Referee Test Flashcards
(154 cards)
After the referee has called the score and before the ball is served, one of the receivers says “wait, wait” and the receivers begin talking to each other without saying anything else to the referee. The referee stops play and asks why they said “wait, wait” and is told they needed to talk to each other. No hinder occurred. What should the referee do?
Stop play, issue a verbal or technical warning for delay of game and re-call the score to start play.
If the referee calls a player for a questionable serve that does not land in the correct service court, what is the appropriate action for the referee to take?
Call for a re-serve since that occurred first.
An injured player requests a medical time-out. Medical personnel arrives and the referee starts the 15-minute period. Medical personnel determine it is necessary to provide treatment off court at another location in the venue. What should the referee do?
Pause his timer, accompany the player and medical personnel to the new location and resume the timer when medical treatment resumes.
If a served ball touches the net and then hits the receiver’s partner, who is clearly standing outside of receiver’s service area, what is the call?
Serving team wins the point.
When a player commits a technical foul, one point shall always be deducted from the offending player’s score.
False
When using the Drop Serve, the release of the ball must be visible to the referee only.
False
For all serves, at the time the ball is struck, the server’s feet may not touch the court or outside the imaginary extension of the sideline or the centerline and both feet must be on the playing surface or ground behind the baseline.
False
When a time-out is called, the referee should advise all players to place their paddles on the court.
False
Once the game has begun, except during time-outs, any communication between a player and any person not on the court, if determined by the referee to be coaching, shall result in either a verbal warning or technical warning to the offending player or team.
True
Any malfunction of a net system during play shall be considered a hinder.
True
If you do not make an initial line call and then ask your opponent’s opinion if a ball was “in” or “out,” you must accept their opinion. Once you ask the opponent’s opinion, you lose any right to make a subsequent “in” or “out” call for that rally.
True
When a player throws their paddle, depending on the level of severity, a verbal warning, technical warning or technical foul may be given to the offender.
True
Any ball that cannot be called “out” must be presumed to be “in.”
True
Any decision or ruling by a referee, including a judgment call, may be appealed by a player to the head referee or tournament director.
True
The receiver’s partner or server’s partner may stand anywhere on or off their team’s end of the court.
True
If a player receives 3 technical warnings during a 2 out of 3 games match, the referee shall always impose a forfeiture of the match.
False
A player is hitting a two-handed stroke (where both hands are in contact with the paddle) when his right hand is hit by the ball below the wrist. The ball is still in play.
True
If the referee or a player stops a rally to correctly identify a player/position error, the rally shall be replayed.
True
In a 2-out-of-3 match, the starting server will always begin the game serving from the right-hand court.
False
After game 1, Team A receives a technical foul. Team B will start serving game 2 with a score of “1-0-2”. The starting server for Team B should start the game serving from the left-hand court.
True
Your partner drops her paddle and it lands on the court but not in the non-volley zone. The opponents then hit a ball that hits the paddle lying on the court. The ball bounces up high and you then hit the ball over the net to keep the rally going. This is legal because the dropped paddle is considered part of the court and play continues.
True
When the Drop Serve is used, there is no rule stating the ball must be served before the second bounce.
True
Other than non-volley zone violations, faults may only be committed when the ball is live or in-play.
True
A referee shall call a fault if a player calls “time-out” after the service motion has started but before the serve occurs.
False