Officiating Exam – NSW

1. 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 1 of 50

2. 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 2 of 50

3. 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 3 of 50

4. A player who lifts the puck from the defending zone and hits the scoreclock or any structural object above the ice surface, causing a stoppage of play, will not be assessed a penalty.

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 4 of 50

5. 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 5 of 50

6. 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 6 of 50

7. If a goaltender has been substituted for an extra skater, leaving his team’s goal net empty, and a teammate or team official throws a stick or any part of it or any other object at the puck or puck carrier in the neutral zone or the defending zone with the empty net, thereby preventing the puck carrier from having a clear shot, the attacking team will be awarded a:

 Goal  

 Penalty shot

 Bench minor penalty

 Misconduct penalty

Question 7 of 50

8. A player who spears an opponent will be assessed a

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

 Match penalty

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty or match penalty.  

 Misconduct penalty

Question 8 of 50

9. 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 9 of 50

10. 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 10 of 50

11. 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 11 of 50

12. 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 12 of 50

13. A skater who uses his knee to make contact with an opponent will be assessed

 a minor penalty.

 Match penalty

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty.

 Double minor penalty

Question 13 of 50

14. An attacking skater may skate through the goal crease during game action so long as he doesn’t make contact with the goaltender. If he makes contact, or if the goaltender makes contact while backing up in his goal crease, the attacking skater will be assessed a minor penalty.

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 14 of 50

15. A player who either attempts to head-butt or succeeds in head-butting an opponent will be assessed a:

 Match penalty.  

 Double Minor penalty or major penalty + automatic game misconduct or Match penalty only.

 Misconduct penalty

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty only.

Question 15 of 50

16. If an attacking skater tries to kick the puck from his skate to his stick but fails to gain possession of the puck with his stick before the puck enters the goal net, the goal will not count.

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 16 of 50

17.

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 17 of 50

18. 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 18 of 50

19. 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 19 of 50

20. A skater who holds or freezes the puck with his stick, skates, or body along the boards or in open ice when not being pressured by an opponent will be assessed a:

 Misconduct penalty

 Minor penalty  

 Bench minor penalty

 Double minor penalty

Question 20 of 50

21. 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 21 of 50

22. 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 22 of 50

23. A player who recklessly endangers an opponent by cross-checking will be assessed a …

 Double minor penalty + misconduct penalty

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty or Match Penalty.

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty.

 Minor penalty + misconduct penalty

Question 23 of 50

24. 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 24 of 50

25. 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 25 of 50

26.

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 26 of 50

27. 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 27 of 50

28.

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 28 of 50

29. 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 29 of 50

30. 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 30 of 50

31. A goaltender who uses his blocker glove to punch an opponent in the head, neck, or face will be assessed a:

 Minor penalty

 Misconduct penalty

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

 Match penalty

Question 31 of 50

32. 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 32 of 50

33. A player who attempts to spear an opponent will be assessed a:

 Minor penalty + misconduct penalty

 Double minor penalty + misconduct penalty  

 Major penalty + misconduct penalty

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

Question 33 of 50

34. 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 34 of 50

35. 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 35 of 50

36. 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 36 of 50

37. 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 37 of 50

38. 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 38 of 50

39. 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 39 of 50

40. A penalized skater who leaves the penalty box by his own error prior to the expiration of his penalty will be assessed, in addition to having to serve the remainder of his existing penalty, a

 Double minor penalty

 Misconduct penalty

 Minor penalty  

 Minor penalty + game misconduct penalty

Question 40 of 50

41. 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 41 of 50

42. A player who recklessly endangers an opponent by a high-sticking foul will be assessed a

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

 Major penalty only.

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

 Match penalty only.

Question 42 of 50

43. 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 43 of 50

44. A goaltender is not allowed to participate in game action across the centre red line at any time. A violation of this rule will result in the goaltender being assessed a:

 Bench minor penalty

 Game misconduct penalty

 Misconduct penalty

 Minor penalty

Question 44 of 50

45. A skater who directs the puck into the goal net with his skates in any manner will result in a…

 Goal

 No Goal

Question 45 of 50

46. 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 46 of 50

47. A goaltender who falls on or gathers the puck into his body in the area between the goal line and the hash marks of the end zone faceoff circles and is not being pressured by an opponent and is able to play the puck safely with his stick will receive a:

 First violation warning

 Minor penalty

 Minor and Miscounduct Penalty

 Double Minor Penalty

Question 47 of 50

48. 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 48 of 50

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

 TRUE

 FALSE

Question 49 of 50

50. 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 50 of 50