IHSA BASKETBALL TEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Whichjofjthejfollowingjstatementsjisjtruejregardingjthejspecificationsjofjajlegaljbasketballj
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ItjShalljHavejajdeeplyjpebbledjgranulatedjsurfacejwithjverticaljshapedjpanelsjbondedjonj
thejrubberjcarcass
Whichjstatementjregardingjjumpjballjadministrationjisjcorrect?j-janswer--
EachjJumperjisjrequiredjtojhavejbothjfeetjinsidejtheirjhalfjofjthejrestrainingjcircle
Whichjofjthejfollowingjstatementsjregardingjprotectivejfacejmasksjisjtrue?j-janswer--
AlljofjthejAbove
Thejballjbecomesjdead,jorjremainsjdeadjwhen:j-janswer--
BothjAjandjB/
jThejmaskjmustjbejwornjforjmedicaljreasons,jThejmaskjmustjbejmadejofjhardjmaterial
WhichjofjthejfollowingjhavejbeenjapprovedjforjwearjbyjofficialsjthejIHSAjduringjhighjscho
oljbasketballjgames?j-janswer--
Onlyjajblackjandjwhitejshirtjthatjdoesjnotjhavejthejlargerjblackjpaneljonjthejside,jsimilarjtoj
thejacceptedjofficialsjjerseyjwornjatjthejcollegiatejlevel
SubstitutejA1jentersjgamejtojreplacejA2jbeforejthejfinaljfreejthrowjattemptjbyjB1.jCoachj
ofjteamjAjrealizesjhejdidn'tjwantjA2joutjofjgame.jHejimmediatelyjsendsjA2jtojscorer'sjtabl
ejtojre-enter.jA2jmayjre-enterj-janswer--A2jcanjonlyjre-
enterjafterjclockjhasjbeenjproperlyjstarted
ThejofficialsjdiscoverjbloodjonjA1'sjjerseyjandjajbleedingjcutjonjB1.jWhatjisjthejcorrectjpr
ocedure?j-janswer--NonejofjthejAbove
Whichjofjthejfollowingjstatementsjisjtrue?j-janswer--
Asjajsafetyjconcernjajplayerjwithjlongjfingernailsjmayjnotjbejallowedjtojplay
Byjdefinition,jthejdistancejtojmeasurejwhenjestablishingjwhetherjanjoffensivejplayerjisjb
eingjcloselyjguardedjis:j-janswer--Fromjthejforwardjfoot/
feetjofjthejdefenderjtojthejforwardjfoot/feetjofjthejballjhandler
Byjdefinition,jwhichjofjthejfollowingjisjNOTjanjexamplejofjteamjcontrol:j-janswer--
Whenjajtryjorjtapjbyjthejoffensivejteamjisjinjflight
,Byjdefinition,jillegaljpersonaljcontactjwithjanjopponentjwhichjinterferesjwithjhis/
herjfreedomjofjmovementjisjconsidered:j-janswer--Holding
Byjdefinition,jwhichjofjthejfollowingjisjNOTjconsideredjajviolation:j-janswer--
Ajplayerjaccidentallyjkicksjthejballjduringjlivejballjaction
Whichjofjthejfollowingjisjcorrect?j-janswer--
Successivejtimeoutsjshalljnotjbejgrantedjafterjthejexpirationjofjplayingjtimejforjthej4thjqu
arterjorjanyjextrajperiod
Followingjthejfreejthrowsjofjajtechnicaljfoul,jA1jmakesjajthrowjinjfromjthejdivisionjlinejopp
ositejofjthejscoringjtable.jThejthrowjinjpassjisjdeflectedjbyjB1jandjgoesjdirectlyjthroughjT
eamjA'sjbasket.j-janswer--AlljofjthejAbove
Thejballjbecomesjlivejonjajjumpjballjwhen:j-janswer--
thejtossedjballjleavesjthejofficialsjhands
Anjalternatingjpossessionjthrow-injshalljresultjwhen:j-janswer--
simultaneousjfloorjorjfree-throwjviolationsjoccur
Whichjofjthejfollowingjisjanjexamplejofjanjintentionaljfoul?j-janswer--alljofjthejabove
Duringjthejgame'sjopeningjjumpjball,jonejofjthejofficialsjnoticesjthejgamejclockjisjrunningj
asjthejRefereejmakesjthejtossjtojstartjthejgame.jThejotherjofficialjnoticesjthatjteamjAjjum
perj(A4)jtouchesjthejballjbeforejitjreachesjthejhighestjpoint.jRuling:j-janswer--
Thejofficialjshouldjblowjhis/her/
theirjwhistlejandjstopjthejgame.jAfterjconferringjwithjthejReferee,jthejgamejclockjshouldj
bejreset,jandjthejopeningjjumpjballjrepeated.
