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NFHS Exam Set – 2024–25 Season –
Complete Practice Exams for Football,
Soccer, and More
Terms In This Set (50)
1. B7 is injured and is required to leave the field. Team B has no available substitutes and, therefore,
must play short. Several minutes later, B7 has recovered from injury, and the coach sends B7 to
report in. What should happen next? - ANSWER ✔ - B7 may enter the game at the next dead ball
after reporting to the officials' area and being beckoned by the referee.
2. The goalkeeper for Team A and a player for Team B collide and the ball goes out of play. The referee
stops the clock to prevent play from continuing but does not beckon the coach or trainer onto the
field for either player. After a moment, the players catch their breath and do not appear to be
injured. The referee then directs the play to be restarted. The referee shall: - ANSWER ✔ - Allow the
play to be restarted without requiring either player to leave the field as neither the coach nor the
appropriate medical personnel was beckoned onto the field.
3. B10 is apparently injured. The referee has stopped play and summoned the Team B trainer onto the
field of play. - ANSWER ✔ - Both coaches may give their teams coaching instructions.
4. In the second half of a game, the stadium clock/scoreboard malfunctions and is no longer
functioning. How will the time and the score be kept? - ANSWER ✔ - The head referee will keep the
time and score as no other means are available.
5. The referee observes a foul, but does not penalize it because the referee perceives an advantage;
however, the advantage does not develop. - ANSWER ✔ - The referee shall immediately stop play
and penalize the original foul.
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6. The following are duties of the assistant referee during pregame except: - ANSWER ✔ - Review
specific duties with scorer.
7. When does an official's jurisdiction over a game end? - ANSWER ✔ - When the officials leaving the
field of play and its immediate surroundings.
8. A player is being replaced. Where can the player exit the field? - ANSWER ✔ - On the bench side of
the field. If benches are on opposite sides, the player must exit toward their own bench.
9. As play resumes after a goal kick, a fight breaks out on the field next to the visiting bench. The
benches from both teams clear and get involved in the melee. Once order is restored, the referee
terminates the game. - ANSWER ✔ - The referee has the authority to terminate or suspend the game
when elements, spectators or other causes require such action.
10. When a player on Team A commits the team's first foul (accidental tripping) of the game in Team A's
offensive end of the field in a careless manner, the referee shall: - ANSWER ✔ - Call the foul and
direct the play be restarted with a direct free kick.
11. Goalkeeper A1 blocks a hard shot on goal by deliberately parrying the ball to the ground. As B11 runs
toward the ball, the goalkeeper picks the ball up and punts it up field. The referee should: - ANSWER
✔ - Whistle for a foul against the goalkeeper for deliberately parrying the ball and award a free kick
to B11's team
12. B14 takes a shot on goal, with goalkeeper A1 out of position. A3, however, extends the arm into the
path of the ball, deflecting it to B9. B9 shoots and the ball enters the goal. - ANSWER ✔ - The referee
should allow the goal and caution A3 for unsporting conduct.
13. Which one of the following considerations are not part of Denying an Obvious Goal Scoring
Opportunity (DOGSO)? - ANSWER ✔ - Serious foul play.
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NFHS Exam Set – 2024–25 Season –
Complete Practice Exams for Football,
Soccer, and More
Terms In This Set (50)
1. B7 is injured and is required to leave the field. Team B has no available substitutes and, therefore,
must play short. Several minutes later, B7 has recovered from injury, and the coach sends B7 to
report in. What should happen next? - ANSWER ✔ - B7 may enter the game at the next dead ball
after reporting to the officials' area and being beckoned by the referee.
2. The goalkeeper for Team A and a player for Team B collide and the ball goes out of play. The referee
stops the clock to prevent play from continuing but does not beckon the coach or trainer onto the
field for either player. After a moment, the players catch their breath and do not appear to be
injured. The referee then directs the play to be restarted. The referee shall: - ANSWER ✔ - Allow the
play to be restarted without requiring either player to leave the field as neither the coach nor the
appropriate medical personnel was beckoned onto the field.
3. B10 is apparently injured. The referee has stopped play and summoned the Team B trainer onto the
field of play. - ANSWER ✔ - Both coaches may give their teams coaching instructions.
4. In the second half of a game, the stadium clock/scoreboard malfunctions and is no longer
functioning. How will the time and the score be kept? - ANSWER ✔ - The head referee will keep the
time and score as no other means are available.
5. The referee observes a foul, but does not penalize it because the referee perceives an advantage;
however, the advantage does not develop. - ANSWER ✔ - The referee shall immediately stop play
and penalize the original foul.
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6. The following are duties of the assistant referee during pregame except: - ANSWER ✔ - Review
specific duties with scorer.
7. When does an official's jurisdiction over a game end? - ANSWER ✔ - When the officials leaving the
field of play and its immediate surroundings.
8. A player is being replaced. Where can the player exit the field? - ANSWER ✔ - On the bench side of
the field. If benches are on opposite sides, the player must exit toward their own bench.
9. As play resumes after a goal kick, a fight breaks out on the field next to the visiting bench. The
benches from both teams clear and get involved in the melee. Once order is restored, the referee
terminates the game. - ANSWER ✔ - The referee has the authority to terminate or suspend the game
when elements, spectators or other causes require such action.
10. When a player on Team A commits the team's first foul (accidental tripping) of the game in Team A's
offensive end of the field in a careless manner, the referee shall: - ANSWER ✔ - Call the foul and
direct the play be restarted with a direct free kick.
11. Goalkeeper A1 blocks a hard shot on goal by deliberately parrying the ball to the ground. As B11 runs
toward the ball, the goalkeeper picks the ball up and punts it up field. The referee should: - ANSWER
✔ - Whistle for a foul against the goalkeeper for deliberately parrying the ball and award a free kick
to B11's team
12. B14 takes a shot on goal, with goalkeeper A1 out of position. A3, however, extends the arm into the
path of the ball, deflecting it to B9. B9 shoots and the ball enters the goal. - ANSWER ✔ - The referee
should allow the goal and caution A3 for unsporting conduct.
13. Which one of the following considerations are not part of Denying an Obvious Goal Scoring
Opportunity (DOGSO)? - ANSWER ✔ - Serious foul play.
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