(a) Awards a goal |
(b) Throw-in for the defending team |
(c) Goal-kick for the defending team |
(d) Dropped ball next to the corner flag post |
Reference: IFAB 2016/2017 page 69-The ball is in play at all other times, including when it rebounds off a match official, goalpost, crossbar or corner flagpost and remains in the field of play |
(a) The referee allows it. |
(b) The referee does not allow it. |
(c) The referee must caution the goalkeeper for leaving the penalty area. |
(d) None of the answers is correct. |
Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick |
(a) No, because the Laws of the Game state that being in line is not offside. |
(b) Yes, the Laws of the Game state that he must be in line with the second last opponent or the ball. |
(c) No, because he has an opponent between him and the goal line. |
(d) No, never. |
Reference: Law 11 - Offside |
(a) The referee should suspend the match, mentioning the fact in his report. |
(b) The referee should allow the goalkeepers to participate in the match. |
(c) The referee should instruct the visiting goalkeeper to wear a bib of a different color. |
(d) The referee should instruct the visiting goalkeeper to wear his team`s second shirt. |
Reference: Law 4 - The Players’ Equipment |
(a) The referee always lets play continue, provided the opponent respects the two-metre distance established by the Laws of Game. |
(b) The referee cautions the player and awards an indirect free kick to the throw-in team. |
(c) The referee cautions the offending player and orders the throw-in to be retaken. |
(d) The referee awards an indirect free kick to the throw-in team. |
Reference: LOTG 2016/2017 page 100 - An opponent who unfairly distracts or impedes the thrower (including moving closer than 2 m (2 yds) to the place where the throw-in is to be taken) is cautioned for unsporting behaviour and if the throw-in has been taken an indirect free kick is awarded. |
(a) Disallows the goal and cautions the player |
(b) Cautions the player |
(c) Sends the player off |
(d) Allows the goal and does not show a card |
Reference: IFAB 2016/2017 page 86 after subheading Celebration of a goal. A player must be cautioned for climbing onto a perimeter fence. |
(a) The referee stops play and awards a penalty, provided he cannot apply advantage. |
(b) The The referee stops play, cautions the player for unsporting behaviour and awards a penalty kick, provided he cannot apply advantage. |
(c) The referee applies advantage and verbally cautions the player during the next stoppage in play. |
(d) He lets play continue. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) 6 |
(b) 8 |
(c) 10, unless the member association has decided otherwise with respect to the minimum number of players. |
(d) 7 |
Reference: Law 3 - The Players |
(a) When play has been stopped by the referee. |
(b) When it hits the hand or arm of a player, except for the goalkeeper in his own penalty area. |
(c) When it has partly crossed the goal line on the field of play, when in the air. |
(d) When it is closer to the goal line than to the second last defender. |
Reference: Law 9 - The Ball In and Out of Play ; Law 10 - The Method of Scoring |
(a) 6 |
(b) 7 |
(c) 14 |
(d) 13 |
Reference: Law 7 - The Duration of the Match ; Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play |
(a) Stop play and award a throw-in to the opposing team. |
(b) Stop play and award a dropped ball. |
(c) Continue play. |
(d) Stop play and award a new throw-in to the same team. |
Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick |
(a) The referee sends off the defender for violent conduct and awards a penalty kick. |
(b) The ball was out of play. The referee sends off the defender for violent conduct and play is restarted with a throw in, goal kick or corner kick. |
(c) The referee decides the ball was out of play, sends off the defender for serious foul play and play is restarted with an indirect free kick. |
(d) None of the previous answers is correct. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) Yes, as long as the team-mate is standing directly behind the kicker. |
(b) Yes, as long as the procedures for penalty kicks have been followed. |
(c) No |
(d) No, because the Laws of the Game clearly state that the ball is in play at the moment it is kicked forward. |
Reference: Law 14 - The Penalty Kick |
(a) No, the duration of the half-time interval cannot be changed, as it is established by the member associations. |
(b) Yes, if authorised by the referee. |
(c) No, because the break cannot exceed 15 minutes. |
(d) Yes, if both teams agree. |
Reference: Law 7 - The Duration of the Match ; Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play |
(a) The referee sends off the offending player and restarts play with a dropped ball. |
(b) The referee sends off the offending player and restarts play with an indirect free kick. |
(c) The referee sends off the offending player and restarts play with a direct free kick or penalty kick. |
(d) Two of the answers may be correct. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) No. All cautions must be reported. |
(b) Yes, always. |
(c) It is at the referee`s discretion. |
(d) Yes, but only if it is the team captain who apologises. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) No, never. |
(b) Yes, if the challenges are legal. |
(c) Yes, if the challenges are not reckless. |
(d) Yes, if the challenges are not committed with excessive force. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) Awards an indirect free kick in favour of the opposing team. |
(b) Orders the free kick to be retaken and cautions the player for delaying the restart. |
(c) Awards an indirect free kick because the goalkeeper caught the ball with his hands when it was passed over by a team-mate. |
(d) Orders the free kick to be retaken. |
Reference: Law 13 - Free Kicks |
(a) Disallow the goal and award a dropped ball in the defending team`s goal area. |
