NFHS BASKETBALL RULES TEST 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. How big is the coaching box? - ANSWER: 28 feet
2. How long is a court? - ANSWER: 84 feet
3. Jurisdiction does not until: - ANSWER: all officials are off the floor (not just
one)
4. Referee needs to tell other team to be on the floor: - ANSWER: Three minutes
prior to game start
5. What if illegal equipment is found after both coaches verified at pregame
meeting? - ANSWER: Player can be subbed out and take it off and then re-
enter without penalty
6. What does the rule book say the official can do with hasty spectators? -
ANSWER: May assess technical fouls to that team but must use with extreme
discretion
7. Any technical foul charged to BENCH PERSONNEL is also indirectly charged to
the: - ANSWER: head coach
8. What gets a coach ejected: - ANSWER: Three indirects /two directs
9. What gets a player ejected? - ANSWER: Two technicals or one flagrant
10. Concussion management: Player gets banged up and leaves game and returns #$%^&*(
later? - ANSWER: Officials should assume that he/she has received proper #$%^&*(
attention and allow to reenter *&^%(*&
^%$%^&
11. Correctable error: Team A gets fouled by Team B and should be shooting 1+1.
However, the ball is given out of bounds and they score on the throw-in. Once &^%$%^
Team B gets the ball, it is discovered that Team A should have been shooting. &*(^%$*
What's the ruling? - ANSWER: Points for Team A still count and they get a 1+1 &^%$%^
without anybody in the lane. It will be Team B ball on the baseline because there &*$%^&
was a change of possession which is the point of interruption ^&**$%^
&(*&^$$
12. CORRECTABLE ERROR: Team A is awarded 2 bonus free throws for Team B's
10th foul. The shooter misses the first one and makes the second. However, it is %^&*$%
discovered when Team B is inbounding that it was actually only their 9th team &*%^&(*
foul. What is the ruling? - ANSWER: Remove the point scored and go &^%*&^
%$$%^&
*#$%^&*
*&^%*&
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, NFHS BASKETBALL RULES TEST 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
alternating possession arrow at the division line because either team could've
had the rebound on the attempted free throws
13. Errors can be corrected until: - ANSWER: The ball becomes live for the
second time after error was made
14. Once an overtime starts? - ANSWER: It must finish
15. A team can only go under five players when: - ANSWER: No other substitutes
are available, this means when a team plays with four, the other may not go
down to four to play "fair"
16. When does the scorebook need to be official with no new players added? -
ANSWER: 10 minutes before the start of the game (Technical foul assessed if
so)
17. What happens when a player enters that is not in scorebook? - ANSWER: No
penalty if he/she does not enter; however, once the player enters the game or
has played/a technical foul should be assessed against that team (IF THEY'RE
NOT IN THE BOOK AND ON THE BENCH IT DOESN'T MATTER AS LONG AS
THEY DON'T GO IN)
18. Any blood on jersey: - ANSWER: Player needs to be removed and jersey
replaced
19. When a player that is not designated as a starter ends up starting the game... #$%^&*(
what happens? - ANSWER: If the infraction is discovered before the ball is #$%^&*(
jumped, the coach can make the substitution without penalty. If it is discovered
after the ball is jumped, it is too late to assess a penalty so either way NO *&^%(*&
TECHNICAL for starter issues unless coach intentionally leaves wrong marked ^%$%^&
player in to start after being told &^%$%^
&*(^%$*
20. Players must come in as substitutes: - ANSWER: Before the first horn of &^%$%^
timeouts (15 seconds before it ends on 30 and full timeouts) otherwise they will
have to wait to substitute &*$%^&
^&**$%^
21. An injured player can remain in the game with a: - ANSWER: Timeout &(*&^$$
%^&*$%
22. When a fight occurs, free throws are shot for: - ANSWER: Two free throws for &*%^&(*
each extra player involved (four free throws if 5 players fight against 3) &^%*&^
%$$%^&
*#$%^&*
*&^%*&
%%^&*(
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. How big is the coaching box? - ANSWER: 28 feet
2. How long is a court? - ANSWER: 84 feet
3. Jurisdiction does not until: - ANSWER: all officials are off the floor (not just
one)
