NFHS BASKETBALL PART II EXAM 2026
REVIEW SHEET INCLUDING VERIFIED
ANSWER KEY AND RATIONALES
⫸ True. Answer: A ball which is in flight retains the same status it had
when last in contact with a player or the court.
⫸ True. Answer: It is a violation if A1 causes the ball to enter and pass
through the basket from below
⫸ True. Answer: A substitute becomes a player when he or she legally
enters the court to participate
⫸ B. Answer: When free thrower, A1, purposefully fakes a try, it results
in:
A: A technical foul assessed to A's head coach.
B: A violation on A1.
C: A team technical on Team A.
D: An unsporting technical on A1.
E: None of the above.
⫸ True. Answer: When an error involving awarding a merited free
throw is corrected and no change of team possession occurred, play shall
continue following the free throw(s) as though there had been no
correction.
,⫸ B. Answer: All of the following are ruled correctable errors,
EXCEPT:
A: Failure to award a merited free throw.
B: Erroneously awarding the ball to the wrong team for a throw-in.
C: Permitting a wrong player to attempt a free throw.
D: Attempting a free throw
E :Erroneously counting or canceling a score.
⫸ D. Answer: A situation in which there is a foul by both teams at
approximately the same time, but the fouls are not committed by
opponents
against each other, is known as:
A: A simultaneous foul.
B: A double foul.
C: A false double foul.
D: A multiple foul.
E: A false multiple foul.
⫸ B. Answer: The length of each extra period for a varsity contest shall
be:
A: 3 minutes.
B: 4 minutes.
C: 5 minutes.
, D: 6 minutes.
E: None of the above.
⫸ True. Answer: The ball is out of bounds if it touches an official who
has either one or both feet contacting a boundary line.
⫸ True. Answer: Teammates may not occupy adjacent spots along the
center restraining circle if an opponent desires a place between them
and indicates this desire before the official is ready to toss the jump ball.
⫸ True. Answer: If a substitute enters illegally, he/she becomes a player
after the ball becomes live.
⫸ False. Answer: Following a time-out, if free thrower, A1, is not in the
free-throw semicircle when the administering official is ready, a
technical
foul for delay is charged to A1.
⫸ False. Answer: If a player is directed to leave the game for a violation
of the uniform rule, the coach may call a time-out to keep the player in
the game.
⫸ B. Answer: Team A is awarded an alternating-possession throw-in.
The arrow will be switched toward Team B in all of the
following,EXCEPT:
REVIEW SHEET INCLUDING VERIFIED
ANSWER KEY AND RATIONALES
⫸ True. Answer: A ball which is in flight retains the same status it had
when last in contact with a player or the court.
⫸ True. Answer: It is a violation if A1 causes the ball to enter and pass
through the basket from below
⫸ True. Answer: A substitute becomes a player when he or she legally
enters the court to participate
⫸ B. Answer: When free thrower, A1, purposefully fakes a try, it results
in:
A: A technical foul assessed to A's head coach.
B: A violation on A1.
C: A team technical on Team A.
D: An unsporting technical on A1.
E: None of the above.
⫸ True. Answer: When an error involving awarding a merited free
throw is corrected and no change of team possession occurred, play shall
continue following the free throw(s) as though there had been no
correction.
,⫸ B. Answer: All of the following are ruled correctable errors,
EXCEPT:
A: Failure to award a merited free throw.
B: Erroneously awarding the ball to the wrong team for a throw-in.
C: Permitting a wrong player to attempt a free throw.
D: Attempting a free throw
E :Erroneously counting or canceling a score.
⫸ D. Answer: A situation in which there is a foul by both teams at
approximately the same time, but the fouls are not committed by
opponents
against each other, is known as:
A: A simultaneous foul.
B: A double foul.
C: A false double foul.
D: A multiple foul.
E: A false multiple foul.
⫸ B. Answer: The length of each extra period for a varsity contest shall
be:
A: 3 minutes.
B: 4 minutes.
C: 5 minutes.
, D: 6 minutes.
E: None of the above.
⫸ True. Answer: The ball is out of bounds if it touches an official who
has either one or both feet contacting a boundary line.
⫸ True. Answer: Teammates may not occupy adjacent spots along the
center restraining circle if an opponent desires a place between them
and indicates this desire before the official is ready to toss the jump ball.
⫸ True. Answer: If a substitute enters illegally, he/she becomes a player
after the ball becomes live.
⫸ False. Answer: Following a time-out, if free thrower, A1, is not in the
free-throw semicircle when the administering official is ready, a
technical
foul for delay is charged to A1.
⫸ False. Answer: If a player is directed to leave the game for a violation
of the uniform rule, the coach may call a time-out to keep the player in
the game.
⫸ B. Answer: Team A is awarded an alternating-possession throw-in.
The arrow will be switched toward Team B in all of the
following,EXCEPT:
