball-marker (see picture).
Yes.
No. Before being allowed to apply the Local Rule you must search for three minutes.
You have made a stroke (play the ball as it lies). You don’t incur any penalty.
You have made a stroke (play the ball as it lies). You incur a one stroke penalty.
You have not made a stroke (replace the ball). You don’t incur any penalty.
You have not made a stroke (replace the ball). You incur a one stroke penalty.
Yes, with a two stroke penalty.
Yes, with a one stroke penalty.
No.
Yes, it is perfectly OK.
No, you incur one penalty stroke for making practice strokes.
No, you incur two penalty strokes in stroke play (loss of hole in match play) for making practice strokes.
No.
Yes from bunkers, but not from penalty areas.
Yes from penalty areas, but not from bunkers.
Yes.
You.
The other player.
Yes, with two penalty strokes.
Yes, with a one stroke penalty.
No.
No, it is completely OK to help each other this way.
Yes, you incur one penalty stroke for giving advice.
Yes, you incur two penalty strokes in stroke play (lost hole in match play) for giving advice.
You must play the first ball.
You must play the ”provisional” ball (which became the ball in play when you declared the first ball lost).
No, you must drop in the bunker!
Yes, with a one stroke penalty.
Yes, with a two stroke penalty.
Yes, with a three stroke penalty.
Yes.
No, it must be placed right behind the ball (see picture).
The stroke counts (play it as it lies), and you incur two penalty strokes.
The stroke counts (play it as it lies), and you incur one penalty stroke.
The stroke does not count (play a ball from within the correct teeing area), but you incur two penalty strokes.
The stroke does not count (play a ball from within the correct teeing area), but you incur one penalty stroke.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Yes, always.
Yes, unless the double green has been divided into two separate greens (e.g. with a line) – in which case you must take relief without penalty.
No, you must take relief without penalty.
Yes!
No, you incur a one stroke penalty.
No, you incur a two stroke penalty in stroke play (loss of hole in match play).
Yes, always.
Yes, but only if the ball might be lost outside the penalty area (e.g. in some rough).
No, not when your stroke was heading towards a penalty area!
Yes.
No, you incurred one penalty stroke.
No, you incurred two penalty strokes (loss of hole in match play).
The golfer must play the ball as it lies without penalty.
The golfer can move the ball back in bounds, taking a one-stroke penalty.
The golfer must take a drop within two club-lengths from where the ball crossed the boundary, incurring a one-stroke penalty.
The golfer must play a new ball from the original spot with a one-stroke penalty.
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Yes, always.
Yes, unless a Local Rule states, that you are not.
No, you are only allowed to, when the ball is in a closely mown area.
Yes.
No, you must say the word “provisional”. Therefore, it is the ball in play.
Yes.
Yes, but the penalty is two strokes, though.
No.
Yes, always.
Yes, but only if a Local Rules allows you to.
Yes, unless prohibited by Local Rule.
No.
Yes, two penalty strokes in stroke play (loss of hole in match play).
Yes, one penalty stroke.
No, no penalty.
You have made a stroke (play the ball as it lies). You don’t incur any penalty.
You have made a stroke (play the ball as it lies). You incur a one stroke penalty.
You have not made a stroke (replace the ball). You don’t incur any penalty.
You have not made a stroke (replace the ball). You incur a one stroke penalty.
Yes (you must only take relief without penalty, if the ball lies on a wrong green).
No, you must take relief without penalty (unless a Local Rule states something else).
No, you must always take relief without penalty.
Yes, two penalty strokes in stroke play (lost hole in match play).
Yes, two penalty strokes in stroke play (no penalty in match play).
Yes, one penalty stroke (both in stroke play and in match play).
No.
Continue playing the wrong ball with no penalty.
Replace the wrong ball and play the correct ball with a two-stroke penalty.
Incur a two-stroke penalty, then continue playing the correct ball from where the wrong ball was played.
Play the correct ball from its original location with no penalty.
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