NFHS FOOTBALL RULES PRACTICE
TEST QUESTIONS AND ALL
CORRECT ANSWERS 100% SOLVED
AND GUARANTEED SUCCESS!!
Part I: True / False & Scenario Questions
1. (Rule 9-4-6 Penalty) 4/16, R-30. With holder K11 and kicker K2, Team K is in a legal
scrimmage kick formation. K11 takes the snap and runs to the R-20. R66 is flagged for
roughing the snapper.
• Answer: K, 1/10 at R-15
• Rationale: Roughing the snapper is a personal foul carrying a 15-yard penalty and an
automatic first down (Rule 9-4-6 Penalty). The basic spot for a foul occurring prior to a
change of possession on a play where the kick is not made is the previous spot (R-30).
Enforcing 15 yards from the R-30 results in 1st and 10 for Team K at the R-15.
2. (Rule 8-4-3b) Score is Team R - 20 and Team K - 17. On the final play of the fourth period,
K14 kicks a game-tying field goal. R33 is flagged for roughing the holder K12. Team K may
choose to keep the 3 points and enforce the penalty in overtime.
• Answer: True
• Rationale: Under Rule 8-4-3b and Rule 10-5-1f, if the defense commits a foul during a
successful field goal attempt, the scoring team may accept the score and have the
penalty enforced on the succeeding kickoff or at the succeeded spot in overtime if the
game goes into an extra period.
3. (Rules 7-5-2d, 9-4-3k and 10-2-1) 1/10, B-39. A11 while still in the pocket cannot find an
open receiver and throws the ball from the B-48 toward the sideline and it lands at the B-46
with no receiver in the area. Just after A11 releases the ball, B55 tackles him by grabbing the
back of the collar and pulling him immediately to the ground. There is no effect on the flight
of the pass by the action of B55.
• Answer: A, 1/10 at B-39
• Rationale: A11 committed an illegal forward pass / intentional grounding (Rule 7-5-2d).
B55 committed a horse-collar tackle personal foul (Rule 9-4-3k). Because both live-ball
fouls occurred during the same down by opposing teams, this constitutes a double foul
, (Rule 10-2-1). The penalties offset, and the down is replayed from the previous spot (A,
1/10 at B-39).
4. (Rule 7-1-3a) Team A is in the hurry-up offense and snapper A50 places both hands on the
ball. A7 then calls the team into a huddle and A50 removes his hands from the ball. It is a
snap infraction foul.
• Answer: True
• Rationale: Rule 7-1-3a states that once the snapper places both hands on or around the
ball, removing both hands without snapping the ball is a dead-ball snap infraction foul
(5-yard penalty).
5. (Rules 7-5-13 and 10-6) 1/10, A-40. A50 reaches out and is first to touch A12's forward pass
at the A-38.
• Answer: A, 2/17 at A-33
• Rationale: Rule 7-5-13 mandates that an ineligible offensive receiver (A50) touching a
legal forward pass is an illegal touching foul. The penalty is 5 yards from the previous
spot (A-40 enforced to A-35) plus a loss of down. With the loss of down, the next play
becomes 2nd down with 17 yards to gain from the enforced spot.
6. (Rules 3-3-4b(3) and 7-5-2) 3/G, B-12. The score is A - 20 and B - 24. With 0:03 in the game,
A7 advances to the B-2 and is about to be tackled when he flips the ball forward to A84 who
catches the ball in the end zone. Time expires during the down.
• Answer: Game Over
• Rationale: A7 committed an illegal forward pass beyond the neutral zone (Rule 7-5-2),
which includes a loss-of-down penalty. Under Rule 3-3-4b(3), a period is not extended
for an untimed down if the penalty for a foul by the off-scoring team includes a loss of
down. The game ends, and Team B wins 24-20.
7. (Rules 2-4-5 and 9-4-3o) A player on defense sticks out his foot and trips the runner. That is
a legal play.
• Answer: False
• Rationale: Rule 9-4-3o explicitly prohibits tripping any opponent, including the runner.
Tripping is an illegal personal contact foul (15-yard penalty).
8. (Rules 2-13-4h and 8-5-1a) 4/10, K-40. K1's scrimmage kick is muffed by R22 at the R-4,
after which it rolls into the end zone where K4 secures possession in the end zone.
