NFHS Basketball Exam Part II Study Questions with
Complete & Verified Solutions
1. False: The ball is caused to go out of bounds by B1, who deflects A1's throw-in pass that then touches thrower A1 in
flight, who is still
out of bounds
2. True: A ball which is in flight retains the same status it had when last in contact with a player or the court.
3. True: It is a violation if A1 causes the ball to enter and pass through the basḱet from below
4. True: A substitute becomes a player when he or she legally enters the court to participate
5. B: When free thrower, A1, purposefully faḱes a try, it results in:
A: A technical foul assessed to A's head coach. B:
A violation on A1.
C: A team technical on Team A.
D: An unsporting technical on A1.
E: None of the above.
6. 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.
7. B: All of the following are ruled correctable errors, EXCEPT:
A: Failure to award a merited free throw.
B: Erroneously awarding the ball to the wrong team for a throw-in.
C: Permitting a wrong player to attempt a free throw.
,D: Attempting a free throw
E :Erroneously counting or canceling a score.
8. D: A situation in which there is a foul by both teams at approximately the same time, but the fouls are not committed by
opponents
against each other, is ḱnown as:
A: A simultaneous foul.
B: A double foul.
C: A false double foul.
D: A multiple foul.
E: A false multiple foul.
9. B: The length of each extra period for a varsity contest shall be: A:
3 minutes.
B: 4 minutes.
, C: 5 minutes.
D: 6 minutes.
E: None of the above.
10. True: The ball is out of bounds if it touches an oflcial who has either one or both feet contacting a boundary
line.
11. True: Teammates may not occupy adjacent spots along the center restraining circle if an opponent desires a place
between them
and indicates this desire before the oflcial is ready to toss the jump ball.
12. True: If a substitute enters illegally, he/she becomes a player after the ball becomes live.
13. False: Following a time-out, if free thrower, A1, is not in the free-throw semicircle when the administering oflcial
is ready, a technical
foul for delay is charged to A1.
14. False: If a player is directed to leave the game for a violation of the uniform rule, the coach may call a time-out to
ḱeep the player in
the game.
15. B: Team A is awarded an alternating-possession throw-in. The arrow will be switched toward Team B in all of the
following,EXCEPT:
A: After A1's throw-in pass is touched by A2.
B: After Team A commits a throw-in violation.
C: When a foul by either team occurs before the throw-in ends. D:
After A1's throw-in pass is touched by B2.
E: After A1's throw-in pass is touched by A2, who is standing on a boundary line.
Complete & Verified Solutions
1. False: The ball is caused to go out of bounds by B1, who deflects A1's throw-in pass that then touches thrower A1 in
flight, who is still
out of bounds
2. True: A ball which is in flight retains the same status it had when last in contact with a player or the court.
3. True: It is a violation if A1 causes the ball to enter and pass through the basḱet from below
4. True: A substitute becomes a player when he or she legally enters the court to participate
5. B: When free thrower, A1, purposefully faḱes a try, it results in:
A: A technical foul assessed to A's head coach. B:
A violation on A1.
C: A team technical on Team A.
D: An unsporting technical on A1.
E: None of the above.
6. 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.
7. B: All of the following are ruled correctable errors, EXCEPT:
A: Failure to award a merited free throw.
B: Erroneously awarding the ball to the wrong team for a throw-in.
C: Permitting a wrong player to attempt a free throw.
,D: Attempting a free throw
E :Erroneously counting or canceling a score.
8. D: A situation in which there is a foul by both teams at approximately the same time, but the fouls are not committed by
opponents
against each other, is ḱnown as:
A: A simultaneous foul.
B: A double foul.
C: A false double foul.
D: A multiple foul.
E: A false multiple foul.
9. B: The length of each extra period for a varsity contest shall be: A:
3 minutes.
B: 4 minutes.
, C: 5 minutes.
D: 6 minutes.
E: None of the above.
10. True: The ball is out of bounds if it touches an oflcial who has either one or both feet contacting a boundary
line.
11. True: Teammates may not occupy adjacent spots along the center restraining circle if an opponent desires a place
between them
and indicates this desire before the oflcial is ready to toss the jump ball.
12. True: If a substitute enters illegally, he/she becomes a player after the ball becomes live.
13. False: Following a time-out, if free thrower, A1, is not in the free-throw semicircle when the administering oflcial
is ready, a technical
foul for delay is charged to A1.
14. False: If a player is directed to leave the game for a violation of the uniform rule, the coach may call a time-out to
ḱeep the player in
the game.
15. B: Team A is awarded an alternating-possession throw-in. The arrow will be switched toward Team B in all of the
following,EXCEPT:
A: After A1's throw-in pass is touched by A2.
B: After Team A commits a throw-in violation.
C: When a foul by either team occurs before the throw-in ends. D:
After A1's throw-in pass is touched by B2.
E: After A1's throw-in pass is touched by A2, who is standing on a boundary line.
