MLBPA GENERAL CERTIFIED AGENT
FINAL STUDY GUIDE 2026 TESTED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ When a player is optioned from a major league club to one of its
minor league affiliates, he cannot be recalled back to the major league
club for how many days?
Answer: 10
⩥ Once a player has been placed on a club's 40-man roster, how many
option years does a club have on that particular player?
Answer: 3
⩥ When a player is designated for assignment (total removal from the
40-man), how many days does a club have to trade, assign or release that
player?
Answer: 7
⩥ When referencing a player on a club's 40-man roster, a player is
considered to have used an "option year" when he spends at least how
many days in the minors?
Answer: 20
, ⩥ How many days is considered 1 full year of major league service
time?
Answer: 172
⩥ Following the completion of a player's Uniform Player's Contract, a
player may become a free agent if he has not executed a contract for the
next season AND if he has at least how many years of Major League
service?
Answer: 6
⩥ Regarding a player and free agency, how long is the "Quiet Period"?
Answer: 5 days
⩥ A Qualifying Offer is given by a club to a player that is guaranteed
equal to the average of the _______ highest paid players from the prior
season.
Answer: 125
⩥ A player whose contract is terminated by a club during Spring
Training but 16 days on or before the start of the season shall be entitled
to receive termination pay equal to how many days' payment at the rate
stipulated in paragraph 2 of his contract?
Answer: 30 days
FINAL STUDY GUIDE 2026 TESTED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ When a player is optioned from a major league club to one of its
minor league affiliates, he cannot be recalled back to the major league
club for how many days?
Answer: 10
⩥ Once a player has been placed on a club's 40-man roster, how many
option years does a club have on that particular player?
Answer: 3
⩥ When a player is designated for assignment (total removal from the
40-man), how many days does a club have to trade, assign or release that
player?
Answer: 7
⩥ When referencing a player on a club's 40-man roster, a player is
considered to have used an "option year" when he spends at least how
many days in the minors?
Answer: 20
, ⩥ How many days is considered 1 full year of major league service
time?
Answer: 172
⩥ Following the completion of a player's Uniform Player's Contract, a
player may become a free agent if he has not executed a contract for the
next season AND if he has at least how many years of Major League
service?
Answer: 6
⩥ Regarding a player and free agency, how long is the "Quiet Period"?
Answer: 5 days
⩥ A Qualifying Offer is given by a club to a player that is guaranteed
equal to the average of the _______ highest paid players from the prior
season.
Answer: 125
⩥ A player whose contract is terminated by a club during Spring
Training but 16 days on or before the start of the season shall be entitled
to receive termination pay equal to how many days' payment at the rate
stipulated in paragraph 2 of his contract?
Answer: 30 days
