Football referee test — 20 questions
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Answer: Abandon the match. A match may not continue if a team has fewer than seven players. With six, the referee abandons the match.
Answer: Play continues: no offside. There is no offside offence if the player receives the ball directly from a throw-in, a goal kick or a corner kick.
Answer: Dropped ball for the defending goalkeeper. If the ball was in the penalty area when play stopped, the dropped ball is given to the defending goalkeeper. It is no longer contested.
Answer: The penalty is retaken. If the goalkeeper offends and the ball does not enter the goal, the kick is retaken. Had the ball entered, a goal would have been awarded.
Answer: Penalty and caution. When the offence denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity is an attempt to play the ball inside the penalty area, the sanction is reduced to a caution. This ended the 'triple punishment'.
Answer: Dropped ball. If the ball touches a match official and goes directly into the goal, starts a promising attack, or the team in possession changes, play restarts with a dropped ball.
Answer: At least 1 metre from the wall. When the wall has three or more defenders, all attackers must remain at least 1 metre from it. If not: an indirect free kick.
Answer: Not sent off: match cautions are not carried forward. Cautions shown during the match are not carried forward into kicks from the penalty mark. Only a second caution within the kicks themselves would mean a sending-off.
Answer: Yes, it is in play once kicked and clearly moving. Since 2019, the ball is in play as soon as it is kicked and clearly moves. It no longer needs to leave the penalty area, which allows short goal kicks.
Answer: No, all jewellery is forbidden. All jewellery is forbidden. Covering it with tape is not enough: the player may not play until it is removed.
Answer: Extend the period to allow the kick to be taken. If a penalty is awarded as time expires, the period is extended to allow it to be taken. It is completed when the ball stops moving, goes out of play or enters the goal.
Answer: Goal kick. A goal cannot be scored directly from a throw-in. If the ball enters the opponents' goal, a goal kick is awarded.
Answer: No, the goal is disallowed. It is an offence to score with the hand or arm, even if the contact is accidental. The goal is disallowed.
Answer: Yes, provided play has not restarted. The referee may change a decision on realising it is incorrect or on the advice of another official, provided play has not restarted.
Answer: No, the ball must be inside the arc. The ball must be placed inside the corner arc. In addition, the corner flagpost must not be moved under any circumstances.
Answer: A direct red card. The VAR may only intervene in four categories: goal/no goal, penalty/no penalty, direct red card and mistaken identity. A second yellow is outside its scope.
Answer: Dropped ball. If the ball becomes defective while in play, the referee stops the match and restarts with a dropped ball where the ball was located.
Answer: Indirect free kick. Controlling the ball with the hands for longer than permitted is an offence punished with an indirect free kick to the opposing team.
Answer: The arms and hands. Any part of the head, body or feet is considered. Arms and hands are expressly excluded, because a goal cannot be scored with them.
Answer: Yes, by a named substitute. A player sent off before kick-off may be replaced by a named substitute. After kick-off, they may not be replaced.