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APBA 2015 REFEREE/RISK MANAGER TEST

The rulebooks posted in the Resources section of the web site are needed to complete this test.

Passing this test is mandatory for anyone wishing to referee APBA races. Check with your Region Chairperson as some Regions may have additional requirements. After passing this test, you must be approved by your Region Chair and relevant Category Chair.

There is a PowerPoint presentation available for downloading/viewing on the APBA website at :

http://www.apba.org/resources/apba-refereeassistant-risk-managers-presentation-2015-7686

The information will assist you in completing this test.

Please contact David Shaw, APBA Chief Referee/Risk Manager, if you have any questions on this test. David can be reached , , or 973-714-9785 (cell), or 302-265-2465 (home).

Please return your test to Chief Referee David Shaw for grading. Your test can be returned by e-mail or mail. Once you have opened the test, save it to your desktop. Tests cannot be saved to the APBA website.

Mail: David Shaw

20414 Spangler Drive

Lincoln, DE 19960

Email: or

Requirements to referee in specific categories are listed below.

SPECIAL EVENTS: Risk Management, General Rules tests.

INBOARD: Risk Management, General Rules, and Inboard tests.

INBOARD ENDURANCE: Risk Management, General Rules, and Inboard Endurance tests.

JUNIOR CLASSES: Risk Management, General Rules, and Junior Classes tests.

MO, PRO, AND SO: Risk Management, General Rules, and the MO, PRO, and SO tests.

OPC: Risk Management, General Rules, and the OPC tests.

OUTBOARD DRAG: Risk Management, General Rules, and the Outboard Drag tests.

SUPER LIGHT TUNNEL: Risk Management, General Rules, and the Super Light Tunnel tests.

VINTAGE & HISTORICAL: Risk Management , General Rules and Vintage test only.

OFFSHORE: Risk Management, General, Offshore, and must be approved by the Offshore Chief Referee

UNLIMITED: Risk Management, General Rules, and Inboard tests and must also be approved by the Unlimited Chief Referee

2015 APBA REFEREE/RISK MANAGER TEST

NAME: ______AGE______

ADDRESS: ______

______

APBA # ______REGION ______

EMAIL ______

RISK MANAGEMENT SECTION

1. What is the purpose of the required fencing?

2. Where can spectators not go?

3. If I inspect an area once on the first day of an event and find it to be in compliance, there is no need for me to recheck it. True ____ False _____

4. Define the restricted area.

5. What is required to enter the restricted area?

6. When are closed toes shoes required?

7. How far back from the water’s edge must the spectators’ area be?

8. What is the exception to having the spectators’ area set back from the water’s edge?

9. Is it permissible to wear your pit pass on your hat?

10. Who can go on the water without signing the waiver?

11. If a patrol boat positions itself on the water without ever coming to shore, are the occupants required to sign the waiver?

12. Who is responsible for doing this and how should this be accomplished?

13. Is an Assistant Risk Manager permitted to serve as an announcer or turn judge at an event?

14. To whom must the Assistant Risk Manager report any and all violations?

15. Is the Assistant Risk Manager authorized to correct any violations, or must he/she wait for the referee to give permission to make a correction?

16. The Assistant Risk Manager Check List is just a guide, I do not have to complete it if I do not want to. True _____ False _____

17. What must I do with the Assistant Risk Manager Check List after the event is over?

18. What should I do if I have a question that was not answered on the “Questions Regarding the Assistant Risk Manager Position” sheet that was supplied by APBA Headquarters?

19. Is an Incident Report required if there was an accident that did not result in injury?

20. If you have old Incident Forms (last year or earlier), what should you do with them? Are you allowed to use them?

21. Who should sign an Incident Report?

22. If the ambulance has left the race site, but another one is on it’s way to the race site and is expected to arrive within five minutes, should you notify the referee immediately or wait until the boats that are currently competing have finished the heat?

