South Central District 2004 Referee Examination
Name_______________________________ Parish____________________________________
Years that you have been refereeing_______
Please mark all of the correct answers for the following
statements. Some questions have
multiple answers.
(1) Players line up for a free throw as follows.
X___ The defensive
team occupies the spots closest to the basket, followed by the offensive team
if desired, followed by the defensive team if desired.
___ The defensive
team occupies the spots closest to the basket, followed by the offensive team,
followed by the offensive team unless the defensive team elects to use the
third spots.
___ The offensive
and defensive teams alternate using four spots on the free throw lane.
(2) When does the officials’ jurisdiction over the game
begin?
___ When the opening tip occurs. ___
When the pre-game meeting with the coaches starts.
X___ When the officials walk onto the court. ___ When the pre-game prayer starts
(3) The lead official called steps and the second official
called a foul. Which call is used?
___ The call of the
lead official is used. ___ The foul is used because it is a greater offense.
X___ The officials
confer to determine which event took place first.
(4) If a player is shooting three free throws, when are
substitutions beckoned into the game?
___ Before the free
throws are shot. ___ After the first free throw.
X___ After the
second free throw. X___ At any time if an injured player is being substituted.
(5) A player must
leave the game temporarily (if not permanently) in the following situations.
X___ The player is
bleeding. X___ The jersey has blood on it.
X___ Coach is
beckoned to the floor for an injury. ___ One technical foul is called on the player.
(6) A player must leave the game permanently in the
following situations.
X___ Five personal
fouls. X___ Two technical fouls.
X___ Referee
believes that player was unconscious temporarily and no doctor is present to
sign a note for the player.
(7) How do you determine which baskets are used by a team in
the first half?
___ The two coaches
flip a coin. X___ The teams start at the basket opposite the bench.
___ The visiting
team chooses the bench and the teams start shooting at the basket opposite the
bench.
(8) Two free throws are awarded in the following instances.
___ Ninth team foul
for a team in the half. X___ Flagrant foul is called.
X___ Personal foul
when the player was in the act of shooting.
(9) If a double personal foul is called, which of the
following occurs?
___ Both players shoot free throws. ___
Teams with the bonus shoot free throws.
X___ The team with the possession arrow takes the ball out
of bounds.
(10) Two players are diving for the ball and make contact. What is the call?
X___ If the contact is incidental there is no call.
___ A jump ball is called and the team with the possession
arrow takes the ball out of bounds.
___ If the contact is incidental but one player bumps the
other player harder, then a foul is called.
(11) Describe how the 20-point rule is administered in the
fourth quarter.
X___ The clock runs
continuously whenever the lead is 20 points or more.
___ The losing coach
can request that the clock not run in the fourth quarter regardless of the
score.
___ If a team is
losing by 20 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter, then the clock runs
continuously.
(12) If a game is tied in the third grade league, how are
overtimes handled?
X___ No overtime is
played. ___ One overtime period can be played at the discretion of the gym
monitor.
___ One overtime
period can be played at the discretion of the coaches.
(13) If a game is tied in the fourth grade league, how are
overtimes handled?
___ No overtime is
played. X___ One overtime period can be played at the
discretion of the gym monitor.
___ One overtime
period can be played at the discretion of the coaches.
(14) If the offensive team has the ball in the back court,
when does the three-second count start?
___ The three-second
count begins as soon as a player steps into the three-second area.
X___ No three-second
count starts until the ball is in the front court.
___ The three-second
count starts whenever a person has both feet in the three-second area.
(15) A coach has been ejected from the game due to
inappropriate behavior. What should you
do after the game?
X___ Make sure that
the CYC coach’s card is not returned.
___ Only the lead
official should write up a report on the incident.
X___ Both officials
should write up a report on the incident.
X___ The gym monitor
should write up a report on the incident.
X___ Move to another
room if an associate of the team continues to be confrontational.
(16) A team does not supply a valid roster. How should the situation be handled?
X___ The head coach should be warned that the game may be
declared a forfeit by the district if the roster is not produced by the end of
the game.
___ The lead
official should check with the opposing coach to see if the rule on rosters
should be enforced.
X___ The opposing
coach should be told that the other team is being asked to produce the valid
roster by the end of the game so the game may be a forfeit.
___ Both coaches
should be told that the referees will declare a forfeit at the end of the game
if the roster is not produced.
(17) If a violation
occurs under the basket, where should the throw-in spot be?
___ The closest spot
under the basket. ___ The closest sideline.
X___ The spot on the
left or right lane line under the basket closest to the infraction.
(18) In a fourth grade game, team A is inbounding the ball
from the back court. Team A attempts to
pass the ball to a player in the front court one foot beyond the center
line. A player from team B intercepts
the pass as it passes the center line.
What is the call?
___ No call is
needed. Play continues.
X___ The ball is
returned to team A for a throw in from the same spot.
(19) Player A jumps to throw the ball and player B prevents
the pass by placing both hands on the ball.
What is the call?
___ There is no call
unless player A lands on the floor. ___ Player A is called for steps.
X___ A held ball is
called and the possession arrow determines who throws in the ball.
(20) If a foul occurs at the top of the key and a throw-in
is required, where is the throw-in spot?
___ The ball is
thrown in from under the basket.
___ The spot on the
left or right lane line under the basket closest to the infraction is used
X___ The ball is throw in from the sideline closest to the
infraction.
(21) What area of the court is watched by the official under
the basket?
X___ End line. X___ Side line closest to the official. X___ Activity
under the basket.
(22) What area of
the court is watched by the trailing official who is not under the basket?
___ Both side lines. X___ Center court line. ___ Only activity away from the basket.
(23) After the jump ball starting the game, which official
follows the ball to the basket?
___ The official
tossing the ball. X___ The official not tossing the ball.
___ The officials
determine the basket assignments before the game.
Please fill in the following blanks.
(1) Teams can’t apply pressure on turnovers and rebounds
until grade 5______.
(2) Teams can’t apply pressure on throw ins in the last two
minutes of the game until grade 5_____.
(3) Teams can’t press throughout the entire game until grade
7______.
(4) No pressure can be applied by a team that is winning by
20_______ or more points.
(5) Shooting a 1-1 for a foul starts with the 7_______ team
foul.
(6) The width allowed for a throw-in is 3______ feet.
(7) Each overtime period is 2_______ minutes in length.
(8) A team has 5_____ seconds to inbound a ball.
(9) After a throw in, a team has 10_____ seconds to move the
ball from the back court to the front court.
(10-12) A closely guarded player can hold the ball for
4_____ seconds, dribble the ball for 4_____ seconds, and then hold the ball
again for 4_____ seconds without losing the ball to the opposing team.
(13) When the no-press rule is in effect for grades 3-6, the
defensive team must allow the offensive team a distance of at least 3______
feet from the mid-court line before starting to play defense. After the line is crossed, the defense can
go anywhere on the court.
(14) A player or coach is ejected from the game if 2_____
direct technical fouls have been assessed.
(15) A team can request a center jump to determine defensive
assignments if 3_____ or more players have been substituted by the opposing
team simultaneously.
(16/17) If a team does not arrive within 10_____ minutes of
the scheduled start time for a game, then the scheduled game is not
played. A practice can be played with
the players that are present. If the
team arrives before the time cutoff, they are allowed 5_____ minutes to warm
up.
(18/19) The third
grade uses a running clock of 9____ minute quarters until the last 2____ minutes of the fourth quarter when the
clock is stopped per a typical game unless a team is leading by 10 points.
(20) Teams begin playing
seven minute quarters in grade 7_____.
(21) In the South Central District, CYC ID cards are
required for basketball players starting in grade 5_____.
Please mark the following statements as true or false.