(b) Disallow the goal and award an indirect free kick to be taken from the defending team`s goal area. |
(c) Disallow the goal and caution the player for unsporting behaviour. Restart play with an indirect free kick to be taken from the defending team`s goal area. |
(d) Disallow the goal and award a direct free kick. |
Reference: Law 3 - The Players |
(a) The referee cautions the player for unsporting behaviour and awards a direct free kick. |
(b) The referee awards a direct free kick. |
(c) The referee awards a dropped ball. |
(d) The referee awards an indirect free kick. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) Entering or re-entering the field of play without the referee`s permission. |
(b) Being guilty of unsporting behaviour. |
(c) Dissent by word or action. |
(d) All are correct. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) The referee allows play to continue. |
(b) The referee stops play and restarts the match with a dropped ball. |
(c) The referee stops play and an indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team. |
(d) The referee stops play and the goal kick is retaken. |
Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick |
(a) a direct free kick or penalty kick. |
(b) a direct free kick, penalty kick or indirect free kick. |
(c) a direct free kick or dropped ball. |
(d) a direct free kick, penalty kick or dropped ball. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) The referee cautions the offending player for unsporting behaviour. |
(b) The referee cautions the offending player for unsporting behaviour and awards a direct free kick from where the offence took place, unless advantage is applied. |
(c) The referee cautions the offending player and awards an indirect free kick from where the offence took place, unless advantage is applied. |
(d) Send off the offending player for making an offensive gesture and award an indirect free kick from where the action took place, unless advantage is applied. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) The referee awards a penalty kick. |
(b) The referee awards a direct free kick as the action of holding started outside the penalty area. |
(c) The referee awards an indirect free kick inside the penalty area. |
(d) Play continues. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) Penalty kick |
(b) Indirect free kick |
(c) Direct free kick |
(d) Drop ball |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) Award a dropped ball. |
(b) Always award a goal. |
(c) Award the goal if he does not interfere with play. |
(d) None of the answers is correct. |
Reference: Law 9 - The Ball In and Out of Play ; Law 10 - The Method of Scoring |
(a) The referee should show a red card to the official and expel him from the technical area and its vicinity. He should also report the misconduct to the appropriate authorities. |
(b) The referee should expel him from the field of play and its immediate surrounds. |
(c) The referee should not make a decision during the match. |
(d) The referees should report the incident to the appropriate authorities. |
Reference: Law 5 - The Referee |
(a) Yes |
(b) No and the game must be restarted with a dropped ball. |
(c) No, and the game must be restarted with an indirect free kick. |
(d) No, and the game must be restarted with a goal kick. |
Reference: Law 4 - The Players’ Equipment |
(a) No, never. |
(b) No, impeding is always an indirect free kick even when physical contact takes place with the hands, arms, legs or any other part of the body. |
(c) Yes, always. |
(d) Yes, always when you have contact. |
Reference: 2016/2017 LOTG page 82 - A direct free kick is awarded if a player commits any of the following offences: impedes an opponent with contact |
(a) The referee disallows the goal and awards a throw-in because the ball was out of play when it went over the touch line. |
(b) He allows the goal because he did not see the signal and he had already awarded the goal. |
(c) Play restarts with a dropped ball from where the goal was scored because this situation is not specified in the Laws of the Game. |
(d) Play restarts with a dropped ball on the goal area line because this situation is not specified in the Laws of the Game. |
Reference: Law 6 - The Other Match Offiicals |
(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. |
Reference: Law 5 - The Referee |
(a) The referee cautions both players for unsporting behaviour. |
(b) The referee cautions the kicker as he is the only one guilty of unsporting behaviour. |
(c) The referee issues a verbal warning to both players. |
(d) The referee allows the penalty kick to proceed. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) Yes, always. |
(b) Yes, but only for friendly matches. |
(c) No |
(d) Yes, if the member associations allow it. |
Reference: Law 1 - The Field of Play ; Law 2 - The Ball |
(a) Disallow the goal, send off the offending player and restart play with an indirect free kick. |
(b) Disallow the goal, send off the offending player and restart play with a penalty kick or a direct free kick. |
(c) Disallow the goal, send off the offending player and restart play with a free kick, penalty kick or dropped ball. |
(d) None of the previous answers is correct. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) cautions the opponent for unsporting behaviour. Play is restarted with a dropped ball where the ball was when play was stopped. |
(b) cautions the opponent for unsporting behaviour. Play is restarted with a direct free kick on the boundary line nearest to where the offence occurred or a penalty kick if inside the penalty area. |
(c) cautions the opponent for unsporting behaviour. Play is restarted with an indirect free kick from where the ball was located when play was stopped. |
(d) allows play to continue. The action took place outside the field of play. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) The referee punishes the more serious offence by awarding a direct free kick or penalty kick if the offence took place inside his own penalty area. |
