NFHS Basketball Rules Exam 2026/2027 UPDATED
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
• True -✓✓ A red light behind each backboard or an LED light on each backboard is
permitted to signal that time has expired for a
quarter or extra period
• False -✓✓ A team may view a videotape replay of the first half play during the
intermission as long as it is done in the locker room.
• True -✓✓ A team's jersey may have a single visible manufacturer's
logo/trademark/reference.
• A -✓✓ All of the following are true statements regarding a leg compression sleeve,
EXCEPT:
A. It must cover the knee.
B. It must be white, black, beige or a single solid school color.
C. It must be the same color for each team member.
D. It must be worn for medical reasons.
• True -✓✓ Contrasting colored floor areas may be used instead of the 2-inch boundary
lines
• True -✓✓ If the ball provided by the home team is not legal, the referee may select for
use a legal ball provided by the visiting
team
• 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
• True -✓✓ Lane spaces on each side of the free-throw lane are marked only 8 inches
deep but actually extend out 36 inches
toward the sidelines.
• A -✓✓ An alternating-possession throw-in results in all of the following situations,
EXCEPT:
A. All double fouls.
B. Simultaneous free-throw violations.
C. A live ball lodges between the backboard and the ring.
D. A live ball comes to rest on the flange.
E. A held ball
, • True -✓✓ During an alternating-possession throw-in by A1, B2 intentionally kicks the
throw-in pass. A1 will be awarded a new
throw-in opportunity, but the arrow will remain pointed in the direction of A's basket.
• True -✓✓ If tapper A1 catches the referee's toss during the opening jump ball, Team B
gains the first possession and the arrow
is set toward A's basket.
• False -✓✓ It is an alternating-possession procedure after the ball touches the
backboard support.
• False -✓✓ It is impossible for a second jump ball to follow the initial jump which starts
the game and each extra period.
• False -✓✓ A head coach who is ejected in the first half must leave the vicinity of the
playing area immediately, but may go to the
locker room to coach the team at halftime.
• False -✓✓ If a player is directed to leave the game for a violation of the uniform rule,
the coach must replace the player within 30
seconds.
• False -✓✓ The head coach and assistant coaches may stand during the interval
permitted to replace a disqualified player.
• False -✓✓ The head coach is assessed one direct technical foul for each player
discovered in the game wearing an illegal
uniform
• False -✓✓ The head coach may use electronic voice communication equipment to
communicate with players
• True -✓✓ When an error involving awarding a merited free throw is corrected and no
change of team possession occurred, play
shall continue following the free throw(s) as though there had been no correction.
• 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.
• False -✓✓ Only the referee is authorized to correct the erroneous awarding of a score
• True -✓✓ Correctable errors include failure to award a merited free throw.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
• True -✓✓ A red light behind each backboard or an LED light on each backboard is
permitted to signal that time has expired for a
quarter or extra period
• False -✓✓ A team may view a videotape replay of the first half play during the
intermission as long as it is done in the locker room.
• True -✓✓ A team's jersey may have a single visible manufacturer's
logo/trademark/reference.
• A -✓✓ All of the following are true statements regarding a leg compression sleeve,
EXCEPT:
A. It must cover the knee.
B. It must be white, black, beige or a single solid school color.
C. It must be the same color for each team member.
D. It must be worn for medical reasons.
• True -✓✓ Contrasting colored floor areas may be used instead of the 2-inch boundary
lines
• True -✓✓ If the ball provided by the home team is not legal, the referee may select for
use a legal ball provided by the visiting
team
• 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
• True -✓✓ Lane spaces on each side of the free-throw lane are marked only 8 inches
deep but actually extend out 36 inches
toward the sidelines.
• A -✓✓ An alternating-possession throw-in results in all of the following situations,
EXCEPT:
A. All double fouls.
B. Simultaneous free-throw violations.
C. A live ball lodges between the backboard and the ring.
D. A live ball comes to rest on the flange.
E. A held ball
, • True -✓✓ During an alternating-possession throw-in by A1, B2 intentionally kicks the
throw-in pass. A1 will be awarded a new
throw-in opportunity, but the arrow will remain pointed in the direction of A's basket.
• True -✓✓ If tapper A1 catches the referee's toss during the opening jump ball, Team B
gains the first possession and the arrow
is set toward A's basket.
• False -✓✓ It is an alternating-possession procedure after the ball touches the
backboard support.
• False -✓✓ It is impossible for a second jump ball to follow the initial jump which starts
the game and each extra period.
• False -✓✓ A head coach who is ejected in the first half must leave the vicinity of the
playing area immediately, but may go to the
locker room to coach the team at halftime.
• False -✓✓ If a player is directed to leave the game for a violation of the uniform rule,
the coach must replace the player within 30
seconds.
• False -✓✓ The head coach and assistant coaches may stand during the interval
permitted to replace a disqualified player.
• False -✓✓ The head coach is assessed one direct technical foul for each player
discovered in the game wearing an illegal
uniform
• False -✓✓ The head coach may use electronic voice communication equipment to
communicate with players
• True -✓✓ When an error involving awarding a merited free throw is corrected and no
change of team possession occurred, play
shall continue following the free throw(s) as though there had been no correction.
• 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.
• False -✓✓ Only the referee is authorized to correct the erroneous awarding of a score
• True -✓✓ Correctable errors include failure to award a merited free throw.
