Multiple Choice Quiz 14

At start of the match how many players from the team taking kick off are allowed in the centre circle?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• Any Number

A second ball comes into the field of play during the match. What decision should the referee make?

• Stop the match and restart with an indirect free kick for the home team
• Allow play to continue and wait until the next stoppage in play to remove the second ball from the field of play
• Stop play and order a contested dropped ball
• Allow the match to continue if there is no interference with play, otherwise stop play and restart with a dropped ball to the team who was in possession.

A player who lifts his leg high in a dangerous manner when an opponent tries to head the ball and strikes him on the head. What decision does the referee make?

• He penalises the offending team with a direct free kick or penalty kick and cautions the player
• He penalises the offending team with an indirect free kick and cautions the player
• He penalises the offending team with a direct free kick or penalty kick.
• He lets play continue

A defender handles the ball and denies an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. The referee stops play. An attacker quickly puts the ball at the place of the offence and kicks the ball into a goal. Decision of the referee?

• Goal is valid. The defender is sent off.
• Goal is valid. The defender is cautioned.
• Disallows a goal. The defender is sent off, play is restarted with a direct free kick.
• Goal is valid. No disciplinary sanction is needed.

Charging an opponent in a reckless manner is always punishable by...

• a throw in
• an indirect free kick
• a dropped ball
• a direct free kick or penalty kick

A player other than the player taking the kick-off enters the opponent's half before starting play with a kick-off. What decision should the referee make?

• Retake the kick-off
• Penalise the player's team with an indirect free kick
• Allow play to continue
• Retake the kick-off and caution the player for unsporting behaviour

A throw-in by the defending team goes directly into their own goals without being touched by any other player: how should play be re-started?

• corner kick
• drop ball from where the indirect free kick was taken
• a kick off
• a goal kick