NFHS WRESTLING RULES TEST PAPER 2025 QUESTIONS
ANSD SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔After a failed attempt to make weight, an athlete may: - ✔✔Immediately step back
on the scale.
✔✔Shorts designed for wrestling may be worn: - ✔✔Over compression shorts.
✔✔How many time-outs are allowed in the same match for the appropriate health-care
professional(s) to evaluate an injury to the head and neck involving cervical column
and/or nervous system: - ✔✔1.
✔✔Which is not a criterion for awarding a takedown: - ✔✔Majority of the defensive
wrestle's weight supported by their hand(s) and touching the mat not beyond reaction
time.
✔✔The order of weight class competition cannot be altered following the random draw.
- ✔✔True
✔✔Which is not an acceptable fashion for securing wrestling shoelaces: - ✔✔Single-
knotting of the shoelaces.
✔✔Recovery time is use for any wrestler injured because of: - ✔✔Illegal hold.
Unnecessary roughness. False start from neutral position. All of the above.
✔✔The wrestlers are required to shake hands: - ✔✔At the beginning of the match. At
the end of the match.
✔✔The match is always stopped when penalizing either wrestler for stalling. - ✔✔False
✔✔During weigh-ins female contestants shall also wear: - ✔✔A suitable form-fitted
compression undergarment that completely covers their breasts.
✔✔If a wrestler is injured by an illegal hold and bleeding occurs and the injured wrestler
cannot continue after using five minutes of blood time, the match will be defaulted to the
injured wrestler. - ✔✔True
✔✔In a dual meet, the random draw shall take place immediately preceding weigh-ins. -
✔✔True
✔✔Each match in a tournament shall be six minutes in length. - ✔✔False
✔✔Females wearing a one-piece singlet shall wear a: - ✔✔Suitable undergarment that
is tight-fitting and minimizes exposure.
, ✔✔Near-fall points can only be earned while: - ✔✔Supporting points of either wrestler
are inbounds.
✔✔For dual meets, all team personnel, including coaches, other than actual
participating contestants shall be restricted to an area which is at least ___ feet from the
edge of the mat where facilities permit. - ✔✔10.
✔✔No contestant shall wrestle in two consecutive matches with less than a
____________ rest between them. - ✔✔45-minute
✔✔A wrestler who reports to the scorer's table not properly equipped will be charged
with: - ✔✔Technical violation.
✔✔At the meeting with the captains, prior to the start of a dual meet, the team winning
the disk flip may choose either the odd or even matches or may defer the choice. -
✔✔False
✔✔*Which of the following is not special equipment? - ✔✔Eye protection.
✔✔Blood time shall not exceed a maximum of _________ cumulative minutes. - ✔✔5
✔✔For health and safety reasons, the state association's weight-control program shall
require: - ✔✔Hydration testing.
✔✔A 24-foot square wrestling area is illegal. - ✔✔True
✔✔A suitable undergarment for a female: - ✔✔Completely covers the breasts.
✔✔The removal of the ear guards is always considered delaying the match. - ✔✔False
✔✔A match is from the start of the first period until the conclusion of wrestling. -
✔✔False
✔✔During a match, wrestler(s) are allowed to wear: - ✔✔Leg/arm sleeve(s) that contain
a pad.
✔✔Surrounding and secured to the wrestling area of the mat shall be a safety mat area
approximately 5 feet wide. - ✔✔True
✔✔When the timekeeper makes an error or the clock fails to start when the referee
indicates time is to begin, the referee is to make a judgment concerning the amount of
time that should have been consumed. - ✔✔True
ANSD SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔After a failed attempt to make weight, an athlete may: - ✔✔Immediately step back
on the scale.
✔✔Shorts designed for wrestling may be worn: - ✔✔Over compression shorts.
✔✔How many time-outs are allowed in the same match for the appropriate health-care
professional(s) to evaluate an injury to the head and neck involving cervical column
and/or nervous system: - ✔✔1.
✔✔Which is not a criterion for awarding a takedown: - ✔✔Majority of the defensive
wrestle's weight supported by their hand(s) and touching the mat not beyond reaction
time.
✔✔The order of weight class competition cannot be altered following the random draw.
- ✔✔True
✔✔Which is not an acceptable fashion for securing wrestling shoelaces: - ✔✔Single-
knotting of the shoelaces.
✔✔Recovery time is use for any wrestler injured because of: - ✔✔Illegal hold.
Unnecessary roughness. False start from neutral position. All of the above.
✔✔The wrestlers are required to shake hands: - ✔✔At the beginning of the match. At
the end of the match.
✔✔The match is always stopped when penalizing either wrestler for stalling. - ✔✔False
✔✔During weigh-ins female contestants shall also wear: - ✔✔A suitable form-fitted
compression undergarment that completely covers their breasts.
✔✔If a wrestler is injured by an illegal hold and bleeding occurs and the injured wrestler
cannot continue after using five minutes of blood time, the match will be defaulted to the
injured wrestler. - ✔✔True
✔✔In a dual meet, the random draw shall take place immediately preceding weigh-ins. -
✔✔True
✔✔Each match in a tournament shall be six minutes in length. - ✔✔False
✔✔Females wearing a one-piece singlet shall wear a: - ✔✔Suitable undergarment that
is tight-fitting and minimizes exposure.
, ✔✔Near-fall points can only be earned while: - ✔✔Supporting points of either wrestler
are inbounds.
✔✔For dual meets, all team personnel, including coaches, other than actual
participating contestants shall be restricted to an area which is at least ___ feet from the
edge of the mat where facilities permit. - ✔✔10.
✔✔No contestant shall wrestle in two consecutive matches with less than a
____________ rest between them. - ✔✔45-minute
✔✔A wrestler who reports to the scorer's table not properly equipped will be charged
with: - ✔✔Technical violation.
✔✔At the meeting with the captains, prior to the start of a dual meet, the team winning
the disk flip may choose either the odd or even matches or may defer the choice. -
✔✔False
✔✔*Which of the following is not special equipment? - ✔✔Eye protection.
✔✔Blood time shall not exceed a maximum of _________ cumulative minutes. - ✔✔5
✔✔For health and safety reasons, the state association's weight-control program shall
require: - ✔✔Hydration testing.
✔✔A 24-foot square wrestling area is illegal. - ✔✔True
✔✔A suitable undergarment for a female: - ✔✔Completely covers the breasts.
✔✔The removal of the ear guards is always considered delaying the match. - ✔✔False
✔✔A match is from the start of the first period until the conclusion of wrestling. -
✔✔False
✔✔During a match, wrestler(s) are allowed to wear: - ✔✔Leg/arm sleeve(s) that contain
a pad.
✔✔Surrounding and secured to the wrestling area of the mat shall be a safety mat area
approximately 5 feet wide. - ✔✔True
✔✔When the timekeeper makes an error or the clock fails to start when the referee
indicates time is to begin, the referee is to make a judgment concerning the amount of
time that should have been consumed. - ✔✔True
