Over the next hour I read about the duties of referees, linesmen, umpires and line judges. Again, not difficult reading, but there are a lot of duties that each official must perform before and during the game. The first five questions dealt specifically with the referee's uniform. The referee shall wear a solid red baseball cap. No need to read up on that one.
Referees wear white caps.
From there, the test covered pre-game responsibilities, the coin toss, sound the whistle, stopping the clock and many other specific duties. Just like the basketball test, I fully expected to pass the football test with flying colors, which I did. I missed two questions on the guidebook exam, three on the football mechanics exam and one on the basketball exam - nearly 97 percent correct. That mean's I'm qualified to officiate games, but I'm not ready to take the hardcourt or the gridiron just yet. Just reading the book and answering a few questions doesn't qualify me to referee anything.