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Question
1 of 50

Which position is correct for the assistant referee when a penalty kick is taken during a match?

(a) Behind the corner flag.

(b) Beside the goalpost.

(d) At the intersection of the goal line and the penalty area.

Reference: Law 6 - The Other Match Offiicals

Question
2 of 50

Is it left to the discretion of the referee to decide if he wants to add time for time lost for an injury or other reason?

(a) No

(b) No, the referee should add all the lost time in each half of the match for reasons noted in the Laws of the Game. However, the total amount is at the discretion of the referee.

(c) Yes, because the Laws of the Game do not state anything with respect to whether the referee should add lost time or not, it is left to his discretion.

(d) None of the answers is correct.

Reference: Law 7 - The Duration of the Match ; Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play

Question
3 of 50

Is it required for the centre of the field of play to be indicated with a mark?

(a) Yes

(b) No

(d) It depends on the type of match.

Reference: Law 1 - The Field of Play ; Law 2 - The Ball

Question
4 of 50

Which of the following actions must be carried out by the assistant referee when a foul is committed by a defender in the penalty area near his position and it is not seen by the referee?

(a) He should make eye contact with the referee to establish where he is and what action has been taken.

(b) He should raise his flag in his right hand and give a slight wave if the referee has not taken any action.

(d) All of the answers are correct.

Reference: Law 6 - The Other Match Offiicals

Question
5 of 50

During a penalty kick, the referee notices that the goalkeeper is drawing a line with his heel in the centre of the goal area, and the kicker is making a mound of earth on the penalty mark to put the ball on. What decision should the referee make?

(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.

(d) The referee allows the penalty kick to proceed.

Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct

Question
6 of 50

A player, not the goalkeeper, in his own penalty area, deliberately plays the ball with his hand, trying to prevent it going to an opponent. What should the referee do if he is unsuccessful? The handball neither stops a promising attack nor denies a goal or obvious goalscoring opportunity, and no other cautionable conduct occurs.

(a) Award a penalty kick unless advantage can be applied; there is no automatic caution for this handball alone.

(b) The The referee stops play, cautions the player for unsporting behaviour and awards a penalty kick, provided he cannot apply advantage.

(d) He lets play continue.

Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct

Question
7 of 50

Applying advantage means...

(a) the referee allows play to continue if the team against which the offence was committed will benefit from such an advantage.

(b) the player, who commits the offence, benefits from the action.

(d) None of the answers is correct.

Reference: Law 5 - The Referee

Question
8 of 50

Should a match be abandoned if the crossbar is displaced due to a break or faulty construction and its repair is not possible?

(a) No, it depends on whether the match is official or a friendly match.

(b) Not if there is a portable goal that can replace the original and it can be anchored firmly to the ground.

(d) The referee must decide.

Reference: Law 1 - The Field of Play ; Law 2 - The Ball

Question
9 of 50

A player taking a penalty kick feints in his run-up before kicking the ball. Is this permitted?

(a) Yes, always.

(b) No, never.

(d) It is at the referee`s discretion.

Reference: IFAB 2016/2017 page 96 - ...feinting to kick the ball once the kicker has completed the run-up (feinting in the run-up is permitted); the referee cautions the kicker

Question
10 of 50

What is the minimum distance an opponent has to stand from the corner arc at a corner kick?

(a) 10 yrds (9.15 meters).

(b) 12 yrds (10 meters).

(d) 5 yds (4 meters).

Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick

Question
11 of 50

With the ball in play, a substitute throws an object with excessive force from his technical area, hitting an opponent who is in the field of play. What decision should the referee make?

(a) The referee sends off the substitute for violent conduct and awards an indirect free kick to be taken from where the ball was at the time play was stopped.

(b) The referee cautions the substitute for unsporting behaviour and awards an indirect free kick to be taken from the place the ball was at the time play was stopped.

(c) The referee sends off the substitute for violent conduct and awards a dropped ball to be taken from the place where the ball was at the time play was stopped.

(d) Send off for violent conduct and award a direct free kick where the object struck or would have struck the opponent, or a penalty if applicable.

