Download NFHS SOCCER TEST LATEST TEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | VERIFIED ANSWERS and more Exams Physical Activity and Sport Sciences in PDF only on Docsity! NFHS SOCCER TEST LATEST TEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | VERIFIED ANSWERS | GRADED A+ | JUST RELEASED Before the game, the referee inflates the game balls to 11 psi per the manufacturer's recommendation of 10 to 12 psi. The visiting team's coach complains that the balls are too hard. What should the referee do? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------A. Deflate the balls to the minimum pressure allowed by rule: 8.5 psi. A player's jersey may include which of the following optional items within size restrictions? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------D. All of the above. The goalkeeper comes outside the penalty area to challenge the player in white on a breakaway. The goalkeeper makes contact with the player in white causing him to fall. The referee should: ---- --CORRECT ANSWER---------------C. Award white a direct free kick and caution the goalkeeper for stopping a promising attack. A player from Team B kicks the ball toward a teammate. The ball strikes the hand of a player from Team A whose back is to the kicker and holding their hands at their side. The referee should: --- ---CORRECT ANSWER---------------D. Allow play to continue as no foul occurred. A forfeit will be scored 1-0 except when: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------B. Team A is ahead 5-0 and Team B can no longer play. Each team shall submit a team roster. Which of the following is not permitted once the game starts? ------CORRECT ANSWER---- -----------C. Add bench personnel to the roster. The referee observes Player A1 wearing socks with the foot cut off. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------C. This is legal as long as the visible material under the sock (and above the ankle) is similar in color to the predominant color of the sock. Player A1 kicks off to start the second half of the game. Player A1's kick goes directly into Team B's goal. The referee should: ---- --CORRECT ANSWER---------------D. Award the goal and restart the match with a kickoff for Team B. A player enters the game wearing beads in the hair that are securely wrapped in a bun and secured to the head. The official shall: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------C. Take no action and allow the player to enter. The hair adornment is legal. Which of the following has direct supervision over ball holders? --- ---CORRECT ANSWER---------------D. Game management. During the taking of a penalty kick, A7 uses several stutter-steps but does not interrupt the approach to the ball. The ball enters the goal. The referee should: ------CORRECT ANSWER--------------- Allow the goal and restart with a kickoff by the defending team. During their inspection of the field, the referees note that the field has multiple lines of different color and the soccer field areas contrast in color to the other markings. The referees should: ------ CORRECT ANSWER---------------Begin the contest as this is permitted by rule 1-2-1 During inspection of the game balls supplied by the home team, the referees note that the balls do not have the NFHS Authenticating Mark. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------This is not permitted. If neither team has three similar quality game balls with the NFHS Authenticating Mark, the game may begin with balls chosen by the referee from those available. 2-1; 2-2-5 Which of the following is not required to be submitted on a team roster - numbers, first name, last name or position? ------ CORRECT ANSWER---------------Player's position - 3-1-3 Before the game, the referee observes B4 wearing soft-padded headgear. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------B4 may participate - 4-2-9 Before the game begins, the head referee must verify with each head coach whether their players are properly and legally equipped. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------It is the head coaches responsibility that their team is properly and legally equipped. 4-3; 5-2-2d(4) Before the game, the Team A head coach informs the referee that A15 will be wearing a hockey-style mask, due to an injury she received in a game the previous week. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------This is not permitted. 4-2-8; 4.2.1 Situation G 8. During the pregame inspection, the official notes that the visiting team's players are wearing white socks with visible black electrical tape around the top of their socks in honor of a schoolmate who has died. The official should: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Not permit players with black tape to play until it is corrected. - 4-1-1b It is recommended that substitutes: ------CORRECT ANSWER----- ----------Wear distinguishing pinnies when warming up outside the team area. - 4-1-3 The goalkeeper must have a number on the back of the jersey and on the front of the jersey or pants. ------CORRECT ANSWER- --------------This is required. - 4-1-1h(1) During the taking of a goal kick, the goalkeeper miskicks the ball and it travels a short distance. The goalkeeper immediately kicks the ball again so it exits the penalty area. What should the referee do? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------D. Award an indirect free kick to the opponent at the spot that the goalkeeper kicked the ball a second time. The referee observes Team A wearing red socks with black tape applied above the ankles. What is the ruling? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------B. Not permitted. The color of the tape must be a similar color of the sock. The goalkeeper, before taking a goal kick, moves from the right side of the goal area to the left side of the goal area before spotting the ball. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------D. This is allowed, but if this is deemed a time-wasting ploy, the referee shall stop the clock and caution the goalkeeper. Team A is awarded a direct free kick and asks the referee to enforce 10 yards. Team B places two players in a defensive wall and are properly positioned by the referee. Player A1 stands next to Team B's wall. Is A1's position legal? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------D. Yes, because the defensive wall has fewer than three defenders. A goal may not be scored directly from a: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------B. Dropped Ball. White Player jumps over the back of the player in black to play the ball. The referee should: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------C. Award a direct free kick to the player in black for jumping in by the player in white. The goalkeeper for Team A is wearing light blue socks. The goalkeeper's teammates are wearing black socks. ------ CORRECT ANSWER---------------A. Legal as long as Team B is not wearing light blue socks. When determining whether an obvious goal scoring opportunity (DOGSO) has been denied, the following must be considered and present: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------D. All of the above. Player A1 kicks the ball and it deflects off the referee standing on the field near the halfway line, and the ball goes directly to Player B1. What is the appropriate restart? ------CORRECT ANSWER---- -----------A. Drop ball to a player on Team A. Player A1 is attacking Team B's goal. Player B5 fouls Player A1 by pulling at the jersey, stopping a promising attack (SPA). The referee shall: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------C. Caution Player B5. Player A spits at Player B during a verbal altercation. ------ CORRECT ANSWER---------------B. Player A is ejected and receives a red card. A10 is in an offside position. Player A9 plays the ball and defender B12 is struck by the ball in the leg. The ball inadvertently goes toward A10. The official shall: ------CORRECT ANSWER----- ----------B. Penalize A10 for being offside and restart with an indirect free kick for Team B. Player A1 passes the ball to A3 using the shoulder area above the armpit. The referee should: ------CORRECT ANSWER----------- ----C. Allow play to continue. Team A is in the lead during the last five minutes of the game. Team B has a substitute who has reported to the official area and is ready to substitute. Team A then sends a player to report to the official area and is ready to substitute. The ball goes out of play and Team B is awarded a throw-in. The official shall: ------ CORRECT ANSWER---------------C. Stop the clock for the substitutions. On a corner kick, the defending team should be positioned 10 yards away from the: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------C. Corner arc. During play, player A1 appears injured. The referee whistles to stop play. When is the player required to leave the field? ------ CORRECT ANSWER---------------A. The player must leave the field because play was stopped for an injury. The home team and the visiting team are both wearing white shorts. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------B. This is permitted. During the taking of a penalty kick, kicker B2 plays the ball backward to teammate B5 who shoots and scores a goal. What is the correct restart? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------C. An indirect free kick for the defending team. A14 is running toward the goal. Her teammate, A12, kicks the ball toward A14. A14 did not see the ball coming and the ball strikes her in the back of the hand as her hand is at her side. The proper call would be to: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Allow play to continue. - 12-2 A7 fell near the ball due to his own clumsiness. There is no opponent near him. While still on the ground, A7 kicks the ball to A12. The referee should: ------CORRECT ANSWER--------------- Allow play to continue as this is permitted by rule. - 12.6 Situation D During the game, the assistant referee on the bench side hears the home team's assistant coach talking on his cell phone. When asked, the coach says that his wife is pregnant and he is checking on her condition. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Take no action, this is an allowed use of cell phones. - 12-8-1e On a throw-in, the ball is in play: ------CORRECT ANSWER--------- ------When it leaves the hands of the thrower and breaks the plane of the touchline. - 15-1-4 B17 is being replaced on a legal substitution opportunity for her team. What should happen next? ------CORRECT ANSWER-------- -------B17 is considered to still be a player until her replacement, B12, is beckoned onto the field by the referee. - 18-1-1gg Player A10 who is not on the roster scores a goal. The referee should: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Add A10 to the roster and allow the goal. - 3-1-3 Situation A The home team arrives for a contest wearing green jerseys and socks. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------This is legal. - 4-1-1a At the opening kickoff, A1 enters B's side of the field in order to kick the ball backward to A2. ------CORRECT ANSWER-------------- -This is legal. - 8-1-2 A2 in the penalty area is advancing the ball toward his opponent's goal with an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. B3 grabs A2's shirt and A2 does not score a goal. ------CORRECT ANSWER------------ ---Award Team A a penalty kick and disqualify B3 for denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. - 12-8-2d(3) During active play, Team B's coach enters the playing field to argue a call with the official and interferes with active play. ------ CORRECT ANSWER---------------Award Team A a direct kick from the point of the infraction. - 13-2-1j During an inspection of the field, the referees note that the team areas are not marked. What is the correct procedure? ------ CORRECT ANSWER---------------The referee should notify the state association and The game will begin without the proper markings. - 1-5-1 During inspection of the field, the referees note that the corner flags are not orange. What should be the referee's response? ----- -CORRECT ANSWER---------------This is permitted. - 1-3 Due to inclement weather, both coaches agree to shorten the periods of the game. This may be done: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Before the game begins or before the beginning of the second half. - 7-1-2 The official signal for a goal scored is: ------CORRECT ANSWER- --------------Stopping the clock and pointing to the center of the field. - Signal Chart At the taking of a corner kick, the defending players must be: ------ CORRECT ANSWER---------------10 yards from the ball. - 17-1-2 return to the game if the coach indicates appropriate medical personnel has cleared the player. - 3-3-2b(3) During the game, the referee notices that B30 has tape on her ear lobes. Closer observation indicates that there are earrings underneath the tape. The referee should: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Wait until the next stoppage; and since this is the first caution for illegal equipment, caution the Team B head coach and require B30 to leave the game. During an attack by Team A, A4 is laying injured on the ground in an offside position. A3 scores an apparent goal while A4 is in the offside position. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Allow the goal as A4 was not involved in active play. - 11-1-4 Player A2 deliberately plays the ball to player B9 who is in an offside position. B9 should be: ------CORRECT ANSWER------------ ---Allowed to continue to play, no infraction. - 11-1-4 Team A has a kickoff in the first half of play. Player A1 kicks the ball backward to Player A2. The official should: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Allow play to continue. - 8-1-3 A7 and A9 have both fallen to the ground next to each other in the vicinity of the ball. While still on the ground, A9 attempts to kick the ball to A13. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------A9 is guilty of dangerous play. The referee should award Team B an indirect free kick. - 12-6 B9 takes a throw-in, which his goalkeeper, B1, traps with his feet. B1 then dribbles the ball into the penalty area and picks it up with his hands in order to punt the ball. The officials should: ------ CORRECT ANSWER---------------Award an indirect free kick to Team A. - 12-7-3- Situation B During halftime, the referee notices that the visiting team's head coach is showing his players a video of action from the first half on his tablet. What action should be taken? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Take no action. - 12-8-1- Situation C During active play, Team B's coach enters the playing field to argue a call with the official, but does not interfere with active play. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Award Team A an indirect kick from where the ball was when the referee stopped play. - 13-2-3a At the taking of a tie-breaking kick from the penalty mark, goalkeeper A1 deflects the kicked ball. As he celebrates, the ball's momentum causes it to strike the ground and spin into the goal. The referee should: ------CORRECT ANSWER--------------- Allow the goal. - 14-1-6 A throw-in by Player A goes directly to her own goalkeeper, who catches the ball with her hands. The referee should: ------ CORRECT ANSWER---------------Award an indirect free kick to the opponent. - 12-7-4- Penalty A2 is advancing the ball toward the opponent's goal with an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. B3, who is attempting to play the ball, fouls A2, who is outside the penalty area and does not score a goal. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Award Team A a direct kick and disqualify B3 for denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. - 12-8-2d(3) Which of these is true about taunting? ------CORRECT ANSWER- --------------Taunting is a misconduct and requires that the offending player be disqualified. - 12-8-2b The visiting team arrives for a contest wearing light gray jerseys and socks. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------The visiting team must change to an all-white jersey and socks if possible. If it is not possible to correct the problem, the game shall be played and the state association notified. - 4-1-1a; 4-1-1 Situation H Visiting Team B is wearing white jerseys and socks. B1 is wearing a black long-sleeve undershirt, B2 is wearing black tights, and B3 CORRECT ANSWER---------------Allowed to continue with play - 11-1-2 The defending team kicks the ball across the goal line near the corner flag. The corner area on that side of the field is very muddy. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------The kick must be taken from the correct corner regardless of the muddy conditions. - 17-1-3 On a corner kick, two players from Team A line up to take the corner kick. Player A1 runs over the ball, touching it with his foot. - -----CORRECT ANSWER---------------Player A2 is legally permitted to play the ball. - 17-1-5 During active play, Substitute/Bench Player B12 mistakenly thinks the ball has gone out of bounds and kicks the ball toward a teammate who is in play. ------CORRECT ANSWER--------------- Award Team A a direct kick from the point where B12 kicked the ball and caution B12. - 13-2-1j The kicker may not play the ball until it has been: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Touched and played by another player. - 18- 1-5 Each team shall submit a team roster. Which is not permissible to do once the game starts? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------A. Add players to the roster.B. Change uniform numbers on the roster.C. Add bench personnel to the roster. **D. All of the above are permissible. 3-1-3 If a goal kick is touched twice by the kicker before another player has touched the ball, what is the proper penalty? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Indirect kick from the spot of the infraction. - 6-1-1 A goal may be scored directly from a: ------CORRECT ANSWER-- -------------Goal Kick. - 10-1-2c In which case should a goal be allowed? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------The entire ball is beyond the goal line. - 10- 1-1 A goal may NOT be scored directly from a: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------A. Kickoff. B. Direct kick. **C. Direct kick into a team's own goal. D. Goalkeeper's throw. 10-1-3c During the taking of a penalty kick, the kick rebounds off the goalkeeper back to an attacking player who entered the penalty area early. What happens? ------CORRECT ANSWER--------------- Indirect Free Kick - 14-1-6 During the taking of a penalty kick, the kick rebounds off the goalkeeper's back to a defending player who entered the penalty area early. What happens? ------CORRECT ANSWER--------------- Rekick - 14-1-6 During the taking of a penalty kick, the kick is saved and held by the goalkeeper, but a player from the attacking team entered the penalty area early. What happens? ------CORRECT ANSWER----- ----------Play Continues - 14-1-6 A1, an offensive player, steps off the field to avoid being called for offside. What is the ruling? ------CORRECT ANSWER--------------- Legal. A1 can leave the field if for the sole purpose of not being offside. - 11.1.2 Situation C A10, in an offside position, receives a header from B10. What is the ruling? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Legal. A10 should be allowed to play the ball as it was last played by an opponent. - 11.1.4 Situation D If the Sample Overtime Procedures are followed by state association adoption, the interval between the first overtime period and the second overtime period shall be: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Two minutes. - 7-3-2 Team A has a kickoff in the first half of play. Player A1 kicks the ball backward to Player A2. The official should: ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------Allow play to continue. - 8-1-3 What happens when the referee inadvertently sounds the whistle? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------The referee stops play and awards a dropped ball to a player of the team last in possession, or to the defending team's goalkeeper if the ball was in the penalty area, when play was stopped. - 9-2-1c B19 is standing in an offside position. B12 kicks the ball forward but the ball deflects off A11 to B19. B19 should be: ------ CORRECT ANSWER---------------Penalized for being offside. - 11- 1-4b, Diagram 12 Player A of the attacking team is clearly in an offside position when her teammate delivers the ball to her with a throw- in. She collects the ball and kicks it into the goal. The referee should: ----- -CORRECT ANSWER---------------Award a goal to Team A. - 11-1- 2 Player A, who is in an offside position, receives the ball from a goal kick by A2. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------There is no offside violation and play is allowed to continue. - 11-1-2 The referee has awarded Team B a penalty kick. As B4 runs toward the ball to take the kick, A5 enters the penalty area before B4 kicks the ball. The referee should: ------CORRECT ANSWER-- -------------Allow the play to continue and award a goal if the kick by B4 enters the goal. - 14-1-2 Penalty Player A2 takes a penalty kick during the game. The ball rebounds off the goalpost directly to A2 who shoots and scores. -- ----CORRECT ANSWER---------------The referee shall not allow the goal and restart with an indirect kick. - 14-1-5 If on a penalty kick there is a deflection over the goal line by the goalkeeper and no violation by either team, the restart is a: ------ CORRECT ANSWER---------------Corner kick. - PK Chart Player A's throw-in lands completely outside the touchline, without having broken the plane of the touchline, and bounds into the field of play. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------The referee awards a throw-in to Team B. - 15-1-5 The goalkeeper, before taking a goal kick, moves the spotted ball from the right side of the goal area to the left side of the goal area. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------If this is deemed a time- wasting ploy, the referee shall stop the clock and caution the goalkeeper. - 12-8-1f(2); 16-1-2 When observing a foul, the assistant referee shall: ------ CORRECT ANSWER---------------Hold the flag vertically until acknowledged by the referee, wave the flag and point the flag in the direction of the free kick. - AR Signals A2 receives a goal kick in the attacking half of the field from A1. There are not at least two opponents nearer their own goal line when A2 receives the ball directly from A1. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------A2 is not offside since a player cannot be offside when receiving the ball directly from a goal kick. - Rule 11, Diagram 22