1) During the pre-match briefing for a match using the dual referee option, the Lead Referee will explain to the players the role of the Second Referee and advise the players that all questions and appeals should be directed to the Lead Referee.

2) After calling "time in," if the players are not ready at one minute but are making an effort to get into position, go ahead and call the score.

3) Record a referee time-out on the back of the scoresheet and include the game, score, player(s) involved and a brief description.

4) The server has 10 seconds to serve the ball. When does the 10-second count begin?

5) A served ball must land beyond the NVZ line in the correct service court to be legal.

6) Which of the following would NOT result in a replay?

7) A player using ethnic, religious, racial, sexist, or homophobic slurs will be subject to ejection from competition or expulsion from the venue.

8) A player volleying a ball, that makes contact with their partner while the partner is in contact with the NVZ, will have committed a fault. The same is true if the volleying player knocks their partner into the NVZ immediately after or during their volley.

9) When should the referee start their timer to capture the allotted time before the match starts?

10) When players are anywhere near the NVZ your main focus is watching for foot faults and other NVZ faults. Watching the ball to make line calls on appeal is a lower priority.

11) A forward slash (/) on the scoresheet notates a point was won when the first server was serving.

12) While the correct server and receiver should be in their proper positions to start each rally, their partners can stand anywhere on or off the court as long as they remain on their respective ends.

13) A paddle on the approved paddle list approved after 2018 is required to have the "USA Pickleball Approved" seal. If the seal is missing from a paddle approved after 2018 the paddle can not be used for a sanctioned tournament.

14) The pre-match briefing should include: "I need to check your paddles. Have you confirmed that your paddle is on the USA Pickleball approved paddle list?".

15) The server number should be written above or below the name of the server at the mid-game end change.

16) The player who starts serving for their team after a side out is referred to as?

17) For the drop serve, the ball cannot be dropped off the paddle face.

18) If a player rescinds their request after the Head Referee or Tournament Director has been summoned, a standard time-out will be charged. When a standard time-out is not available, assess a technical foul against the player for delay of game.

19) If an item a player is wearing or carrying crosses the plane of the net before the player strikes the ball completely on their side of the net it is a plane of the net fault unless the ball has bounced on the player's side of the net and traveled over or around the net back to the opponent's side of the net without being touched.

20) If a player requests the Head Referee or Tournament Director to challenge the referee's ruling, which is subsequently determined to be the correct ruling, the referee should charge the challenging player/team with a time-out and issue a technical warning.

If the challenging player/team has no standard time-outs available, issue the player/team a technical foul.

21) The referee is empowered to issue verbal warnings, technical warnings, technical fouls, a game forfeit, or a match forfeit. The Tournament Director may issue a match forfeit, and only the Tournament Director may eject or expel a player.

22) A side out is indicated on the scoresheet with a vertical line on the right side of the last point scored.

23) A team may change the starting server anytime during a match by exchanging the starting server identification.

24) After the ball is hit to make the serve, any player that stops play to question a team's server, receiver or position when all are correct, will have committed a fault.

25) A game forfeit that is imposed for reporting late does not contribute toward a match forfeit.

To document a game forfeit on the scoresheet, write "GF" in the space next to "0" for the game in which the infraction occurs for the offending team.

26) Deliberate, aggressive physical contact with a player, official or spectator will result in a technical foul.

27) The double elimination gold medal match procedure for the tiebreaker match is NOT part of the pre-match briefing.

28) A referee time-out may be used to address a potential medical issue with a player.

29) During scoresheet reconstruction, if a team’s last side out mark has been placed after a scoring box with an odd number, which player becomes the second server on that team’s next service rotation?

30) For a singles match, marking all points for each player with the forward slash (/).

31) The Tournament Director has the discretion to forfeit a player/team for failure to comply with venue rules, improper conduct, abuse of hospitality, or other rules and procedures.

32) If a player retires after a medical time-out, the referee should notify the Tournament Director so the appropriate forms can be completed and filed.

33) The second referee, when observed, will immediately call NVZ faults, plane of the net faults, service foot faults, short serves, player safety issues, double bounces (or triple bounces for a wheelchair player), player hit by the ball, ball carries, a player touching the net or net support system or a two bounce rule violation.

34) Without any consideration for a technical foul, when rally scoring for doubles is used, there is only one server per service rotation and service after a side out always begins on the right.

