NFHS Football EXAM STUDY GUIDE
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1. NFHS 2-1-1: What is a dead ball? - ANSWER ✔ A dead ball is a ball not
in play.
2. NFHS 2-1-1: When is the ball dead? - ANSWER ✔ The ball is dead during
the interval between downs.
3. NFHS 2-1-2: What is a live ball? - ANSWER ✔ A live ball is a ball in
play.
4. NFHS 2-1-2: When does a ball become live? - ANSWER ✔ A ball
becomes live when the ball has been legally snapped or free kicked and a
down is in progress.
5. NFHS 2-1-3: What is a loose ball? - ANSWER ✔ A loose ball is a pass,
fumble or a kick.
6. NFHS 2-1-3: How may 'pass,' 'fumble' and 'kick' be used when the ball is
loose? - ANSWER ✔ The terms 'pass,' 'fumble' and 'kick' are sometimes
used as abbreviations when the ball is loose following the acts of passing,
fumbling or kicking the ball.
7. NFHS 2-1-3: When is a loose ball in flight? - ANSWER ✔ A loose ball
which has not yet touched the ground is in flight.
8. NFHS 2-1-3: What is a grounded loose ball? - ANSWER ✔ A grounded
loose ball is one which has touched the ground.
,9. NFHS 2-1-3: How long does a loose ball retain loose-ball status? -
ANSWER ✔ Any loose ball continues to be a loose ball until a player
secures possession of it or until it becomes dead by rule, whichever comes
first.
10.NFHS 2-2: What is batting? - ANSWER ✔ Batting is intentionally
slapping or striking the ball with the arm or hand.
11.NFHS 2-3-1: What is blocking? - ANSWER ✔ Blocking is obstructing an
opponent by contacting him with any part of the blocker's body.
12.NFHS 2-3-2: When may a blocker contact an opponent with the arms or
hands? - ANSWER ✔ In blocking, a player may contact opponents with
the arms or hands provided the technique is legal.
13.Who is a lineman? - ANSWER ✔ A lineman is any A player who is facing
his opponent's goal line with the line of his shoulders approximately parallel
thereto and with his head or foot breaking an imaginary plane drawn parallel
to the line of scrimmage through the waist of the snapper when the ball is
snapped.
14.Who is a nonplayer? - ANSWER ✔ A nonplayer is a coach, athletic
trainer, other attendant, a substitute or a replaced player who does not
participate by touching the ball, hindering an opponent or influencing the
play.
15.Who is a passer? - ANSWER ✔ A passer is a player who throws a legal
forward pass.
16.How long does a player continue to be a passer? - ANSWER ✔ He
continues to be a passer until the legal forward pass ends or until he moves
to participate in the play.
17.Who is a replaced player? - ANSWER ✔ A replaced player is one who has
been notified by a substitute that he is to leave the field.
,18.When else is a player considered replaced? - ANSWER ✔ A player is also
replaced when the entering substitute becomes a player.
19.Who is a runner? - ANSWER ✔ A runner is a player who is in possession
of a live ball or is simulating possession of a live ball.
20.Who is a snapper? - ANSWER ✔ A snapper is the player who is facing his
opponent's goal line with his shoulders approximately parallel thereto and
who snaps the ball.
21.How long does the snapper remain a snapper in a scrimmage-kick
formation? - ANSWER ✔ The snapper remains a snapper until he has had
a reasonable opportunity to regain his balance and protect himself or until he
blocks or moves to otherwise participate in the play.
22.Who is a substitute? - ANSWER ✔ A substitute is a team member who
may replace a player or fill a player vacancy.
23.What actions make a substitute a player? - ANSWER ✔ A substitute
becomes a player when he enters the field and communicates with a
teammate or a game official, enters the huddle, is positioned in a formation
or participates in the play.
24.How long does a team member entering to fill a player vacancy remain a
substitute? - ANSWER ✔ A team member entering the field to fill a player
vacancy remains a substitute until he is on his team's side of the neutral
zone.
