NFHS Football Exam-Part 1 Questions And 100% Accurate
Answers Latest Update 2024-2025
If a game official calls a time-out because A1 appears injured, then A1 must leave the
game for at least one play. - True: 3-5-10(a)
An official's time-out is charged, not to either team, and the player must be replaced for
at least one down, unless halftime or an overtime intermission occurs when an
apparently injured player is found by the game official while the ball is dead and the
clock is stopped and for whom the ready-for-play signal is delayed, or for whom the
clock is stopped.
A chop block is a legal block within the 6x8-yard free-blocking zone. -Answer False:
2-3-8
Chop 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 low (at the knee or
below) and one of the blocks is high (above the knee).
9-3-6
A player shall not chop block.
If a participant of either team initiates contact to the head of an opponent with any other
part of his body or with equipment. - True: 9-4-3g; POE
No player or nonplayer shall make any other contact with an opponent which is deemed
unnecessary and which incites roughness.
Holding an unauthorized conference is an unsportsmanlike act and is penalized 15
yards. - True: 9-8-1f; Penalty
An authorized conference is permitted during the intermission between periods.
-Answer True: 3-5-8 a(2) An authorized conference may be permitted during an official's
time out. 3-5-7l
Officials' time-out (which is not charged to either team) is when a dead ball occurs for a
one-minute intermission between the first and second and the third and fourth periods
and following a try, successful field goal or safety and prior to the succeeding free kick.
, It shall be illegal for any player to accidentally slap a loose ball with the arm or hand. -
Answer True: 9-7-2
No player shall bat (i.e. slap 2-2) a loose ball other than a pass or a fumble in flight, or a
low scrimmage kick in flight which he is attempting to block in or behind the expanded
neutral zone.
A backward pass in flight may be batted in any direction by the passing team. - Answer
False: 9-7-3
Any pass in flight may be batted in any direction, by an eligible receiver unless it is a
backward pass batted forward by the passing team.
Batting a scrimmage kick in or behind the neutral zone by R, in an effort to block the
kick, is legal. - True 9-7-2
No player shall bat (i.e. slap 2-2) a loose ball other than a pass or a fumble in flight, or a
low scrimmage kick in flight which he is attempting to block in or behind the expanded
neutral zone.
Effective 2012, gloves that can be secured with athletic tape, and although altered, shall
still meet the NOCSAE test standard at the time of manufacture unless made of an
unaltered plain cloth. - Answer False: 1-5-2b
Effective 2013 season,.
Thigh guards unaltered from the manufacturer's original design/production are not
required equipment by rule. - Answer False: 1-5-1d(4)
All players must wear thigh guards that are unaltered from the manufacturer's original
design/production.
Any player who exhibits signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a concussion
shall be immediately removed from the game and shall not return to play until cleared by
an appropriate health-care professional. - True: 3-5-10b; POE
No player shall intentionally go out of bounds during a down and intentionally touch the
ball. - True: 9-6-2b
Answers Latest Update 2024-2025
If a game official calls a time-out because A1 appears injured, then A1 must leave the
game for at least one play. - True: 3-5-10(a)
An official's time-out is charged, not to either team, and the player must be replaced for
at least one down, unless halftime or an overtime intermission occurs when an
apparently injured player is found by the game official while the ball is dead and the
clock is stopped and for whom the ready-for-play signal is delayed, or for whom the
clock is stopped.
A chop block is a legal block within the 6x8-yard free-blocking zone. -Answer False:
2-3-8
Chop 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 low (at the knee or
below) and one of the blocks is high (above the knee).
9-3-6
A player shall not chop block.
If a participant of either team initiates contact to the head of an opponent with any other
part of his body or with equipment. - True: 9-4-3g; POE
No player or nonplayer shall make any other contact with an opponent which is deemed
unnecessary and which incites roughness.
Holding an unauthorized conference is an unsportsmanlike act and is penalized 15
yards. - True: 9-8-1f; Penalty
An authorized conference is permitted during the intermission between periods.
-Answer True: 3-5-8 a(2) An authorized conference may be permitted during an official's
time out. 3-5-7l
Officials' time-out (which is not charged to either team) is when a dead ball occurs for a
one-minute intermission between the first and second and the third and fourth periods
and following a try, successful field goal or safety and prior to the succeeding free kick.
, It shall be illegal for any player to accidentally slap a loose ball with the arm or hand. -
Answer True: 9-7-2
No player shall bat (i.e. slap 2-2) a loose ball other than a pass or a fumble in flight, or a
low scrimmage kick in flight which he is attempting to block in or behind the expanded
neutral zone.
A backward pass in flight may be batted in any direction by the passing team. - Answer
False: 9-7-3
Any pass in flight may be batted in any direction, by an eligible receiver unless it is a
backward pass batted forward by the passing team.
Batting a scrimmage kick in or behind the neutral zone by R, in an effort to block the
kick, is legal. - True 9-7-2
No player shall bat (i.e. slap 2-2) a loose ball other than a pass or a fumble in flight, or a
low scrimmage kick in flight which he is attempting to block in or behind the expanded
neutral zone.
Effective 2012, gloves that can be secured with athletic tape, and although altered, shall
still meet the NOCSAE test standard at the time of manufacture unless made of an
unaltered plain cloth. - Answer False: 1-5-2b
Effective 2013 season,.
Thigh guards unaltered from the manufacturer's original design/production are not
required equipment by rule. - Answer False: 1-5-1d(4)
All players must wear thigh guards that are unaltered from the manufacturer's original
design/production.
Any player who exhibits signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a concussion
shall be immediately removed from the game and shall not return to play until cleared by
an appropriate health-care professional. - True: 3-5-10b; POE
No player shall intentionally go out of bounds during a down and intentionally touch the
ball. - True: 9-6-2b
