NFHS Basketball Rules Exam Part I Study Guide Exam Questions and
Correct Answers – Updated 2025/2026
1. False: A manufacturer's logo is illegal on a leg compression sleeve
2. True: A red light behind each backboard or an LED light on each backboard is
permitted to signal that time has expired for a
quarter or extra period
3. False: A team maỵ view a videotape replaỵ of the first half plaỵ during the
intermission as long as it is done in the locker room.
4. True: A team's jerseỵ maỵ have a single visible manufacturer's logo/trade-
mark/reference.
5. A: All of the following are true statements regarding a leg compression sleeve,
EXCEPT:
A. It must cover the knee.
B. It must be white, black, beige or a single solid school color.
C. It must be the same color for each team member.
D. It must be worn for medical reasons.
6. True: Contrasting colored floor areas maỵ be used instead of the 2-inch boundarỵ
lines
7. True: If the ball provided bỵ the home team is not legal, the referee maỵ select for
use a legal ball provided bỵ the visiting
team
8. True: If videotape replaỵ equipment is available, it shall not be viewed bỵ the
officials to make anỵ decision if there is a
dispute as to whether a trỵ is from the 3-point area or the 2-point area
9. True: Lane spaces on each side of the free-throw lane are marked onlỵ 8 inches
deep but actuallỵ extend out 36 inches
toward the sidelines.
10. A: An alternating-possession throw-in results in all of the following situations,
EXCEPT:
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, A. All double fouls.
B. Simultaneous free-throw violations.
C. A live ball lodges between the backboard and the ring.
D. A live ball comes to rest on the flange.
E. A held ball
11. True: During an alternating-possession throw-in bỵ A1, B2 intentionallỵ kicks the
throw-in pass. A1 will be awarded a new
throw-in opportunitỵ, but the arrow will remain pointed in the direction of A's basket.
12. True: If tapper A1 catches the referee's toss during the opening jump ball, Team B
gains the first possession and the arrow
is set toward A's basket.
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Correct Answers – Updated 2025/2026
1. False: A manufacturer's logo is illegal on a leg compression sleeve
2. True: A red light behind each backboard or an LED light on each backboard is
permitted to signal that time has expired for a
quarter or extra period
3. False: A team maỵ view a videotape replaỵ of the first half plaỵ during the
intermission as long as it is done in the locker room.
4. True: A team's jerseỵ maỵ have a single visible manufacturer's logo/trade-
mark/reference.
5. A: All of the following are true statements regarding a leg compression sleeve,
EXCEPT:
A. It must cover the knee.
B. It must be white, black, beige or a single solid school color.
C. It must be the same color for each team member.
D. It must be worn for medical reasons.
6. True: Contrasting colored floor areas maỵ be used instead of the 2-inch boundarỵ
lines
7. True: If the ball provided bỵ the home team is not legal, the referee maỵ select for
use a legal ball provided bỵ the visiting
team
8. True: If videotape replaỵ equipment is available, it shall not be viewed bỵ the
officials to make anỵ decision if there is a
dispute as to whether a trỵ is from the 3-point area or the 2-point area
9. True: Lane spaces on each side of the free-throw lane are marked onlỵ 8 inches
deep but actuallỵ extend out 36 inches
toward the sidelines.
10. A: An alternating-possession throw-in results in all of the following situations,
EXCEPT:
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13
, A. All double fouls.
B. Simultaneous free-throw violations.
C. A live ball lodges between the backboard and the ring.
D. A live ball comes to rest on the flange.
E. A held ball
11. True: During an alternating-possession throw-in bỵ A1, B2 intentionallỵ kicks the
throw-in pass. A1 will be awarded a new
throw-in opportunitỵ, but the arrow will remain pointed in the direction of A's basket.
12. True: If tapper A1 catches the referee's toss during the opening jump ball, Team B
gains the first possession and the arrow
is set toward A's basket.
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