Level 1 Cloth Officials Test

JavaScript isn't enabled in your browser, so this file can't be opened. Enable and reload.

This test is designed based on the WDBF Rules of Cloth Dodgeball last revised in July 2023. This test is designed to assess a referee's knowledge of WDBF Cloth Dodgeball based purely on the rule set.

Email *

Record my email address with my response

Applicant's Name

Applicant's Email Address

Q1. A live player is defined as:

1 point

Any player within the court boundaries that has not been eliminated

A player is live until they have entered the out queue

Any player on a team

Any player with one foot in the court and one foot outside the boundaries of the court

Clear selection

Q2. What causes a player to be out?

1 point

Being hit by a live ball

Having a live ball, you've thrown caught by an opposing player

Stepping on a boundary line

All of the above

Clear selection

Q3. What would be considered a dead object?

1 point

A wall or the floor

A live player

A live ball

Loose clothing on a live player

Clear selection

Q4. What is the maximum number of players that start on the court at the beginning of a set for each team?

1 point

Clear selection

Q5. At the beginning of a set, where are balls placed?

1 point

On the right side of the court for that team, on the center line

On the left side of the court for that team, on the center line

Evenly spaced along the center line

In the middle of the center line

Clear selection

Q6. The team with advantage must make an offensive play within how many seconds?

1 point

5 seconds

10 seconds

15 seconds

The referee's discretion

Clear selection

Q7. If two opposing player's each throw a live ball and those balls collide midair, they are now considered?

1 point

Live balls to be returned to each player

Dead objects

Distracting as they make a loud noise

Balls that are still live and can make eliminations

Clear selection

Q8. A team is determined to have advantage if:

1 point

The have the majority of balls

They eliminated the first player of the set

They have the most players

None of the above

Clear selection

Q9. If “Playball” has been called and the team has not moved the correct numbers of ball the team must:

1 point

Forfeit all balls

Forfeit one ball

Forfeit the set

Forfeit all of the players still holding a ball

Clear selection

Q10. A player can be rendered out by:

1 point

Touching their teammates on the court

Passing a ball to their teammates

Screwing up a play call

None of the above

Clear selection

Q11. A live player, who has been hit out with a ball in hand may do what with that ball?

1 point

Roll it to a ball retriever

Leave it on the court in place where they were eliminated

Pass it to a teammate

All of the above

Clear selection

Q12. What is the term for when a player has a live ball knocked from their hand, by a live ball thrown from an opposing player, and the ball becomes a dead ball?

1 point

Being disarmed

Dead player

Blocked ball

Dropped ball

Clear selection

Q13. A valid catch requires:

1 point

Both feet inside the court boundaries

Any bodily contact with the ball

Complete control with one hand securely on the ball

All of the above

Clear selection

Q14. Ball possession is defined as:

1 point

A ball being held by a live player

A ball is within a team’s half of the court

A ball being in a retrievers hand

All of the above

Clear selection

Q15. What is the maximum length of a set?

1 point

3 Minutes

5 Minutes

7 Minutes

Until all players are eliminated

Clear selection

Q16. If player 2 catches a deflected, live ball, off of player 1, who is a live player, what is the ensuing result?

1 point

Player 1 becomes a dead player

Player 1 remains a live player

Player 1 remains live, a dead player on their team is revived, the player who threw the ball is out

The player that threw the live ball is out and the first player eliminated from the opposing team is revived.

Clear selection

Q17. When does the count for advantage reset?

1 point

Every 10 seconds

When the majority of balls cross the neutral line of the court

When a ball is thrown by any live player

When a ball is rolled to the opposing team

Clear selection

Q18. On the opening rush, when does a ball become a live ball?

1 point

When a live player picks up a ball.

When the ball is thrown over the center line

When the ball is passed to a teammate

When a ball is passed back behind the attack line

Clear selection

Q19. What happens during a false start on the opening rush?

1 point

Team is receiving a warning

Player who false started is now out

Offending team will forfeit the center ball

All of the above

Clear selection

Q20. If player A is hit with a live ball and player B attempts to catch that live ball, fumbles it, it falls to the ground and becomes a dead ball, what happens?

1 point

Both players are still live players

Both players are dead players

Player A becomes a dead player while Player B remains a live player.

Player A remains a live player while Player B becomes a dead player

Clear selection

Q21. In the following clip, Why was the American player on the left side of the court called out?

https://youtu.be/RKLjXlh1NTo

1 point

He was hit out

He stepped on the line

He was disarmed

He made an invalid throw attempt

Clear selection

Q22. In this clip of a sacrifice play,

who is out in this scenario and why?

https://youtu.be/Nz09sucOusE

1 point

The male player is out because sacrifice plays aren't allowed

The female player is out because she was hit with the throwers ball

Both players are out

The male player is out and should receive a yellow card for colliding with the female player

Clear selection

Q23. Why are the 2 Canadian players on the right

called out in the following clip:

https://youtu.be/_s5WE-0boPg

1 point

These players failed to release their balls when play ball was called

They were eliminated on sloppy blocks

These players shouldn't be out

They stepped on the boundary line

Clear selection

Send me a copy of my responses.

Submit

Clear form

Never submit passwords through Google Forms.

This form was created inside of Dodgeball Canada.

Does this form look suspicious? Report

Forms