1) According to the USA Pickleball Officiating Handbook, (regarding appealed player line calls) the referee cannot make an accurate call when the ball landed between the referee and the line and prevented the referee from seeing whether the ball actually touched the line.

2) Players may call a standard time-out between games.

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

4) Player A1 volleys a ball near the NVZ and starts to teeter at the line as a result of the volley. Player B1, on the other side of the net, then volleys the ball, loses his balance and steps into the NVZ. Player A1 ultimately loses his balance and steps into the NVZ after Player B1 had stepped into the NVZ. What should the referee call?

5) 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.

6) A player that has had forceful contact to the head with a hard object (court, paddle, net post) may resume play once the referee has been verbally advised by on-site medical personnel.

7) The appropriate script for a questionable volley serve motion is "Stop play. Service Warning. Questionable whether [state the issue]. I will re-call the score."

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

9) 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.

10) Aggressively or recklessly striking or throwing a dead ball, that hits a person or causes property damage, is an example of a Technical Foul.

11) During singles play the server's correct position is determined by the server's score (i.e., even or odd) and the receiver should mirror the server's position diagonally to return the serve.

12) If the Tournament Director provides the line calling responsibilities, including appeal procedures, to the players in advance, this can be omitted from the referee's pre-match briefing.

13) It's ok for referees to stand back-to-back on adjoining courts to call their respective matches regardless of the distinction in their voice.

14) 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.

15) 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.

16) Anything affixed to the paddle face must comply with which of the following?

17) 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.

18) If any player, or anything the player is wearing or carrying, contacts any part of the net or net support system while the ball is live, including the crossbar or a support base, call a fault.

19) If a player tells the referee it is their first time playing in an officiated match, it would be appropriate for the referee in the pre-match briefing to instruct the players not to serve until after the complete score is called and the referee's arm is lowered.

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

21) Use of a hand/arm cue when calling the score is which of the following?

22) A medical time-out allows up to 15 continuous minutes for medical attention. If medical attention needs to be rendered off-court at another location at the venue, pause your timer and resume your timer upon arrival at the place where medical attention will be provided.

23) If more than one game is played in a match, draw a line through all unused points and unused time-out boxes for the completed game.

24) A drop serve does not have to comply with the three service motion components required for a volley serve.

25) 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.

26) Anything a player is wearing or carrying (excluding tournament issued items such as server bands or paddle stickers that malfunction because of a defect) that contacts the NVZ as a result of a volley is a fault.

27) 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.

28) Which of the following is TRUE with regard to a tardy or absent player?

29) Which of the following is the proper announcement of the score to start a game?

30) 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."

31) With the Dual Referee Option, it is the Second Referee's responsibility to inspect the players' paddles.

32) Examples of the scripts for a definitive call on a line call appeal are "The ball was in." or "The ball was out."

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

34) 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.

35) 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.

36) A backslash (\) on the scoresheet notates a point was won when the non-banded server was serving.

37) An optional best practice includes adding a "L", "R" or directional arrow to the "X" on the scoresheet to designate which end a team is serving from.

38) The appropriate script for the mid-game end change is "Point. Time out. Change ends. [Score] One minute."

39) 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.

40) Before a tournament a referee should,

1) review the most recent editions of the Rulebook and Casebook,

2) reread the Handbook, and

3) retake all online tests for referees, line judges and players.

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

42) 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.

43) Which of the following is NOT a goal of the dual referee option?

44) 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.

45) 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.

46) Which of the following does NOT apply to the damaged or degraded ball procedure?

47) Shading the end change mark on the scoresheet of the team that scored the end-change point and recording the score below the end-change mark is optional.

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

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

50) A player can ask the referee to rule on a line call made by a line judge.

If the referee clearly sees a ball differently than the line judge, the referee has the authority to overrule the call.

51) 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.

52) 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.

53) 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.

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

55) Intentionally spitting or coughing on any person may result in an ejection from competition or expulsion from the venue with the discretion of the Tournament Director.

56) 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].")

57) If a player enters the NVZ, both of the player's feet have to contact the playing surface outside of the NVZ before a volley.

58) Which example script would be correct to inform players of remaining time-outs?

59) After each rally, the referee should remind themself of the scores and check for correct player positions and correct server and receiver.

60) If the server hits the ball while the referee is calling the score it is a fault on the server.

61) To annotate the scoresheet for a match retirement, which of the following statements is FALSE?

62) The between game time-out script is "Point. Game. [Score]. (pause) Time-out. Change ends. Two minutes."

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

64) Which of the following comments by a spectator during a rally would NOT be considered coaching?

65) The pre-match briefing includes introducing yourself to the players.

66) To document the point adjustment for a technical foul when the score of the offending team is zero, add one point to the score of the non-offending team by marking "TF" in the appropriate score box.

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

68) During the pre-match briefing the referee should ask the players if they have any questions and inform them of the remaining time for warmup.

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

70) Players can provide proof that their paddle(s) are on the approved paddle list via a screenshot, printout, or live view of the paddle on the current USA Pickleball Approved Paddle List.

71) Apparel changes required by the Tournament Director are handled as a referee time-out.

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

73) A referee should refrain from intervening in a match during a tournament. Which of the following would be exceptions for intervening?

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

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