4. Referee needs to tell other team to be on the floor: - ANSWER: Three minutes
prior to game start
5. What if illegal equipment is found after both coaches verified at pregame
meeting? - ANSWER: Player can be subbed out and take it off and then re-
enter without penalty
6. What does the rule book say the official can do with hasty spectators? -
ANSWER: May assess technical fouls to that team but must use with extreme
discretion
7. Any technical foul charged to BENCH PERSONNEL is also indirectly charged to
the: - ANSWER: head coach
8. What gets a coach ejected: - ANSWER: Three indirects /two directs
9. What gets a player ejected? - ANSWER: Two technicals or one flagrant
10. Concussion management: Player gets banged up and leaves game and returns #$%^&*(
later? - ANSWER: Officials should assume that he/she has received proper #$%^&*(
attention and allow to reenter *&^%(*&
^%$%^&
11. Correctable error: Team A gets fouled by Team B and should be shooting 1+1.
However, the ball is given out of bounds and they score on the throw-in. Once &^%$%^
Team B gets the ball, it is discovered that Team A should have been shooting. &*(^%$*
What's the ruling? - ANSWER: Points for Team A still count and they get a 1+1 &^%$%^
without anybody in the lane. It will be Team B ball on the baseline because there &*$%^&
was a change of possession which is the point of interruption ^&**$%^
&(*&^$$
12. CORRECTABLE ERROR: Team A is awarded 2 bonus free throws for Team B's
10th foul. The shooter misses the first one and makes the second. However, it is %^&*$%
discovered when Team B is inbounding that it was actually only their 9th team &*%^&(*
foul. What is the ruling? - ANSWER: Remove the point scored and go &^%*&^
%$$%^&
*#$%^&*
*&^%*&
%%^&*(
, NFHS BASKETBALL RULES TEST 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
alternating possession arrow at the division line because either team could've
had the rebound on the attempted free throws
13. Errors can be corrected until: - ANSWER: The ball becomes live for the
second time after error was made
14. Once an overtime starts? - ANSWER: It must finish
15. A team can only go under five players when: - ANSWER: No other substitutes
are available, this means when a team plays with four, the other may not go
down to four to play "fair"
16. When does the scorebook need to be official with no new players added? -
ANSWER: 10 minutes before the start of the game (Technical foul assessed if
so)
17. What happens when a player enters that is not in scorebook? - ANSWER: No
penalty if he/she does not enter; however, once the player enters the game or
has played/a technical foul should be assessed against that team (IF THEY'RE
NOT IN THE BOOK AND ON THE BENCH IT DOESN'T MATTER AS LONG AS
THEY DON'T GO IN)
18. Any blood on jersey: - ANSWER: Player needs to be removed and jersey
replaced
19. When a player that is not designated as a starter ends up starting the game... #$%^&*(
what happens? - ANSWER: If the infraction is discovered before the ball is #$%^&*(
jumped, the coach can make the substitution without penalty. If it is discovered
after the ball is jumped, it is too late to assess a penalty so either way NO *&^%(*&
TECHNICAL for starter issues unless coach intentionally leaves wrong marked ^%$%^&
player in to start after being told &^%$%^
&*(^%$*
20. Players must come in as substitutes: - ANSWER: Before the first horn of &^%$%^
timeouts (15 seconds before it ends on 30 and full timeouts) otherwise they will
have to wait to substitute &*$%^&
^&**$%^
21. An injured player can remain in the game with a: - ANSWER: Timeout &(*&^$$
%^&*$%
22. When a fight occurs, free throws are shot for: - ANSWER: Two free throws for &*%^&(*
each extra player involved (four free throws if 5 players fight against 3) &^%*&^
%$$%^&
*#$%^&*
*&^%*&
%%^&*(
