NFHS FOOTBALL RULES PRACTICE
TEST QUESTIONS & ACTUAL
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
(Rule 9-4-6 Penalty) 4/16, R-30. With holder K11 and kicker K2, Team K is in a legal
scrimmage kick formation. K11 takes the snap and runs to the R20. R66 is flagged for
roughing the snapper. It will be K's ball: - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1/10, R-15
(Rule 8-4-3b) Score is Team R - 20 and Team K - 17. On the final play of the fourth
period, K14 kicks a game tying field goal. R33 is flagged for roughing the holder K12.
Team K may choose to keep the 3 points and enforce the penalty in overtime. - Correct
Answer ✔✔ TRUE
(Rules 7-5-2d, 9-4-3k and 10-2-1) 1/10, B-39. A11 while still in the pocket cannot find an
open receiver and throws the ball from the B-48 toward the sideline and it lands at the
B-46 with no receiver in the area. Just after A11 releases the ball, B55 tackles him by
grabbing the back of the collar and pulling him immediately to the ground. There is no
effect on the flight of the pass by the action of B55. - Correct Answer ✔✔ A, 1/10, B-39
(Rule 7-1-3a) Team A is in the hurry up offense and snapper A50 places both hands on
the ball. A7 then calls the team into a huddle and A50 removes his hands from the ball.
It is a snap infraction foul. - Correct Answer ✔✔ TRUE
(Rules 7-5-13 and 10-6) 1/10, A-40. A50 reaches out and is first to touch A12's forward
pass at the A-38. - Correct Answer ✔✔ 2/17 FROM THE A-33
(Rules 3-3-4b(3) and 7-5-2) 3/G, B-12. The score is A - 20 and B - 24. With 0:03 in the
game, A7 advances to the B-2 and is about to be tackled when he flips the ball forward
to A84 who catches the ball in the end zone. Time expires during the down. - Correct
Answer ✔✔ GAME OVER
(Rules 2-4-5 and 9-4-3o) A player on defense sticks out his foot and trips the runner.
That is a legal play. - Correct Answer ✔✔ FALSE
(Rules 2-13-4h and 8-5-1a) 4/10, K-40. K1's scrimmage kick is muffed by R22 at the R-
4, after which it rolls into the end zone where K4 secures possession in the end zone. -
Correct Answer ✔✔ TOUCHBACK
(Rule 9-8-1 only g, h and k default to the head coach) While the ball is dead, an
assistant coach is flagged for coming out onto the numbers and cursing the officials in a
loud and abusive manner. This is the team's second unsportsmanlike conduct foul
during the game (the first unsportsmanlike foul was committed by the head coach). The
TEST QUESTIONS & ACTUAL
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
(Rule 9-4-6 Penalty) 4/16, R-30. With holder K11 and kicker K2, Team K is in a legal
scrimmage kick formation. K11 takes the snap and runs to the R20. R66 is flagged for
roughing the snapper. It will be K's ball: - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1/10, R-15
(Rule 8-4-3b) Score is Team R - 20 and Team K - 17. On the final play of the fourth
period, K14 kicks a game tying field goal. R33 is flagged for roughing the holder K12.
Team K may choose to keep the 3 points and enforce the penalty in overtime. - Correct
Answer ✔✔ TRUE
(Rules 7-5-2d, 9-4-3k and 10-2-1) 1/10, B-39. A11 while still in the pocket cannot find an
open receiver and throws the ball from the B-48 toward the sideline and it lands at the
B-46 with no receiver in the area. Just after A11 releases the ball, B55 tackles him by
grabbing the back of the collar and pulling him immediately to the ground. There is no
effect on the flight of the pass by the action of B55. - Correct Answer ✔✔ A, 1/10, B-39
(Rule 7-1-3a) Team A is in the hurry up offense and snapper A50 places both hands on
the ball. A7 then calls the team into a huddle and A50 removes his hands from the ball.
It is a snap infraction foul. - Correct Answer ✔✔ TRUE
(Rules 7-5-13 and 10-6) 1/10, A-40. A50 reaches out and is first to touch A12's forward
pass at the A-38. - Correct Answer ✔✔ 2/17 FROM THE A-33
(Rules 3-3-4b(3) and 7-5-2) 3/G, B-12. The score is A - 20 and B - 24. With 0:03 in the
game, A7 advances to the B-2 and is about to be tackled when he flips the ball forward
to A84 who catches the ball in the end zone. Time expires during the down. - Correct
Answer ✔✔ GAME OVER
(Rules 2-4-5 and 9-4-3o) A player on defense sticks out his foot and trips the runner.
That is a legal play. - Correct Answer ✔✔ FALSE
(Rules 2-13-4h and 8-5-1a) 4/10, K-40. K1's scrimmage kick is muffed by R22 at the R-
4, after which it rolls into the end zone where K4 secures possession in the end zone. -
Correct Answer ✔✔ TOUCHBACK
(Rule 9-8-1 only g, h and k default to the head coach) While the ball is dead, an
assistant coach is flagged for coming out onto the numbers and cursing the officials in a
loud and abusive manner. This is the team's second unsportsmanlike conduct foul
during the game (the first unsportsmanlike foul was committed by the head coach). The