TEST QUESTIONS AND ALL
CORRECT ANSWERS 100% SOLVED
AND GUARANTEED SUCCESS!!
Part I: True / False & Scenario Questions
1. (Rule 9-4-6 Penalty) 4/16, R-30. With holder K11 and kicker K2, Team K is in a legal
scrimmage kick formation. K11 takes the snap and runs to the R-20. R66 is flagged for
roughing the snapper.
• Answer: K, 1/10 at R-15
• Rationale: Roughing the snapper is a personal foul carrying a 15-yard penalty and an
automatic first down (Rule 9-4-6 Penalty). The basic spot for a foul occurring prior to a
change of possession on a play where the kick is not made is the previous spot (R-30).
Enforcing 15 yards from the R-30 results in 1st and 10 for Team K at the R-15.
2. (Rule 8-4-3b) Score is Team R - 20 and Team K - 17. On the final play of the fourth period,
K14 kicks a game-tying field goal. R33 is flagged for roughing the holder K12. Team K may
choose to keep the 3 points and enforce the penalty in overtime.
• Answer: True
• Rationale: Under Rule 8-4-3b and Rule 10-5-1f, if the defense commits a foul during a
successful field goal attempt, the scoring team may accept the score and have the
penalty enforced on the succeeding kickoff or at the succeeded spot in overtime if the
game goes into an extra period.
3. (Rules 7-5-2d, 9-4-3k and 10-2-1) 1/10, B-39. A11 while still in the pocket cannot find an
open receiver and throws the ball from the B-48 toward the sideline and it lands at the B-46
with no receiver in the area. Just after A11 releases the ball, B55 tackles him by grabbing the
back of the collar and pulling him immediately to the ground. There is no effect on the flight
of the pass by the action of B55.
• Answer: A, 1/10 at B-39
• Rationale: A11 committed an illegal forward pass / intentional grounding (Rule 7-5-2d).
B55 committed a horse-collar tackle personal foul (Rule 9-4-3k). Because both live-ball
fouls occurred during the same down by opposing teams, this constitutes a double foul
, (Rule 10-2-1). The penalties offset, and the down is replayed from the previous spot (A,
1/10 at B-39).
4. (Rule 7-1-3a) Team A is in the hurry-up offense and snapper A50 places both hands on the
ball. A7 then calls the team into a huddle and A50 removes his hands from the ball. It is a
snap infraction foul.
• Answer: True
• Rationale: Rule 7-1-3a states that once the snapper places both hands on or around the
ball, removing both hands without snapping the ball is a dead-ball snap infraction foul
(5-yard penalty).
5. (Rules 7-5-13 and 10-6) 1/10, A-40. A50 reaches out and is first to touch A12's forward pass
at the A-38.
• Answer: A, 2/17 at A-33
• Rationale: Rule 7-5-13 mandates that an ineligible offensive receiver (A50) touching a
legal forward pass is an illegal touching foul. The penalty is 5 yards from the previous
spot (A-40 enforced to A-35) plus a loss of down. With the loss of down, the next play
becomes 2nd down with 17 yards to gain from the enforced spot.
6. (Rules 3-3-4b(3) and 7-5-2) 3/G, B-12. The score is A - 20 and B - 24. With 0:03 in the game,
A7 advances to the B-2 and is about to be tackled when he flips the ball forward to A84 who
catches the ball in the end zone. Time expires during the down.
• Answer: Game Over
• Rationale: A7 committed an illegal forward pass beyond the neutral zone (Rule 7-5-2),
which includes a loss-of-down penalty. Under Rule 3-3-4b(3), a period is not extended
for an untimed down if the penalty for a foul by the off-scoring team includes a loss of
down. The game ends, and Team B wins 24-20.
7. (Rules 2-4-5 and 9-4-3o) A player on defense sticks out his foot and trips the runner. That is
a legal play.
• Answer: False
• Rationale: Rule 9-4-3o explicitly prohibits tripping any opponent, including the runner.
Tripping is an illegal personal contact foul (15-yard penalty).
8. (Rules 2-13-4h and 8-5-1a) 4/10, K-40. K1's scrimmage kick is muffed by R22 at the R-4,
after which it rolls into the end zone where K4 secures possession in the end zone.
