Soccer Referee Test Questions With All Correct Answers!!

What is the complete list of penal fouls? - Answer-1 / Kicks or attempts to kick an oppo¬nent. 2/ trips or attempts to trip an opponent, 3/ jumps at an opponent, 4/ charges an oppo¬nent, 5/ strikes or attempts to strike an oppo¬nent, 6/ pushes an opponent, 7/ tackles an oppo¬nent, 8/ holds an opponent, 9/ spits at an oppo¬nent, and 10/ deliberately handles the ball. (LOTG 12) 2. What is the complete list of non-penal fouls not specifically aimed at punishing goal¬keepers? - Answer-1/ Dangerous play, 2/ impeding the pro¬gress of an opponent, 3/ preventing the goal¬keeper from releasing the ball, and 4/ any other offense for which play is stopped to caution or send off an player. (LOTG 12) 3. What is the complete list of sending-off (red-card) offenses? - Answer-1/ Serious foul play, 2/ violent conduct, 3/ spitting, 4/ denying the opposing team an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by a deliber¬ate handball, 5/ denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to an opponent moving to¬ward the goal by an offense punishable by a free or penalty kick, 6/ offensive language or behavior, and 7/ second yellow card in the match. (LOTG 12) 4. What is the complete list of cautionable (yellow-card) offenses? - Answer-1/ Unsporting behavior, 2/ dissent, 3/ persis¬tent infringement of the Law of the Game, 4/ de¬laying the restart of the game, 5/ failure to respect the required distance at a corner or free kick or throw-in 6/ entering or reentering the field of play without the referee's permission, and 7/ deliber¬ately leaving the field of play without the refe¬ree's permission. (LOTG 12) 5. What are the key elements for a player to be guilty of offside? - Answer-A player 1/ is in the opponents' half of the field, 2/ is closer to the opponents goal line than both the ball and the second to last oppo¬nent, 3/ has a teammate who touches or plays the ball, and 4/ is involved in active play by interfering with play, interfering with an op¬ponent or gaining an advantage by being in that offside position. (LOTG 11) 2. What is the complete list of non-penal fouls that can be committed by a goalkeeper? - Answer-1/ More than 6 seconds to release the ball, 2/ handling the ball in the penalty area after receiving it directly from a throw-in, 3/ handling the ball in the penalty area after it is deliberately kicked by a teammate, and 4/ han¬dling the ball in the penalty area after releas¬ing it without the ball having touched another player. (LOTG 12) What are the dimensions of the goal? - Answer-8 yards across by 8 feet high. (LOTG 1)8. What are the dimensions of the penalty area? - Answer-44 yards across by 18 yards. (LOTG 1) 9. What are the dimensions of the goal area? - Answer-20 yards across by 6 yards. (LOTG 1) 10. On a regulation field, how far in front of the goal line is the penalty mark? - Answer-12 yards. (LOTG 1) 11. What under the Laws are the activities for which allowance is made for time lost? - Answer-. 1/ Substitutions, 2/ assessment of in¬jury, 3/ removal of injured players, 4/ wasting time and 5/ any other cause. (LOTG 7) 12. When is a kick-off the appropriate restart? - Answer-1/ Start of first half, 2/ start of second half, 3/ after a goal, and 4/ start of period of extra time. (LOTG 8) 13. Can a goal be scored from a kick off? - Answer-. Yes. (LOTG 8) 14. What are the requirements for a valid throw-in? - Answer-At the moment of delivering the ball the thrower must 1/ be within approximately one yard of where the ball left the field, 2/ face the field of play, 3/ has part of each foot either on the touchline or on the ground outside the touchline, 4/ uses both hands, and 5/ delivers the ball from behind and over his head. (LOTG 15, ATR 15.1) 10. In judging offside, can verbal distraction of the goalkeeper amount to interference with an opponent? - Answer-Yes. (ATR 11.4) 16. Is a goal valid if it is scored while a member of that team is standing in the goal? - AnswerGenerally, yes, if the player is station¬ery and does not interfere with opponents. But no, if the player moves or shouts and the referee believes this interference contributed to the scoring of the goal. However, the foul would be misconduct, not offside, since the player was off the field of play, and the restart would be a dropped ball.. (ATR 11.12, ILOTG 11) 17. Where is the restart for offside? - Answer-At the point where the offside player was when his teammate played the ball, not the point where the offside player touched the ball.(LOTG 11, ATR 11.13, ILOTG 11)18. Is a player potentially in offside posi¬tion if he is on his half of the field with a foot on but not across the halfway line? - Answer-. No. Lines belong to the areas of which they are boundaries. The halfway line belongs to two areas, one of which is the player's half of the field. Location in that area means a player does not meet all the requirements for offside position. (LOTG 1, 11) 19. What are the only ways a player in an offside position at the moment the ball is touched or played by a teammate can become onside? - Answer-. 1/ Player is not in front of the ball when it is next touched or played by one of his teateam, 3/ an opponent intentionally plays or gains possession of the ball, and 4/ the ball goes out of play in favor of the opposing team. The offside player cannot put himself onside; someone else has to play the ball. (ATR 11.14)m¬mates, 2/ positions of opponents change so the player is no longer in an offside position when the ball is next touched or played by one of his 20. If on a goal kick the ball clears the pen¬alty area in play but the wind is so strong the ball then is blown back into the kicking team's goal, what is the restart? - Answer-No goal, and the non-kicking team gets a corner kick. A team can never score on itself directly from a restart. (ATR 16.3) 20. If on a corner kick, the ball somehow goes into the goal of the kicking team at the other end of the field, what is the restart? - Answer-. No goal, and non-kicking team gets a corner kick. A team can never score on itself directly from a restart (ATR 17.5) 22. What are the six philosophies of AYSO? - Answer-. 1/ Everyone plays, 2/ balanced teams, 3/ open registration, 4/ positive coaching, and 5/ good sportsmanship, 6/ player develop¬ment. (AYSO GRC p. 38) 23. What are the duties of a neutral assis¬tant referee? - Answer-1/ Judge out of bounds, 2/ determine corner kick, goal kick or throw-in, 3/ judge offside, 4/ indicate when a substitution is requested, 5/ report misconduct or other in¬cident occurring out of the view of the referee, 6/ report offense committed closer to the AR than the referee, 7/ indicate during a penalty kick whether the goalkeeper has moved forward before the ball is kicked, and to judge the va¬lidity of a goal. (LOTG 6) 24. What is the restart when a substitute on the bench throws a shoe at an opponent on the field? - Answer-. Dropped ball. (ATR 12.35)25. What is the restart when a free kick is kicked into the kicker's goal? - Answer-. No goal and a corner kick. A team can never score on itself directly from a restart. (LOTG 13) 26. What is the restart when a defender in¬side his own penalty area throws a rock at a substitute off the field? - Answer-. Indirect free kick. (ATR 12,35) 27. What is the restart when a player on a throw-in tosses the ball into his own goal? - AnswerCorner kick for opposing team. A team can never score on itself directly from a restart. (ATR 10.6, 15.6, ILOTG 15) 27. What is the restart when a player on a throw-in tosses the ball into his own goal? - Answer-. Goal kick for opposing team. (ATR 15.6, ILOTG 15) 29. What is the restart when, on a penalty kick, an attacker encroaches, the keeper saves the ball but it bounces to the encroacher who kicks it in? - Answer-Indirect free kick for defenders (and no goal). (ATR 14.9) 30. What is the restart when, on a penalty kick, an attacker encroaches, the keeper saves the ball but it bounces to another, non-encroaching attacker who kicks it in? - Answer-Indirect free kick for defenders (and no goal). (ATR 14.9) 31. What is the restart when, on a penalty kick, an attacker encroaches, the keeper saves the ball but it rebounds to the encroacher? - Answer-. Indirect free kick for defenders. (ATR 14.9) What is the restart when, on a penalty kick, an attacker encroaches, the keeper saves the ball but it rebounds to someone other than the encroacher? - Answer-Indirect free kick for defenders. (ATR 14.9) 33. What is the restart when, on a penalty kick, both teams infringe? - Answer-Retake. (ATR 14.9) 34. What is the restart when a player inten¬tionally interferes with a goalkeeper who is at¬tempting to put the ball into play? - Answer-Indirect free kick. (LOTG 12)35. What is the restart when a defender, the only person between an attacker and the keeper, impedes the attack by coming between the attacker and the ball? - Answer-Indirect free kick, after a red card to the defender. (ATR 12.40) 36. What is the restart when the referee stops play because a player directs loud offensive and abusive language toward an opponent on the field? - Answer-Indirect free kick, after a send-off. (ATR 12.35) 37. What is the restart when two substitute teammates begin violently fighting off the field and the referee blows the whistle? - Answer-Dropped ball, after two send-offs. (ATR 12.35) 38. What is the restart when a player who has left the field after getting permission to care for an injury and is then replaced enters the field and impedes an attacker? - Answer-Indirect free kick, after yellow card and removal. (ATR 3.18[c], ILOTG 3) 39. What are the maximum and minimum sizes of the field? - Answer-Length: 100 yards to 130 yards. Width: 50 yards to 100 yards. Note that the length of the touch line must be greater than the length of the goal line. (LOTG 1) 40. What is the proper procedure for a substitution? - Answer-. 