WVSSAC Football Test Questions And
Answers
A simultaneous catch or recovery is a catch or recovery in which there is joint
possession of a live ball by opposing players who are inbounds.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- A
Explanation 2-4-3
Contacting the opponent's face mask with the hand is not a face-mask foul
unless the face mask is grasped.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- A
Explanation 9-4-3h
If B1 clips A1 and B2 piles on after A2 is tackled, it is a multiple foul.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- B
Explanation 2-16-2e, 10-2-5
Towels have to be the same solid color for each player if worn.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- B
Explanation 1-5-3a(5)a 4, 5
,A has first and 10 on A's 9-yard line. A1 drops back to pass and from A's 1-yard
line, without leaving the boundary of the free blocking zone, throws the ball
deep right and incomplete into an area not occupied by an eligible receiver.
Where will the ball next be snapped from?
a. A, second and 10 on A's 9-yard line
b. A, second and 18 1/2 on A's 1/2-yard line
c. A, second and 14 1/2 on A's 4 1/2 yard line
d. A, first and 15 on A's 4 yard line - ANSWER- B
Explanation 7-5-2d, 10-4-4c
A player or other person is out of bounds when any part of the person is
touching anything, other than another player or game official that is on or
outside the sideline or end line, and that player remains out of bounds until
returning to the field with any body part touching the field and no body part
touching out of bounds.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- A
Explanation 2-29-1
For any free kick, a free-kick line, corresponding to a scrimmage line, is
established for each team.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- A
Explanation 6-1-1
,A defenseless player includes a receiver who is forcefully contacted by an
opponent and that contact is not an attempt to tackle by wrapping arm(s) around
the receiver.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- A
Explanation 2-32-16d, 9-4-3g
Any live-ball foul is penalized from the basic spot per Rule 10-4 unless
otherwise specified by rule.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- A
Explanation FUNDAMENTAL X-3
It is illegal substitution to have 12 or more players participating at the snap or
free kick.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- B
Explanation 9-6-4c
An inadvertent whistle does not end the down.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- B
Explanation 4-2-2j
The penalty for a chop block is 10 yards.
, a. True
b. False - ANSWER- B
Explanation 9-3-6 PENALTY
If R1 blocks K1's punt and just before R1 recovers in K's end zone, there is an
inadvertent whistle, the down will be replayed.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- A
Explanation 4-2-3a
Following a scrimmage kick by K1, the loose ball play ends when R1 touches
the kick.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- B
Explanation 2-24-2, 10-3-1
The basic spot is the previous spot unless Rule 8-5-2c applies for a foul by A or
B when the run or related run ends behind the line of scrimmage where there is
no change of possession.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- A
Answers
A simultaneous catch or recovery is a catch or recovery in which there is joint
possession of a live ball by opposing players who are inbounds.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- A
Explanation 2-4-3
Contacting the opponent's face mask with the hand is not a face-mask foul
unless the face mask is grasped.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- A
Explanation 9-4-3h
If B1 clips A1 and B2 piles on after A2 is tackled, it is a multiple foul.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- B
Explanation 2-16-2e, 10-2-5
Towels have to be the same solid color for each player if worn.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- B
Explanation 1-5-3a(5)a 4, 5
,A has first and 10 on A's 9-yard line. A1 drops back to pass and from A's 1-yard
line, without leaving the boundary of the free blocking zone, throws the ball
deep right and incomplete into an area not occupied by an eligible receiver.
Where will the ball next be snapped from?
a. A, second and 10 on A's 9-yard line
b. A, second and 18 1/2 on A's 1/2-yard line
c. A, second and 14 1/2 on A's 4 1/2 yard line
d. A, first and 15 on A's 4 yard line - ANSWER- B
Explanation 7-5-2d, 10-4-4c
A player or other person is out of bounds when any part of the person is
touching anything, other than another player or game official that is on or
outside the sideline or end line, and that player remains out of bounds until
returning to the field with any body part touching the field and no body part
touching out of bounds.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- A
Explanation 2-29-1
For any free kick, a free-kick line, corresponding to a scrimmage line, is
established for each team.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- A
Explanation 6-1-1
,A defenseless player includes a receiver who is forcefully contacted by an
opponent and that contact is not an attempt to tackle by wrapping arm(s) around
the receiver.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- A
Explanation 2-32-16d, 9-4-3g
Any live-ball foul is penalized from the basic spot per Rule 10-4 unless
otherwise specified by rule.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- A
Explanation FUNDAMENTAL X-3
It is illegal substitution to have 12 or more players participating at the snap or
free kick.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- B
Explanation 9-6-4c
An inadvertent whistle does not end the down.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- B
Explanation 4-2-2j
The penalty for a chop block is 10 yards.
, a. True
b. False - ANSWER- B
Explanation 9-3-6 PENALTY
If R1 blocks K1's punt and just before R1 recovers in K's end zone, there is an
inadvertent whistle, the down will be replayed.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- A
Explanation 4-2-3a
Following a scrimmage kick by K1, the loose ball play ends when R1 touches
the kick.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- B
Explanation 2-24-2, 10-3-1
The basic spot is the previous spot unless Rule 8-5-2c applies for a foul by A or
B when the run or related run ends behind the line of scrimmage where there is
no change of possession.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- A
