NFHS Softball Exam ,NFHS Softball
Exam2019, NFHS Exam (New 2024/ 2025
Update) Questions and Verified Answers|
100% Correct| A Grade
Change (Name/#/Add Sub) to the lineup card after it has been
made official - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Penalty:
1st: Warning
2nd: Coach Restricted to bench
Illegal Substitute (Rule 3-4, P. 34 Sect. 4) -
✔✔ANSW✔✔Penalty:
1) Player restricted to bench
2) Art. 1 A & C: If player is on base, at bat, or is the courtesy
runner; she is also called out.
Illegal Defensive Sub (Rule 3-4 Art. 3) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Penalty:
1) Sub involved with a batted ball=restricted to bench; offense
has option of taking result or accepting penalty (out nullified &
Runners return)
2) If another legal pitch is thrown, all play stands and illegal sub
is restricted to bench
3) Anytime an illegal sub handles the ball and it does not alter the
play/no one is put out; play stands and illegal sub is restricted.
,A coach physically assists a runner during live ball action. (8-6-5)
- ✔✔ANSW✔✔Penalty:Runner is out and ball remains live.
Offensive Interference with a fielder attempting to make a play
on a batter/runner (3-5 art. 5) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Penalty:
a) The ball is dead.
b) Runner closest to home is out
c) All runners not out return to last base touched at time of
interference
Offensive player interferes with a fair batted ball or foul fly ball
(3-5-Art. 6)
(7-4-12; 7-5-4; 8-6-16) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Penalty: Ball is dead
immediately and batter is out.
a) If interference prevented a possible DP, batter and runner
closest to home are out. other runners return to last base
touched at time of interference.
Defensive player fakes a tag (Obstruction 8-4-3b) -
✔✔ANSW✔✔Penalty:
a) Delayed Dead ball
b) If obstructed runner is put out before reaching a base she
would've reached, ball is declared dead and all runners are
awarded the base(s) they would've reached.
c) Team warning issued; A 2nd offender is restricted to bench
Charged Conferences: Defense(3-7)
,**When either team has a charged conference, the other team
may also conference (uncharged)** - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Defense:
a) Each team is granted 3 defensive conferences per 7 innings
without penalty.
b) Extra Innings: each team is allowed 1 additional conference
per inning.
***Time granted for an injured player is not a charged
conference.
***If the pitcher is removed it is not a charged conference
c) Request for a charged conference beyond the allowed (3 for
7innings/1 per extra inning) = P must be removed as pitcher for
the rest of the game
Charged Conferences: Offense (3-7)
**When either team has a charged conference, the other team
may also conference (uncharged)** - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Offense:
a) Each team is granted 1 charged conference per inning. Any
additional requests shall be denied.
***Time granted for an injured player is not a charged
conference.
Illegally Batted Ball (5-1-1b) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Penalty: Batter is
out and runners return (7-4-8; 7-4-2)
Interference by runner (5-1-1e) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Penalty:
Interfering runner is out and other runners return to base
occupied at time of interference.
, B1 steps up to the plate and after hitting two balls over the
fence in foul territory, F1 requests to intentionally walk B1.
The umpire allows B1 to be intentionally walked.
R1 is caught in a rundown between third base and home. As
R1 is attempting to return to third base, R1 is obstructed by
F5 and subsequently tagged while off the base by F6. The
correct call is:
When a fielder obstructs a runner, the initial call is always a
delayed dead ball. Once the obstructed runner is put out, it
becomes a dead ball and the umpires shall award R1 the base
that would have been reached had there been no obstruction.
After the lineup cards have been submitted to and verified by
the plate umpire, the opposing coach has a player arrive late
and wants to add that player to the lineup.
The umpire will add the player to the lineup and shall issue a
team warning to the head coach of the team involved.
A1 is Team A's pitcher in the fourth inning. A11 is brought in
as a relief pitcher in that inning. Team A's coach wants to re-
enter A1 in the fourth inning as the pitcher. The correct call is:
This is a legal substitution with no warm-up pitches allowed.
The DP may be substituted for any time by:
-A legal substitute.
-The FLEX playing offense.
At the pregame conference, the home team coach informs
the umpires that the fence in left field is only 180 feet and
balls hit over the fence will be a two-base award.
The umpires shall not permit a ground rule to supersede a rules
book rule; any ball hit over the fence is a home run.