1/ Inform referee, 2/ player on field leaves first, 3/ substitute comes in on referee signal, and 4/ substitute enters at halfway line. (LOTG 3, ATR 3.4) 41. When is the substitution procedure completed? - Answer-When the substitute enters the field. (LOTG 3, ATR 3.4) 42. For which penal fouls is the mere at¬tempt a violation? - Answer-Kicking, tripping and striking. (LOTG 12) 43. What is the restart after a match is stopped during play for a burst ball? - Answer-Dropped ball. (LOTG 3) 44. What is the restart when the ball bursts while not in play at a kick-off, goal kick, cor¬ner kick, free kick, penalty kick or throw-in? - Answer-Match is restarted accordingly. (LOTG 2)45. What is the restart when a substitute enters the field of play without the referee's permission? - Answer-. Indirect free kick (after the substitute is shown the yellow card and told to leave the field).(LOTG 3) 46. What is the restart when a referee stops play to administer a caution? - Answer-. Indirect free kick. (LOTG 12) 47. What is the restart on a kick-off if the kicker touches the ball a second time before anyone else does? - Answer-. Indirect free kick. (LOTG 8) 48. What is the restart when, on a throw-in, the thrower touches the ball a second time before it has touched another player? - Answer-Indirect free kick. (LOTG 15) 49. What is the restart when, on a goal kick after the ball is in play, the kicker touches the ball a second time before it has touched another player? - Answer-. Indirect free kick. (LOTG 15) 50. What is the restart when a goal is scored by a team with more than the allowed number of player and the referee realizes this before an ensuing kickoff? - Answer-. Goal kick, and no goal. (ATR 3.20, 5.13, 5.14) 51. What is the restart when the referee stops the game because a spectator or other out¬side agent enters the field and touches the ball before it goes over the goal? - Answer-. Dropped ball, and no goal (ATR 10.7) 52. What is the restart for an "off-the-ball" charge? - Answer-Indirect free kick. It's a form of im¬peding. (ATR 12.22) 53. What is the restart when play is stopped solely to deal with misconduct com¬mitted by a player on the field? - Answer-Indirect free kick. (ATR 5.19) 54. What is the restart when play is stopped solely to deal with misconduct com¬mitted by a substitute, for misconduct commit¬ted off the field of play, or for team officials who fail to conduct themselves in a responsible manner? - Answer-Dropped ball. (ATR 3.18, 5.19, 12.35)55. Can the restart after a stoppage for misconduct ever be a direct free kick? - Answer-. Yes, if the reason for the stoppage included a penal foul. (LOTG 12) 56. What is the restart when play is stopped for some other reason than misconduct? - Answer-The proper restart for the original reason for the stoppage. (ATR 8.6) 57. In the definition of offside position, is the requirement that an attacker be "nearer to the opponents' goal line than ... the second last de¬fender" met if the only aspect of the attacker that is past the second last defender is any part of the (a) torso, (b) head, (c) feet and (d) arms? - Answer-(a) Yes, (b) yes, (c) yes, and (d) no. (LOTG 11) 58. Can an offside infraction be called be¬fore an attacker in an offside position actually touches the ball? - Answer-Yes. (ATR 11.3, 11.5) Is there an offside violation when a player in an offside position plays a ball that rebounds to him off (a) a goal post, (b) the crossbar or (c) an opponent? - Answer-Yes, (b) yes and (c) yes. (ATR 11.6) 60. Can a referee show a red or yellow card for actions occurring on the field of play but before or after the match? - Answer-Yes. (ATR 5.17) 61. For the purpose of determining serious foul play on a tackle, is the direction of the tackle (i.e. from behind) relevant? - Answer-No. (ATR 12.33) 62. On a throw-in, how far back must an opponent be from the thrower? - Answer-. At least two yards. (LOTG 15) 63. Is there a specified minimum distance players must retreat for a dropped ball? - Answer-No, and it's now the only restart without a specified distance. (ATR 8.5) 64. What is the sanction if a player removes his jersey to celebrate a goal? - Answer-Yellow card. It's a form of unsport¬ ing behavior. (LOTG 12)65. Can a player be called for offside af¬ter a punt by his own goalkeeper? - Answer-Yes. There's no listed exception. (LOTG 11) 66. Can a player be called for offside after a goal kick by his own team? - Answer-No. (LOTG 11) 67. What is the restart, if any, if the goal¬keeper within the penalty area parries the ball, picks it up and punts it? - Answer-. Indirect free kick for the other team "Parrying" is a term of art defined as control by the keeper with his hands and then release such that a subsequent touch¬ ing by the keep with his hands before the ball is touched by another player consti¬ tutes a double-touch. (LOTG 12, IAFB Decision 2; ATR 12.19)