TIMEKEEPER & FINISH JUDGE (LEVEL 1)
QUESTIONNAIRE
Please circle the true statement(s) or fill in the appropriate answer(s).
There may be more than one true statement for each question.
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1. The correct dress for Officials is:
a. their own club T-shirts;
b. matching shirts, if provided by meet management;
c. all white clothing;
d. shorts or tennis skirt;
e. navy pants or skirt in Ontario.
2. Before a meet, you should report to the designated officials' area:
a. in time for the first race;
b. at the time requested by the meet manager;
c. two hours before the start of the meet;
d. 45 minutes before the start of the meet unless otherwise
instructed.
TIMING
3. After signing out your manual digital watch, you should:
a. secure the lanyard around your neck;
b. make sure the batteries are charged and video display works;
c. test operational features (start, stop, split etc.);
d. place the watch in your pocket or purse.
4. Ideally, as a timer you should be stationed:
a. on the deck at the finish end of your assigned lane;
b. on the side deck, midway along the pool;
c. in the bleachers, at the finish end of the pool.
5. If a swimmer reports to your lane after the heat is under Starter's orders,
you should:
a. wait until the race has started and then inform the Referee through the
Chief Timekeeper;
b. wave your hands and shout to get the Starter's attention;
c. put the swimmer into the next available empty lane;
d. direct the swimmer to wait and not interrupt the start.
6. As soon as you become aware that you have a swimmer in your lane with
an incorrect time card (wrong name, lane, heat etc.), you should:
a. inform the Referee and/or Chief Timekeeper;
b. adjust the time card;
c. do nothing;
d. inform the Chief Finish Judge.
7. At the commencement of the race, you should start your watch:
a. at the sound of the gun;
b. at the flash of the gun;
c. when the swimmer leaves the block;
d. at the sound of the horn
e. at the flash of the strobe light on the automatic system;
f. whether your lane is occupied or not.
8. When starting or stopping a manual digital watch, you should:
a. swing it in an arc;
b. snap your wrist as you depress the button;
c. hold it firmly and motionless;
d. use the same finger to start and stop it.
9. If you missed a start, or the watch malfunctions during a race or you failed
to get a finish time, you should:
a. report to the Chief Timekeeper:
b. record the same time as another timer on your lane;
c. record NO TIME (NT) for your watch;
d. record an estimated time;
e. record the time on the automatic system score board.
10. For the finish of a race, you should position yourself:
a. looking down over your lane, at the finish end of the pool;
b. with your foot on top of the touch-pad;
c. seated behind the starting block of your assigned lane.
11. When the required distance has been completed, you should stop your
watch when:
a. the swimmer's hand touches the end wall of the pool;
b. any part of the swimmer's body touches the end wall;
c. any part of the swimmer's body passes through the vertical plane of the
end wall;
d. the swimmer makes contact with the touch-pad;
e. the swimmer touches with one hand on the breast stroke.
12. If the swimmer in your lane does not finish the required distance, you
should:
a. report DID NOT FINISH (DNF) on the time card;
b. record what time the swimmer left the water;
c. record what time the swimmer stopped swimming.
13. If your manual digital watch reads 2:10.01, the correct time to record on
the time card is:
a. 2:10.01
b. 2:10.0
c. 2:10.1
14. Rewrite the following times in the correct numerical form:
a. one minute, two and ten one-hundredths seconds;
b. four minutes thirty-six hundredths of a second;
c. two minutes and one second;
d. thirty four point two-five seconds;
e. one minute, fifteen and forty-three hundredths of a second.
15. If the swimmer in your lane is disqualified for any reason, you should:
a. record his finish times on the time card anyway;
b. tell the swimmer his finish time but not record the times on the card;
c. record the time when the disqualification took place.
16. The lower left-hand portion of the card should be used for:
a. preliminary heats;
b. time final heats;
c. finals;
d. split times.
17. When three watches are being used on one lane, the official time is:
a. the average time of all three watches;
b. the intermediate time if all three watches differ;
c. the common time if two watches are identical.
18. When two watches are being used on one lane, the official time is:
a. the average time of the two watches, to the slower hundredth;
b. the faster of the two watches;
c. the slower time of the two watches.
