NFHS Football Exam - Part 1 UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
If a game official calls a time-out because A1 appears injured, A1 must leave the game for at
least one play. - CORRECT ANSWER - True: 3-5-10(a)
An official's time-out (which is not charged to either team) occurs, and the player shall be
replaced for at least one down, unless halftime or an overtime intermission occurs when an
apparently injured player is discovered by the game official while the ball is dead and the clock
is stopped and for whom the ready-for-play signal is delayed, or for whom the clock is stopped.
A chop block is a legal block within the 6x8-yard free-blocking zone. - CORRECT
ANSWER - False: 2-3-8
Chop block is a combination block by two or more teammates against an opponent other than the
runner, with or without delay, where one of the blocks is low (at the knee or below) and one of
the blocks is high (above the knee).
9-3-6
A player shall not chop block.
Beginning in 2012, gloves that may be anchored with athletic tape, and even though modified,
must meet the NOCSAE test standard at the time of manufacture, unless made of an unaltered
plain cloth. - CORRECT ANSWER - False: 1-5-2b
Beginning with the 2013 season,.....
Thigh guards that are unaltered from the manufacturer's original design/production are not
required equipment by rule. - CORRECT ANSWER - False: 1-5-1d(4)
Thigh guards which are unaltered from the manufacturer's original design/production are
required of all players.
Any player who exhibits signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a concussion shall be
immediately removed from the game and shall not return to play until cleared by an appropriate
health-care professional. - CORRECT ANSWER - True: 3-5-10b; POE
, No player shall intentionally go out of bounds during a down and intentionally touch the ball. -
CORRECT ANSWER - True: 9-6-2b
Eye shade (grease or no-glare strips or stickers) that is a solid stroke can have words, numbers,
logos, or other symbols within the eye shade. - CORRECT ANSWER - False: 1-5-3 c(3)
Illegal equipment includes eye shade (grease or no-glare strips or stickers) that is not a solid
stroke or includes words, numbers, logos, or other symbols within the eye shade.
The horse-collar foul is enforced as a dead-ball foul. - CORRECT ANSWER - False: 9-4-
3k
The horse-collar foul is enforced as a live-ball foul.
It is illegal for a member of either team to use any other part of the body or equipment to initiate
contact to the head. - CORRECT ANSWER - True: 9-4-3g; POE
No player or nonplayer shall make any other contact with an opponent which is deemed
unnecessary and which incites roughness.
Holding an unauthorized conference is considered unsportsmanlike conduct and carries a 15-
yard penalty. - CORRECT ANSWER - True: 9-8-1f; Penalty
An authorized conference is permitted during the intermission between periods. - CORRECT
ANSWER - True: 3-5-8 a(2)
An authorized conference may be held during an official's time out.
3-5-7l
An official's time-out (which is not charged to either team) occurs during a dead ball for a one-
minute intermission between the first and second and the third and fourth periods and following
a try, successful field goal or safety and prior to the succeeding free kick.
It is illegal for any player to accidentally slap a loose ball with the arm or hand. - CORRECT
ANSWER - True: 9-7-2
No player shall bat (i.e. slap 2-2) a loose ball other than a pass or a fumble in flight, or a low
scrimmage kick in flight which he is attempting to block in or behind the expanded neutral zone.
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
If a game official calls a time-out because A1 appears injured, A1 must leave the game for at
least one play. - CORRECT ANSWER - True: 3-5-10(a)
An official's time-out (which is not charged to either team) occurs, and the player shall be
replaced for at least one down, unless halftime or an overtime intermission occurs when an
apparently injured player is discovered by the game official while the ball is dead and the clock
is stopped and for whom the ready-for-play signal is delayed, or for whom the clock is stopped.
A chop block is a legal block within the 6x8-yard free-blocking zone. - CORRECT
ANSWER - False: 2-3-8
Chop block is a combination block by two or more teammates against an opponent other than the
runner, with or without delay, where one of the blocks is low (at the knee or below) and one of
the blocks is high (above the knee).
9-3-6
A player shall not chop block.
Beginning in 2012, gloves that may be anchored with athletic tape, and even though modified,
must meet the NOCSAE test standard at the time of manufacture, unless made of an unaltered
plain cloth. - CORRECT ANSWER - False: 1-5-2b
Beginning with the 2013 season,.....
Thigh guards that are unaltered from the manufacturer's original design/production are not
required equipment by rule. - CORRECT ANSWER - False: 1-5-1d(4)
Thigh guards which are unaltered from the manufacturer's original design/production are
required of all players.
Any player who exhibits signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a concussion shall be
immediately removed from the game and shall not return to play until cleared by an appropriate
health-care professional. - CORRECT ANSWER - True: 3-5-10b; POE
, No player shall intentionally go out of bounds during a down and intentionally touch the ball. -
CORRECT ANSWER - True: 9-6-2b
Eye shade (grease or no-glare strips or stickers) that is a solid stroke can have words, numbers,
logos, or other symbols within the eye shade. - CORRECT ANSWER - False: 1-5-3 c(3)
Illegal equipment includes eye shade (grease or no-glare strips or stickers) that is not a solid
stroke or includes words, numbers, logos, or other symbols within the eye shade.
The horse-collar foul is enforced as a dead-ball foul. - CORRECT ANSWER - False: 9-4-
3k
The horse-collar foul is enforced as a live-ball foul.
It is illegal for a member of either team to use any other part of the body or equipment to initiate
contact to the head. - CORRECT ANSWER - True: 9-4-3g; POE
No player or nonplayer shall make any other contact with an opponent which is deemed
unnecessary and which incites roughness.
Holding an unauthorized conference is considered unsportsmanlike conduct and carries a 15-
yard penalty. - CORRECT ANSWER - True: 9-8-1f; Penalty
An authorized conference is permitted during the intermission between periods. - CORRECT
ANSWER - True: 3-5-8 a(2)
An authorized conference may be held during an official's time out.
3-5-7l
An official's time-out (which is not charged to either team) occurs during a dead ball for a one-
minute intermission between the first and second and the third and fourth periods and following
a try, successful field goal or safety and prior to the succeeding free kick.
It is illegal for any player to accidentally slap a loose ball with the arm or hand. - CORRECT
ANSWER - True: 9-7-2
No player shall bat (i.e. slap 2-2) a loose ball other than a pass or a fumble in flight, or a low
scrimmage kick in flight which he is attempting to block in or behind the expanded neutral zone.
