officiating spring mid-term

Question 1

In both Men’s and Women’s Basketball:
A try for ________
is an attempt by a player to score two or three points
by throwing or tapping the ball into his basket.

Answer 1

b. field goal

Question 2

Restricted-Area arc in basketball is the same distance for women as it is for men?

Answer 2

b. false

Question 3

In both men’s and women’s basketball:
The team-foul total shall consist of a combination of personal fouls (includes player-control fouls), prior period fouls and Class A technical fouls

Answer 3

b. false

Question 4

In Both Men and Women’s Basketball:
When a player is deemed to have unsportsmanlike conduct in behavior or an act that is unbecoming to a fair, ethical and honorable individual. This is the rule an official must administer.

Answer 4

a. Class A and Class B technical fouls.

Question 5

In Both Men and Women’s Basketball:
____________ is illegal personal contact that impedes the progress
of an opponent.

Answer 5

e. blocking

Question 6

In both Men and Women’s Basketball:
If a throw-in enters the basket from above and remains in or passes through the basket it is scored as a basket.

Answer 6

b. false

Question 7

The ________ team is the team that has accumulated the greater number of
points when the game ends

Answer 7

a. winning

Question 8

In the game of Soccer, the game shall be played by two teams of players each, one of ______ whom shall be the goalkeeper. In addition, not fewer than seven players are required to start and finish a game.

Answer 8

d. 11

Question 9

In women’s basketball, teams are allowed to advance to front court following a timeout after a made basket in the last 59.9 seconds of 4th quarter advance ball to frontcourt after securing ball from rebound/change in possession (28 foot mark on scorer’s table side of court)

Answer 9

a.

Question 10

In Soccer:
This is the correct signal for what (picture of a ref waving the flag from up to down

Answer 10

d. offsides

Question 11

Both men and women’s basketball
____ applies to a try for field goal or free throw, but shall have no significance unless there is a foul by the defense during the interval that begins when the normal throwing movement starts a try or with the touching on a tap and ends when the ball is clearly in flight.

Answer 11

b. continuous motion

Question 12

In women’s basketball games consist of_______ with a halftime intermission of 15 minutes. The
intermission between the first and second quarters (first half) and third and fourth quarters (second half) shall be 75 seconds in a nonmedia game. For games using the electronic-media timeout format, the intermission between quarters shall be 75 seconds or the length of the electronic-media timeout. Each overtime shall be five minutes in length with a one-minute intermission before each.

Answer 12

b. four 10-minute quarters

Question 13

In both men’s and women’s basketball only the lead official has the authority to set aside any official rules or approved interpretations based on his or her years of experience in officiating college games.

Answer 13

b. False

Question 14

In both men’s and women’s basketball, the ______shall be empowered to make decisions on any
issues arising during the officials’ jurisdiction that are not specifically covered in the rules.

Answer 14

a. referee

Question 15

In both men and women’s basketball, a player is considered to have control of the basketball when they are ______________ or ________________.

Answer 15

b. holding a live ball; dribbling a live ball

Question 16

In volleyball, which one of these actions happened to make you use this hand signal?

Answer 16

c. A back-row player or Libero participates in a completed block.

Question 17

When does your team rotate in a volleyball game?

Answer 17

d. After the other team serves and you win the point

Question 18

A______is a type of try for field goal whereby a player attempts to score two or three points by directing a live ball into the player’s team’s basket with the player’s hands or fingers without the ball coming to rest in the player’s hand(s).

Answer 18

c. tap

Question 19

In women’s basketball, a(n)
is the time between all quarters and any overtime(s).

Answer 19

a. intermission

Question 20

In volleyball _________ zone from the back zone lines are on both sides of the net (ten feet from the net and separate the front

Answer 20

b. attack

Question 21

A free throw ends when all of these happen except which?

Answer 21

b. shooter jumps to shoot

Question 22

An attack-hit is an action, other than a block or a serve, that directs the ball toward the opponent. An attack-hit is completed the instant the ball

Answer 22

e. completely crosses the vertical plane of the net or is touched by an opponent.

Question 23

In both Men and Women’s Basketball:
Basketball is played by two teams of ______
each. The objective is
for each team to score points by throwing or tapping the ball into its own basket and to prevent the other team from scoring.

Answer 23

b. five

Question 24

In both Men’s and Women’s Basketball:
During a jumpball, when the ball touches the playing court without being touched by at least one of the jumpers, the official does not have to jump the ball again if the toss-up was good.

Answer 24

b. false

Question 25

In both men and women's basketball, the officials have authority of the game from_____________ to until ___________ the game.

Answer 25

c. 15 Minutes prior; final score

Question 26

A__________is a method of putting the ball into play at the beginning of the game or any extra period(s) by tossing it up between two opponents in the center circle.