35) If a NVZ fault occurs, but additional exchanges take place before you can voice the call, ignore the fault and let the rally continue.

36) When the receiving team requests a time out, rotate the scoresheet to record the time out in the appropriate box.

37) If a player calls a time-out after the server hits the ball to make the serve it is a fault on the player that called the time-out.

38) Before the return of serve, any player stopping play because of an incorrect score call will have committed a fault.

39) A team may request to withdraw from an event before you call the score to start the match.

40) If a player makes threats against you, another player or a spectator, issue a technical foul.

41) During a time-out players should be reminded to put their paddles down or place the ball under the server's paddle.

42) The server may use either the volley serve or the drop serve interchangeably.

43) Announcing the serving team players and receiving team players is required to start a match.

44) If any player makes an appeal about a ball hitting a player, you may ask the alleged offending player whether a violation occurred, giving the player an opportunity to make an honour call against themselves.

45) An example of the script for a line call appeal where no call was made by the player and the referee did not definitively see the ball is "By rule, the ball is in."

46) One verbal warning may be issued to each team during a match. If a technical warning or technical foul has been issued, a verbal warning, if available, can be subsequently issued for any minor offense.

If an infraction occurs during a rally, announce the warning prior to announcing the outcome of the rally.

47) If a player appeals a line call made by a player or line judge to the referee that the referee did not see land, announce: "By rule, the call stands."

48) After the suspension of play, if the orientation of the assigned court is different from the orientation of the original court, how would ends be determined?

49) If you dropped your server clip during a game, which of the following scenarios would assist you in placing the server clip back over the correct server’s name?

50) It is very important to record the correct scores and winning team on the scoresheet and to have one of the winners confirm the results. An error here can cause confusion at the event desk and delay the tournament.

51) The correct script for a medical time-out is "Medical time-out requested by [name]. [Score]."

52) At game point the referee should announce "possible game point".

53) The act of volleying begins with the strike of the ball. As such, it is NOT a fault if the paddle touches the NVZ before the volley is struck.

54) Which of the following is NOT valid for a match retirement?

55) For singles games, use the numbered server clip to keep track of which player is serving.

56) Avoid public comments, positive or negative, about referees or players, including on social media.

57) In the third game of a 2 out of 3 match and the fifth game of a 3 out of 5 match, if the first game was forfeited due to a late arrival, no end change occurs.

58) The established procedure to end the 15-second timed period and start play is "time in".

59) After announcing "Point. Game. [Score]", an appropriate script for the game to follow is "Time out. Change ends. Two minutes."

60) A match forfeit is imposed when a player/team does which of the following?

61) For singles games, side out marks to document the end of consecutive points earned during that service possession are required.

62) The side out mark (|) is a critical technique that documents all BUT one of the following.

63) To avoid confusion when players are stacking, the referee should concentrate only on the correct server and correct receiver based on the score and ignore where either partner is positioned.

64) At the conclusion of a game the referee should collect the ball to facilitate a prompt start of the next game with the same ball.

65) During a match with line judges, if the Line Judge signals their view was blocked, the referee can rule on a line call without a player's appeal.

66) If there are spectators, it is preferable to stand facing the majority of spectators so they can best hear you unless you are using a microphone. However, placement to see line judges takes priority.

67) During a time-out, prior to moving from the center of the court, give a 15 second warning and announce the "remaining time-outs" script. (e.g., "Remaining time-outs: [Servers/Receivers], [number].")

68) The appropriate script to begin play for subsequent games in a multi-game match with no end change is "Game [number]. Time in. [Score]."

69) If a serve hits the net and then lands anywhere in the correct service court the referee should announce "Let. Re-serve."

70) If the referee calls the wrong score or calls a NVZ foot fault on a bounced ball, they should immediately hold up their hand, step forward to stop play, announce "Correction." and replay the rally.

71) If a situation is not addressed by a rule or the Casebook and all players agree to replay the rally, the rally should be replayed.

72) Play should begin when specified by the Tournament Director or no later than 10 minutes after the match is called.

73) Which of the following is NOT a valid reason to stop play?

74) After the conclusion of a match, the referee should initial the scoresheet if the winning player(s) choose not to after they confirm the results.

75) After announcing "15 seconds", an appropriate script to announce the start of a single doubles game to 15 would be what?