NFHS Basketball Rules Exam Questions with Verified
Answers |2026/2027 Update | A+ Graded
True - Answer -Award free thrower A1 a substitute throw, when during an unsuccessful free-
throw attempt, B1 disconcerts A1 and A1
then violates.
False - Answer -Both free throws awarded for a single technical foul must be attempted by the
same player.
False - Answer -During a free throw, a player in a marked lane space is permitted to break the
vertical plane of any boundary line with
a foot, provided that foot does not subsequently make contact with the court outside the
marked lane space.
True - Answer -Following a time-out or intermission, A1's free throw shall be administered even
though Team B is not occupying each
of the lane spaces adjacent to the end line.
True - Answer -Free-throw restrictions simultaneously end for the free thrower and players who
are not in marked lane spaces.
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,True - Answer -A ball that is in contact with two players is in the backcourt if either player is
touching the backcourt.
True - Answer -A ball which is in contact with two players and the court is in the frontcourt if
both players are in the frontcourt but the
ball is touching the floor in the backcourt.
False - Answer -A team's frontcourt includes the division line.
False - Answer -If A1 jumps from his/her frontcourt and lands in the backcourt, A1 is not
considered to be located in either court while
in the air.
True - Answer -The ball is in A's backcourt when A1, while holding the ball, has one foot
touching the division line and the other
touching in frontcourt.
True - Answer -A player who extends an arm, shoulder, hip or leg into the path of an opponent is
not considered to have had a legal
position if contact occurs.
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, True - Answer -After a legal guarding position is obtained, the guard may move to maintain legal
position.
False - Answer -If the opponent with the ball is airborne, the guard may obtain legal position in
the opponent's landing spot after the
opponent is airborne.
True - Answer -Once the guard obtains legal position on a stationary opponent without the ball,
he or she may then treat the player
being guarded the same as if he or she has the ball.
False - Answer -To obtain an initial legal guarding position in the path of a moving opponent
with the ball, the guard is not required to
face the opponent.
False - Answer -The defender placing a hand on a ball handler is not an advantage to the
defender and should be considered
incidental contact.
True - Answer -Contact which is permitted and does not constitute a foul is considered to be
incidental.
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Answers |2026/2027 Update | A+ Graded
True - Answer -Award free thrower A1 a substitute throw, when during an unsuccessful free-
throw attempt, B1 disconcerts A1 and A1
then violates.
False - Answer -Both free throws awarded for a single technical foul must be attempted by the
same player.
False - Answer -During a free throw, a player in a marked lane space is permitted to break the
vertical plane of any boundary line with
a foot, provided that foot does not subsequently make contact with the court outside the
marked lane space.
True - Answer -Following a time-out or intermission, A1's free throw shall be administered even
though Team B is not occupying each
of the lane spaces adjacent to the end line.
True - Answer -Free-throw restrictions simultaneously end for the free thrower and players who
are not in marked lane spaces.
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,True - Answer -A ball that is in contact with two players is in the backcourt if either player is
touching the backcourt.
True - Answer -A ball which is in contact with two players and the court is in the frontcourt if
both players are in the frontcourt but the
ball is touching the floor in the backcourt.
False - Answer -A team's frontcourt includes the division line.
False - Answer -If A1 jumps from his/her frontcourt and lands in the backcourt, A1 is not
considered to be located in either court while
in the air.
True - Answer -The ball is in A's backcourt when A1, while holding the ball, has one foot
touching the division line and the other
touching in frontcourt.
True - Answer -A player who extends an arm, shoulder, hip or leg into the path of an opponent is
not considered to have had a legal
position if contact occurs.
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, True - Answer -After a legal guarding position is obtained, the guard may move to maintain legal
position.
False - Answer -If the opponent with the ball is airborne, the guard may obtain legal position in
the opponent's landing spot after the
opponent is airborne.
True - Answer -Once the guard obtains legal position on a stationary opponent without the ball,
he or she may then treat the player
being guarded the same as if he or she has the ball.
False - Answer -To obtain an initial legal guarding position in the path of a moving opponent
with the ball, the guard is not required to
face the opponent.
False - Answer -The defender placing a hand on a ball handler is not an advantage to the
defender and should be considered
incidental contact.
True - Answer -Contact which is permitted and does not constitute a foul is considered to be
incidental.
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