Questions and Answers with complete
solutions
A blindside block is a combination block by two or more teammates against an
opponent other than the runner, with or without delay, where one of the blocks is below
the waist and one of the blocks is above the waist.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER-B
Explanation 2-3-8
.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
.A down ends when the ball next becomes dead.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER-A
Explanation 2-7-1, 4-2-2
.A fair catch can be made in or behind K's neutral zone.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER-B
Explanation 2-9-1, 6-5-2
.A foul is a rule infraction for which a penalty is prescribed.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER-A
Explanation 2-16-1
.A free kick may be recovered by K in R's end zone.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER-B
Explanation 8-5-3a
, .A handed ball is not a pass.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER-A
Explanation 2-31, FUNDAMENTAL VII-3
.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 has third and 6 on B's 39-yard line. A16 throws an interception to B24 who returns
the ball for a touchdown. After the play, B24 is penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Where will the penalty be enforced from?
a. Previous spot
b. Succeeding try
c. Succeeding kickoff
d. B or C - ANSWER-D
Explanation 9-5-1c, 10-4-5a
.A has third and 7 on B's 46-yard line. A9 passes the ball downfield to A11. A11 catches
the ball at B's 40-yard line and runs to B's 31-yard line where he is tackled. During A11's
run, A5 blocks defender B1 below the waist at B's 35-yard line. What is the ruling?
a. A's ball third and 11 on the 50-yard line.
b. A's ball third and 7 on B's 46-yard line.
c. A's ball third and 22 on B's 39 yard line
d. A's ball first and 10 on the 50 yard line - ANSWER-A
Explanation 2-3-7, 9-3-2
.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.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER-A
Explanation 2-32-16
.A player or nonplayer can trip an opponent.