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2024 NFHS Football Part II Test
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Any forward pass purposely incomplete to save loss of yardage is an illegal pass. a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True (7-5-2e) A simultaneous catch or recovery involves joint possession of a live ball by opposing players while one or both are inbounds. a. True b. False - correct answer -b. False (2-4-3) The kicker or place-kick holder may be blocked as soon as the kick has touched the ground or any other player. a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True (9-3-4b)
A fumble is the touching of a loose ball by a player in an unsuccessful attempt to secure possession. a. True b. False - correct answer -b. False (2-18, 2-27) The signal for free-kick infractions, other than encroachment of the neutral zone, has not been changed for 2019. a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True (6-1-3b Penalty, 6-1-4 Penalty, NFHS Official Football Signals) Receivers may legally apply sticky foreign material on their hands as an aid in catching the ball. a. True b. False - correct answer -b. False (1-5-3a(2)) It is legal to grasp the opponent's chin strap. a. True
The horse-collar foul is enforced as a live-ball foul. a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True (9-4-3k) If snapper A1 makes an illegal snap and B1 recovers, the ball belongs to Team B. a. True b. False - correct answer -b. False (4-1-6, 7-2-4) Penalties are either 5, 10 or 15 yards. a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True (Fundamental X-2) A yardage chain that joins two rods exactly 10 yards apart is the only type of line-to-gain equipment that shall be used during a game. a. True
b. False - correct answer -b. False (1-3-5) Before the ready-for-play, A may designate the spot from which the ball is put in play anywhere between the hash marks. a. For a try. b. For a kickoff. c. Following a safety. d. Following an awarded fair catch. e. All of the above. - correct answer -e. All of the above. (4-3-6) Encroachment occurs if a defensive player makes contact with the ball prior to the end of the snap. a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True (7-1-6b) No player shall intentionally go out of bounds during the down and:
After Team A has been set for at least one second, it is a foul if back A1 moves to a new backfield position and sets for less than one second before the snap. a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True (2-39, 7-2-6) A pop-up kick is a legal kick by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it has touched the ground. a. True b. False - correct answer -b. False (2-24-8, 2-24-10, 6-1-11) If K1 holds R1 in K's end zone to prevent R1 from recovering a blocked punt, it will be a safety if R accepts the penalty. a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True (8-5-2c) The ball cannot have commercial advertising added to the surface.
a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True (1-3-1h) Twenty-five seconds will be on the play clock and start on the ready-for-play signal prior to a try following a score. a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True (3-6-1a(1)) When A1 is downed beyond the line-to-gain, a new line-to-gain is not established until the effect of any act which occurred during the down, except a nonplayer or unsportsmanlike foul, is considered. a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True (5-1-2, 5-3-1) When a team attempts to conserve or consume time illegally, the referee shall order the game or play clock started or stopped. a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True
The ball does not become dead and the down is not ended when a prosthetic limb comes completely off the runner. a. True b. False - correct answer -b. False (4-2-2l) The game officials are responsible for ensuring that there is only a __________ minute intermission between periods for changing goals. a. one b. two c. three d. five - correct answer -a. one (Table 3-1, 3-5-7l) Game officials may use supplementary equipment to aid in game administration as authorized by the state association. a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True (1-3-7)
If the field of play has a logo in the center or at any other part of the field of play, that logo should not obstruct the visibility of the required marks every five yards. a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True (1-2-3b NOTE 2) The passer continues to be a defenseless player until the pass ends or the passer moves to participate in the play. a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True (2-32-11, 2-32-16a) An official's time-out may follow a charged time-out if it is for the continuance of a coach-referee conference. a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True (3-5-4) A free kick is not repeated unless:
A receiver attempting to catch a pass who has not had time to clearly become a runner, is considered a defenseless player. a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True (2-32-16b) A nonplayer foul may influence the play in progress. a. True b. False - correct answer -b. False (2-16-2f, 2-32-10) An illegal horse-collar foul is grabbing the inside back or side collar, or the name plate area (directly below the back collar), of either the shoulder pads or the jersey of the runner and subsequently pulling (backward or sideward) that opponent to the ground, even if possession is lost. a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True (9-4-3k) Prior to the start of the game, the head coach shall be responsible for verifying to the referee and another game official that all of his players are legally equipped and in compliance with these rules and will use no illegal equipment.
a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True (1-5-1a(2) NOTE, 1-5-4) A foul can cause the loss of the ball. a. True b. False - correct answer -b. False (Fundamental I-6) Once a grounded scrimmage kick is beyond the neutral zone, K1 may not bat it back toward K's goal line. a. True b. False - correct answer -b. False (9-7-2 Exception) The penalty for both offensive and defensive pass interference fouls is 15 yards. a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True
a. True b. False - correct answer -b. False (2-32-8) No member of the kicking team shall initiate contact to (block) an opponent on a free kick until: a. The receiving team initiates a block within the neutral zone. b. The legal kick has traveled 5 yards. c. All members of the kicking team have gone 10 yards after the ball is kicked. d. None of the above. - correct answer -a. The receiving team initiates a block within the neutral zone. (9-3-7) If a player is not properly equipped, that player is removed from the game for at least one down. a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True (1-5-4, 1-5-5, 3-5-10e, 3-6-2, 9-8-1h) A disqualifying foul during the down causes the covering official to sound his/her whistle immediately.
a. True b. False - correct answer -b. False (Fundamental IX-1) Players of the same team can participate during the same down while wearing identical numbers. a. True b. False - correct answer -b. False (7-2-5c) A passer is a player who throws a forward or backward pass. a. True b. False - correct answer -b. False (2-32-11) B players may be anywhere on or behind their line of scrimmage. a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True (7-2-5d)
b. False - correct answer -b. False (1-3-7 Note, Table 1-7) A forward pass is a pass thrown with its initial direction toward the opponent's end line. a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True (2-31-2) The expanded neutral zone may extend partially or completely into the end zone. a. True b. False - correct answer -b. False (2-28-2, 6-2-6) The numbers 0 and 00 are legal numbers on a player's jersey. a. True b. False - correct answer -b. False (1-4-3)
On kicks going into K's end zone, force is not a factor. a. True b. False - correct answer -b. False (2-13-4, 8-5-1) Effective with the 2020 season, the entire body of the number shall be a single solid color that clearly contrasts with the body color of the jersey. a. True b. False - correct answer -b. False (1-5-1c(6)) Equipment that becomes illegal through game use is handled by rule procedure without penalizing the player or the head coach. a. True b. False - correct answer -a. True (1-5-5, 3-5-7e) When a penalty is accepted the number of the next down is the same as if the foul had not occurred. a. True