25.Who is a defenseless player? - ANSWER ✔ A defenseless player is a
player who, because of his physical position and focus of concentration, is
especially vulnerable to injury.
26.When is a player no longer defenseless? - ANSWER ✔ A player is no
longer defenseless once the player's physical position and focus of
concentration no longer makes the player especially vulnerable to injury.
, 27.What responsibility applies when initiating contact against a defenseless
player? - ANSWER ✔ A player who initiates contact against a defenseless
player is responsible for making legal contact.
28.How is doubt resolved concerning whether a player is defenseless? -
ANSWER ✔ When in question, a player is defenseless.
29.Which passer is an example of a defenseless player? - ANSWER ✔ A
passer.
30.Which receiver attempting a catch is an example of a defenseless player? -
ANSWER ✔ A receiver attempting to catch a pass.
31.When is an intended receiver an example of a defenseless player? -
ANSWER ✔ The intended receiver of a pass in the action during and
immediately following an interception or potential interception.
32.When is a runner in a tackler's grasp an example of a defenseless player? -
ANSWER ✔ A runner in a tackler's grasp.
33.What is a defenseless player during a kickoff or punt? - ANSWER ✔ A
kickoff or punt returner attempting to catch or recover a kick, or one who
has completed a catch or recovery and has not had time to protect himself.
34.Which player on the ground is an example of a defenseless player? -
ANSWER ✔ A player on the ground including a runner who has obviously
given himself up and is sliding feet-first.
35.Which player away from the play is an example of a defenseless player? -
ANSWER ✔ A player obviously out of the play or not in the immediate
vicinity of the runner.
36.Who is a defenseless player receiving a blindside block? - ANSWER ✔ A
player who receives a blindside block with forceful contact not initiated with
open hands.
37.What is a loose-ball play in free-kick or scrimmage-kick action? - ANSWER
✔ A free kick or scrimmage kick other than post-scrimmage kick fouls.
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1. NFHS 2-1-1: What is a dead ball? - ANSWER ✔ A dead ball is a ball not
in play.
2. NFHS 2-1-1: When is the ball dead? - ANSWER ✔ The ball is dead during
the interval between downs.
3. NFHS 2-1-2: What is a live ball? - ANSWER ✔ A live ball is a ball in
play.
4. NFHS 2-1-2: When does a ball become live? - ANSWER ✔ A ball
becomes live when the ball has been legally snapped or free kicked and a
down is in progress.
5. NFHS 2-1-3: What is a loose ball? - ANSWER ✔ A loose ball is a pass,
fumble or a kick.
6. NFHS 2-1-3: How may 'pass,' 'fumble' and 'kick' be used when the ball is
loose? - ANSWER ✔ The terms 'pass,' 'fumble' and 'kick' are sometimes
used as abbreviations when the ball is loose following the acts of passing,
fumbling or kicking the ball.
7. NFHS 2-1-3: When is a loose ball in flight? - ANSWER ✔ A loose ball
which has not yet touched the ground is in flight.
8. NFHS 2-1-3: What is a grounded loose ball? - ANSWER ✔ A grounded
loose ball is one which has touched the ground.
,9. NFHS 2-1-3: How long does a loose ball retain loose-ball status? -
ANSWER ✔ Any loose ball continues to be a loose ball until a player
secures possession of it or until it becomes dead by rule, whichever comes
first.
10.NFHS 2-2: What is batting? - ANSWER ✔ Batting is intentionally
slapping or striking the ball with the arm or hand.
11.NFHS 2-3-1: What is blocking? - ANSWER ✔ Blocking is obstructing an
opponent by contacting him with any part of the blocker's body.
12.NFHS 2-3-2: When may a blocker contact an opponent with the arms or
hands? - ANSWER ✔ In blocking, a player may contact opponents with
the arms or hands provided the technique is legal.