Reference: LOTG page 89 - Play is restarted with an indirect free kick if a substitute or substituted player throws an object at an opponent standing inside the field of play and page 88 If while the ball is in play, a player, substitute or substituted player throws an object (including the ball) at an opponent or any other person the referee must stop play and if the offence was: using excessive force - send off the offender for violent conduct.

Question
12 of 50

An attacker has an obvious goalscoring opportunity. A defender, not the goalkeeper, deliberately handles the ball to prevent a goal but the ball enters the goal. The referee... No separate reckless challenge, violent conduct or other independently cautionable or sending-off offence occurred.

(a) awards a penalty kick and cautions the defender for deliberately handling the ball.

(b) awards a penalty kick and sends off the defender for serious foul play.

(d) Allow the goal. Under IFAB rules, do not caution solely for the unsuccessful goal-preventing offence when advantage results in a goal.

Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct

Question
13 of 50

Shinguards must:

(a) Provide a reasonable degree of protection.

(b) Be made of materials such as rubber or plastic.

(d) All the previous answers are correct.

Reference: Law 4 - The Players� Equipment

Question
14 of 50

While the ball is in play a player leaves the field of play and violently strikes an official of the opposing team. What decision should the referee make?

(a) Send off for violent conduct and award a direct free kick on the nearest boundary point, or a penalty if that point is in the offender’s own penalty area.

(b) The referee sends off the offending player and awards an indirect free kick.

(d) The referee cautions the player for unsporting behaviour and awards a direct free kick.

Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct

Question
15 of 50

A player takes a goal kick and the ball goes out over the goal line without leaving the penalty area. What decision should the referee make?

(a) The referee awards a dropped ball.

(b) The referee orders the goal kick to be retaken.

(d) None of the answers is correct.

Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick

Question
16 of 50

The left winger of team A has the ball at his feet only a few yards/metres inside the opponent`s penalty area. At that moment his team-mate, who is not involved in play, leaves the field of play to punch an opponent beyond the touchline in the face. How will play be restarted?

(a) With a penalty kick

(b) With a dropped ball

(d) With an indirect free kick

Reference: IFAB 2016/2017 page 89 - If the ball is in play and a player commits an offence outside the field of play if the player leaves the field of play to commit the offence, play is restarted with an indirect free kick from the position of the ball when play was stopped. However, if a player leaves the field of play as part of play and commits an offence against another player, play is restarted with a free kick taken on the boundary line nearest to where the offence occurred; for direct free kick offences a penalty kick is awarded if this is within the offender`s penalty area

Question
17 of 50

The ball fails to leave the penalty area after the taking of a goal kick. What decision should the referee make?

(a) Allow play to continue: the goal kick was in play once kicked and clearly moving.

(b) The referee allows play to continue if it has crossed the goal area line.

(d) The referee orders the goal kick to be retaken by a different player of the same team.

Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick

Question
18 of 50

A goalkeeper takes a throw-in. What happens if, after the ball is in play, he touches it a second time (not with his hands) before it has touched another player?

(a) The referee allows play to continue.

(b) If advantage cannot be applied, the referee awards an indirect free-kick to the opposing team, to be taken from where the infringement occurred.

(d) The referee awards a dropped ball where the ball was when play was stopped.

Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick

Question
19 of 50

Before the ball enters the goal from an attacking player`s shot, a spectator enters the field of play and slightly touches the ball with his hand but does not manage to stop the goal. What decision should the referee make?

(a) The referee disallows the goal and restarts play with a dropped ball.

(b) The referee awards the goal.

(d) None of the answers is correct.

Reference: Law 9 - The Ball In and Out of Play ; Law 10 - The Method of Scoring

Question
20 of 50

To which half of the field of play does the halfway line belong for the purposes of offside?

(a) The team whose players have their feet on the line at a given moment.

(b) As it is the line that determines offside, it belongs to the attacking team.

(d) To nobody, it has no specific function.

