NFHS WRESTLING RULES STUDY GUIDE 2025 QUESTIONS
ANSD SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔If a wrestler is accidentally injured and is unable to continue the match, the
opponent shall be awarded the match by default. - ✔✔True
✔✔Team A has wrestlers wearing different combinations of uniforms. Which
combination is not a compliant uniform: - ✔✔A form-fitted compression shirt worn on top
of a singlet.
✔✔Biting is an act of: - ✔✔Flagrant misconduct.
✔✔A wrestler that pushes or pulls the opponent out of bounds in the neutral position is
penalized for: - ✔✔
✔✔A wrestler that pushes or pulls the opponent out of bounds in the neutral position is
penalized for: - ✔✔Stalling.
✔✔Once the offensive wrestler has assumed a legal starting position, he/she does not
need to be stationary before the referee says "set." - ✔✔False
✔✔Flagrant misconduct on the part of coaches or other team personnel are acts which
____________________. - ✔✔the referee considers serious enough to remove the
offender from the premises. Can occur prior to, during, or after a match, including the
use of tobacco products.
✔✔Each individual state high school association shall develop and utilize a special
weight-control program which will discourage: - ✔✔Excessive weight reduction.
✔✔Any undergarment which extends beyond the inseam of a one-piece singlet shall: -
✔✔Be tight-fitting and shall not extend below the knee.
✔✔Wrestlers may weigh-in wearing: - ✔✔Suitable undergarment including low cut
socks.
✔✔When scoring a match in dual meets or tournaments, errors by the timekeeper,
official scorer or referee may be corrected: - ✔✔Before the start of the next match on
that mat.
✔✔When an appropriate health-care professional(s) is present, he or she can extend
the allowed injury time to a maximum of _____ for evaluation of injury to head and neck
involving cervical column and/or nervous system: - ✔✔five minutes.
, ✔✔All points during bad time are canceled. - ✔✔False
✔✔Prior to the meet, the head coach shall verify that all wrestlers will
be_____________. - ✔✔In proper uniform. Properly groomed. In proper uniform,
properly groomed, properly equipped and ready to wrestle.
✔✔When starting the contestants in the down position, the referee shall not: - ✔✔Be
behind the wrestlers.
✔✔When an appropriate health-care professional(s) is present, he or she can extend
the allowed injury time to a maximum of _____ for evaluation of injury to head and neck
involving cervical column and/or nervous system: - ✔✔five minutes.
✔✔A default is awarded when one of the wrestlers: - ✔✔Is unable to continue for any
reason.
✔✔What action is not considered flagrant misconduct: - ✔✔Failure to keep shoulder
straps up while on the mat.
✔✔The following is not a concussion symptom: - ✔✔Bloody nose.
✔✔The referee shall promptly stop all holds that are being used for punishment. -
✔✔True
✔✔Wrestlers may not wear wristbands, sweatbands or bicep bands during a match. -
✔✔True
✔✔Each team shall designate a captain or captains: - ✔✔Prior to the beginning of the
meet.
✔✔Wrestlers are out of bounds when: - ✔✔At least one supporting point of both
wrestlers are not on or inside the boundary line.
✔✔It is not bad time when a wrestler is not given the choice of position after the two-
point stalling penalty. - ✔✔False
✔✔When possible, the referee should award points on the edge of the mat calls: -
✔✔Before blowing the whistle, and giving the hand signal for stopping the match and
out of bounds.
✔✔ All contestants wearing a one-piece singlet shall wear: - ✔✔Suitable undergarment
that completely covers the groin and buttocks.
ANSD SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔If a wrestler is accidentally injured and is unable to continue the match, the
opponent shall be awarded the match by default. - ✔✔True
✔✔Team A has wrestlers wearing different combinations of uniforms. Which
combination is not a compliant uniform: - ✔✔A form-fitted compression shirt worn on top
of a singlet.
✔✔Biting is an act of: - ✔✔Flagrant misconduct.
✔✔A wrestler that pushes or pulls the opponent out of bounds in the neutral position is
penalized for: - ✔✔
✔✔A wrestler that pushes or pulls the opponent out of bounds in the neutral position is
penalized for: - ✔✔Stalling.
✔✔Once the offensive wrestler has assumed a legal starting position, he/she does not
need to be stationary before the referee says "set." - ✔✔False
✔✔Flagrant misconduct on the part of coaches or other team personnel are acts which
____________________. - ✔✔the referee considers serious enough to remove the
offender from the premises. Can occur prior to, during, or after a match, including the
use of tobacco products.
✔✔Each individual state high school association shall develop and utilize a special
weight-control program which will discourage: - ✔✔Excessive weight reduction.
✔✔Any undergarment which extends beyond the inseam of a one-piece singlet shall: -
✔✔Be tight-fitting and shall not extend below the knee.
✔✔Wrestlers may weigh-in wearing: - ✔✔Suitable undergarment including low cut
socks.
✔✔When scoring a match in dual meets or tournaments, errors by the timekeeper,
official scorer or referee may be corrected: - ✔✔Before the start of the next match on
that mat.
✔✔When an appropriate health-care professional(s) is present, he or she can extend
the allowed injury time to a maximum of _____ for evaluation of injury to head and neck
involving cervical column and/or nervous system: - ✔✔five minutes.
, ✔✔All points during bad time are canceled. - ✔✔False
✔✔Prior to the meet, the head coach shall verify that all wrestlers will
be_____________. - ✔✔In proper uniform. Properly groomed. In proper uniform,
properly groomed, properly equipped and ready to wrestle.
✔✔When starting the contestants in the down position, the referee shall not: - ✔✔Be
behind the wrestlers.
✔✔When an appropriate health-care professional(s) is present, he or she can extend
the allowed injury time to a maximum of _____ for evaluation of injury to head and neck
involving cervical column and/or nervous system: - ✔✔five minutes.
✔✔A default is awarded when one of the wrestlers: - ✔✔Is unable to continue for any
reason.
✔✔What action is not considered flagrant misconduct: - ✔✔Failure to keep shoulder
straps up while on the mat.
✔✔The following is not a concussion symptom: - ✔✔Bloody nose.
✔✔The referee shall promptly stop all holds that are being used for punishment. -
✔✔True
✔✔Wrestlers may not wear wristbands, sweatbands or bicep bands during a match. -
✔✔True
✔✔Each team shall designate a captain or captains: - ✔✔Prior to the beginning of the
meet.
✔✔Wrestlers are out of bounds when: - ✔✔At least one supporting point of both
wrestlers are not on or inside the boundary line.
✔✔It is not bad time when a wrestler is not given the choice of position after the two-
point stalling penalty. - ✔✔False
✔✔When possible, the referee should award points on the edge of the mat calls: -
✔✔Before blowing the whistle, and giving the hand signal for stopping the match and
out of bounds.
✔✔ All contestants wearing a one-piece singlet shall wear: - ✔✔Suitable undergarment
that completely covers the groin and buttocks.
