Blocking foul?

[goodros_nemesis]

These questions are from the 2015-16 NFHS basketball test. It's the one standard test that's the same for all high school basketball officials with 100 questions in random order. It's also common to have several mistakes in the test, and we like to stew in our frustration together over the injustice of being marked less-than-perfect because of poorly-written questions. My first year taking the soccer test, I was frustrated enough that I wrote an email to the gentleman who authored the test. You can find them in the front of the book. Since then, I just roll with it since I can take it four times anyway, and I have never failed it.

FWIW, the wording on the question I complained about was changed the following year. Maybe it was me, maybe a thousand other refs moaned about it too.. who knows? The guys who administer these things do take their jobs seriously.

There are a few questions that show up on the soccer test year after year, and I always smile about the poor ref who encountered the situation the question addresses: Player B2 passes the ball forward to player B3, who is unmarked but still 35 yards from goal. Team A's coach reaches onto the field and knocks down the pass mid-air. The official: a) ejects coach for failing to conduct himself in a responsible manner; b) takes no action, since no violation has occurred; c) cautions coach for unsporting conduct; d) stops play and restarts with a drop-ball; e) stares in disbelief, his whistle hanging limply from his lips while players and spectators alike scream imprecations and beat the coach senseless (these choices aren't the real ones in the test).