Officiating Exam – NSW

1. A player who recklessly endangers an opponent by butt-ending will be assessed a …

 Minor penalty

 Match penalty

 Double Minor penalty + Misconduct penalty only

 Major penalty + Automatic Game Misconduct penalty only

Question 1 of 50

2. 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 2 of 50

3. A player is carrying a goaltender’s stick to a goaltender who has lost or broken his stick, and decides to become involved in the play. He drops the goalkeeper's stick in order to participate in the play. Shall a penalty be awarded and if so, what penalty?

 Minor penalty

 Penalty shot

 Misconduct penalty

 No penalty

Question 3 of 50

4. A player who uses his stick to impede the progress or interfere with an opponent, with or without the puck shall be assessed:

 Double Minor penalty only

 Minor penalty

 Minor penalty + Misconduct penalty only

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

Question 4 of 50

5. 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 5 of 50

6. 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 6 of 50

7. A skater whose visor or cage becomes cracked or broken during game action must leave the ice immediately. Failure to do so will result in a warning to the player’s team from the referee for all illegal and dangerous equipment. Any subsequent offence by a player will result in a:

 Minor Penalty

 Double Minor Penalty

 Miscounduct Penalty

 Major and automatic game miscounduct penalty

Question 7 of 50

8. A player who delivers a check in a clipping manner or lowers his own body to deliver a check to an opponent’s knee area will be assessed:

 Minor penalty + Misconduct penalty only.

 Major penalty only.

 Minor penalty.

 Match penalty only.

Question 8 of 50

9.

A player who, after skating towards an opponent, checks him with unnecessary force or who runs at or jumps into an opponent shall be assessed:

 Minor penalty

 Double Minor penalty only

 Match Penalty only

 Major penalty + Automatic Game Misconduct penalty only

Question 9 of 50

10. 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 10 of 50

11. If the team being penalized is already short-handed and its opponent scores a goal during a delayed-penalty call, …

 The earlier minor penalty being served is automatically terminated and all new penalties being signalled will be assessed.

 The delayed penalty is washed out and the first penalty remains in the penalty box

 Both penalties are washed out

 Neither penalties are washed out

Question 11 of 50

12. 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 12 of 50

13. 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 13 of 50

14. If a skater picks the puck up from the ice with his glove, conceals, or covers the puck with his glove on the ice inside the three-dimensional area of his own goal crease while his goaltender is on the ice, the referee shall award:

 Penalty shot to the opposing team

 Goal to the opposing team

 Minor penalty to the offending player

 Misconduct penalty to the offending player

Question 14 of 50

15. 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 15 of 50

16. When a goal is scored in the last second of a period, it is not necessary to conduct a face-off at centre ice.

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 16 of 50

17. 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 17 of 50

18. 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 18 of 50

19. 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 19 of 50

20. The first player from either team to leave the players’ bench or penalty box during a player confrontation on ice will be assessed a:

 Minor penalty + game misconduct

 Double minor penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty  

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

 Match penalty

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. A bleeding player who intentionally wipes blood from his body onto an opponent or anyone in the rink will be assessed a:

 Minor penalty

 Misconduct penalty

 Game Misconduct penalty

 Match penalty

Question 22 of 50

23. 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 23 of 50

24. A skater who recklessly endangers an opponent by kneeing will be assessed a

 Match penalty

 Minor Penalty

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

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

Question 24 of 50

25.

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 25 of 50

26. 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 26 of 50

27. 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 27 of 50

28. 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 28 of 50

29. A player on a breakaway is fouled from behind, falls to the ice but then gets up and takes a clear and unimpeded shot on goal. The referee shall award a penalty shot.

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 29 of 50

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

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 30 of 50

31. 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 31 of 50

32. 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 32 of 50

33. Team A Team B
A6 – 2 + 2 minutes @ 3:00 B8 – 2 + 2 minutes @ 3:00

At 3:00 what will be the on ice strength when play resumes?

 3 on 3

 4 on 4

 4 on 5

 5 on 5

Question 33 of 50

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

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 34 of 50

35. 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 35 of 50

36. A player is checked and his helmet strap becomes unfastened but his helmet stays on his head. He must go directly to the players’ bench. He is not allowed to touch the puck or participate in game action, and he is not allowed to fasten the helmet while on the ice even if he is not participating in game action.

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 36 of 50

37. 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 37 of 50

38. A player or team official who physically confronts, retaliates, or engages with a spectator will be assessed:

 Major penalty + Automatic Game Misconduct only.

 Minor penalty or Major penalty + Automatic Game Misconduct penalty.

 Major penalty only.

 Match penalty only.

Question 38 of 50

39.

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 39 of 50

40. 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 40 of 50

41. A goaltender who holds or plays the puck with his stick, skates, or body along the boards in such a manner as to cause a stoppage of play, even if he is being checked he will be assessed a:

 Misconduct penalty

 Double minor penalty

 Minor penalty  

 Bench Minor penalty

Question 41 of 50

42. 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 42 of 50

43. 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 43 of 50

44. An unidentified player or team official who is off the ice and throws a stick or any other object onto the ice to protest a call shall be assessed a:

 Bench minor penalty  

 Minor penalty

 Misconduct penalty

 Double minor penalty

Question 44 of 50

45. 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 45 of 50

46. A player who butt-ends an opponent will be assessed:

 Double Minor penalty + Misconduct penalty only

 Match penalty only

 Either a major and automatic game-misconduct penalty or a match penalty.

 Minor penalty

Question 46 of 50

47. 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 47 of 50

48. A skater who falls on, holds, or gathers the puck into his body or equipment to create a stoppage in play will be assessed a

 Minor penalty

 Minor penalty + misconduct penalty

 Bench minor penalty

 Misconduct penalty

Question 48 of 50

49.

If one or both of the goal posts is not flat on the ice but is in contact with the peg and the peg is in the hole, and the puck legally enters the net, this will result in a:

 Goal

 No Goal

Question 49 of 50

50. 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 50 of 50