Officiating Exam – ADFIHA

1. A player who tries to fight or continues to fight after he has been ordered by the referee to stop, or who resists a linesman who is trying to circumvent the continuation of a fight, will be assessed a:

 Match penalty only.

 Double Minor penalty or Major penalty + automatic game misconduct or Match penalty.  

 Double Minor penalty or Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty only.

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty only.

Question 1 of 50

2. A player who deliberately knocks the helmet off an opponent’s head in order to force him out of play will be assessed a

 Bench minor penalty

 Minor penalty

 Double minor penalty

 Misconduct penalty

Question 2 of 50

3. A player who recklessly endangers an opponent by spearing will be assessed a:

 Match penalty  

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

 Misconduct penalty

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty or match penalty

Question 3 of 50

4. Only penalties that are displayed on the scoreclock affect on-ice manpower (except penalties which have a delayed start time).

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 4 of 50

5. A captain or alternate captain, on ice or off, who complains to an on-ice official about how he is conducting the game, interpreting the rules, or handling game action shall be assessed a:

 Minor penalty

 Bench minor penalty

 Double minor penalty

 Misconduct penalty

Question 5 of 50

6. Players may change at any time from the player’s bench while the game is in progress provided the changing players are not involved in game action in any way and they do so within the imaginary area limited by the length of the player’s bench plus how many metres from the boards?

 3. 5 meters

 1. 5 meters

 2. 5 meters

 4. 5 meters

Question 6 of 50

7. A player or team official who spits on or at an opponent or anyone in the rink during a game will be assessed a:

 Game misconduct penalty

 Match penalty  

 Misconduct penalty

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

Question 7 of 50

8. A player or team official on the players’ bench or penalty box who throws or directs a stick or any part of it, or any other object, at the puck or puck carrier in his defending zone, the referee will award the opponent’s team a:

 Goal

 Penalty shot

 Bench minor penalty

 Misconduct penalty

Question 8 of 50

9. If a skater falls on, holds, gathers the puck into his body, picks up the puck with his hands, or conceals the puck with his hands from the ice in the defending zone goal crease, the referee will award the opposing team a

 Minor penalty

 Goal

 Penalty shot

 Bench minor penalty

Question 9 of 50

10. A player who shoots, throws, kicks or bats the puck directly out of the playing area from inside his defending zone anywhere in the rink with the determining factor being the position of the puck when it is played (except where there is no protective glass) during game action, without any deflection, will be assessed a:

 Bench minor penalty

 Minor penalty + game misconduct penalty

 Double minor penalty

 Minor penalty  

Question 10 of 50

11. A player who in any way retaliates to being punched will be assessed

 A Minor penalty.

 A Miscounduct penalty.

 Double Minor penalty only.

 Minor penalty + Misconduct penalty only.

Question 11 of 50

12. During game winning shots a puck carrier skating either forwards or backwards skates into and contacts the goalkeeper and the puck enters the net. The goal will be disallowed but will a minor penalty for interference also be assessed?

 Yes

 No

Question 12 of 50

13. A player who recklessly endangers an opponent by slashing will be assessed a

 Minor penalty or major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

 Minor penalty

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty or match penalty  

 Double minor penalty or major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

Question 13 of 50

14. A player or team official who threatens, makes racial or ethnic slurs, hateful, discriminatory, or sexual remarks, spits, smears blood on any person will be assessed a:

 Bench minor penalty + game misconduct penalty

 Game misconduct penalty

 Match penalty  

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

Question 14 of 50

15. If a player is skating backwards and is controlling the puck when he crosses into the attacking zone, he shall be ruled offside.

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 15 of 50

16. Team A Team B
A6 – 2 minutes @ 3:00 B11 – 2 minutes @ 3:00

At time 3:00, teams will play at what strength?

 5 on 5

 4 on 4

 5 on 4

 4 on 5

Question 16 of 50

17. What shall the linesmen do with broken sticks?

 Give them to spectators

 Give them back to the player to whom they belong

 Throw them over the boards

 Drop them at the Scorekeeper’s bench

Question 17 of 50

18. A goaltender who leaves the immediate vicinity of his goal crease to participate in any way in a confrontation will be assessed a:

 Game misconduct penalty

 Minor penalty  

 Bench minor penalty

 Misconduct penalty

Question 18 of 50

19. When a team attempts to make a player change after its allotted time, the referee will send the player(s) back to the bench and issue a warning to the coach. Any subsequent infraction of this procedure will result a bench-minor penalty for delay of game.

