NFHS BASKETBALL RULES TEST 2023 WITH 100+QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS.
five correctible errors - (ANSWER)failure to award merited free throw; awarding unmerited
free throw; permitting wrong player to attempt free throw; attempting free throw at wrong
basket; erroneously counting or canceling a score
When can correctable error be corrected if clock is stopped? - (ANSWER)All errors can be
corrected before the ball becomes live after the next dead ball (free throw and activity is
cancelled except unsporting, flagrant, intentional, or technical fouls; points scored, time
consumed, and additional activity that occur before error recognized are not nullified)
When can correctable error be corrected if clock is running? - (ANSWER)Before the second
live ball
Four delay of game warning violations - (ANSWER)throw-in plane violations, huddle by
either team and contact with free thrower, interfering with ball following a goal, failure to
have court ready for play following timeout
What happens if officials allow a team to go in the wrong direction? - (ANSWER)Everything
stays the same and counts as if the team had gone in the proper direction
What can happen when play resumes with a throw-in or free throw and only .3 seconds left
on the clock? - (ANSWER)A player cannot gain control of the ball and try for a field goal;
only a tap could score
What can official do when a player is injured? - (ANSWER)If necessary to protect an injured
player, official may stop play immediately.
Otherwise, can suspend play after the ball is dead or is in control of the injured player's
team or when the opponents complete a play
Rules for jumpers during jump ball - (ANSWER)Jumpers must have both feet in center
restraining circle farthest from their basket and cannot touch ball before it reaches the
highest point, leave restraining circle until ball has been touched, catch ball before jump
balls ends, or touch ball more than twice
Rules for nonjumpers during jump ball - (ANSWER)Cannot enter restraining circle or
change position around circle until ball is tossed
, NFHS BASKETBALL RULES TEST 2023 WITH 100+QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS.
Until ball is touched by a jumper, nonjumpers cannot have either foot break the plane of
the restraining circle or take position in any occupied space
When is a jump ball retossed? - (ANSWER)If the ball touches the floor without being
touched by at least one of the jumpers
When does a jump ball end? - (ANSWER)When touched ball contacts a nonjumper, official,
the floor, a basket, or backboard
When does throw-in begin? - (ANSWER)When the ball is at the disposal of a player
How long does player have to throw in the ball? - (ANSWER)five seconds
How long does player have for free throw? - (ANSWER)ten seconds
Where do non-lane-space players have to be during a free throw? - (ANSWER)behind the
free throw line extended and three point line
When can lane space players move during free throw? - (ANSWER)Once ball is released
When can non-lane-space players move during free throw? - (ANSWER)After ball touches
ring
Airborne shooter - (ANSWER)player who has released a ball on a try for goal or has tapped
the ball and has not yet returned to the floor (considered to be in the act of shooting)
When is the ball in the backcourt? - (ANSWER)if the ball or player is touching backcourt
When is the ball in the frontcourt? - (ANSWER)If it is not in the backcourt
When is the ball in the frontcourt when dribbling from backcourt? - (ANSWER)When the
ball and both feet touch the court entirely in the frontcourt
What is the location of a ball in flight? - (ANSWER)Same location as when it was last
touched by player or the court
Where is a ball when it is touching a player or official? - (ANSWER)Same as the ball
touching the floor at that person's location
VERIFIED ANSWERS.
five correctible errors - (ANSWER)failure to award merited free throw; awarding unmerited
free throw; permitting wrong player to attempt free throw; attempting free throw at wrong
basket; erroneously counting or canceling a score
When can correctable error be corrected if clock is stopped? - (ANSWER)All errors can be
corrected before the ball becomes live after the next dead ball (free throw and activity is
cancelled except unsporting, flagrant, intentional, or technical fouls; points scored, time
consumed, and additional activity that occur before error recognized are not nullified)
When can correctable error be corrected if clock is running? - (ANSWER)Before the second
live ball
Four delay of game warning violations - (ANSWER)throw-in plane violations, huddle by
either team and contact with free thrower, interfering with ball following a goal, failure to
have court ready for play following timeout
What happens if officials allow a team to go in the wrong direction? - (ANSWER)Everything
stays the same and counts as if the team had gone in the proper direction
What can happen when play resumes with a throw-in or free throw and only .3 seconds left
on the clock? - (ANSWER)A player cannot gain control of the ball and try for a field goal;
only a tap could score
What can official do when a player is injured? - (ANSWER)If necessary to protect an injured
player, official may stop play immediately.
Otherwise, can suspend play after the ball is dead or is in control of the injured player's
team or when the opponents complete a play
Rules for jumpers during jump ball - (ANSWER)Jumpers must have both feet in center
restraining circle farthest from their basket and cannot touch ball before it reaches the
highest point, leave restraining circle until ball has been touched, catch ball before jump
balls ends, or touch ball more than twice
Rules for nonjumpers during jump ball - (ANSWER)Cannot enter restraining circle or
change position around circle until ball is tossed
, NFHS BASKETBALL RULES TEST 2023 WITH 100+QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS.
Until ball is touched by a jumper, nonjumpers cannot have either foot break the plane of
the restraining circle or take position in any occupied space
When is a jump ball retossed? - (ANSWER)If the ball touches the floor without being
touched by at least one of the jumpers
When does a jump ball end? - (ANSWER)When touched ball contacts a nonjumper, official,
the floor, a basket, or backboard
When does throw-in begin? - (ANSWER)When the ball is at the disposal of a player
How long does player have to throw in the ball? - (ANSWER)five seconds
How long does player have for free throw? - (ANSWER)ten seconds
Where do non-lane-space players have to be during a free throw? - (ANSWER)behind the
free throw line extended and three point line
When can lane space players move during free throw? - (ANSWER)Once ball is released
When can non-lane-space players move during free throw? - (ANSWER)After ball touches
ring
Airborne shooter - (ANSWER)player who has released a ball on a try for goal or has tapped
the ball and has not yet returned to the floor (considered to be in the act of shooting)
When is the ball in the backcourt? - (ANSWER)if the ball or player is touching backcourt
When is the ball in the frontcourt? - (ANSWER)If it is not in the backcourt
When is the ball in the frontcourt when dribbling from backcourt? - (ANSWER)When the
ball and both feet touch the court entirely in the frontcourt
What is the location of a ball in flight? - (ANSWER)Same location as when it was last
touched by player or the court
Where is a ball when it is touching a player or official? - (ANSWER)Same as the ball
touching the floor at that person's location