Answer 26

c. jump ball

Question 27

The_________is a team member who may address an official on matters of interpretation or to obtain essential information, when it is done in a courteous manner. Dialogue between coaches and officials should be kept to a minimum,

Answer 27

b. captain

Question 28

In both Men's and Women's Basketball: A three-point try occurs when a try leaves the player's hand when that player last touched the floor outside the three-point line with at least one foot in contact with the playing floor behind the line and the other foot not contacting the line or the playing floor in front of that line.

Answer 28

a. true

Question 29

In both Men's and Women's Basketball: When the game clock and shot clock are running, they shall be stopped when an official does all of the following except what?

Answer 29

e. Signals he is counting for three seconds

Question 30

In both Men's and Women's Basketball: Whether the game clock is running or stopped shall have no bearing on the counting of a goal as long as the ball was released before the expiration of time.

Answer 30

a. true

Question 31

In volleyball this occurs when one or more players at the net reach higher than the top of the net and deflect the ball coming from the opponent.

Answer 31

c. block

Question 32

________takes place when a player who is holding the ball steps once or more than once in any direction with the same foot, while the other foot, is kept at its point of contact playing court

Answer 32

d. pivot

Question 33

In Soccer is this example offside? A plays the ball forward to B, who is even with the second-to-last opponent. B is not offside since, at the moment the ball was played forward, there are at least two of her opponents closer to her opponent's end line than B was.

Answer 33

c. No, because the player is even with the second to last opponent and even is not behind

Question 34

In both men and women's college basketball: A_______ is a team member who has reported to the scorers' table that they wish to become a player and is waiting at the scorers' table to be beckoned into the game by an official

Answer 34

b. substitute

Question 35

In Both Men and Women's Basketball: Two visible shot clocks with a horn that is distinct from the game clock are required, and shall be recessed and ___________

Answer 35

c. mounted on the backboard supports behind each backboard.

Question 36

The________procedure is a method of putting the ball in play with a throw-in rather than a jump ball.

Answer 36

d. alternating-possession

Question 37

ball, which one of these actions happened to make you use this hand signal? (hand making a rotational sign)

Answer 37

a. The libero subs in and rotates to the front line and ball is served

Question 38

In Men's Basketball: The _____________ is a solid single-colored 2-inch line formed by a semicircle measured from the center of the basket to the inside edge with a radius of 4 feet and extending in a straight line to the front face of the backboard. This arc must be clearly discernible and distinguishable. When there are both a 3-foot and 4-foot arc on the playing court, the arcs shall contrast in color.

Answer 38

b. restricted-area arc

Question 39

In Both Men and Women's Basketball: The player must bounce,_______________ or ________ time, both hands touch the ball or the player stops foot. The foot that is stationary is called the pivot foot.

Answer 39

c. dribble; dribbling

Question 40

The last player to touch the ball before the ball goes out of bounce, cause the ball to go out of bounds, provided that the ball is out of balance because it touched something other than the player who was out of bounce .

Answer 40

a. true

Question 41

In both Men's and Women's Basketball: The ball shall become live when any of the following happens except which?

Answer 41

b. On a rebound in which the ball is tipped out of bounds

Question 42

after __________ play may be resumed in one of the following three ways: jump ball, by placing the ball at the disposal of the thrower-in or by placing the ball at the disposal of a free-throw shooter.

Answer 42

d. dead ball

Question 43

In Soccer: What happens next after a goal is scored, how does play resume?

Answer 43

d. kickoff

Question 44

In soccer a(n)_________ is awarded the opposing team when a player last touches the ball over his own goal line.

Answer 44

b. Corner Kick

Question 45

In both men's and women's basketball: A player is always ruled in bounds when they jump to save the ball even if they touch the out of bounds line because the player shall be out of bounds when he touches the floor or any object other than a person on or outside a boundary line. An airborne player's status shall be where the airborne player was last in contact with the floor.

Answer 45

b. false

Question 46

In both men and women’s basketball is that _____________ area of the plane court located directly underneath each basket” under the basket is defined as from the front and the side of the ring to the front of the backboard. The player is considered under the basket when any part of either foot is in this area or the player is straddling this area..

Answer 46

c. restricted area

Question 47

The ball shall become dead or remain dead when any goal is made.

Answer 47

a. true

Question 48

In both men and women's college basketball the playing court is how long and how wide?

Answer 48

d. 94 Feet X 50 Feet

Question 49

In Both Men and Women's Basketball: An airborne shooter is an airborne player who has released the ball on a try for goal. An airborne shooter retains that status until that player has returned to the ground.

Answer 49

a. true

Question 50

In both men's and women's basketball, _________includes anyone in the team bench area and any team member before the start of the game, during the game and after the signal to end any quarter or overtime.

Answer 50

d. bench personnel