WPA Senior Referee Examination Question Pool 2024

1. A player has been warned for simulation and repeats the offence. The referee should

Exclude the player for a major foul

Show a yellow card to the player, coach and team, and award a minor foul against the player

Show a red card to the team’s coach

Award a minor foul against the player

2. The flying substitution lane can be used

By only one player at a time

Only by the team in possession of the ball

For substituting as many players as needed at any time

From a team’s defensive goal line to its attacking goal line

3. A referee may only change their decision when

Their fellow-referee indicates their agreement

The ball has gone out of play

There is no clear advantage to the defending team

The ball has not been put back into play

4. When the CB and CF are contesting for position, the referee should

Always give advantage to the CF to increase goal-scoring possibilities

Allow play-on if the contesting is even, provided either player does not commit a foul that is excessive or unreasonable

Quickly call a minor foul if the CF is disadvantaged by the CB

Exclude the CB any time an outside pass goes into CF open water

5. If a referee considers a shouting spectator is affecting their ability to control the game, they can

There may be more than one answer to a question.

Stop the game and eject the spectator from the precincts of the pool

Ask the Delegate to deal with the situation

Red card the coach of the spectator’s team

Abandon the game if the spectator does not leave the premises if officially requested

6. If a referee signals an attacking free throw has been awarded outside 6m, a player can immediately

Dribble the ball anywhere and shoot or pass

Swim onto the ball and shoot or pass

Play the ball, dribble, baulk and shoot or pass

Baulk and attempt a shot around an opponent’s defending arm

7. An immediate shot outside 6m after a free throw is

There may be more than one answer to a question.

Permitted if the free throw was given with both the player and the ball outside 6m, but the ball has drifted inside 6m

Permitted if the free throw was given with both the player and the ball outside 6m

Permitted if the free throw was given with both the player and the ball outside 6m, but the player has moved inside 6m

Permitted if the free throw was given with both the player and the ball outside 6m, but after playing the ball, the player swam inside 6m before shooting

8. As an attacking player is shooting a penalty throw, a defensive player interferes with the shooter, causing the penalty throw to miss

Retake the penalty throw, but no other sanction

Exclude the player for 20 seconds and retake the penalty

Exclude the defensive player for the remainder of the game (misconduct) with immediate substitution and retake the penalty throw

Exclude the defensive player for the remainder of the game (misconduct) with substitution after 20 seconds and retake the penalty throw

9. A player is excluded for 20 seconds; the coach of the attacking team immediately requests a timeout, but the referees do not see or hear the coach.

The game continues and a penalty throw is awarded. The secretary then informs the referee that the coach requested a timeout immediately after the exclusion occurred

Maintain the penalty throw and once it is completed, allow the timeout

Reverse the penalty throw, keep the exclusion, and stop play for the timeout

Maintain the penalty and play on, as the referees must hear the timeout call

Reverse the penalty throw, keep the exclusion, and go back to the timeout after resetting the clock

10. An attacking player is fouled just outside the 6m line, but the ball is incidentally pushed inside the 6m area. The attacking player swims to get the ball and passes it to a teammate outside the 6m line who immediately shoots the ball and scores

The goal is not valid and the attacking team should retake the free throw

The goal is not valid as the player did not correctly play the ball before shooting

The goal is not valid and the defensive team is awarded the ball

The goal is valid

WPA Senior Referee Examination Question Pool 2024

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