Reference: IFAB 2016/2017 - Clarifies that the halfway line is `neutral` for offside i.e. a player must have part of the body in the opponents` half to be in an offside position. Comment: If the line belonged to defending team then the attacker could be offside if they were on the line. If the line belongs to the attacking team they cannot be offside on the line. So the best answer is B.

Question
21 of 50

After scoring a goal, can a player or his team-mate celebrate by climbing over a perimeter fence to go into the stands?

(a) Yes, because players can celebrate a goal as long as they do not incite violence or remove their shirt.

(b) Yes, and players can remove their shirts to celebrate.

(d) Yes, it is a way to celebrate a goal as long as the shirt is not removed.

Reference: Law 9 - The Ball In and Out of Play ; Law 10 - The Method of Scoring

Question
22 of 50

An indirect free kick is awarded to the attacking team outside the opponents` penalty area. The referee fails to raise his arm to indicate that the kick is indirect and the ball is kicked directly into the goal. What decision should the referee make?

(a) He has the free kick retaken because of his mistake.

(b) The goal is awarded.

(d) A dropped ball is awarded.

Reference: Law 13 - Free Kicks

Question
23 of 50

Of the following infringements, indicate which is stated in the Laws of the Game as an offence punishable with a caution under Law 12.

(a) Entering or re-entering the field of play without the referee`s permission.

(b) Being guilty of unsporting behaviour.

(d) All are correct.

Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct

Question
24 of 50

A substitute is injured while warming up before the match. His team wants to replace him with another player. Is this permitted?

(a) No, never.

(b) Yes, because the match has not yet started. The referee should be informed.

(d) None of the answers is correct.

Reference: Law 3 - The Players

Question
25 of 50

A substitute of the attacking team, who has joined the game without the permission of the referee, scores a goal. The referee realises this before play is restarted. What decision should the referee make?

(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, caution and remove the unauthorised extra player, and award a direct free kick where that player interfered.

Reference: Law 3 - The Players

Question
26 of 50

The goalkeeper has the ball in his hands. At the moment he releases the ball to kick it, an opponent intercepts it and scores a goal. What decision should the referee make?

(a) The referee allows the goal because the opponent took the ball from the goalkeeper fairly.

(b) The referee awards an indirect free kick against the opponent`s team.

(d) None of the answers is correct.

Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct

Question
27 of 50

Does a team captain have the right to protest a decision made by the referee?

(a) No, neither the captain nor any other player has the right to protest a decision taken by the referee.

(b) No, only the coach has the right to protest a decision made by the referee.

(d) Yes. The captain has authority to ask the referee to explain any decision during the match.

Reference: Law 5 - The Referee

Question
28 of 50

A player hears a whistle and picks the ball up with his hands in the centre of the field of play. What decision should the referee make?

(a) The referee cautions the player for unsporting behaviour and awards a direct free kick.

(b) The referee awards a direct free kick.

(d) The referee awards an indirect free kick.

Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct

Question
29 of 50

A player who is taking a throw-in steps on the touch line with one of his feet. What decision should the referee make?

(a) The referee awards a throw-in to the opposing team.

(b) The referee orders the throw-in retaken.

(d) The referee allows play to continue.

Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick

Question
30 of 50

When taking a free kick awarded to their team, may players use feinting tactics to confuse opponents?

(a) No. It is considered delaying the restart of play. The referee should caution the player and the free kick is retaken.

(b) No. It is considered unsporting behaviour. The referee should caution the player and the free kick is retaken.

(d) None of the answers is correct.

Reference: Law 13 - Free Kicks

Question
31 of 50

Can impeding the progress of an opponent be penalised with a direct free kick?

(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.

(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

Question
32 of 50

An attacking player takes a corner kick. The ball hits the referee and goes into the opponents goal. What decision should the referee make?

(a) The referee orders the corner kick to be retaken.

(b) Disallow the goal and restart with a dropped ball: contact with a match official led directly to the ball entering the goal.

(d) The referee disallows the goal and awards a goal kick.

Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick

Question
33 of 50

What happens if a player reveals a slogan or advertising under his teams official jersey?

(a) It depends on the kind of slogan or advertising.

(b) The referee will note it in his report and the competition organisers will be responsible for disciplining the player.