Designatedjthrow-injspotjforjTeamjA.jA3jviolatesjwhenjhe/she/they:j-janswer--
backsjstraightjupjasjfarjasjpossible.
Freejthrowjrestrictionsjendjforjwhichjofjthejfollowingjplayersjwhenjajfreejthrowjtouchesjth
ejring?j-janswer--Alljofjthejabove
A1jisjfouledjonjanjunsuccessfuljtwo-
pointjshotjattempt.jA1jisjinjuredjonjthejplayjandjcannotjshootjthejfreejthrows.jTeamjAjhasj
sevenjeligiblejplayersjonjthejbench.jA1'sjfreejthrowsjmustjbejshotjby:j-janswer--
anyjplayerjfromjTeamjAjwhojisjselectedjbyjthejHeadjCoachjofjTeamjA.
Whichjofjthejfollowingjisjgoaltending?j-janswer--Bothjaj&jb
Whichjofjthejfollowingjresultsjinjajviolation?j-janswer--
A3,jwhilejdribbling,jtouchesjA1,jwhojisjstandingjoutjofjbounds.
A1jisjfouledjonjanjunsuccessfuljtwo-
pointjtry.jA1jthenjdirectsjprofanityjatjB1jandjisjassessedjajtechnicaljfoul.jHowjarejthejpena
ltiesjforjthesejfoulsjassessed?j-janswer--
Sincejbothjfoulsjarejtwojshotjfouls,jthejpenaltiesjoffset,jandjnojfreejthrowsjarejshot.jTeamj
, Ajisjthenjawardedjthejballjbecausejthejballjwasjinjtheirjpossessionjatjthejpointjofjinterrupti
on.
B1jisjassessedjajtechnicaljfoul.jA6jisjonjthejbenchjforjTeamjA.jThejHeadjCoachjfromjTea
mjAjwouldjlikejtojhavejA6jenterjthejgamejandjshootjthejfreejthrowsjforjthejtechnicaljfoul.j
Whichjofjthejfollowingjbestjdescribesjwhatjcanjhappen?j-janswer--
A6jmayjenterjthejgamejtojshootjthejfreejthrows,jbutjTeamjAjmustjcalljajtimeoutjtojallowjA6
jtojlegallyjenterjthejgame.
Thejthrowerjshalljnotjleavejthejdesignatedjthrow-injspotjuntil:j-janswer--
thejballjhasjbeenjreleasedjonjajthrow-injpass
TeamjAjisjmakingjajthrow-
injandjthejballjcomesjtojrestjorjgetsjlodgedjinjthejrim.jThejballjbecomesjdeadjand:j-
janswer--Thisjisjajviolationjofjthejthrow-injandjthejballjisjawardedjtojteamjB
IfjthejRefereejmakesjajbadjtossjorjifjbothjteamsjsimultaneouslyjcommitjviolationsjduringjt
hejjumpjball:j-janswer--AlljofjthejAbove
Whichjofjthejfollowingjisjtruejregardingjcloselyjguardedjsituationsj-janswer--
Ajcloselyjguardedjcountjinjthejfrontjcourtjshalljbejterminatedjwhenjthejoffensivejplayerjinj
controljofjthejballjgetsjhis/herjheadjandjshouldersjpastjthejdefensivejplayer.