Exam2019, NFHS Exam (New 2024/ 2025
Update) Questions and Verified Answers|
100% Correct| A Grade
Change (Name/#/Add Sub) to the lineup card after it has been
made official - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Penalty:
1st: Warning
2nd: Coach Restricted to bench
Illegal Substitute (Rule 3-4, P. 34 Sect. 4) -
✔✔ANSW✔✔Penalty:
1) Player restricted to bench
2) Art. 1 A & C: If player is on base, at bat, or is the courtesy
runner; she is also called out.
Illegal Defensive Sub (Rule 3-4 Art. 3) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Penalty:
1) Sub involved with a batted ball=restricted to bench; offense
has option of taking result or accepting penalty (out nullified &
Runners return)
2) If another legal pitch is thrown, all play stands and illegal sub
is restricted to bench
3) Anytime an illegal sub handles the ball and it does not alter the
play/no one is put out; play stands and illegal sub is restricted.
,A coach physically assists a runner during live ball action. (8-6-5)
- ✔✔ANSW✔✔Penalty:Runner is out and ball remains live.
Offensive Interference with a fielder attempting to make a play
on a batter/runner (3-5 art. 5) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Penalty:
a) The ball is dead.
b) Runner closest to home is out
c) All runners not out return to last base touched at time of
interference
Offensive player interferes with a fair batted ball or foul fly ball
(3-5-Art. 6)
(7-4-12; 7-5-4; 8-6-16) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Penalty: Ball is dead
immediately and batter is out.
a) If interference prevented a possible DP, batter and runner
closest to home are out. other runners return to last base
touched at time of interference.
Defensive player fakes a tag (Obstruction 8-4-3b) -
✔✔ANSW✔✔Penalty:
a) Delayed Dead ball
b) If obstructed runner is put out before reaching a base she
would've reached, ball is declared dead and all runners are
awarded the base(s) they would've reached.
c) Team warning issued; A 2nd offender is restricted to bench
Charged Conferences: Defense(3-7)
,**When either team has a charged conference, the other team
may also conference (uncharged)** - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Defense:
a) Each team is granted 3 defensive conferences per 7 innings
without penalty.
b) Extra Innings: each team is allowed 1 additional conference
per inning.
***Time granted for an injured player is not a charged
conference.
***If the pitcher is removed it is not a charged conference
c) Request for a charged conference beyond the allowed (3 for
7innings/1 per extra inning) = P must be removed as pitcher for
the rest of the game
Charged Conferences: Offense (3-7)
**When either team has a charged conference, the other team
may also conference (uncharged)** - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Offense:
a) Each team is granted 1 charged conference per inning. Any
additional requests shall be denied.
***Time granted for an injured player is not a charged
conference.
Illegally Batted Ball (5-1-1b) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Penalty: Batter is
out and runners return (7-4-8; 7-4-2)
Interference by runner (5-1-1e) - ✔✔ANSW✔✔Penalty:
Interfering runner is out and other runners return to base
occupied at time of interference.
, B1 steps up to the plate and after hitting two balls over the
fence in foul territory, F1 requests to intentionally walk B1.
The umpire allows B1 to be intentionally walked.
R1 is caught in a rundown between third base and home. As
R1 is attempting to return to third base, R1 is obstructed by
F5 and subsequently tagged while off the base by F6. The
correct call is:
When a fielder obstructs a runner, the initial call is always a
delayed dead ball. Once the obstructed runner is put out, it
becomes a dead ball and the umpires shall award R1 the base
that would have been reached had there been no obstruction.
After the lineup cards have been submitted to and verified by
the plate umpire, the opposing coach has a player arrive late
and wants to add that player to the lineup.
The umpire will add the player to the lineup and shall issue a
team warning to the head coach of the team involved.
A1 is Team A's pitcher in the fourth inning. A11 is brought in
as a relief pitcher in that inning. Team A's coach wants to re-
enter A1 in the fourth inning as the pitcher. The correct call is:
This is a legal substitution with no warm-up pitches allowed.
The DP may be substituted for any time by:
-A legal substitute.
-The FLEX playing offense.
At the pregame conference, the home team coach informs
the umpires that the fence in left field is only 180 feet and
balls hit over the fence will be a two-base award.
The umpires shall not permit a ground rule to supersede a rules
book rule; any ball hit over the fence is a home run.
