Officiating Exam – ADFIHA

1. If a player is assessed a second misconduct any time during a game, it will become an automatic game-misconduct penalty instead. He must go to the dressing room but may be substituted immediately on ice, and no teammate has to serve his penalty. How many minutes will be credited against the player for the second misconduct?

 10 minutes

 2 minutes

 25 minutes

 20 minutes

Question 1 of 50

2. Team A Team B
A7 – 5 + GM @ 3:00
A11 - 5 + GM @ 3:10
A12 – 2 minutes @ 4:00 Goal @ 4:30

Team A does not need to put substitute players into the penalty bench for A7 and A11. At the scoring of the goal, A12 can return to the ice.

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 2 of 50

3. An unidentifiable player or team official who uses obscene, profane, or abusive language or actions or uses the name of any on-ice official coupled with any vociferous remarks will be assessed a

 Bench minor penalty

 Minor penalty + game misconduct penalty

 Misconduct penalty

 Match penalty

Question 3 of 50

4. A player must drop a broken stick immediately. If he participates in game action with a broken stick he will be assessed a:

 Minor penalty + Misconduct penalty

 Minor penalty  

 Bench minor penalty

 Double Minor penalty

Question 4 of 50

5. There is no such thing as a clean hit to the head. Whether accidental or intentional, every direct hit to the head or neck of an opponent will be penalized.

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 5 of 50

6. A player elbowing an opponent will be assessed:

 Minor penalty

 Minor penalty + Misconduct penalty only.

 Minor Penalty or double minor penalty only.

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty.

Question 6 of 50

7. If a player chases an opponent who is in possession of the puck and lunges along the ice, knocking the puck away with his stick and subsequently causing that player to fall, no penalty will be assessed.

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 7 of 50

8. 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 8 of 50

9. 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 9 of 50

10. If a player deliberately displaces his own goal net from its normal position during the last two minutes of regulation time, or at any time in overtime, the referee will award the opposing team a:

 Bench Minor penalty

 Goal

 Penalty shot  

 Double Minor penalty

Question 10 of 50

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

At 3:00 teams play:

 3 on 5.

 5 on 4.

 4 on 5.  

 5 on 3.

Question 11 of 50

12. 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 12 of 50

13. 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:

 Goal

 Misconduct penalty

 Minor penalty

 Penalty Shot

Question 13 of 50

14. A player who holds an opponent’s stick by any means (hands, arms, body, leg) to prevent him from skating, playing the puck, or otherwise playing the game freely, or any act of preventing an opponent from using his stick shall be assessed a:

 Minor penalty

 Double minor penalty

 Minor penalty, major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty or match penalty

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

Question 14 of 50

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

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 15 of 50

16. When a skater taking the faceoff has been issued a first faceoff violation warning by an on-ice official and another skater of the same team delays taking up his proper position after the issued warning, the offending team will be assessed a

 Minor penalty to the player who caused the delay

 Minor penalty to any player (Coaches choice)

 Misconduct penalty

 Bench Minor penalty

Question 16 of 50

17. If the race for the puck is too close to determine which player from which team would touch the puck first, icing will be called.

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 17 of 50

18. 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 18 of 50

19. 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 19 of 50

20. If a third or subsequent player of any team is assessed a penalty during regulation time which requires him to go to the penalty box, and two teammates are already serving penalties, the penalty time of the third player or any subsequent players will:

 Start immediately

 Start at the end of the period

 Not start until the penalty time of one of the first two players has elapsed.

 Start when the scorekeeper decides

Question 20 of 50

21.

A player who checks an opponent with unnecessary force or who runs at or jumps into an opponent will be assessed …

 Match penalty only

 Double Minor penalty only.

 Minor penalty

 Major penalty + Automatic Game Misconduct penalty.

Question 21 of 50

22. Up to a maximum of five per team, assuming players only leave the players' bench, subsequent players who leave the players' bench during a player confrontation will be assessed a:

 Misconduct penalty

 Minor penalty + game misconduct penalty

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

 Match penalty

Question 22 of 50

23. 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 23 of 50

24. 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 24 of 50

25. 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 25 of 50

26. 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 26 of 50

27.

A goalkeeper has lost his stick and his team-mate, who is on the ice, attempts to shoot his stick back to him. What penalty shall be assessed to the player shooting the stick back to him?