13.Who is a lineman? - ANSWER ✔ A lineman is any A player who is facing
his opponent's goal line with the line of his shoulders approximately parallel
thereto and with his head or foot breaking an imaginary plane drawn parallel
to the line of scrimmage through the waist of the snapper when the ball is
snapped.
14.Who is a nonplayer? - ANSWER ✔ A nonplayer is a coach, athletic
trainer, other attendant, a substitute or a replaced player who does not
participate by touching the ball, hindering an opponent or influencing the
play.
15.Who is a passer? - ANSWER ✔ A passer is a player who throws a legal
forward pass.
16.How long does a player continue to be a passer? - ANSWER ✔ He
continues to be a passer until the legal forward pass ends or until he moves
to participate in the play.
17.Who is a replaced player? - ANSWER ✔ A replaced player is one who has
been notified by a substitute that he is to leave the field.
,18.When else is a player considered replaced? - ANSWER ✔ A player is also
replaced when the entering substitute becomes a player.
19.Who is a runner? - ANSWER ✔ A runner is a player who is in possession
of a live ball or is simulating possession of a live ball.
20.Who is a snapper? - ANSWER ✔ A snapper is the player who is facing his
opponent's goal line with his shoulders approximately parallel thereto and
who snaps the ball.
21.How long does the snapper remain a snapper in a scrimmage-kick
formation? - ANSWER ✔ The snapper remains a snapper until he has had
a reasonable opportunity to regain his balance and protect himself or until he
blocks or moves to otherwise participate in the play.
22.Who is a substitute? - ANSWER ✔ A substitute is a team member who
may replace a player or fill a player vacancy.
23.What actions make a substitute a player? - ANSWER ✔ A substitute
becomes a player when he enters the field and communicates with a
teammate or a game official, enters the huddle, is positioned in a formation
or participates in the play.
24.How long does a team member entering to fill a player vacancy remain a
substitute? - ANSWER ✔ A team member entering the field to fill a player
vacancy remains a substitute until he is on his team's side of the neutral
zone.
25.Who is a defenseless player? - ANSWER ✔ A defenseless player is a
player who, because of his physical position and focus of concentration, is
especially vulnerable to injury.
26.When is a player no longer defenseless? - ANSWER ✔ A player is no
longer defenseless once the player's physical position and focus of
concentration no longer makes the player especially vulnerable to injury.
, 27.What responsibility applies when initiating contact against a defenseless
player? - ANSWER ✔ A player who initiates contact against a defenseless
player is responsible for making legal contact.
28.How is doubt resolved concerning whether a player is defenseless? -
ANSWER ✔ When in question, a player is defenseless.
29.Which passer is an example of a defenseless player? - ANSWER ✔ A
passer.
30.Which receiver attempting a catch is an example of a defenseless player? -
ANSWER ✔ A receiver attempting to catch a pass.
31.When is an intended receiver an example of a defenseless player? -
ANSWER ✔ The intended receiver of a pass in the action during and
immediately following an interception or potential interception.
32.When is a runner in a tackler's grasp an example of a defenseless player? -
ANSWER ✔ A runner in a tackler's grasp.
33.What is a defenseless player during a kickoff or punt? - ANSWER ✔ A
kickoff or punt returner attempting to catch or recover a kick, or one who
has completed a catch or recovery and has not had time to protect himself.
34.Which player on the ground is an example of a defenseless player? -
ANSWER ✔ A player on the ground including a runner who has obviously
given himself up and is sliding feet-first.
35.Which player away from the play is an example of a defenseless player? -
ANSWER ✔ A player obviously out of the play or not in the immediate
vicinity of the runner.
36.Who is a defenseless player receiving a blindside block? - ANSWER ✔ A
player who receives a blindside block with forceful contact not initiated with
open hands.
37.What is a loose-ball play in free-kick or scrimmage-kick action? - ANSWER
✔ A free kick or scrimmage kick other than post-scrimmage kick fouls.