 Minor penalty

 Bench minor penalty  

 Misconduct penalty

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

Question 19 of 50

20. Each team is permitted one time-out period. A skater designated by the coach or the coach himself may ask the referee for the team timeout during a stoppage in play and the duration of the time-out shall be:

 20 seconds

 30 seconds  

 45 seconds

 60 seconds

Question 20 of 50

21. A player who embellishes a foul or pretends to have been fouled by an opponent will be assessed a:

 Misconduct penalty

 Double minor penalty

 Bench minor penalty

 Minor penalty

Question 21 of 50

22. An attempt to butt-end is punishable by a ...

 Minor penalty only

 Minor penalty or Major penalty + Automatic Game Misconduct

 Major penalty + Automatic Game Misconduct

 Double Minor penalty + Misconduct penalty

Question 22 of 50

23. Should a player of a team equal or superior in numerical strength propel the puck in any manner (stick, glove, skate, body) from his own half of the ice to beyond the icing line of the opposing team – including off the boards or the protective glass – without the puck being touched by any player from either team in the offensive half of the ice before the puck crosses the icing line, no icing will be in effect.

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 23 of 50

24. A player who is on the ice and is the first to intervene in a fight already in progress between two players (“third man in”) will be assessed a:

 Minor penalty

 Misconduct penalty

 Match penalty

 Game misconduct penalty

Question 24 of 50

25. In cases where a skater is fouled in a manner that warrants a penalty shot, who can take the penalty shot?

 Only the player fouled

 Only a player that was on the ice at the time of the infraction

 Any skater on the team who was not about to be penalized can be named by the coach to take the shot.

 Only a player from the penalty bench

Question 25 of 50

26. A player who bodychecks, elbows, charges, or trips an opponent in such a manner that causes the opponent to be thrown violently into the boards shall be assessed:

 Minor penalty

 Minor and Miscounduct Penalty

 Major penalty + Automatic Game Misconduct penalty

 Match penalty

Question 26 of 50

27. A player who persists in inciting an opponent into taking a penalty will be assessed a:

 Minor penalty

 Misconduct penalty  

 Double minor penalty + misconduct penalty

 Game misconduct penalty

Question 27 of 50

28. A linesman signals a delayed offside and the defending team ices the puck. Where is the ensuing face-off?

 Outside the defending team’s blue line in the neutral zone

 Inside the defending team’s end zone – same as for normal icing.

Question 28 of 50

29.

If both the Captain and Alternate Captain are on the ice who has the privilege of conversing with the Referee?

 Any player

 Goalkeeper

 Captain   

 Alternate Captain

Question 29 of 50

30. A player can slide or direct any stick or any part of it, or any object, away from his immediate area on ice so long as his actions do not interfere with an opponent. However, a player on the ice who throws or directs a stick or any part of it, or any other object, at the puck or puck carrier in the neutral or attacking zone, will be assessed a:

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

 Misconduct penalty

 Minor penalty  

 Double minor penalty

Question 30 of 50

31. A player who generates a swinging motion with his skate directed at any part of an opponent’s body will be assessed a:

 Minor penalty

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

 Match penalty  

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct or match penalty.

Question 31 of 50

32. A player who trips an opponent by any means will be assessed

 a minor penalty.

 Misconduct penalty

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct or match penalty

 Double minor penalty

Question 32 of 50

33. If an attacking skater is on a breakaway and is fouled by an opponent from behind, or by the opposing goaltender, the skater will be awarded a:

 Penalty shot

 Minor penalty

 Bench minor penalty

 Misconduct penalty

Question 33 of 50

34. If a goaltender throws the puck forward and the puck is first played by a teammate, the referee will stop play, and the ensuing faceoff will take place at an end zone faceoff spot nearest to where the throwing occurred.

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 34 of 50

35. If a skater who is trying to nullify an icing call advances over the attacking blue line before the puck, creating a delayed offside, icing will be called as per hybrid icing rules. If the linesman determines the skater who is offside would be first to touch the puck, an offside will be called.