(b) The referee punishes the more serious offence by awarding an indirect free kick or penalty kick if the offence took place inside the penalty area. |
(c) The referee awards a dropped ball. |
(d) The referee allows play to continue and takes no action. |
Reference: Law 13 - Free Kicks |
(a) The player who committed the offence is sent off and the goal kick is retaken. |
(b) The referee cautions the player who committed the offence and the goal kick is retaken. |
(c) The referee awards a penalty kick. |
(d) The player who committed the offence is cautioned and the referee awards a penalty kick. |
Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick |
(a) Being guilty of unsporting behaviour. |
(b) Persistently infringing the Laws of the Game. |
(c) Using offensive, insulting or abusive language and or gestures. |
(d) Delaying the restart of play. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |
(a) He raises the flag with his left or right hand and makes a signal to indicate the direction of the throw-in. |
(b) He always raises the flag with his right hand and then switches depending on the direction he has to indicate. |
(c) It is not necessary for him to give a signal. |
(d) He always raises the flag with his left hand and later switches depending on the direction he has to indicate. |
Reference: Law 6 - The Other Match Offiicals |
(a) Award an direct free kick or penalty kick and caution the substitute for unsporting behaviour. |
(b) Award an indirect free kick and send off the substitute for two cautionable offences. |
(c) Caution the substitute for entering the field of play without permission and award an indirect free kick. |
(d) Award a dropped ball and caution the substitute for unsporting behaviour. |
Reference: Law 3 - The Players |
(a) Yes, always. |
(b) No, because the defender is considered to be on his own goal line or touch line for the purposes of offside. |
(c) No, and the defender should be cautioned for leaving the field of play without the referee`s permission. |
(d) No, and the defender should be cautioned for unsporting behaviour. |
Reference: Law 11 - Offside |
(a) The player is sent off for violent conduct. Play is restarted with an indirect free kick from where the ball was located when play was stopped. |
(b) The player is sent off for serious foul play. Play is restarted with an indirect free kick from the place where the object was thrown. |
(c) The player is sent off for violent conduct. Play is restarted with a direct free kick from the place where the object was thrown. |
(d) None of the previous answers is correct. |
Reference: LOTG 2016/2017 page 89 - Play is restarted with an indirect free kick if a player standing inside the field of play throws an object at any person outside the field of play |
(a) The referee may caution, send off or take no disciplinary action, depending on the seriousness of the infraction, and order a penalty kick. |
(b) The referee may caution, send off or take no disciplinary action, depending on the seriousness of the infraction, and retake the goal kick. |
(c) The referee may caution, send off or take no disciplinary action, depending on the seriousness of the infraction, and order an indirect free-kick. |
(d) The referee may caution, send off or take no disciplinary action, depending on the seriousness of the infraction, and order a dropped ball. |
Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick |
(a) The referee allows play to continue. |
(b) The referee stops play and awards an indirect free kick to the opposing team. |
(c) The referee awards a new throw-in to the opposing team. |
(d) The referee stops play and restarts with a dropped ball. |
Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick |
(a) Indirect free kick where the holding started. |
(b) Indirect free kick where the holding stopped. |
(c) Direct free kick where the holding started. |
(d) Penalty kick (because the holding stopped in the penalty area). |
Reference: IFAB 2016/2017 Law 12 (page 85) - If a defender starts holding an attacker outside the penalty area and continues holding him inside the penalty area, the referee must award a penalty kick. |
(a) Not, without permission from the referee. |
(b) Yes, as long as several players request it. |
(c) Yes, if both captains agree. |
(d) No, the match must begin and end with the same ball. |
Reference: Law 1 - The Field of Play ; Law 2 - The Ball |
(a) The referee drops the ball in different place to where the ball was when play was stopped. |
(b) The referee throws the ball into the air in the place where it was when play was stopped. |
(c) The referee drops the ball in the place where the ball was when play was stopped. |
(d) Answers a) and b) could be correct. |
Reference: Law 7 - The Duration of the Match ; Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play |
(a) Stop play. Send the defender off for violent conduct and award a penalty kick against the defender`s team. |
(b) Stop play. Send the defender off for serious foul play and award a penalty kick against the defender`s team. |
(c) Stop play. Send the defender off for unsporting behaviour. Award a penalty kick against the defender`s team. |
(d) Stop play. Send the defender off. Award a dropped ball because the referee did not see the offence. |
Reference: Law 14 - The Penalty Kick |
(a) The referee sends off the player for violent conduct. Play is restarted with an indirect free kick to the opposing team taken from where the ball was when play was stopped. |
(b) The referee sends off the player for violent conduct. Play is restarted with a direct free kick to the opposing team taken from where the offence was committed. |
(c) The referee sends off the player for violent conduct. Play is restarted with a penalty kick to the opposing team. |
(d) The referee sends off the player for violent conduct. Play is restarted with a dropped ball from where the offence was committed. |
Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct |