Questions And Answers
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Basic Manual page 9 - Answer-✅It is acceptable for an official to arrive at the arena 15
minutes prior to the start of the game. (True or False)
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Basic Manual page 36 - Answer-✅When icing is completed, the front official will blow
the whistle. (True or False)
/.False
Basic Manual page 65 - Answer-✅At the end of the game the officials don't need to
check the scoresheet for accuracy prior to signing the scoresheet. (True or False)
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Basic Manual page 11 - Answer-✅The official conducting a face-off will get into position
only after both teams are ready at the face-off location. (True or False)
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Standard of Play page xii - Answer-✅According to USA Hockey's Standard of Play
Initiative, lifting an opponent's stick will always be a penalty. (True or False)
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Code of Conduct page xvii, Basic Manual page 50 - Answer-✅The role of the official at
lower levels of hockey is mostly that of a teacher. (True or False)
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Basic Manual page 50 - Answer-✅At the lower age levels high sticking should always
be a penalty. Even if it was accidental. (True or False)
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Rule Book Page 188, c.4 (Goals) - Answer-✅A goal should be disallowed if an
attacking player was in the goal crease when the puck entered the goal. (True or False)
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Basic Manual Page 44 - Answer-✅An official should not put their whistle in their mouth
until they are ready to stop play. (True or False)
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, Rule 501.c - Answer-✅Only officials under the age of 18 are required to wear half-
shield visors on their black hockey helmet. (True or False)
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Basic Manual page 6 - Answer-✅When officials have to change direction on the ice, the
preferred method is to turn facing the players' benches. (True or False)
/.False
Basic Manual page 51 - Answer-✅When a goal is scored, the official will point in the
direction of the player who scored. (True or False)
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Basic Manual page 6 - Answer-✅The ready position for an official includes having the
knees slightly bent. (True or False)
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Basic Manual page 9 - Answer-✅Even if you officiated the previous game, you still
need to visually inspect the playing area prior to the start of the next game. (True or
False)
/.False - Answer-✅In the two-official system, for a face-off at a neutral zone face-off
spot (not center ice), the official NOT dropping the puck lines up directly across from the
face-off on the neutral zone side of the blue line. (True or False)
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Standard of Play page xiii - Answer-✅According to USA Hockey's Standard of Play
Initiative, players are entitled to the ice they occupy as long as they are able to maintain
their own foot speed and body position between the puck and the opponent. (True or
False)
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Basic Manual page 11 - Answer-✅An official dropping the puck at a face-off should
extend their arm out to "present" the puck prior to conducting the face-off. (True or
False)
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Basic Manual page 36 - Answer-✅The front official should check with their partner at
least two times to see that the icing call is still on prior to blowing the whistle. (True or
False)
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Basic Manual page 43 - Answer-✅The referee should always look directly at the player
to whom he/she is assessing a penalty. (True or False)
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