Multiple Choice A
Assessment duration 15 minutes.
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Level 1 Pass Mark 85%
Level 2 Pass Mark 80%
Level 3 Pass Mark 70%
Q1. A goalkeeper bounces the ball before kicking it. Is this an offence?
a) Yes. According to the Laws of the Game the goalkeeper has relinquished possession of the ball.
b) No. According to the Laws of the Game the goalkeeper has not relinquished possession of the ball.
c) Yes, provided that they can put it into play without the need to bounce it.
d) Yes, because it is considered time wasting.
Q2. The ball completely crosses the goal line outside the goal posts in the air or along the ground, without an infringement being committed. What decision should the referee make?
a) A corner kick or goal.
b) A goal kick, or a corner kick .
c) A corner kick, goal kick, goal, dropped ball or throw-in.
d) None of the answers is correct.
Q3. Can the referee allow a match to start if the goals have no nets attached?
a) The referee decides whether they can play or not.
b) The Laws of the Game require the goals to have nets attached but the referee may allow the match to begin without them.
c) The Laws of the Game do not require the goals to have nets attached so the match can be started.
d) All of the answers are correct.
Q4. How many people, from those authorised to be in the technical area, can get up to give instructions?
a) Two, as long as they are the two coaches of the team.
b) Only one person at a time.
c) Only the coach.
d) All answers are correct.
Q5. A player takes a throw-in. He throws the ball directly to his goalkeeper. The goalkeeper touches the ball with his hand, attempting to stop it, but the ball enters the goal. What decision should the referee make?
a) Apply advantage and award a goal.
b) Disallow the goal and award an indirect free-kick to the attacking team.
c) Disallow the goal and award a dropped ball.
d) Disallow the goal and award a throw-in to the opposing team.
Q6. How should an assistant referee signal a goal if there is no doubt about the decision?
a) They should confirm the goal with their hand.
b) They should run 25-30 metres quickly up the touch line toward the halfway line without raising their flag.
c) They should run toward the halfway line, signalling with his hand.
d) They should run and position themselves level with the last defender.
Q7. When is the goalkeeper considered to be in control of the ball?
a) When they bounce it on the ground or throw it in the air.
b) When they touch it with any part of their hands or arms.
c) When they hold the ball with one or both hands.
d) All previous answers are correct.
Q8. A free kick is awarded and the player decides to take the kick quickly. An opponent who is near the ball deliberately prevents him taking the kick. What decision should the referee make?
a) The opponent is cautioned for unsporting behaviour.
b) Play should be allowed to continue.
c) The opponent is cautioned for not respecting the required distance.
d) The opponent is cautioned for delaying the restart of play.
Q9. A player leaves the field of play with the ball in play and strikes an official of the opposing team with excessive force. What decision should the referee make?
a) The referee cautions the offending player and awards an indirect free kick.
b) The referee sends off the offending player and awards a dropped ball.
c) The referee sends off the offending player and awards a direct free kick.
d) If advantage is not applied the referee stops play, sends off the player for violent conduct and awards a direct free kick from the boundary line closest to where the offence occurred.
Q10. A player, with the ball in play, throws a shin guard at a trainer who is situated in the technical area. What decision should the referee make?
a) The referee sends off the player and play is restarted with a dropped ball.
b) The referee sends off the player and play is restarted with an indirect free kick taken where the ball was when play was stopped.
c) The referee sends off the player and play is restarted with a direct free kick taken where the player was when play was stopped.
d) The referee sends off the player and play is restarted with a direct free kick taken from the boundary line closest to where the shin guard hit or would have hit the trainer.
Q11. A player asks permission to leave the field of play. As he is running off, the ball comes towards him and he kicks it away. What decision should the referee make?
a) The referee cautions the player for unsporting behaviour and awards an indirect free kick to the opposing team from where the offence was committed.
b) The referee awards a throw-in to the opposing team.
c) The referee awards a dropped ball from where contact with the ball was made.
d) The referee cautions the player and awards a dropped ball from where contact with the ball was made.
Q12. Is it possible to penalise a player for being in an offside position if half his body is in each half of the field of play?
a) Yes if htey interferes with play or an opponent.
b) No, because the centre of their body is over the halfway line.
c) Yes, but only if their foot touches the opposing half.
d) None of the answers are correct.
Q13. Whilst the ball was in play a player inside his own penalty area violently strikes an opponent who was holding their shirt. What decision should the referee make?
a) The referee sends off the player who struck the opponent. Play is restarted with a direct free kick.
b) The referee sends off the player who struck the opponent. Play is restarted with a penalty kick.
c) The referee cautions the opponent who held the shirt. Play is restarted with a direct free kick.
d) The referee sends off the player who struck the opponent and cautions the opponent who held the players shirt. Play is restarted with a dropped ball.
Q14. A team-mate of the goalkeeper uses a deliberate trick to circumvent the Laws of the Game by heading the ball back to the goalkeeper after lifting it with their foot. What decision should the referee make?
a) The referee awards an indirect free kick to the opposing team from the place where the offence occurred.
b) The referee cautions the team-mate for unsporting behaviour and awards an indirect free kick to the opposing team from where the offence occurred.
c) The referee allows play to continue.
d) The referee cautions the team-mate for unsporting behaviour and awards a dropped ball.
Q15. Is it allowed for a player, taking a throw-in, to lift their heels off the ground?
a) Yes, but they cannot stand on the touchline.
b) Yes, but they have to have part of both feet on or outside the touchline.
c) No, both feet must be on or outside the touchline and all of both feet must remain flat on the ground.
d) No, they cannot lift his heels.
Q16. At a dropped ball, after the ball has touched the ground but before being touched by any player, a defender inside their own penalty area spits at an opponent inside the penalty arc. What decision should the referee make?
a) The referee sends off the defender and has the dropped ball retaken.
b) The referee sends off the defender and awards a penalty kick to the opposing team.
c) The referee sends off the defender and awards a direct free kick to the opposing team from where the opponent was.
d) The referee sends off the defender and awards an indirect free kick to the opposing team from where the player was inside the penalty arc.
Q17. What action does the referee take if, after a penalty kick has been taken correctly, the ball bursts before entering the goal?
a) The referee orders the penalty kick to be retaken.
b) The referee orders a retaking of the penalty kick or awards a dropped ball.
c) The referee drops the ball.
d) None of the previous answers is correct.
Q18. Can a goalkeeper contest a dropped ball like any other player?
a) Yes, any player can take part.
b) No
c) It is at the referee's discretion.
d) Only if both goalkeepers take part.
Q19. Can a player wear protection during a match to prevent injury?
a) Players cannot wear knee or elbow pads, facemasks or head protectors as these are dangerous to other players.
b) Players can protect themselves with knee or elbow pads, facemasks or head protectors as long as they are not dangerous to other players.
c) No, because facemasks and head protectors can be dangerous to other players.
d) None of the answers is correct.
Q20. A player, whose team has only seven players on the field of play, leaves to receive medical attention when the ball is out of play. What decision should the referee make?
a) The match is stopped until the player has received treatment and has returned to the field of play. If they cannot return, the match is abandoned, unless the member association has decided otherwise with respect to the minimum number of players.
b) The game must not be resumed if the team has only six players available to play.
c) The match is stopped until the player has received treatment and has returned to the field of play. If they cannot return the match resumes with the remaining players.
d) None of the answers is correct.
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