(d) The referee must caution the player for unsporting behaviour.

Reference: Law 4 - The Players� Equipment

Question
34 of 50

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.

(d) The referee cautions the player and awards a dropped ball from where contact with the ball was made.

Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct

Question
35 of 50

As a goalkeeper is trying to put the ball into play with his hands, an opponent intercepts it. Is this permitted? The attacker prevents the release while the goalkeeper still controls the ball; there is no separate cautionable conduct.

(a) Yes, the fact that the goalkeeper is prevented from putting the ball into play with his hands does not constitute an offence.

(b) No, it is an offence to prevent the goalkeeper from putting the ball into play with his hands. The referee stops play and it is restarted with an direct free kick to the goalkeeper`s team.

(c) No, the fact that the goalkeeper is prevented from putting the ball into play with his hands is an offence. The player is cautioned and play is restarted with a direct free kick to the goalkeeper`s team.

(d) No. Award an indirect free kick for preventing the goalkeeper releasing the ball; do not automatically caution unless separate cautionable conduct is established.

Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct

Question
36 of 50

Which of the following offences is punishable by a direct free kick?

(a) Jumps at an opponent.

(b) Kicks or attempts to kick an opponent.

(d) All answers are correct.

Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct

Question
37 of 50

A team has only seven players on the field. While the ball is out of play, one player temporarily leaves for medical treatment under the applicable one-minute injury-treatment protocol. The competition applies that protocol and the player is able to return after the required absence. What decision should the referee make?

(a) A team may temporarily have fewer than seven while a player is off under the applicable one-minute injury-treatment protocol; follow that protocol. Otherwise the minimum remains seven.

(b) The game must be abandoned as 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 he cannot return, the match resumes with the remaining players.

(d) None of the answers is correct.

Reference: Law 3 - The Players

Question
38 of 50

While the ball is in play a substitute enters the field of play without permission from the referee and recklessly strikes an opponent. What decision should the referee make?

(a) The referee sends off the offending player. Play is restarted with a dropped ball.

(b) The referee sends off the substitute for receiving two cautions. Play is restarted with an indirect free kick where the ball was when the offence was committed.

(c) The referee sends off the substitute for receiving two cautions. Play is restarted with a direct free kick or penalty kick from where the offence was committed.

(d) None of the previous answers is correct.

Reference: Caution for reckless strike and a caution for entering without permission. There was no mention in the question that this was a reckless strike to the head/face or an excessive force strike both of which are send offs

Question
39 of 50

The team that wins the initial coin toss...

(a) takes the kick-off at the start of the first half.

(b) takes the kick-off at the start of the second half.

(d) The toss winner chooses either the first kick-off or the goal to attack; the opponents receive the remaining choice.

Reference: Law 7 - The Duration of the Match ; Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play

Question
40 of 50

Attacking player is only 1 yard/metre away from the goal-line. At the moment he wants to head the ball into the goal, a defender plays in a dangerous manner and kicks the ball away to prevent a goal without touching Attacking player. What does the referee have to decide?

(a) Play continues

(b) Yellow card and penalty kick

(d) Red card and indirect free kick

Reference: IFAB 2016/2017 page 82 - An indirect free kick is awarded if a player: plays in a dangerous manner and IFAB page 85/86 - A player, substitute or substituted player who commits any of the following offences is sent off: - denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to an opponent moving towards the opponents` goal by an offence punishable by a free kick.

Question
41 of 50

An attacker with an obvious goalscoring opportunity heads the ball. At this moment, his shirt is pulled by an opponent. The referee applies advantage. The ball is passed directly to a team-mate who scores a goal. What decision should the referee make? No separate reckless challenge, violent conduct or other independently cautionable or sending-off offence occurred.

(a) Allow the goal. Under IFAB rules, do not caution solely for the unsuccessful goal-preventing offence when advantage results in a goal.

(b) The referee disallows the goal, cautions the opponent for preventing the attacker gaining possession of the ball by holding on to his shirt and awards a direct free kick or penalty kick.

(d) The answers a) and c) are correct.

Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct

Question
42 of 50

A player is charged in a careless manner when the ball is not within playing distance. What decision should the referee make?

(a) The referee awards the opposing team a direct free kick or a penalty kick.

(b) Play continues because the ball is not within playing distance.

(d) The referee stops play and awards an indirect free kick to the opposing team for impeding the progress of an opponent.

Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct

Question
43 of 50

An indirect free kick should be awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper commits one of the following offences inside his own penalty area.

(a) The goalkeeper handles a ball deliberately kicked to them by a team-mate, without the failed-clearance exception applying.

(b) The goalkeeper controls the ball with the hands/arms for more than eight seconds.

(d) A and C only.

Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct

Question
44 of 50

A player who is taking a throw-in correctly intentionally throws the ball at an opponent. What decision should the referee make?

(a) The referee allows play to continue if the player did not throw the ball carelessly, recklessly or with excessive force.

(b) The referee sends off the offending player for violent conduct and restarts play with an indirect free kick from the touch line at the point where the ball entered the field of play.

(c) The referee sends off the player for violent conduct and restarts play with a direct free kick or penalty kick from where the ball hit the opponent.

(d) Depending on the action, the referee cautions or sends off the player and restarts play with a throw-in to the opponents.

Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick

Question
45 of 50

A player taking a penalty kick plays the ball forward for a team-mate to run on to it and score. Is this permitted?

(a) No. The kick must be retaken as this is not permitted.

(b) Yes, provided the correct penalty kick procedures have been followed.

(c) No. The referee stops play and restarts the game with an indirect free kick to the defending team from the penalty mark.

(d) No. The goal is disallowed and the referee restarts play with a goal kick.

Reference: Law 14 - The Penalty Kick

Question
46 of 50

When the ball is dropped by the referee, a player deliberately touches it with his hand before it hits the ground. What decision should the referee make?

(a) Award a direct free kick against the offending team.

(b) Repeat the dropped ball and send off the offending player.

(d) None of the answers is correct.

Reference: Law 7 - The Duration of the Match ; Law 8 - The Start and Restart of Play

Question
47 of 50

Is the referee authorised to show a red card to a substitute and order him to leave the technical area and go to the changing rooms, whether or not he has participated in the match, if he has made gestures or used obscene, offensive or insulting language?

(a) Yes. All first-team players, substitutes and substituted players are under the referee`s authority whether they are on the field of play or not. The red card is used to clearly indicate the disciplinary sanction.

(b) No, only the players who are on the field of play are subject to the authority of the referee.

(c) No, it is not permitted to show yellow or red cards to substitutes or to substituted players, only to the players who are on the field of play.

(d) No, the referee can only show the yellow card to the substitutes but never to the substituted players.

Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct

Question
48 of 50

A defender and his goalkeeper collide during play and due to this action the defender leaves the field of play for a non-serious injury. The referee... The defender left without the referee’s permission during ordinary playing movement and the injury is not serious.

(a) should stop play to allow the player receive treatment.

(b) should allow play to continue and consider the defender off the field of play line for the purposes of offside until the next stoppage in play.

(c) Continue and treat the defender as on the boundary for offside until the next stoppage or until the defending team plays the ball toward halfway and it is outside their penalty area.

(d) should allow play to continue and consider the defender on the field of play line for the purposes of offside until his team has clear possession of the ball.

Reference: Law 11 - Offside

Question
49 of 50

If two players from the same team challenge an opponent for the ball...

(a) it is always a direct free kick.

(b) it is always an indirect free kick.

(d) it is always a direct or indirect free kick.

Reference: Law 12 - Fouls and Misconduct

Question
50 of 50

A player, while correctly taking a throw-in, intentionally throws the ball at an opponent in order to play the ball a second time, though not in a careless or reckless manner nor using excessive force. The referee...

(a) stops play and cautions the player for unsporting behaviour.

(b) stops play only if he considers it necessary to do so.

(d) stops play. The throw-in is retaken.

Reference: Law 15 - The Throw-in ; Law 16 - The Goal Kick ; Law 17 - The Corner Kick

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