GENERAL SECTION

1. The Referee of a sanctioned regatta must require that: (list he six requirements)

2. Is a driver allowed to use a helmet that has the upper 50% painted in a combination of international orange, yellow, and fluorescent red? Yes _____ No _____ Rule ______

3. Are drivers allowed to have image recording devices (cameras) on their helmets? Yes _____ No ______Rule ______

4. What are the two exceptions to the rule mandating outside course markers. ______Rule _____ Page ____

5. A Breathalyzer test may be administered on race day from ______until ______. Rule _____ Page _____

6. Who is responsible for seeing that all participants sign the waiver and that non-transferable wrist bands are being worn by all participants?

7. Who is the point person in case of an emergency?

8. Who must be notified if a spectator is injured but not transferred to the hospital?

9. What are the requirements for testing on the day before the event at a race site?

a.)

b.)

c.).

d.)

e.)

10. During what time period can a red/yellow card be issued?

11. If a racer gets a red/yellow card, who can he/she appeal it to?

12. Who has the power to excuse a driver from the driver’s meeting?

______Rule _ __ Page ______

J CLASSES

1. Radio communication is not permitted at any time for Junior classes. Rule _____ True_____ False _____

2. During which lap of a heat may a race finish if the driver has flipped their boat and out of danger. Rule ______Answer ______

3. What is the minimum number of finishers required for Records in J Classes? Rule ______Answer ______

4. Floats used for finding or anchors or rope are racing markers. Rule ______True____ False ______

5. When is it legal to change a motor in between heats? Rule _____Answer ______

6. What is the minimum number of races a new driver must place a white cross on their helmet? Rule _____ Answer ______

INBOARD

1. Who is obligated to inspect the racing facilities, including the pit area and race course, including all of the conditions that would affect their participation in, before, and after the event?

______Rule _____ Page ____

2. The referee may require members, but not non-member holders of hot pit passes, to submit to a Breathalyzer test. True _____ False_____ Rule _____ Page ____

3. During a heat of racing, a competitor removes his lifejacket. What rule must the referee enforce? Rule ______Page ______.

4. Helmets of drivers in capsule boats may be any color. True ______False _____ Rule ______Page ____

5. Do drivers in the SE class need to wear helmet support straps? Yes _____ No ______Rule ______Page ______

6. How many rescue boats are required when Inboard classes race at an outboard race? ______Rule ______Page _____

7. Who must have in his/her possession a copy of the insurance certificate before any boats are allowed on the race course. ______Rule ______Page

8. To whom and how long after a sanctioned event must the referee submit a written report of any problems he/she had enforcing any rules? ______and ______

9. No entry shall be considered official until ______. Rule _____

10. What is the difference between a protest and an appeal? What are the fees for each?

11. Can decisions of the referee regarding starting, driving, or course rules be appealed to the race chairman or a member of the IRC? Yes______No _____ Rule_____ Page _____

12. When cutting the course, you can only enter the infield from the backstretch and re-enter the course on the front stretch between the starting line and the entrance pin of turn 1. True ______False ______

13. What penalty is given, if in the opinion of the referee, or turn judge, a contestant turns off (or intentionally stalls) his/her motor to gain an advantage on the race course? ______Rule ______Page ______

14. It is mandatory that all race courses have outside course markers, (buoys) and it is recommended that these are to be different than the buoys used to mark the course. True ______False ______Rule ______Page __

15. If a boat is forced to miss a buoy in order to avoid a collision, the boat does not have to pick the missed buoy and the boat that caused the other to miss the buoy will be given a 1 minute penalty.

True ______False ______Rule ____

INBOARD ENDURANCE

1. What is the penalty for damaging, dislodging or missing a buoy unless forced to do so by another boat?

2. When can videotapes by used?

3. Explain who has the authority to restart a race and under what conditions?

4. Who is responsible for determining the number of boats to be run at any one time?

5. What four items are safety- inspected prior to the race?

STOCK OUTBOARD

1. Any violation of a safety rule: a safety rule of a non-speed advantage nature: unless otherwise specified will result in a violation warning to the driver.