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 35 of 50

36. Up to a maximum of five per team, assuming skaters only leave the penalty box, subsequent skaters who leave the penalty box during a player confrontation will be assessed a:

 Minor penalty

 Misconduct penalty

 Major penalty + automatic penalty

 Minor penalty + game misconduct penalty

Question 36 of 50

37. If a goaltender has been removed from the ice and the puck is in the three-dimensional space of the goal crease and a skater from his team deliberately falls on, holds, or gathers the puck into his body; picks up the puck with his hands; or covers his hand on the puck, the referee will award the opposing team a:

 Goal  

 Penalty shot

 Misconduct penalty

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

Question 37 of 50

38. If, when a goaltender has been removed from the ice, a teammate displaces their goal net from its normal position when an attacking skater is on a breakaway, the referee will award a

 Goal to the opposing team

 Minor penalty to the player

 Penalty shot to the opposing team

 Bench minor penalty to the opposing team

Question 38 of 50

39. If a skater falls on, holds, gathers the puck into his body, picks up the puck with his hands, or conceals the puck with his hands from the ice in the defending zone goal crease, the referee will award the opposing team a:

 Bench minor penalty

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

 Penalty shot  

 Goal

Question 39 of 50

40. A player who bangs the protective glass or boards with his stick or other objects in protest of an on-ice official’s decision will be assessed a

 Bench minor penalty

 Double Minor penalty

 Game misconduct penalty

 Minor penalty

Question 40 of 50

41. When teams attempt to change after their allotted period of time, the referee should send the players back to the bench and warn the coach. The second time this happens the referee must assess:

 Minor penalty for delaying the game

 Bench Minor penalty for delaying the game

 Misconduct penalty for delaying the game

 No penalty

Question 41 of 50

42.

A player who hits an opponent from behind into the boards, the goal frame, or in open ice in any manner will be assessed:

 Minor penalty + automatic misconduct penalty

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

 Double minor penalty

 Minor penalty + automatic misconduct penalty or Major penalty + Automatic Game Misconduct penalty only.

Question 42 of 50

43. For a penalized skater to return to the game as a result of an opponent’s goal, his team must have been short-handed by a minor or bench-minor penalty at the time of the goal (not counting a delayed penalty). In the case where more than one skater is penalized, the first minor or bench-minor penalty will terminate (unless it were a coincident minor or bench-minor penalty with an opposing skater, in which case the next minor or bench-minor penalty will be cancelled). In addition, this does not apply on a Penalty Shot situation.

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 43 of 50

44. In the event that objects are thrown onto the ice by spectators and game action is compromised, play will be stopped and the ensuing faceoff will take place at which face off spot?

 End zone face-off spot

 Neutral zone face-off spot

 Centre ice

 The nearest faceoff spot to where play was stopped.

Question 44 of 50

45. A player who crouches down near the boards to avoid being bodychecked and who, as a result, causes an opponent to tumble over him, will be assessed ...

 a minor penalty

 Double Minor penalty only.

 Match Penalty only.

 Major penalty + Automatic Game Misconduct penalty only

Question 45 of 50

46. A player who deliberately displaces the goal net from its normal position will be assessed a

 Bench Minor penalty

 Penalty shot

 Goal

 Minor penalty

Question 46 of 50

47. A player whose stick is broken is forbidden to receive a stick thrown onto the ice from either the players’ bench or from a spectator, but he may receive a stick from a teammate on the ice at the time without having to proceed to his players’ bench to obtain a new one. This
exchange, however, must be made hand-to-hand. A teammate who throws, tosses, slides, or shoots a stick to him will be assessed a:

 Misconduct penalty

 Bench minor penalty

 Double minor penalty

 Minor penalty

Question 47 of 50

48. A team pulls its goalkeeper for an extra player. Before leaving the crease, the goalkeeper places his stick across the front of the goal and his team scores a goal at the other end of the ice. Ruling:

 Goal

 No goal

 No goal + penalty to goalkeeper

 Goal + penalty to goalkeeper

Question 48 of 50

49. The following procedure must be followed for player changes:
1. Immediately after a stoppage of play, the referee signals to the coach of the visiting team to make his player changes;
2. The visiting team has five seconds to make its changes;
3. The referee raises his arm to indicate that the visiting team may no longer make player changes;
4. With his arm still up, the referee signals to the coach of the home team to make his player changes;
5. After five seconds, the referee drops his arm to indicate that the home team may no longer make changes;
6. As soon as the referee drops his arm, the linesman conducting the faceoff:

 Wave to the crowd

 Drop the puck if only one team is ready

 Blows his whistle to indicate that both teams have no more than five seconds to line up for the faceoff

 Send slow players back to their benches

Question 49 of 50

50. A player who dangerously kicks an opponent’s foot or skate from behind or who pulls an opponent backwards while at the same time knocking or kicking his feet from under him will be assessed a minor penalty.

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 50 of 50