NFHS BASKETBALL RULES FINAL EXAM | WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2025/206 LATEST UPDATED | 100 %
RATED AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS | GET AN A+
How big is the coaching box? - (ANSWER)28 feet
How long is a court? - (ANSWER)84 feet
Jurisdiction does not until: - (ANSWER)all officials are off the floor (not just one)
Referee needs to tell other team to be on the floor: - (ANSWER)Three minutes prior to game
start
What if illegal equipment is found after both coaches verified at pregame meeting? -
(ANSWER)Player can be subbed out and take it off and then re-enter without penalty
What does the rule book say the official can do with hasty spectors? - (ANSWER)May assess
technical fouls to that team but must use with extreme discretion
,Any technical foul charged to BENCH PERSONNEL is also indirectly charged to the: -
(ANSWER)head coach
What gets a coach ejected: - (ANSWER)Three indirects/two directs
What gets a player ejected? - (ANSWER)Two technicals or one flagrant
Concussion management: Player gets banged up and leaves game and returns later? -
(ANSWER)Officials should assume that he/she has received proper attention and allow to
reenter
Correctable error: Team A gets fouled by Team B and should be shooting 1+1. However, the ball
is given out of bounds and they score on the throw-in. Once Team B gets the ball, it is discovered
that Team A should have been shooting. What's the ruling? - (ANSWER)Points for Team A still
count and they get a 1+1 without anybody in the lane. It will be Team B ball on the baseline
because there was a change of possession which is the point of interruption
CORRECTABLE ERROR: Team A is awarded 2 bonus free throws for Team B's 10th foul. The
shooter misses the first one and makes the second. However, it is discovered when Team B is
inbounding that it was actually only their 9th team foul. What is the ruling? -
,(ANSWER)Remove the point scored and go alternating possession arrow at the division line
because either team could've had the rebound on the attempted free throws
Errors can be corrected until: - (ANSWER)The ball becomes live for the second time after error
was made
Once an overtime starts? - (ANSWER)It must finish
A team can only go under five players when: - (ANSWER)No other substitutes are available,
this means when a team plays with four, the other may not go down to four to play "fair"
When does the scorebook need to be official with no new players added? - (ANSWER)10
minutes before the start of the game (Technical foul assessed if so)
What happens when a player enters that is not in scorebook? - (ANSWER)No penalty if he/she
does not enter; however, once the player enters the game or has played/a technical foul should be
assessed against that team (IF THEY'RE NOT IN THE BOOK AND ON THE BENCH IT
DOESN'T MATTER AS LONG AS THEY DON'T GO IN)
Any blood on jersey: - (ANSWER)Player needs to be removed and jersey replaced
, When a player that is not designated as a starter ends up starting the game... what happens? -
(ANSWER)If the infraction is discovered before the ball is jumped, the coach can make the
substitution without penalty. If it is discovered after the ball is jumped, it is too late to assess a
penalty so either way NO TECHNICAL for starter issues unless coach intentionally leaves
wrong marked player in to start after being told
Players must come in as substitutes: - (ANSWER)Before the first horn of timeouts (15 seconds
before it ends on 30 and full timeouts) otherwise they will have to wait to substitute
An injured player can remain in the game with a: - (ANSWER)Timeout
When a fight occurs, free throws are shot for: - (ANSWER)Two free throws for each extra
player involved (four free throws if 5 players fight against 3)
When fights break out, officials must determine: - (ANSWER)Who is on the court and bench
personnel because bench personnel also gives coach an indirect technical foul for each one (so
three players off bench would cause ejection for coach too in addition to all players being
ejected)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2025/206 LATEST UPDATED | 100 %
RATED AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS | GET AN A+
How big is the coaching box? - (ANSWER)28 feet
How long is a court? - (ANSWER)84 feet
Jurisdiction does not until: - (ANSWER)all officials are off the floor (not just one)
Referee needs to tell other team to be on the floor: - (ANSWER)Three minutes prior to game
start
What if illegal equipment is found after both coaches verified at pregame meeting? -
(ANSWER)Player can be subbed out and take it off and then re-enter without penalty
What does the rule book say the official can do with hasty spectors? - (ANSWER)May assess
technical fouls to that team but must use with extreme discretion
,Any technical foul charged to BENCH PERSONNEL is also indirectly charged to the: -
(ANSWER)head coach
What gets a coach ejected: - (ANSWER)Three indirects/two directs
What gets a player ejected? - (ANSWER)Two technicals or one flagrant
Concussion management: Player gets banged up and leaves game and returns later? -
(ANSWER)Officials should assume that he/she has received proper attention and allow to
reenter
Correctable error: Team A gets fouled by Team B and should be shooting 1+1. However, the ball
is given out of bounds and they score on the throw-in. Once Team B gets the ball, it is discovered
that Team A should have been shooting. What's the ruling? - (ANSWER)Points for Team A still
count and they get a 1+1 without anybody in the lane. It will be Team B ball on the baseline
because there was a change of possession which is the point of interruption
CORRECTABLE ERROR: Team A is awarded 2 bonus free throws for Team B's 10th foul. The
shooter misses the first one and makes the second. However, it is discovered when Team B is
inbounding that it was actually only their 9th team foul. What is the ruling? -
,(ANSWER)Remove the point scored and go alternating possession arrow at the division line
because either team could've had the rebound on the attempted free throws
Errors can be corrected until: - (ANSWER)The ball becomes live for the second time after error
was made
Once an overtime starts? - (ANSWER)It must finish
A team can only go under five players when: - (ANSWER)No other substitutes are available,
this means when a team plays with four, the other may not go down to four to play "fair"
When does the scorebook need to be official with no new players added? - (ANSWER)10
minutes before the start of the game (Technical foul assessed if so)
What happens when a player enters that is not in scorebook? - (ANSWER)No penalty if he/she
does not enter; however, once the player enters the game or has played/a technical foul should be
assessed against that team (IF THEY'RE NOT IN THE BOOK AND ON THE BENCH IT
DOESN'T MATTER AS LONG AS THEY DON'T GO IN)
Any blood on jersey: - (ANSWER)Player needs to be removed and jersey replaced
, When a player that is not designated as a starter ends up starting the game... what happens? -
(ANSWER)If the infraction is discovered before the ball is jumped, the coach can make the
substitution without penalty. If it is discovered after the ball is jumped, it is too late to assess a
penalty so either way NO TECHNICAL for starter issues unless coach intentionally leaves
wrong marked player in to start after being told
Players must come in as substitutes: - (ANSWER)Before the first horn of timeouts (15 seconds
before it ends on 30 and full timeouts) otherwise they will have to wait to substitute
An injured player can remain in the game with a: - (ANSWER)Timeout
When a fight occurs, free throws are shot for: - (ANSWER)Two free throws for each extra
player involved (four free throws if 5 players fight against 3)
When fights break out, officials must determine: - (ANSWER)Who is on the court and bench
personnel because bench personnel also gives coach an indirect technical foul for each one (so
three players off bench would cause ejection for coach too in addition to all players being
ejected)
