Multiple Choice Quiz 12

A defender takes a goal kick, but the ball fails to leave the penalty area: what action should the referee take?

• Allow play to continue
• restart play with a drop ball
• award an indirect free kick to the opposing team
• order the goal kick be retaken

A player leaves the field of play with the ball in play and strikes an official of the opposing team with excessive force. What decision should the referee make?

• Stop play and award a red card. Restart with a throw-in to the opposing team.
• Stop play and award a red card. Restart play with a dropped ball from the position of the ball when play was stopped.
• Continue play and at the next stoppage in play issue a red card and restart the match according to the Laws of The Game.
• Stop play and award a red card. Restart play with a direct free-kick on the boundary line or a penalty-kick if the offence occurred within the offenders penalty-area.

The ball goes directly into their opponents' goal from a corner kick: what should the referee do?

• award a goal
• have the corner kick retaken
• award a goal kick
• restart play with a drop ball

Should the assistant referee indicate to the referee any misconduct that occurs out of the view of the referee?

• No, the assistant referees only indicate when the ball has completely crossed the boundary lines of the field of play and when a player should be penalised for being in an offside position
• Yes, but only if play has stopped
• Yes
• It is at the discretion of the assistant referee to inform him

At the taking of a throw in, any opponents should be at least 2 metres from the player taking the throw in

• True
• False

The goalkeeper has the ball in his hands. At the moment he releases the ball into the air, to kick it, an opponent intercepts it and scores a goal. What decision should the referee make?

• The referee allows the goal because the opponent took the ball from the goalkeeper fairly
• The referee awards an indirect free kick against the opponent's team
• The referee awards a direct free kick against the opponent's team for the offence
• The referee awards a drop ball to the goalkeeper in his own penalty area.

Can a goal be scored by deliberately handling the ball?

• Yes, sometimes
• Yes, always
• No, never
• No, because according to the Laws of the Game, it would be a direct free kick or a penalty in favour of the opposing team