Referee beginners course
July 4/5, 2014
Rule Questions « D »
Nb.
Question
Correct
1
A defender lies on the floor fighting for the ball. He gets to ball in two
hands, then stands up. The referees call travelling ?
X
2
A5 dribbles to the opponents basket, there is no defender left
between him and the basket. B5 causes a contact from behind on
A5 in order to prevent B5 from scoring. This is an unsportsmanlike
foul ?
X
3
An attacking player throws the ball deliberately to the foot of his
defender who does not move. The refeers call a foot violation ?
X
4
Following an out-of-bounds A4, receives the ball for a throw-in,
handed by the referee. A4 puts the ball on the floor outside the
court, then A5 picks up the ball to do the throw-in. This is a legal
action ?
X
5
During a championship game of the „Minis“ category, the game ends
with a tie. Will there be an overtime ?
X
6
A player dribbles while standing. He ends the dribble taking the ball
into 2 hands. He can now choose to pivot on any foot ?
X
7
During a jumpshot a shooter jumps forward and lands on a
defender. The defender reached his defensive position after the
shooter had already been airborne. The defensive player is
responsible for this contact ?
X
8
A free-throw shooter can directly run to the basket after the ball
leaves his hands ?
X
9
A shooter jumps for a three-point shot. After the ball leaves his
hands, a defender jumps up from the two-point area and touches the
rising ball. The ball goes in and the referees count three points ?
X
10
The act of shooting finishes with the ball touching the ring ?
X
1
Wrong
Referee beginners course
July 4/5, 2014
Rule Questions « D »
Nb.
Question
Correct
11
After a rule violation (travel, 3 seconds, out-of-bounds...) during play
both teams can operate a player substitution ?
X
12
An inbound goes directly into the basket. The referees count the
basket.
X
When calling a violation the correct order of signals is:
1) direction of play
13
2) stopping the clock
3) category of violation
A player holds the ball in his frontcourt. He feints a movement and
14 touches the midcourt line with one of his feet. The referees call a
backcourt violation.
X
X
Team A is entitled to a throw-in in its frontcourt according to the
15 alternating possession rule. The inbounder is allowed to pass the
ball to a teammate in their backcourt ?
X
After a dribbling a player shoots the ball to the basket. The shot
16 does not go in. The ball touches the ring then the same player takes
the rebound and starts a new dribble. Legal ?
X
17
After a made basket by the opposing team, the inbounder will have
the right to move for 5 seconds all the way along the endline.
x
18
A ball rolling on the top edge of the backboard is considered out-ofbounds ?
19
A ball is considered out-of-bounds when it touches an end- or
sideline ?
x
A defender holds his arms down, above his opponent. While taking a
20 jumpshot, the shooter makes contact to the arms of the defender.
The referee calls a foul against the defensive player.
x
When calling a foul the correct order of signalisation to the table
(scorer) is:
1 When a basket was scored : valid / not valid
21
2 Number of the fouling player
3 Category of the foul
4 Number of free throws or direction of play
x
2
Wrong
X
Referee beginners course
July 4/5, 2014
Rule Questions « D »
Nb.
Question
Correct
22
An airborne player catches a ball then lands on both feet
simultaneously. He can now choose any foot as a pivot foot.
x
23
A4 dribbles, then takes a shot. B3 legally blocks the shot but A4
gets the rebound. A4 then starts to dribble, is this legal ?
x
24
The intermission (break) between the fourth quarter and an
overtime would be 2 minutes ?
x
Wrong
When calling a foul the correct order of signalisation to the table
(scorer) is:
1 Number of the fouling player
25
2 Category of the foul
3 Number of free throws or direction of play
4 When a basket was scored : valid / not valid
X
While trying to dunk a ball, A4 manages to get the ball in the
basket but the ball goes back out from the top. Basket counts ?
X
The backboard consists of the frontside, backside, upper edge,
27 lower edge and both side edges. When a ball touches the upper
edge the ball is out-of-bounds.
X
28
Playing time of an overtime for a Minis/Fillettes game will be 4
minutes ?
X
29
Each team is entitled to 2 time-outs in both the first and second
quarter ?
X
30
When a shooter jumps up for a shot he is allowed to return to the
floor without shooting or passing the ball ?
X
31
A dribbling ends when the ball comes to rest in one or two hands
of the dribbling player.
26
32 A5 is bleeding from a cut, he must be substituted ?
33
Playing time for a Minis game is 4 x 7 minutes, for Scolaires game
it is 4 x 8 minutes ?
34
A technical foul is called against coach B. Team A will obtain one
free-throw plus inbound on midcourt line ?
3
x
x
X
x
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July 4/5, 2014
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Nb.
Question
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Wrong
When A4 starts a dribble, the referee calls a travel violation against
A4. Simultaneously the other referee calls a personal non-shooting
35
foul against B4. The travel violation will be ignored, team A will
receive the ball ?
x
36
During a lay-up the ball goes through the ring from below, then falls
back through the net from the top. The referees count this basket ?
x
37
If they wish, referees are allowed to use their own signals, the
official signs are not mandatory ?
x
38
A player is standing on the out-of-bounds line. A teammate passes
the ball to him. The referee calls out-of-bounds ?
x
39
On an inbound, the game clock is started as soon as a player on
the court touches the ball ?
x
40
A three-second violation can be called without a running game
clock ?
x
41
At a jumpball, players are allowed to touch the ball as soon as the
referee throws up the ball ?
x
42
If a live ball becomes stuck between backboard and ring there is a
jumpball situation ?
43
A player holds the ball then falls to the floor with the ball. The
referee calls a travel violation ?
44
A team can be granted a time-out after their opponents score a
basket ?
x
x
x
In a situation of a closely guarded player, the referee starts the
45 count of the five seconds of a when a player holds or dribbles the
ball ?
x
46
An offensive player hits the ball with a fist to a teammate who then
scores a basket. The referees validate the basket. ?
x
47
The referee can call an offensive foul against a player without the
ball ?
48 A hard foul normally is a unsportsmanlike foul ?
49 The midcourt line is part of the frontcourt of a team ?
50
The referee, standing out-of-bounds is touched by a live ball. The
referee decides to keep on playing, no out-of-bounds ?
4
x
x
x
x