 Minor penalty

 Misconduct penalty

 No penalty  

 Penalty shot

Question 27 of 50

28. 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 28 of 50

29. Team A Team B
A6 – 2 minutes @ 3:00 B11 – 2 minutes @ 3:00
A9 – 2 minutes @ 3:30 Goal @ 4:00

At 3:30 teams play three on four and A9 returns on the goal at 4:00.

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 29 of 50

30. In the course of taking a slap shot, a player on the follow through contacts the head of his opponent with the blade of his stick. It does not cause accidental harm. What penalty shall be assessed?

 Minor penalty only

 Double minor penalty

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

 Match Penalty

Question 30 of 50

31. 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 31 of 50

32. 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 32 of 50

33. If the primary force of a blow is initially to the body area and then contact slides up to the head or neck area, a penalty for checking to the head or neck will not be assessed.

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 33 of 50

34. If one of the other skaters not taking the faceoff enters the faceoff circle prematurely, the on-ice official will stop the faceoff. The skater of the offending team taking the faceoff must:

 be ejected from the faceoff

 receive a first violation warning

 receive a Minor penalty

 receive a Misconduct penalty

Question 34 of 50

35. A player takes a shot during a penalty shot/game winning shot and the puck goes off the toe of the stick and then touches the boards between the centre red line and icing line and goes directly into the goal net. The goal will be washed out.

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 35 of 50

36.

A player who recklessly endangers an opponent as a result of checking from behind will be assessed a …

 Match penalty

 Minor Penalty + automatic misconduct penalty

 Minor Penalty

 Major penalty + Automatic Game Misconduct penalty or a Match penalty

Question 36 of 50

37. 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 37 of 50

38. If teams are playing 5-on-5 and only one minor or bench-minor penalty is assessed to each team, teams will play…

 5-on-5

 4-on-4

Question 38 of 50

39. Team A Team B
A6 – 2 minutes @ 3:00 B11 – 2 + 2 minutes @ 3:00
A9 – 2 minutes @ 3:00 B12 – 2 minutes @ 3:00
A7 – 2 + 2 minutes @ 3:00

At 3:00 when play resumes, teams will play:

 3 on 5

 4 on 5

 5 on 5

 5 on 4

Question 39 of 50

40. If, during a player change during game action, a player coming onto the ice or coming off the ice plays the puck, makes contact with an opponent, or participates in game action while both the departing and entering players are on the ice within the 1.5 metre (5') zone, a bench-minor a penalty for too many men will be assessed.

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 40 of 50

41. To be onside, a skater may have one skate inside the blue line as long as one is on or outside the blue line touching the ice.

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 41 of 50

42. 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 42 of 50

43. 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; covers his hand on the puck, the referee will assess a

 Bench minor penalty to team

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty to player

 Penalty shot to non offending team

 Goal to non offending team

Question 43 of 50

44. Team A Team B
A6 – 5+GM @ 3:00 B11 – 2 minutes @ 3:00
A9 – 2 minutes @ 3:00 Goal @ 4:00

At 3:00 teams play 4 on 5. A6 is out of the play. Team A must put a substitute player in the penalty bench to serve the 5 minutes time penalty for A6. No player returns at 4:00

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 44 of 50

45. A skater who recklessly endangers a vulnerable opponent with a late hit will be assessed a

 Major penalty and automatic game-misconduct penalty or a match penalty.

 Major penalty only.

 Minor penalty only.

 Match penalty only.

Question 45 of 50

46. Following a stoppage of play for icing, the offending team is prohibited from making any player change until play has resumed.

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 46 of 50

47. A player who swings his stick at another player during a confrontation will be assessed a

 Match penalty

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty or match penalty

 Double minor penalty + game misconduct penalty

 Minor penalty

Question 47 of 50

48. A player who causes accidental harm to an opponent by a high-sticking foul will be assessed a …

 Major penalty only.

 Minor penalty only.

 Double Minor penalty.

 Minor penalty or major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty.

Question 48 of 50

49. A player who slashes an opponent will be assessed

 a minor penalty.

 Match penalty

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct or match penalty

Question 49 of 50

50. If a player is assessed a misconduct or game-misconduct penalty, the ensuing faceoff will take place:

 At centre ice

 At one of the two faceoff spots outside the attacking zone of the team penalised

 the nearest faceoff spot in the zone where game action was stopped

 in the defending zone of the team being penalized.

Question 50 of 50