NCAA RULES CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION FULLY UPDATED TEST
PAPER SOLUTIONS ALREADY PASSED
●● What is a live ball?
Answer: A ball in play. (Rule 2-2-2)
●● When does a ball become dead?
Answer: When an official sounds the whistle or the rules declare the ball
dead. (Rule 2-2-1)
●● What is a blocked kick?
Answer: A kick touched by an opponent of the kicking team. (Rule 2-16-
1)
●● What is a free kick?
Answer: A kick made with the ball not under player control after a
kickoff or safety. (Rule 2-16-6)
●● What is a scrimmage kick?
Answer: A punt, drop kick, or place kick made from scrimmage. (Rule
2-16-10)
, ●● What is a place kick?
Answer: A kick made while the ball is controlled on the ground by a
teammate or a kicking tee. (Rule 2-16-4)
●● What is a drop kick?
Answer: A kick made by dropping the ball and kicking it as it rises from
its first bounce. (Rule 2-16-3)
●● What is a punt?
Answer: A kick made by dropping the ball and kicking it before it
touches the ground. (Rule 2-16-7)
●● What is a catch?
Answer: Securing control of a live ball in flight before it touches the
ground. (Rule 2-4-1)
●● What is an interception?
Answer: A catch of an opponent's pass. (Rule 2-19-3)
●● What is a fair catch?
Answer: A catch by a receiver who has given a valid fair-catch signal.
(Rule 2-9-1)
EVALUATION FULLY UPDATED TEST
PAPER SOLUTIONS ALREADY PASSED
●● What is a live ball?
Answer: A ball in play. (Rule 2-2-2)
●● When does a ball become dead?
Answer: When an official sounds the whistle or the rules declare the ball
dead. (Rule 2-2-1)
●● What is a blocked kick?
Answer: A kick touched by an opponent of the kicking team. (Rule 2-16-
1)
●● What is a free kick?
Answer: A kick made with the ball not under player control after a
kickoff or safety. (Rule 2-16-6)
●● What is a scrimmage kick?
Answer: A punt, drop kick, or place kick made from scrimmage. (Rule
2-16-10)
, ●● What is a place kick?
Answer: A kick made while the ball is controlled on the ground by a
teammate or a kicking tee. (Rule 2-16-4)
●● What is a drop kick?
Answer: A kick made by dropping the ball and kicking it as it rises from
its first bounce. (Rule 2-16-3)
●● What is a punt?
Answer: A kick made by dropping the ball and kicking it before it
touches the ground. (Rule 2-16-7)
●● What is a catch?
Answer: Securing control of a live ball in flight before it touches the
ground. (Rule 2-4-1)
●● What is an interception?
Answer: A catch of an opponent's pass. (Rule 2-19-3)
●● What is a fair catch?
Answer: A catch by a receiver who has given a valid fair-catch signal.
(Rule 2-9-1)