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MLBPA GENERAL CERTIF IED
AGENT EXAM WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question 1: the daily major league roster limit from
Opening Day until August 31st
CORRECT ANSWER: 26
Question 2: When a player is optioned from a major
league club to one of its minor league affiliates, he cannot be recalled back to the major league club for how many days?
CORRECT ANSWER: 10
Question 3: Once a player has been placed on a club's 40-
man roster, how many option years does a club have on that particular player?
CORRECT ANSWER: 3
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Question 4: When a player is designated for assignment
(total removal from the 40-man), how many days does a club have to trade, assign or release that player?
CORRECT ANSWER: 7
Question 5: When referencing a player on a club's 40-man
roster, a player is considered to have used an "option year" when he spends at least how many days in the minors?
CORRECT ANSWER: 20
Question 6: How many days is considered 1 full year of
major league service time?
CORRECT ANSWER: 172
Question 7: Following the completion of a player's
Uniform Player's Contract, a player may become a free agent if he has not executed a contract for the next season AND if he has at least how many years of Major League service?
CORRECT ANSWER: 6
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Question 8: Regarding a player and free agency, how long
is the "Quiet Period"?
CORRECT ANSWER: 5 days
Question 9: A Qualifying Offer is given by a club to a
player that is guaranteed equal to the average of the _______ highest paid players from the prior season.
CORRECT ANSWER: 125
Question 10: A player whose contract is terminated by a
club during Spring Training but 16 days on or before the start of the season shall be entitled to receive termination pay equal to how many days' payment at the rate stipulated in paragraph 2 of his contract?
CORRECT ANSWER: 30 days
Question 11: A player whose contract is terminated by a
club during Spring Training within 15 days or less before the start of the season shall be entitled to receive
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termination pay equal to how many days' payment at the rate stipulated in paragraph 2 of his contract?
CORRECT ANSWER: 45 days
Question 12: What percentage of the exterior of a player's
shoe must be the club's designated primary shoe color?
CORRECT ANSWER: 51%
Question 13: How many violations of the Smokeless
Tobacco Policy by a player does it take before the player is fined?
CORRECT ANSWER: 2 violations
Question 14: A player is suspended how many games for
their first positive steroid test result?
CORRECT ANSWER: 80 games
Question 15: In regards to drug testing, players on the
major league roster will be required to submit to how may urine samples during the season?