A4jisjdisqualifiedjafterjreceivingjhis/
herjfifthjfoul.jThejcoachjofjTeamjAjdoesjnotjhavejajsubstitutejreadyjtojenterjthejgamejafter
jthejpermitted j15jseconds.jWhatjisjthejpenalty?j-janswer--
ThejcoachjofjTeamjAjisjassessedjajdirectjtechnicaljfoul.
Withjlessjthanj10jminutesjremainingjbeforejthejstartjofjthejgame,jTeamjAjchangesjthejsta
rtingjlineup,jaddsjajnamejtojthejsquadjlistjandjchangesjajsquadjmember'sjnumber.jWhatji
sjthejpenalty?j-janswer--
TeamjAjisjpermittedjtojmakejthesejchangesjandjshalljbejassessedjonejadministrativejtec
hnicaljfouljforjanyjorjalljofjthejinfractionsjlistedjabove
Whichjofjthejfollowingjisjtruejregardingjexcessivejswingingjofjarm(s)/elbow(s)?j-
janswer--
playerjmayjextendjarm(s)jorjelbow(s)jtojholdjthejballjunderjthejchinjorjagainstjthejbody.
Thejscorejisjtied.jWithjonejsecondjleftjonjthejgamejclockjinjthejfourthjquarter,jA1jreleasesj
ajjumpjshotjfromjbeyondjthejthree-
pointjarc.jAfterjthejrelease,jbutjbeforejA1jreturnsjtojthejfloor,jB1jfoulsjA1jpriorjtojthejexpira
tionjofjplay.jThejfouljisjnotjintentionaljorjflagrant.jA1'sjshotjgoesjinjthejbasketjafterjthejhorn
jsounds.jThejcorrectjrulingjis:j-janswer--CountjA1'sjthree-
pointjbasket;jchargejajfouljtojBl;jandjshootjnojfreejthrows.
Whichjofjthejfollowingjstatementsjregardingjajmanufacturer'sjlogo/trademark/
referencejonjajteamjjerseyjisjfalse?j-janswer--
Ajthrowjinjafterjajgoaljorjanjawardedjgoaljforjbasketjinterferencejorjgoaltendingjbyjajdefen
sejplayerjshalljbejmadejbyj-janswer--
AND ANSWERS
Whichjofjthejfollowingjstatementsjisjtruejregardingjthejspecificationsjofjajlegaljbasketballj
-janswer--
ItjShalljHavejajdeeplyjpebbledjgranulatedjsurfacejwithjverticaljshapedjpanelsjbondedjonj
thejrubberjcarcass
Whichjstatementjregardingjjumpjballjadministrationjisjcorrect?j-janswer--
EachjJumperjisjrequiredjtojhavejbothjfeetjinsidejtheirjhalfjofjthejrestrainingjcircle
Whichjofjthejfollowingjstatementsjregardingjprotectivejfacejmasksjisjtrue?j-janswer--
AlljofjthejAbove
Thejballjbecomesjdead,jorjremainsjdeadjwhen:j-janswer--
BothjAjandjB/
jThejmaskjmustjbejwornjforjmedicaljreasons,jThejmaskjmustjbejmadejofjhardjmaterial
WhichjofjthejfollowingjhavejbeenjapprovedjforjwearjbyjofficialsjthejIHSAjduringjhighjscho
oljbasketballjgames?j-janswer--
Onlyjajblackjandjwhitejshirtjthatjdoesjnotjhavejthejlargerjblackjpaneljonjthejside,jsimilarjtoj
thejacceptedjofficialsjjerseyjwornjatjthejcollegiatejlevel
SubstitutejA1jentersjgamejtojreplacejA2jbeforejthejfinaljfreejthrowjattemptjbyjB1.jCoachj
ofjteamjAjrealizesjhejdidn'tjwantjA2joutjofjgame.jHejimmediatelyjsendsjA2jtojscorer'sjtabl
ejtojre-enter.jA2jmayjre-enterj-janswer--A2jcanjonlyjre-
enterjafterjclockjhasjbeenjproperlyjstarted
ThejofficialsjdiscoverjbloodjonjA1'sjjerseyjandjajbleedingjcutjonjB1.jWhatjisjthejcorrectjpr
ocedure?j-janswer--NonejofjthejAbove
Whichjofjthejfollowingjstatementsjisjtrue?j-janswer--
