NFHS BASKETBALL RULES PART 1 ACTUAL EXAM
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔False - ✔✔A dribble may be started by pushing, throwing or batting the ball to the
floor before or after the pivot foot is lifted
✔✔True - ✔✔A foul against an airborne shooter is a foul in the act of shooting even
though the ball is already in flight
✔✔True - ✔✔A fumble is accidental loss of player control.
✔✔True - ✔✔A jump ball ends when the tapped ball touches a basket.
✔✔True - ✔✔A jump ball ends when the tapped ball touches a nonjumper.
✔✔False - ✔✔The closely-guarded distance is measured from the forward hand/arm of
the defender to the forward hand/arm of the
ball handler.
✔✔True - ✔✔The resumption-of-play procedure may be used when the throw-in team
fails to make a thrower available.
✔✔True - ✔✔The tap from a player toward a team's own basket ends in exactly the
same manner as a try
✔✔False - ✔✔The traveling and dribbling rules are in effect for the thrower during a
throw-in
✔✔True - ✔✔There is no player control during an interrupted dribble, but there is team
control.
✔✔False - ✔✔There is player control during a try or tap
✔✔True - ✔✔When a technical foul is also charged indirectly to the head coach, it
counts only as one team foul
✔✔True - ✔✔When play is resumed by a throw-in after a double foul occurs, it takes
place at the spot nearest to where the ball was
located.
✔✔True - ✔✔Extra periods are an extension of the fourth quarter.
✔✔False - ✔✔If a technical foul penalty is administered to end the fourth quarter and
the score is tied, the throw-in portion of the
, penalty will begin the extra period.
✔✔False - ✔✔Teams shall change baskets for each extra period played
✔✔False - ✔✔All common fouls in the last two minutes of the game are automatically
intentional.
✔✔True - ✔✔A player-control foul is common foul committed by a player while he or
she is in control of the ball or by an airborne
shooter.
✔✔True - ✔✔A team-control foul is a common foul committed by a player while his/her
team is in control of the ball.
✔✔False - ✔✔An intentional foul can only occur during a live ball.
✔✔True - ✔✔An intentional foul should be called when illegal contact occurs away from
the ball specifically designed to stop the
clock.
✔✔True - ✔✔Continuous motion does not apply if a teammate fouls after a player has
started a try for a goal and before the ball is
in flight.
✔✔True - ✔✔Faking being fouled is an example of an unsporting foul.
✔✔False - ✔✔If B1 fouls A1, and before the clock starts B2 fouls A2, it is a false
multiple foul.
✔✔False - ✔✔The swinging of the arms and elbows excessively is an automatic
intentional foul
✔✔True - ✔✔Use of profanity by a player is an unsporting act
✔✔True - ✔✔An unsporting foul consists of unfair, unethical or dishonorable conduct
✔✔True - ✔✔A free throw ends when it is certain the try will not be successful.
✔✔True - ✔✔A free throw ends when the ball is bounced off the floor by the free
thrower in an attempt to have it enter the basket.
✔✔True - ✔✔A substitute for the offended team may enter the game and attempt the
second free throw awarded for a technical
foul.
2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔False - ✔✔A dribble may be started by pushing, throwing or batting the ball to the
floor before or after the pivot foot is lifted
✔✔True - ✔✔A foul against an airborne shooter is a foul in the act of shooting even
though the ball is already in flight
✔✔True - ✔✔A fumble is accidental loss of player control.
✔✔True - ✔✔A jump ball ends when the tapped ball touches a basket.
✔✔True - ✔✔A jump ball ends when the tapped ball touches a nonjumper.
✔✔False - ✔✔The closely-guarded distance is measured from the forward hand/arm of
the defender to the forward hand/arm of the
ball handler.
✔✔True - ✔✔The resumption-of-play procedure may be used when the throw-in team
fails to make a thrower available.
✔✔True - ✔✔The tap from a player toward a team's own basket ends in exactly the
same manner as a try
✔✔False - ✔✔The traveling and dribbling rules are in effect for the thrower during a
throw-in
✔✔True - ✔✔There is no player control during an interrupted dribble, but there is team
control.
✔✔False - ✔✔There is player control during a try or tap
✔✔True - ✔✔When a technical foul is also charged indirectly to the head coach, it
counts only as one team foul
✔✔True - ✔✔When play is resumed by a throw-in after a double foul occurs, it takes
place at the spot nearest to where the ball was
located.
✔✔True - ✔✔Extra periods are an extension of the fourth quarter.
✔✔False - ✔✔If a technical foul penalty is administered to end the fourth quarter and
the score is tied, the throw-in portion of the
, penalty will begin the extra period.
✔✔False - ✔✔Teams shall change baskets for each extra period played
✔✔False - ✔✔All common fouls in the last two minutes of the game are automatically
intentional.
✔✔True - ✔✔A player-control foul is common foul committed by a player while he or
she is in control of the ball or by an airborne
shooter.
✔✔True - ✔✔A team-control foul is a common foul committed by a player while his/her
team is in control of the ball.
✔✔False - ✔✔An intentional foul can only occur during a live ball.
✔✔True - ✔✔An intentional foul should be called when illegal contact occurs away from
the ball specifically designed to stop the
clock.
✔✔True - ✔✔Continuous motion does not apply if a teammate fouls after a player has
started a try for a goal and before the ball is
in flight.
✔✔True - ✔✔Faking being fouled is an example of an unsporting foul.
✔✔False - ✔✔If B1 fouls A1, and before the clock starts B2 fouls A2, it is a false
multiple foul.
✔✔False - ✔✔The swinging of the arms and elbows excessively is an automatic
intentional foul
✔✔True - ✔✔Use of profanity by a player is an unsporting act
✔✔True - ✔✔An unsporting foul consists of unfair, unethical or dishonorable conduct
✔✔True - ✔✔A free throw ends when it is certain the try will not be successful.
✔✔True - ✔✔A free throw ends when the ball is bounced off the floor by the free
thrower in an attempt to have it enter the basket.
✔✔True - ✔✔A substitute for the offended team may enter the game and attempt the
second free throw awarded for a technical
foul.
