NFHS BASKETBALL CERTIFICATION TEST 2026
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
◉ True. Answer: 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. Answer: Only the referee is authorized to correct the
erroneous awarding of a score
◉ True. Answer: Correctable errors include failure to award a
merited free throw.
◉ True. Answer: A common foul is a personal foul that is not
flagrant, intentional or committed against a player trying or tapping
for a
field goal, or part of a double, simultaneous or multiple foul
◉ True. Answer: A designated throw-in spot is 3 feet wide with no
depth limitation
◉ False. Answer: A dribble may be started by pushing, throwing or
batting the ball to the floor before or after the pivot foot is lifted
, ◉ True. Answer: A foul against an airborne shooter is a foul in the
act of shooting even though the ball is already in flight
◉ True. Answer: A fumble is accidental loss of player control.
◉ True. Answer: A jump ball ends when the tapped ball touches a
basket.
◉ True. Answer: A jump ball ends when the tapped ball touches a
nonjumper.
◉ False. Answer: The closely-guarded distance is measured from the
forward hand/arm of the defender to the forward hand/arm of the
ball handler.
◉ True. Answer: The resumption-of-play procedure may be used
when the throw-in team fails to make a thrower available.
◉ True. Answer: The tap from a player toward a team's own basket
ends in exactly the same manner as a try
◉ False. Answer: The traveling and dribbling rules are in effect for
the thrower during a throw-in
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
◉ True. Answer: 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. Answer: Only the referee is authorized to correct the
erroneous awarding of a score
◉ True. Answer: Correctable errors include failure to award a
merited free throw.
◉ True. Answer: A common foul is a personal foul that is not
flagrant, intentional or committed against a player trying or tapping
for a
field goal, or part of a double, simultaneous or multiple foul
◉ True. Answer: A designated throw-in spot is 3 feet wide with no
depth limitation
◉ False. Answer: A dribble may be started by pushing, throwing or
batting the ball to the floor before or after the pivot foot is lifted
, ◉ True. Answer: A foul against an airborne shooter is a foul in the
act of shooting even though the ball is already in flight
◉ True. Answer: A fumble is accidental loss of player control.
◉ True. Answer: A jump ball ends when the tapped ball touches a
basket.
◉ True. Answer: A jump ball ends when the tapped ball touches a
nonjumper.
◉ False. Answer: The closely-guarded distance is measured from the
forward hand/arm of the defender to the forward hand/arm of the
ball handler.
◉ True. Answer: The resumption-of-play procedure may be used
when the throw-in team fails to make a thrower available.
◉ True. Answer: The tap from a player toward a team's own basket
ends in exactly the same manner as a try
◉ False. Answer: The traveling and dribbling rules are in effect for
the thrower during a throw-in