Asjajsafetyjconcernjajplayerjwithjlongjfingernailsjmayjnotjbejallowedjtojplay
Byjdefinition,jthejdistancejtojmeasurejwhenjestablishingjwhetherjanjoffensivejplayerjisjb
eingjcloselyjguardedjis:j-janswer--Fromjthejforwardjfoot/
feetjofjthejdefenderjtojthejforwardjfoot/feetjofjthejballjhandler
Byjdefinition,jwhichjofjthejfollowingjisjNOTjanjexamplejofjteamjcontrol:j-janswer--
Whenjajtryjorjtapjbyjthejoffensivejteamjisjinjflight
,Byjdefinition,jillegaljpersonaljcontactjwithjanjopponentjwhichjinterferesjwithjhis/
herjfreedomjofjmovementjisjconsidered:j-janswer--Holding
Byjdefinition,jwhichjofjthejfollowingjisjNOTjconsideredjajviolation:j-janswer--
Ajplayerjaccidentallyjkicksjthejballjduringjlivejballjaction
Whichjofjthejfollowingjisjcorrect?j-janswer--
Successivejtimeoutsjshalljnotjbejgrantedjafterjthejexpirationjofjplayingjtimejforjthej4thjqu
arterjorjanyjextrajperiod
Followingjthejfreejthrowsjofjajtechnicaljfoul,jA1jmakesjajthrowjinjfromjthejdivisionjlinejopp
ositejofjthejscoringjtable.jThejthrowjinjpassjisjdeflectedjbyjB1jandjgoesjdirectlyjthroughjT
eamjA'sjbasket.j-janswer--AlljofjthejAbove
Thejballjbecomesjlivejonjajjumpjballjwhen:j-janswer--
thejtossedjballjleavesjthejofficialsjhands
Anjalternatingjpossessionjthrow-injshalljresultjwhen:j-janswer--
simultaneousjfloorjorjfree-throwjviolationsjoccur
Whichjofjthejfollowingjisjanjexamplejofjanjintentionaljfoul?j-janswer--alljofjthejabove
Duringjthejgame'sjopeningjjumpjball,jonejofjthejofficialsjnoticesjthejgamejclockjisjrunningj
asjthejRefereejmakesjthejtossjtojstartjthejgame.jThejotherjofficialjnoticesjthatjteamjAjjum
perj(A4)jtouchesjthejballjbeforejitjreachesjthejhighestjpoint.jRuling:j-janswer--
Thejofficialjshouldjblowjhis/her/
theirjwhistlejandjstopjthejgame.jAfterjconferringjwithjthejReferee,jthejgamejclockjshouldj
bejreset,jandjthejopeningjjumpjballjrepeated.
Designatedjthrow-injspotjforjTeamjA.jA3jviolatesjwhenjhe/she/they:j-janswer--
backsjstraightjupjasjfarjasjpossible.
Freejthrowjrestrictionsjendjforjwhichjofjthejfollowingjplayersjwhenjajfreejthrowjtouchesjth
ejring?j-janswer--Alljofjthejabove
A1jisjfouledjonjanjunsuccessfuljtwo-
pointjshotjattempt.jA1jisjinjuredjonjthejplayjandjcannotjshootjthejfreejthrows.jTeamjAjhasj
sevenjeligiblejplayersjonjthejbench.jA1'sjfreejthrowsjmustjbejshotjby:j-janswer--
anyjplayerjfromjTeamjAjwhojisjselectedjbyjthejHeadjCoachjofjTeamjA.
Whichjofjthejfollowingjisjgoaltending?j-janswer--Bothjaj&jb
Whichjofjthejfollowingjresultsjinjajviolation?j-janswer--
A3,jwhilejdribbling,jtouchesjA1,jwhojisjstandingjoutjofjbounds.
A1jisjfouledjonjanjunsuccessfuljtwo-
pointjtry.jA1jthenjdirectsjprofanityjatjB1jandjisjassessedjajtechnicaljfoul.jHowjarejthejpena
ltiesjforjthesejfoulsjassessed?j-janswer--
Sincejbothjfoulsjarejtwojshotjfouls,jthejpenaltiesjoffset,jandjnojfreejthrowsjarejshot.jTeamj
, Ajisjthenjawardedjthejballjbecausejthejballjwasjinjtheirjpossessionjatjthejpointjofjinterrupti
on.
