NFHS FOOTBALL TEST 2025

Blocking below the waist is permitted in the free-blocking zone when all players invloved are on the line of scrimmage and in the zone at the snap; the contact is in the zone, and the block is an immediate, initial action following the snap. T/F - Correct Answer-T Effective with the 2024 season, the entire body of the number shall be a single solid color that clearly contrasts with the body color of the jersey. T/F - Correct Answer-T The horse-collar foul is enforced as a live-ball foul. T/F - Correct Answer-T By state association adoption, use of instant replay is allowed only for postseason contests. T/F - Correct Answer-T The field of play is the area within sidelines and the goal lines. T/F - Correct Answer-T The free-blocking zone disintegrates and the exception for an offensive lineman to block in the back is not to continue after the ball has left the zone. T/F - Correct Answer-T When R1 gains possession of a free kick, blocking below the waist by teammates is legal. T/F - Correct Answer-F A down ends when the live ball becomes dead. T/F - Correct Answer-T If there is a double foul during the last timed down of a period, the period is automatically extended. T/F - Correct Answer-T Any receiver may signal for a fair catch while any legal kick is in flight. T/F - Correct Answer-T The succeeding spot is where the ball was last snapped or free kicked. T/F - Correct Answer-F A signal given by R1 in or behind the neutral zone during a scrimmage kick is an illegal fair-catch signal. SOCCER SOCCER T/F - Correct Answer-F If the game is interrupted due to the weather during the last three minutes of the second period, and the delay is at least 30 minutes, the opposing coaches can mutually agree to shorten halftime intermission, provided there is at least a one-minute intermission (not including the three-minute warm-up period). T/F - Correct Answer-T A disqualified player shall be removed even if the penalty for the foul is declined. T/F - Correct Answer-T If a player refuses to comply with a game official's directive, the player will be disqualified. T/F - Correct Answer-F If a player is charged with an unsportsmanlike foul because of a prolonged or excessive act, he/she must be disqualified. T/F - Correct Answer-F No foul causes a live ball to become dead. T/F - Correct Answer-T A place-kick following an awarded fair catch may score a field goal. T/F - Correct Answer-T The kickers may not advance a recovered free kick. T/F - Correct Answer-T The distance penalty for any foul may be declined. T/F - Correct Answer-T A foul that occurs simultaneously with the snap is an exception to the all-but-one enforcement principle. T/F - Correct Answer-T The re-entry of a disqualified player is an illegal participation foul. T/F - Correct Answer T If an inadvertent whistle sounds during the last timed down of a period, the period must be extended by an untimed down. T/F - Correct Answer-T The penalty for a chop block is 5 yards. T/F - Correct Answer-F Fouls that occur after an inadvertent whistle can only be dead-ball fouls. T/F - Correct Answer-T SOCCER SOCCER The penalty for illegal handing is 15 yards and loss of down. T/F - Correct Answer-F Forward pass interference can occur behind, in or beyond the neutral zone. T/F - Correct Answer-F If a substitute or replaced player influences the play, it is illegal participation. T/F - Correct Answer-T A football jersey does not need to completely cover the shoulder pads and all pads worn above the waist on the torso. T/F - Correct Answer-F If during a down in which time expires, K1 holds during a successful field-goal attempt, the period is automatically ended and the score is canceled. T/F - Correct Answer-F Any shift or feigned charge by A which simulates action at the snap is a false start. T/F - Correct Answer-T It is not a touchback when a forward pass is intercepted in B's end zone and becomes dead there in B's possession. T/F - Correct Answer-F Any player who exhibits signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a concussion shall be immediately removed from the game and shall not return to play until cleared by the head coach. T/F - Correct Answer-F A period shall not be extended when a foul occurs that specifies a loss of down. T/F - Correct Answer-T There is a two-minute intermission following a try, successful field goal or safety and prior to a free kick. T/F - Correct Answer-F It is a touchback if A1 fumbles on B's 5-yard line and B1's muff forces the loose ball into B's end zone and out of bounds beyond the end line. T/F - Correct Answer-T It is not a touchdown when a runner advances from the field of play so that the ball penetrates the vertical plane of the opponent's goal line. T/F - Correct Answer-F Touching of a low scrimmage kick by any player is ignored if it occurs in or behind the expanded neutral zone. T/F - Correct Answer-T No foul causes loss of the ball. T/F - Correct Answer-T The penalty for blocking after giving a valid or invalid fair-catch signal is 15 yards. T/F - Correct Answer-T SOCCER SOCCER Pass interference restrictions on a legal forward pass begin for B with the snap. T/F - Correct Answer-F K's free-kick line after a safety is the 30-yard line. T/F - Correct Answer-F The enforcement spot for any foul by the defense is the previous spot when the run ends in the end zone and would result in a safety. T/F - Correct Answer-F It is permissible for state associations to approve an extension of the team box and to determine the individuals who may be in the extended area, provided such extension is the same for both teams. T/F - Correct Answer-T It is legal for a player to conserve yardage by intentionally throwing an incomplete forward pass if, the passer has been beyond the lateral boundary of the free-blocking zone as established at the snap; and the pass reaches the neutral zone, including the extension beyond the sideline. T/F - Correct Answer-T A blindside block is a combination block by two or more teammates against an opponent other than the runner, with or without delay, where one of the blocks is below the waist and one of the blocks is above the waist. T/F - Correct Answer-F Only the referee may order the ball changed between downs. T/F - Correct Answer-F When a foul is committed with less than two minutes remaining in either half, the offended team will have the option to start the game clock on the snap. T/F - Correct Answer-T The number "00" is a legal number. T/F - Correct Answer-F