NCAA DII COACHES' CERTIFICATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS |2026/2027 UPDATED |GUARANTEED PASS.
How many hours of team activities or skill instruction may a student-athlete participate in
outside of the declared playing season during the academic year? - Answer -Two hours
Which of the following actions is permitted during a dead period?
- Making in-person recruiting contacts on the institution's campus
- Making in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations off the institution's campus
- Providing complimentary admissions to an individual prospective student-athlete for an on-
campus athletics event as part of the prospective student-athlete`s recruitment
- None of the above - Answer -None of the above
T/F: A representative of an institution's athletics interests retains identity as such only during
the period of time that the individual makes donations to an institution's athletics program. -
Answer -False
An institution is permitted to pay the lodging expenses for a prospective student-athlete who
has arrived on campus for an official visit when the hotel is located within ____ miles from
campus - Answer -30
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, T/F: A representative of an institution's athletics interests is permitted to make an off-campus
contact with a prospective student-athlete provided the contact was not at the direction of a
coaching staff member. - Answer -False
When is an institution permitted to pay for team entertainment activities? - Answer -During a
required day off, provided the entertainment does not include any countable athletically related
activity
T/F: An institution may make a donation to a local sports club to cover a coach's actual and
necessary expenses. - Answer -False
T/F: It is permissible to make a phone call to a prospective student-athlete during a dead period.
- Answer -False
T/F: An entertainment activity that includes a physical component (related to the involved
sport) would count in the daily and weekly hour limitations. - Answer -True
Any solicitation of a prospective student-athlete or a prospective student-athlete's relatives [or
legal guardian(s)] by an institutional staff member or by a representative of the institution's
athletics interests for the purpose of securing the prospective student-athlete's enrollment and
ultimate participation in the institution's intercollegiate athletics program is defined as
______________ - Answer -recruiting
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ANSWERS |2026/2027 UPDATED |GUARANTEED PASS.
How many hours of team activities or skill instruction may a student-athlete participate in
outside of the declared playing season during the academic year? - Answer -Two hours
Which of the following actions is permitted during a dead period?
- Making in-person recruiting contacts on the institution's campus
- Making in-person recruiting contacts or evaluations off the institution's campus
- Providing complimentary admissions to an individual prospective student-athlete for an on-
campus athletics event as part of the prospective student-athlete`s recruitment
- None of the above - Answer -None of the above
T/F: A representative of an institution's athletics interests retains identity as such only during
the period of time that the individual makes donations to an institution's athletics program. -
Answer -False
An institution is permitted to pay the lodging expenses for a prospective student-athlete who
has arrived on campus for an official visit when the hotel is located within ____ miles from
campus - Answer -30
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, T/F: A representative of an institution's athletics interests is permitted to make an off-campus
contact with a prospective student-athlete provided the contact was not at the direction of a
coaching staff member. - Answer -False
When is an institution permitted to pay for team entertainment activities? - Answer -During a
required day off, provided the entertainment does not include any countable athletically related
activity
T/F: An institution may make a donation to a local sports club to cover a coach's actual and
necessary expenses. - Answer -False
T/F: It is permissible to make a phone call to a prospective student-athlete during a dead period.
- Answer -False
T/F: An entertainment activity that includes a physical component (related to the involved
sport) would count in the daily and weekly hour limitations. - Answer -True
Any solicitation of a prospective student-athlete or a prospective student-athlete's relatives [or
legal guardian(s)] by an institutional staff member or by a representative of the institution's
athletics interests for the purpose of securing the prospective student-athlete's enrollment and
ultimate participation in the institution's intercollegiate athletics program is defined as
______________ - Answer -recruiting
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