IAABO Exam

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by BayStateRef

The "50-question IAABO exam" is the test for new officials seeking IAABO certification. It is uniformly given on the same night -- precisely so no one can get an advantage from someone who took the exam a day or a week earlier. The actual exam is collected with the answers...for the same reason. A passing score of 86% is required for IAABO certification. If you score 80%, you get a provisional certification...but must take the exam again in about three months.

The 80-question refresher test is just that. It actually is a 100-question test, but the first 80 questions are for NFHS rules only. There is no requirement from IAABO for how this exam is used. My board simply hands it out at the mandatory rules interpretation meeting and then reviews it at the next meeting. I know other boards require members to take the exam as an open-book test and some minimum score is necessary for continued certification. No one that I know in IAABO has access to the 50-question test. Much like SAT exams, they are kept in sealed envelopes and opened only at the official testing site (at least that is how it is supposed to work.)

Thanks for the posted information above. That's basically what I was told when I inquired to other IAABO sources about the 50-question exam.