Basketball Rules Test

Basketball Rules Test An alternating-possession throw-in results when a pass from A1 to A2 touches an official and then goes directly out of bounds - ANS False If Team A has the throw-in to start the third quarter, Team B will automatically have the throw-in to start the fourth quarter - ANS False To establish the alternating-possession procedure, control may be gained as a result of a violation or foul - ANS True Correctable errors are limited to five specific situations, all involving scoring issues, when a rule is inadvertently set aside - ANS False If an error is corrected, in some cases, play shall continue from the normal game action resulting from the correction - ANS True In order to correct an error made with the clock running and the ball dead, the error must be recognized before the first live ball after the error - ANS False The time consumed prior to recognition of a correctable error cannot be restored even though the error is corrected - ANS True When the error is a free throw by the wrong player, if corrected, the free throw and any common foul committed during such a free throw shall be cancelled - ANS True A team's jersey may have a single visible manufacturer's logo/trademark/reference - ANS True Backboard padding shall be a single solid color and shall be the same color on both backboards - ANS True If videotape replay equipment is available, it shall not be viewed by the officials to make any decision if there is a dispute as to whether a try is from the 3-point area or the 2-point area - ANS True Logos, markings, lettering, etc., are prohibited on the backboard, but are permitted on the backboard padding and basket - ANS False Officials may use videotape replay equipment to determine which team member(s) dunked during the pregame warm-up - ANS False Television replay or monitoring equipment may be placed away from the court and information from it relayed to the coach on the bench during the game - ANS False The basketball shall be spherical and have a deeply pebbled cover with any number of horizontally shaped panels - ANS True The court is legally marked if a shadow line is used to designate the division line through the team mascot painted at center court - ANS True "Point of interruption" is a method of resuming play after a double personal or double technical foul - ANS True A closely-guarded situation can occur when different defenders continuously guard the player holding or dribbling the ball, provided the 6-foot distance is maintained throughout - ANS True A flagrant foul may be either personal or technical - ANS True A foul against an airborne shooter is a foul in the act of shooting even though the ball is already in flight - ANS True A player control foul by the airborne shooter can occur after the ball is dead - ANS False A team may be issued a delay-of-game warning following a time-out for water on the floor - ANS True 4-47-4 Fighting is a flagrant act which can occur when the ball is dead or live - ANS True If A1's personal foul is followed with a technical foul by B1 before the clock starts, it creates a false double foul situation - ANS False One way a free-throw attempt ends is when it touches any player - ANS True 4-20-3 The throw-in ends when the passed ball touches, or is legally touched by, another player inbounds - ANS True 4-42-5(a) There is no player control during an interrupted dribble, but there is team control - ANS True 4-12-1,2 When a player is standing with one foot in backcourt and one in frontcourt, the player is located in frontcourt - ANS False 4-4-1 A player may not remove his/her jersey on the playing court, but may do so at the team bench area - ANS False 10-3-6(h) The referee is authorized to prohibit any team member from participating if he or she is wearing an item judged to be a safety concern - ANS True 3-7 A player occupying a marked lane space may not have either foot beyond the vertical plane of the outside edge of any boundary, and beyond the vertical plane of any edge of the lane space until the ball is released by the free thrower - ANS True 9-1-3(g) A violation has occurred when B1, in a marked space, loses his/her balance and touches inside the lane with both hands prior to A1's release of a free-throw attempt - ANS True 9-1-3(d) Restrictions on all players apply until the ball touches the ring or backboard or the free throw ends - ANS True 9-1-4 Restrictions on players in marked lane spaces apply until the ball is released by the free thrower - ANS True 9-1-3(d,g) The fourth spaces (closest to the shooter) may be occupied by either offensive or defensive players - ANS False 8-1-4(a,c,d,e) 8-1-5 A ball that is in contact with two players is in the backcourt if either player is touching the backcourt - ANS True 4-4-1 A player is out of bounds when he/she touches the floor, or any object other than a player, on or outside a boundary - ANS True 7-1-1 A1 may be out of bounds without penalty if A1, while dribbling, goes out of bounds to avoid B1 and then comes back inbounds to continue the dribble - ANS False 9-3-3 9-3-3 PENALTY The ball is out of bounds if it rolls along the top edge of the backboard without touching any supports - ANS False 7-1-2(a.3) When a rectangular backboard is used, the ball is out of bounds if it passes over the backboard - ANS True 7-1-2(b) If a ball handler/dribbler has his/her back to the basket outside the lane area and an opponent places an arm bar on the player, it is not a foul - ANS False 10-6-12(b) When screening a moving opponent, the screener must allow the opponent time and distance to avoid contact - ANS True 4-40-5 A1 violates if he or she touches the ball outside the cylinder while reaching through the basket from below - ANS True 4-6-3 B1 excessively swings his/her elbows without making contact with an opponent; B1 is charged with a violation - ANS True 9-13-1 During a jump ball, if A3 jumps from A's frontcourt and catches the tap and lands in A's backcourt, it is a violation - ANS True 6-3-7(c) It is a violation if A1 leaves the floor for an unauthorized reason - ANS True 9-3-3 The timer shall sound a warning horn with 10 seconds remaining in a 30-second time-out - ANS False 3-12-4 The timer shall sound a warning horn five seconds into the replacement interval for a disqualified or injured player - ANS True 3-12-5 The clock shall be stopped as soon as an official halts play because a player is injured - ANS True 5-8-2(a) A designated spot throw-in does not follow an awarded goal - ANS True 7-5-7