NFHS BASKETBALL COMPREHENSIVE RULES
ASSESSMENT 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ Use of music and sound effects during a game. Answer: They are
only permitted during pre-game, timeouts, intermissions, and
postgame. Artificial noisemakers are prohibited (p. 15).
◉ Use of electronic devices during a game. Answer: They can be
used for coaching purposes but cannot be used to communicate with
players on the court or personnel in other parts of the gym during
gameplay (p. 17).
◉ Who can forfeit a game. Answer: The referee is the only official
who can forfeit a game (p. 4).
◉ Types of Correctable Errors in NFHS basketball. Answer: Failure
to award a merited free throw, awarding an unmerited free throw,
permitting a wrong player to attempt a free throw, attempting a free
throw at the wrong basket, erroneously counting or cancelling a
score (p. 8).
, ◉ Procedure for signaling a foul. Answer: The official must verbally
inform the offender and then signal to the scorer with two hands the
number of the offender and the number of fouls (p. 6).
◉ Referee's pregame duties. Answer: The referee approves
equipment, designates the official timer and scorer, makes sure
teams are notified the game and half are to begin, and conducts
pregame conferences (p. 3).
◉ Time limit for correcting a scoring error. Answer: A scoring error
must be corrected before the second live ball (p. 9).
◉ Time limit for correcting a non-scoring error. Answer: The error
must be recognized during the first dead ball after the clock has
started (p. 9).
◉ End of an official's jurisdiction. Answer: An official's jurisdiction
ends when they leave the visual confines of the playing area (p. 5).
◉ Duties of officials during a throw-in. Answer: They must signal to
stop the clock, signal the act that caused the ball to become dead,
display the direction of play and announce the team color, and signal
the throw-in spot (p. 7).
ASSESSMENT 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ Use of music and sound effects during a game. Answer: They are
only permitted during pre-game, timeouts, intermissions, and
postgame. Artificial noisemakers are prohibited (p. 15).
◉ Use of electronic devices during a game. Answer: They can be
used for coaching purposes but cannot be used to communicate with
players on the court or personnel in other parts of the gym during
gameplay (p. 17).
◉ Who can forfeit a game. Answer: The referee is the only official
who can forfeit a game (p. 4).
◉ Types of Correctable Errors in NFHS basketball. Answer: Failure
to award a merited free throw, awarding an unmerited free throw,
permitting a wrong player to attempt a free throw, attempting a free
throw at the wrong basket, erroneously counting or cancelling a
score (p. 8).
, ◉ Procedure for signaling a foul. Answer: The official must verbally
inform the offender and then signal to the scorer with two hands the
number of the offender and the number of fouls (p. 6).
◉ Referee's pregame duties. Answer: The referee approves
equipment, designates the official timer and scorer, makes sure
teams are notified the game and half are to begin, and conducts
pregame conferences (p. 3).
◉ Time limit for correcting a scoring error. Answer: A scoring error
must be corrected before the second live ball (p. 9).
◉ Time limit for correcting a non-scoring error. Answer: The error
must be recognized during the first dead ball after the clock has
started (p. 9).
◉ End of an official's jurisdiction. Answer: An official's jurisdiction
ends when they leave the visual confines of the playing area (p. 5).
◉ Duties of officials during a throw-in. Answer: They must signal to
stop the clock, signal the act that caused the ball to become dead,
display the direction of play and announce the team color, and signal
the throw-in spot (p. 7).
