I 2021 Volleyball Officials Study Guide Question Answer 1 Answer 2 Answer 3 Answer 4 Answer 5 Correct Answer 1 Assistant coaches shall remain seated on the Ask the second Confer with Spontaneously All are correct. bench during a set except to: referee, during a players during react to an dead-ball time-outs. outstanding play situation, to verify by a player(s) of the proper server their own team. for the opponent. 2 All cards issued for unsporting conduct carry over True False from set to set throughout the match. 3 During the set, the libero tracker shall: Enter on the Record libero Notify the second All are correct. tracking sheet the replacements and referee during first starting players in substitutions. dead ball when the proper service there is a order. discrepancy with a replacement. 4 Players on the serving team may take action to True False prevent receivers from seeing contact of the serve or path of the served ball. 5 The libero can replace a disqualified player. True False 6 The official scorer collects the rosters from the True False head coaches. 7 After the referee’s recognition of a substitution Proceed without Be ready to enter Remain in the All are correct. request, a substitute shall: delay to the the substitution substitution zone substitution zone. zone once the until the second preceding referee releases substitute has the substitute and been released to the replaced enter the court player. when more than one substitution is requested. 8 If a player removes part of the uniform top or No penalty. A verbal warning - An unsporting An unnecessary bottom while in the playing area, the coach is no card given. conduct card. delay. assessed: 9 A time-out may be requested: By the head coach By the playing Prior to the start of All are correct. during a dead ball. captain during a a set. dead ball. 10 If using an intermission, it shall be no longer than True False three minutes. 11 A player shall not re-enter the set during the True False same dead ball in which that player was substituted. 12 If a substitute fails to immediately report to the True False second referee after the substitution request is recognized, that team is charged with unnecessary delay, and the substitution is granted by the second referee. 13 Blocking a ball which is entirely on the opponent’s Attacking team Attacking team Ball is falling near All are correct. side of the net is permitted when the opposing has completed its has had the the net and, in the team has had an opportunity to complete its three allowable opportunity to referee’s attack. The attack is considered complete when hits. complete the judgment, no legal the: attack or, in the member of the referee’s attacking team judgment, directs could make a play the ball toward the on the ball. opponent’s court. 14 A libero is allowed to: Block or attempt Set the ball using Complete an Rotate to the front to block. overhead finger attack from row. action while anywhere if, at the behind the attack moment of line extended, contact, the ball is resulting in a entirely above the completed attack height of the net. above the height of the net. 15 In order to review a decision made by the first True False referee, the head coach requests and is granted a time-out during the dead ball immediately following the situation in which a possible incorrect decision occurred. The team has already used its allotted time-outs. The referee’s decision prevails. A loss of rally/point shall be awarded to the opponent. 16 A coach shall submit a roster to the second True False referee at the pre-match conference. 17 Pre-match duties for the first referee shall Verifying with Calling a Establishing All are correct. include: each head coach captain(s) and the nonplayable areas that all teammates head coach from and defining any are wearing legal each team additional ground uniforms and together for a pre- rules which may equipment. match conference be necessary. by sounding a double whistle and raising a coin in the air. 18 The libero uniform can be made of the same True False predominant color(s) of the team uniform top if placed differently on the uniform top. 19 A player’s uniform number may be comprised of True False two digits including 00. 20 Beginning in 2023, each player, including the Is located on the Clearly contrasts Is outlined by a Measures not less libero, shall be identified by a number that: uniform top and from the body of contrasting trim than 1/4 inch in bottom. the uniform top, measuring not width at its regardless of trim. less than 3/4 inch narrowest point. in width. 21 All of the following are accurate in relation to a re- Each player may A server is After the first All are correct. serve except: have only one re- allowed a new five referee’s signal for serve during the seconds for the re- re-serve, no team’s term of serve. request for a time- service. out, substitution or libero replacement may be granted until after the ball has been served. 22 The following equipment/accessories are not Medical-alert Padded hard and Knee braces Religious medals permitted: medals taped to unyielding items which are worn under the the body. on the hand, unaltered from the uniform and taped finger, wrist or manufacturer’s to the body. forearm. original design/production. 23 If the host school does not pad the standards, True False floor/wall cables and first referee’s platform according to the rules, the match shall not be played. 24 A loss of rally/point is awarded each time a True False vacant position rotates to serve in the right back position. This is recorded on the scoresheet as a regular loss of rally/point. 25 The visiting team captain shall call the toss in the True False first set and if a deciding set is necessary, a home team captain shall call the toss. 26 A match shall be forfeited when the host True False management fails to resolve an unruly spectator situation. 27 An attack line shall be drawn across each playing Shaded. One clearly visible 4 inches wide. All are correct. area from sideline to sideline and shall be: color. 28 A ball is considered playable when it touches a True False wall or objects on the floor outside the court. 29 Medical-alert medals are considered jewelry and True False must be removed. 30 All teammates shall not wear: A like-colored The uniform as A uniform with A uniform with one uniform bottom. the manufacturer buttons, zippers or American flag, not intended. snaps. exceeding 2 inches by 3 inches. 31 Each player, including the libero, shall be Solid-colored. Located on the Not more than two All the above. identified by a number that is: upper front of the digits. uniform top. 32 When a player wearing an illegal uniform True False attempts to enter the set, unnecessary delay shall be assessed to the team. 33 The referees' jurisdiction begins: Upon the start of Upon the arrival Upon the pregame Both A and B. the match. on the floor. meeting. 34 If a net fault is whistled by the first referee, he or True False she shall indicate the result of the play followed by the nature of the fault. The second referee will mirror the signal for a net serve. 35 Which of the following is incorrect concerning the A coin and a A lineup card. A whistle. A set of yellow first referee? The first referee must have: watch. and red cards. 36 The second referee has the responsibility to: Be in uniform at Assist the first Verify that the All are second the site of the referee in pre- starting lineups referee match no less match duties. have been entered responsibilities. than 30 minutes correctly on the before the starting official time. scoresheet. 37 The second referee shall notify the coach when a True False team uses its 15th through 20th substitutions. 38 The second referee has the responsibility to True False assist the first referee in determining back-row player faults. 39 The second referee shall confirm with the scorer A coach. A player. A substitute. All of the above. the initial unnecessary delay warning and second and subsequent unnecessary delay penalties during a set by: 40 During the set, each line judge shall assist the Identifying a Making illegal Placing the ball on Indicating when first referee and second referee by: service fault on libero replacement the end line of the the serve, or any the opposite side calls. serving side played ball, of the net. during time-outs. crosses the net not entirely between the net antennas. 41 At the moment of serve, all players shall be in the True False correct serving order. 42 When a team plays with fewer than six players True False due to illness, injury or disqualification, a loss of rally/point shall not be given to the opponent when the vacant position rotates to serve. 43 A re-serve shall be called when: The server The ball contacts The server steps The server releases the ball the backboard or on the service contacts the ball for service, then its supports line. outside the catches the ball. hanging in a hashmark. vertical position. 44 When a receiving team player is out of position True False on the serve and a service fault occurs, the receiving team is penalized.