B1jisjassessedjajtechnicaljfoul.jA6jisjonjthejbenchjforjTeamjA.jThejHeadjCoachjfromjTea
mjAjwouldjlikejtojhavejA6jenterjthejgamejandjshootjthejfreejthrowsjforjthejtechnicaljfoul.j
Whichjofjthejfollowingjbestjdescribesjwhatjcanjhappen?j-janswer--
A6jmayjenterjthejgamejtojshootjthejfreejthrows,jbutjTeamjAjmustjcalljajtimeoutjtojallowjA6
jtojlegallyjenterjthejgame.
Thejthrowerjshalljnotjleavejthejdesignatedjthrow-injspotjuntil:j-janswer--
thejballjhasjbeenjreleasedjonjajthrow-injpass
TeamjAjisjmakingjajthrow-
injandjthejballjcomesjtojrestjorjgetsjlodgedjinjthejrim.jThejballjbecomesjdeadjand:j-
janswer--Thisjisjajviolationjofjthejthrow-injandjthejballjisjawardedjtojteamjB
IfjthejRefereejmakesjajbadjtossjorjifjbothjteamsjsimultaneouslyjcommitjviolationsjduringjt
hejjumpjball:j-janswer--AlljofjthejAbove
Whichjofjthejfollowingjisjtruejregardingjcloselyjguardedjsituationsj-janswer--
Ajcloselyjguardedjcountjinjthejfrontjcourtjshalljbejterminatedjwhenjthejoffensivejplayerjinj
controljofjthejballjgetsjhis/herjheadjandjshouldersjpastjthejdefensivejplayer.
A4jisjdisqualifiedjafterjreceivingjhis/
herjfifthjfoul.jThejcoachjofjTeamjAjdoesjnotjhavejajsubstitutejreadyjtojenterjthejgamejafter
jthejpermitted j15jseconds.jWhatjisjthejpenalty?j-janswer--
ThejcoachjofjTeamjAjisjassessedjajdirectjtechnicaljfoul.
Withjlessjthanj10jminutesjremainingjbeforejthejstartjofjthejgame,jTeamjAjchangesjthejsta
rtingjlineup,jaddsjajnamejtojthejsquadjlistjandjchangesjajsquadjmember'sjnumber.jWhatji
sjthejpenalty?j-janswer--
TeamjAjisjpermittedjtojmakejthesejchangesjandjshalljbejassessedjonejadministrativejtec
hnicaljfouljforjanyjorjalljofjthejinfractionsjlistedjabove
Whichjofjthejfollowingjisjtruejregardingjexcessivejswingingjofjarm(s)/elbow(s)?j-
janswer--
playerjmayjextendjarm(s)jorjelbow(s)jtojholdjthejballjunderjthejchinjorjagainstjthejbody.
Thejscorejisjtied.jWithjonejsecondjleftjonjthejgamejclockjinjthejfourthjquarter,jA1jreleasesj
ajjumpjshotjfromjbeyondjthejthree-
pointjarc.jAfterjthejrelease,jbutjbeforejA1jreturnsjtojthejfloor,jB1jfoulsjA1jpriorjtojthejexpira
tionjofjplay.jThejfouljisjnotjintentionaljorjflagrant.jA1'sjshotjgoesjinjthejbasketjafterjthejhorn
jsounds.jThejcorrectjrulingjis:j-janswer--CountjA1'sjthree-
pointjbasket;jchargejajfouljtojBl;jandjshootjnojfreejthrows.
Whichjofjthejfollowingjstatementsjregardingjajmanufacturer'sjlogo/trademark/
referencejonjajteamjjerseyjisjfalse?j-janswer--
Ajthrowjinjafterjajgoaljorjanjawardedjgoaljforjbasketjinterferencejorjgoaltendingjbyjajdefen
sejplayerjshalljbejmadejbyj-janswer--
