1) 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8) 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.

9) What is the final point in time that a player can rescind their request for a medical time-out without being charged for a medical time-out?

10) 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.

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

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

13) 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.

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

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

16) During a standard time-out the referee should always retrieve the ball to prevent its loss or damage.

17) 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.

18) What is a reason(s) for moving to the center of the court between games?

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

20) 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.

21) 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.

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

23) The appropriate announcement at the end of a match is "Point. Game. Match. [Score]. [Last names]."

24) 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.

25) If the serve bounces in the receiver's NVZ (including on the NVZ line), call a service fault against the serving team for a short serve.

26) The starting server identification must be visible to the referee only.

27) 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.

28) 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.

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

30) 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.

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

32) 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.

33) Nonverbal signals and/or gestures can result in a penalty for coaching.

34) 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.

35) 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.

36) 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.

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

38) 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.

39) It is a fault by the server if the release of the ball to execute a serve is not visible to the referee.

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

41) An attempted around the post shot that travels between the net post and the net is a fault on the player attempting the ATP.

42) 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?

43) 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.

44) If a player's foot or anything a player is wearing or carrying extends under the net and onto the opponent's court at any time while the ball is live, call a fault.

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

46) If the referee is uncertain that an illegal volley serve was executed, the referee should call for a re-serve without penalty to the player.

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

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

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

50) 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.

51) 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."

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

53) After you've correctly called the score, a player says, "Wait! Are we good?" Which of the following responses is correct?

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

55) Call a fault immediately on a player for uncommon actions or vocalisations that distract the opponent when an opponent is preparing to hit the ball. In a non-officiated match, a fault cannot be called by a player for a distraction.

56) In a match with line judges, it is preferable that the referee stand on the side opposite the two baseline judges.

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

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

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

60) The starting server for the first serving team in a doubles match begins the game as the second server.

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

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

63) Which of the following is NOT a valid "not ready" signal?

64) During an end change time-out the referee should always retrieve the ball to prevent its loss or damage.

65) The server is required to notify the referee if they change from the volley serve to the drop serve or vice-versa.

66) Before the ball is hit to make the serve, any player may ask the referee to identify the correct server, correct receiver, or correct player position.

67) 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.

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

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

70) All player appeals will be directed to the Lead Referee.

If the Lead Referee cannot make a decisive call, the Lead Referee will then solicit the opinion of the Second Referee.

71) The appropriate script for a time out is "Time-out [receivers/servers], [Score]. One minute."

72) 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.

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

74) 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.

75) The Tournament Director has the authority to impose any level of penalty, except for a game forfeit, and apply the penalty to the player's next match in the bracket or the player's next event in the tournament.