F_____ (1) Girls
begin using the bigger basketball (29.5) in grade 8 to prepare for high school.
T_____ (2) The boys
begin using the bigger basketball (29.5) in grade 6.
F_____ (3) A team
can start a game with less than five players.
T_____ (4) A team
can end a game with two players.
F_____ (5) A player
has their left foot in the front court, right foot in the backcourt and has dribbled the ball in the front
court. Then the player moves their left
foot to the back court. The referee
should call over and back.
F_____ (6) A player
sets a screen and at the last minute leans his/her hip into the path of the
opposing player causing contact. A foul
should be called on the opposing player.
F_____ (7) If a player tries to steal the basketball
and slaps the player’s hand when it is touching the basketball, then a foul
should be called.
T_____ (8) On a
throw-in a player can move back to the wall of the gym, regardless of that
length.
F_____ (9) A player
in the third grade league cannot be awarded three points for a three-point
shot.
F_____ (10) For each
overtime, the teams change baskets being used.
T_____ (11) In
grades 4-8, four time outs are allowed in a game. If a team calls a fifth time out, a technical foul is called but
the time out occurs.
T_____ (12) On a
center jump player A taps the ball twice.
The game proceeds with no call.
The possession arrow is awarded to the team that does not gain
possession of the ball after the center jump.
T_____ (13) If a technical
is called on a coach, the coach must remain seated for the remainder of the
game.
F_____ (14) A
referee can determine that a game is forfeited if a team has no CYC ID cards.
T_____ (15) If a
player swings his/her elbows excessively but no contact is made with an
opposing player, the referee can award the ball to the opposing team.
F_____ (16) If a
player is establishing a screen from the rear, they must allow the opponent two
normal steps backward before contact.
T_____ (17) If a
player gets up after securing the ball on the floor, then a traveling call
should be made.
F_____ (18) If
player A has established a vertical plane and player B initiates contact with
player A in that plane, then player A is assessed a foul.
T_____ (19) If a
time out is called after a made basket, then when play resumes the team can
continue to run the length of the baseline when inbounding the ball.
F_____ (20) Players
not standing in the lane for a free throw can stand behind the lane (below the
free throw line) so they are ready for an outlet pass from a rebound.
T_____ (21) If a
team does not take the floor promptly after a time out, then the referee places
the ball on the floor and begins the 5-second count. If it happens a second time, a technical foul can be called.
F_____ (22) Player A
throws the ball and it hits player B’s foot.
The ball is awarded to player A’s team because player B kicked the ball.
T_____ (23) A
referee should hand the ball to a player for a throw-in and not toss it.
F_____ (24) If a
player lands on foot A followed by foot B, then foot B is the pivot foot.
T_____ (25) The head
coach’s box is the length of the bench regardless of the number of players on
the bench.
T_____ (26) The
South Central District requires that officials move to the table to declare
fouls for the scorekeeper.
T_____ (27) If a
defensive player crosses the throw-in plane and touches the ball, then call a
technical foul.
T_____ (28) A
referee can call a technical foul on a fan.
T_____ (29) If a
player does not have the proper uniform or duplicate uniform numbers exist in
week two of the season or beyond, the game is subject to forfeit if that player
participates.
F_____ (30) If a
defensive player is moving, then an offensive foul cannot be called.
F_____ (31) A coach
can elect to discipline a player in the second half and not allow the player to
participate.
F_____ (32) CYC
cards should be collected before all games, compared to the rosters, and then
returned to the coach before the game.
F_____ (33) Team A
has possession of the ball and Team B’s coach is yelling for a time out to ask
about correcting a call. The time out
can be granted at the referee’s discretion.
Bonus Question:
There are less then 5 seconds left in a fourth grade
game. Team A is leading by one point
and is inbounding the ball underneath team B’s basket after a time out. If team A’s coach is alert, how can he/she
insure the victory?
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Throw in the ball and hold it.
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