Officiating Exam – NSW

1. 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 1 of 50

2. The puck is shot at or near the goal net by the attacking team during the course of the delayed offside, forcing the goaltender to make a save, the play shall be ruled:

 Offside

 Intentional Offside  

 Icing

 Hybrid Icing

Question 2 of 50

3. 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 3 of 50

4. 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 4 of 50

5. A skater who covers the puck with his glove on the ice outside his own goal crease will be assessed a:

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

 Minor penalty  

 Double minor penalty

 Bench minor penalty

Question 5 of 50

6. 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 6 of 50

7. 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 7 of 50

8. 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 8 of 50

9. 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 9 of 50

10. 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 10 of 50

11. 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 11 of 50

12. 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 12 of 50

13. 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 13 of 50

14.

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 14 of 50

15. 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 15 of 50

16. 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 16 of 50

17. If there is a clear instigator in a fight, that player will be assessed in addition to any other penalties a:

 Minor peanlty

 Minor and Miscounduct Penalty

 Major and automatic game miscounduct penalty

 Match penalty

Question 17 of 50

18. A player who obstructs or prevents an opponent without possession of the puck from skating, receiving a pass, or moving about the ice freely shall be assessed:

 Major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

 Minor penalty  

 Misconduct penalty

 Minor or major penalty + automatic game misconduct penalty

Question 18 of 50

19. 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 19 of 50

20. There are two decisions a linesman must make under hybrid icing rules. First, he must determine that the shot from a player’s own side of centre ice will cross the icing line in the attacking zone. Second, he must determine whether a defending skater or attacking skater would be first to touch the puck. This second decision must be made no later than the instant the first of the players reaches the end zone faceoff spots, although the decision can be made earlier. What is the determining factor?

 The skates of the skaters

 The stick of the skaters

 The helmet of the skaters

 The nose of the skaters

Question 20 of 50

21. 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 21 of 50

22. A player or team official who makes any obscene gesture or actions to any person on the ice or anywhere in the rink immediately before, during, or immediately after the game will be assessed

 Double minor penalty

 Misconduct penalty

 Game misconduct penalty

 Match penalty  

Question 22 of 50

23. 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 23 of 50

24. A skater who picks the puck up from the ice with his glove or hand outside his own goal crease during game action will be assessed a:

 Minor penalty  

 Bench minor penalty

 Misconduct penalty

 No penalty

Question 24 of 50

25. 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 25 of 50

26. 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 26 of 50

27. A skater who delivers a late hit to an unsuspecting opponent will receive a

 Major penalty and automatic game-misconduct penalty.

 Major penalty only.

 Minor penalty only.

 Match penalty only.

Question 27 of 50

28. 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 28 of 50

29. 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 29 of 50

30. 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 30 of 50

31. 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 31 of 50

32. Any player that becomes involved in fighting will be assessed a:

 Double Minor penalty only.

 Match penalty.  

 Major penalty + Automatic Game Misconduct penalty only.

 Minor penalty + Misconduct penalty only.

Question 32 of 50

33. 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 33 of 50

34. 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 34 of 50

35.

A player who removes his glove(s) to engage in a confrontation with an opponent will be assessed a:

 Major penalty + Automatic Game Misconduct penalty only.

 Misconduct penalty under Rule 158 - Roughing

 Minor penalty + Misconduct penalty only.

 Misconduct penalty under Rule 141 - Fighting

Question 35 of 50

36. A8 passes to A9, but the puck deflects off the body, stick or skate of B8 and it is retrieved by A9 who passes to A10 who scores a goal. To whom are the assists awarded to?

 A8

 A9

 A8 and A9

 A10

Question 36 of 50

37. 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 37 of 50

38. 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 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 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 40 of 50

41.

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 41 of 50

42. 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 42 of 50

43. 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 43 of 50

44. 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 44 of 50

45.

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 45 of 50

46. 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 46 of 50

47. If a goaltender has been removed from the ice and an attacking skater who is on a breakaway is fouled from behind to prevent a clear opportunity to score, the Referee shall award a

 Penalty Shot

 Misconduct penalty

 Minor penalty

 Goal

Question 47 of 50

48. 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 and may be substituted on the ice:

 After 2 minutes

 After 5 minutes

 After 10 minutes

 Immediately  

Question 48 of 50

49. 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 49 of 50

50. 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 50 of 50