NCHA Practice Test #1 ACTUAL
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
When can a contestant ask for a rework? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Before the next horse
enters the pen
Can you show a horse in an NCHA approved cutting with roping reins? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅No
What is the difference in a failure to separate and a lost cow on a cut - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Fully loosing contact with cut cow
What is the point value of a horse pawing a cow? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅3
How many points can a judge take away for excessive help? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅3
What is the basic meaning of Rule 21 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Benefit of doubt
How many cows can a contestant work during a run? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Three
Is "dying in the herd" a penalty? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅No penalty exists
When would coming off of the side fence with a cow be a credit? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Get back center without a miss
If a cutter drives four cows out of the herd, he cannot legally leave these cattle and cut a cow
that has voluntarily left the herd - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
, The horse which allows its stock to run from wall to wall because he is trailing or rolls out on
its turns and lacks control, shall not be credited under what rule? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Rule #2
The cutter drives a group of six cows away from the herd. Before visibly committing to any
of them, three of the cows escape between the turnback horses and leave the working area.
.The cutter does not want to cut one of the three remaining cows and returns to the herd to get
another group. The judge should: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅5 point penalty
During a run, it becomes obvious to the judge that the cutter had worked longer than 2 1/2
minutes or the clock has not started. The judge should: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Grant a
mandatory re-run
A cutter indicated he is ready to begin working by releasing his horse on the desired cow.
Because he still had other cattle around him, he has to pick his hand back up to keep his horse
from taking the wrong cow. The judge should: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Assess a 1 point
penalty
All four feet must be on the ground for a cow to be considered legally stopped - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅True
The board or markers used to designate the back fence are not considered to be part of the
back fence - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
A cutter is trying to show a horse that is not working well. He is not training or abusing his
horse in any way, but he has scattered the cattle more than once. The judge should: -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Whistle the rider
The cutter legally quits a cow while in working position. The judge believes that the cutter's
horse has lost contact with the cow. The judge should: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Reduce
the run
As the buzzer sounds, the cutter is trailing a cow that has crossed the plane of the horse and is
returning to the herd. The judge should: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Assess a 5 point
penalty
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
When can a contestant ask for a rework? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Before the next horse
enters the pen
Can you show a horse in an NCHA approved cutting with roping reins? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅No
What is the difference in a failure to separate and a lost cow on a cut - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Fully loosing contact with cut cow
What is the point value of a horse pawing a cow? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅3
How many points can a judge take away for excessive help? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅3
What is the basic meaning of Rule 21 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Benefit of doubt
How many cows can a contestant work during a run? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Three
Is "dying in the herd" a penalty? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅No penalty exists
When would coming off of the side fence with a cow be a credit? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Get back center without a miss
If a cutter drives four cows out of the herd, he cannot legally leave these cattle and cut a cow
that has voluntarily left the herd - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
, The horse which allows its stock to run from wall to wall because he is trailing or rolls out on
its turns and lacks control, shall not be credited under what rule? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Rule #2
The cutter drives a group of six cows away from the herd. Before visibly committing to any
of them, three of the cows escape between the turnback horses and leave the working area.
.The cutter does not want to cut one of the three remaining cows and returns to the herd to get
another group. The judge should: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅5 point penalty
During a run, it becomes obvious to the judge that the cutter had worked longer than 2 1/2
minutes or the clock has not started. The judge should: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Grant a
mandatory re-run
A cutter indicated he is ready to begin working by releasing his horse on the desired cow.
Because he still had other cattle around him, he has to pick his hand back up to keep his horse
from taking the wrong cow. The judge should: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Assess a 1 point
penalty
All four feet must be on the ground for a cow to be considered legally stopped - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅True
The board or markers used to designate the back fence are not considered to be part of the
back fence - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False
A cutter is trying to show a horse that is not working well. He is not training or abusing his
horse in any way, but he has scattered the cattle more than once. The judge should: -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Whistle the rider
The cutter legally quits a cow while in working position. The judge believes that the cutter's
horse has lost contact with the cow. The judge should: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Reduce
the run
As the buzzer sounds, the cutter is trailing a cow that has crossed the plane of the horse and is
returning to the herd. The judge should: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Assess a 5 point
penalty