19. Determine the official time for each of the following sets of manual digital
watches on one lane:
a. 52.32 52.32 52.13
b. 4:51.12 4:51.19
c. 56.46 56.81
d. 2:59.93 2:59.80 3:00.06
e. 54.21 54.16 54.39
f. 1:02.43 1:02.18
9. 59.89 1:00.03
h. 2:07.21 2:06.95 2:07.12CT
I. 4:21.06 4:20.97 4:21.18 4:20.91 CT
20. The correct time to clear your watch is:
a. when your Chief Timekeeper tells you;
b. if you are not instructed, then when the Referee blows his the swimmers
on the block;
c. when the Starter says "take your marks";
d. after your time is recorded on the time card;
e. whenever your time is substantially different from the other timers.
21. When judging relay take-overs, your duties are to:
a. observe the "touch-out" and "take-off" of relay team members in your
lane;
b. after consultation with the Referee/Chief Timekeeper disqualify teams
as appropriate;
c. not touch any swimmer while he is on the starting blocks;
d. report disqualification's through the prescribed channels;
e. inform offending team members immediately of their disqualification
(prior to informing the Referee);
f. consider a relay take-off to be fair if a swimmer who starts early returns
to touch the wall before swimming his leg.
22. Until the touch-out of one relay team member, the next swimmer on the
team:
a. may be in motion;
b. must be absolutely motionless;
c. must maintain contact with the starting block.
23. If you are appointed the Head Lane Timekeeper, your duties shall be to:
a. determine that the correct swimmer is in your lane;
b. ensure that split times are recorded correctly;
c. report light touches to the Chief Finish Judge;
d. act as Relay-Take-Over Judge if so directed;
e. disqualify swimmers who false start.
24. When ringing the bell lap, you should:
a. ring the bell as the swimmer approaches/leaves the wall (from
backstroke flags to wall and back);
b. ring the bell over the right hand lane rope;
c. ring the bell throughout the last lap of the race;
d. ring the bell after consultation with the Referee/Chief Timekeeper.
25. The time taken by the Chief Timekeeper should be included on the time
card for your lane:
a. always;
b. only if it is different from the others;
c. whenever there are fewer than three good times for your lane;
d. only if your swimmer won his heat.
FINISH JUDGING
26. As a Finish Judge you should normally be positioned:
a. at the finish end of the pool, over the lane being judged;
b. along the side of the pool, several meters from the finish;
c. at the side of the pool, in line with the finish;
d. in a raised position, in line with the finish, with a good view of the
entire pool.
27. As a Finish Judge, if you observe a breast stroke swimmer touch with one
hand, you should:
a. not include his place in your tally;
b. disqualify the offending swimmer;
c. inform the Referee of the illegal touch;
d. judge his finish without regard to the quality of touch.
28. As a Finish Judge, if you know that a swimmer is going to be disqualified
for some infraction, you should:
a. not include his place in your tally;
b. inform the Referee;
c. judge his finish without regard for the possible disqualification.
29. As a Finish Judge, if you are not sure where a swimmer has placed, you
should:
a. ask the other finish judges;
b. guess where the swimmer finished;
c. indicate "no decision'~ for that swimmer;
d. check the automatic scoreboard and record that order of finish;
e. declare the swimmers in question to be tied.
LEVEL ONE QUESTIONNAIRE ANSWERS
Please circle the true statement(s) or fill in the appropriate answer(s). There may
be more than one true statement for each question.
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1. a b c d 16. a b c d
2. a b c d 17. a b c
3. a b c d 18. a b c
4. a b c 19. a..... b..... c..... d..... e.....
f..... g..... h..... i.....
5. a b c d 20. a b c d
e
6. a b c d 21. a b c d
e f
7. a b c d 22. a b c
e f
8. a b c d 23. a b c d
e
9. a b c d 24. a b c d
e
10. a b c 25. a b c d
11. a b c d 26. a b c d
e
12. a b c 27. a b c d
13. a b c 28. a b c
14. a..... b ..... c ..... d ..... 29. a b c d
e.....
15. a b c
LEVEL ONE QUESTIONNAIRE ANSWERS
Answer key (Correct Answers are capitalized)
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1. a B C d 16. A b c d
2. a B c D 17. a B C
3. A B C d 18. A b c
4. A b c 19. a.52.32 b.4:51.16 c.56.64 d.2:59.93
e.54.21
5. A b c D f.1:02.31 g.59.96 h.2:07.12 i.4:21.06
6. A b c d 20. A B c d
e
7. a B c d 21. A B C D
E F
8. a b C D 22. A b C
9. A b C d 23. A B C D
e
10. A b c 24. A B c D
11. A B C D 25. a b C d
E
12. A b c 26. a b C d
13. A b c 27. a b c D
14. a.1:02.10 b.4:00.36 c.2:01.00 28. a b C
d.34.25 e.1:15.43 29. a b C d e
15. A b c
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