FENCING REFEREE GENERAL RULES TEST A & B
ACTUAL EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A PLUS COMPLETE
REVIEW SET
◉ Group two penalties
Answer: Immediate red card.
◉ Group three penalties.
Answer: Red card for fencers, Yellow for spectators, or straight to
black.
◉ Group four penalties
Answer: Behavioral penalty that results to immediate black card.
◉ Jacket overlaps how many cms over the pants?
Answer: 10 cms.
◉ fencer with one foot off of the SIDE of the strip results to a?
Answer: Hault. The fencer loses ONE meter from the start of the
attack.
, ◉ What if the fencer is less than one meter from the back end of the
strip (meaning they are deep into their two meter warning zone)?
Answer: it can place the fencer off of the back of the strip and award
a touch to the opponent.
◉ BOTH feet off the side of the strip results in?
Answer: Has the same applications of losing one meter.
◉ Both feet off of the rear limits is?
Answer: a touch for the opponent.
◉ If the referees halt is for a fencer leaving the rear limits, what
happens?
Answer: That fencer's touch is annulled, but s/he can be SCORED
UPON, provided the action began before the "halt."
◉ True or False? A plastron is not required in foil fencing.
Answer: False. In foil fencing, a plastron is REQUIRED.
◉ True or False? Chest protectors are optional for males, however,
for females are required.
Answer: True. This applies to ALL weapons.
ACTUAL EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A PLUS COMPLETE
REVIEW SET
◉ Group two penalties
Answer: Immediate red card.
◉ Group three penalties.
Answer: Red card for fencers, Yellow for spectators, or straight to
black.
◉ Group four penalties
Answer: Behavioral penalty that results to immediate black card.
◉ Jacket overlaps how many cms over the pants?
Answer: 10 cms.
◉ fencer with one foot off of the SIDE of the strip results to a?
Answer: Hault. The fencer loses ONE meter from the start of the
attack.
, ◉ What if the fencer is less than one meter from the back end of the
strip (meaning they are deep into their two meter warning zone)?
Answer: it can place the fencer off of the back of the strip and award
a touch to the opponent.
◉ BOTH feet off the side of the strip results in?
Answer: Has the same applications of losing one meter.
◉ Both feet off of the rear limits is?
Answer: a touch for the opponent.
◉ If the referees halt is for a fencer leaving the rear limits, what
happens?
Answer: That fencer's touch is annulled, but s/he can be SCORED
UPON, provided the action began before the "halt."
◉ True or False? A plastron is not required in foil fencing.
Answer: False. In foil fencing, a plastron is REQUIRED.
◉ True or False? Chest protectors are optional for males, however,
for females are required.
Answer: True. This applies to ALL weapons.
