NFHS Basketball Rules Exam with correct
answers
five correctible errors - correct answer -failure to award merited free throw; awarding unmerited free throw; permitting wrong
player to attempt free throw; attempting free throw at wrong basket; erroneously counting or canceling a score
When can correctable error be corrected if clock is stopped? - correct answer -All errors can be corrected before the ball
becomes live after the next dead ball (free throw and activity is cancelled except unsporting, flagrant, intentional, or technical
fouls; points scored, time consumed, and additional activity that occur before error recognized are not nullified)
When can correctable error be corrected if clock is running? - correct answer -Before the second live ball
Four delay of game warning violations - correct answer -throw-in plane violations, huddle by either team and contact with
free thrower, interfering with ball following a goal, failure to have court ready for play following timeout
What happens if officials allow a team to go in the wrong direction? - correct answer -Everything stays the same and counts as
if the team had gone in the proper direction
What can happen when play resumes with a throw-in or free throw and only .3 seconds left on the clock? - correct answer -A
player cannot gain control of the ball and try for a field goal; only a tap could score
What can official do when a player is injured? - correct answer -If necessary to protect an injured player, official may stop
play immediately.
Otherwise, can suspend play after the ball is dead or is in control of the injured player's team or when the opponents complete
a play
Rules for jumpers during jump ball - correct answer -Jumpers must have both feet in center restraining circle farthest from
their basket and cannot touch ball before it reaches the highest point, leave restraining circle until ball has been touched, catch
ball before jump balls ends, or touch ball more than twice
Rules for nonjumpers during jump ball - correct answer -Cannot enter restraining circle or change position around circle until
ball is tossed
Until ball is touched by a jumper, nonjumpers cannot have either foot break the plane of the restraining circle or take position
in any occupied space
When is a jump ball retossed? - correct answer -If the ball touches the floor without being touched by at least one of the
jumpers
When does a jump ball end? - correct answer -When touched ball contacts a nonjumper, official, the floor, a basket, or
backboard
When does throw-in begin? - correct answer -When the ball is at the disposal of a player
How long does player have to throw in the ball? - correct answer -five seconds
How long does player have for free throw? - correct answer -ten seconds
Where do non-lane-space players have to be during a free throw? - correct answer -behind the free throw line extended and
three point line
When can lane space players move during free throw? - correct answer -Once ball is released
When can non-lane-space players move during free throw? - correct answer -After ball touches ring
Airborne shooter - correct answer -player who has released a ball on a try for goal or has tapped the ball and has not yet
, returned to the floor (considered to be in the act of shooting)
When is the ball in the backcourt? - correct answer -if the ball or player is touching backcourt
When is the ball in the frontcourt? - correct answer -If it is not in the backcourt
When is the ball in the frontcourt when dribbling from backcourt? - correct answer -When the ball and both feet touch the
court entirely in the frontcourt
What is the location of a ball in flight? - correct answer -Same location as when it was last touched by player or the court
Where is a ball when it is touching a player or official? - correct answer -Same as the ball touching the floor at that person's
location
Front faces or edges of backboard - correct answer -Inbounds
When is a ball at the disposal of a player? - correct answer -When handed to thrower or free thrower, caught by thrower or
free thrower after being bounced to her, placed on floor at the spot, available to a player after a goal and official begins throw-
in count
What is the boundary line? - correct answer -inside edges of end lines and sidelines
When is ball out of bounds? - correct answer -when it passes over the backboard or touches a player who is OOB, any other
person outside a boundary, supports or back of the backboard, ceiling, overhead equipment, or supports
When is a player out of bounds? - correct answer -when touching the floor or any object other than a player/person on an
outside a boundary
What is a common foul? - correct answer -a personal foul that is not flagrant, intentional, shooting, double, simultaneous, or
multiple
When is there player control? - correct answer -When the player is holding or dribbling a live ball
When is there team control? - correct answer -when player of the team is in control, when it is at the player's disposal for
throw-in, during interrupted dribble, when being passed between teammates, and during a loose ball where player last had
control
When is there no player control? - correct answer -During a jump ball is jumper catches ball before it touches floor or non-
jumper; interrupted dribble
When is there no team control? - correct answer -During jump ball or touching of rebound
When is there neither player control or team control? - correct answer -Dead ball, jump ball, ball in flight for try/tap
Disqualified player - correct answer -barred from further participation become of fifth foul, two technicals, or a flagrant foul
Dribble - correct answer -ball movement caused by player in control who bats or pushes ball to the floor; ball can be batted
into the air during a dribble so long as it touches the floor before being touched again with the hands
When does dribble begin? - correct answer -when you push, throw, or bat ball to the floor before the pivot foot is lifted
When is a dribble interrupted? - correct answer -when ball is loose after deflecting off dribbler or momentarily gets away from
dribbler
What cannot happen during interrupted dribble? - correct answer -closely guarded count ends and cannot start; player control
foul cannot be committed; time out request not granted; OOB violation does not apply on dribbler if dribble is interrupted
(exception to usual rule that dribbler stepping OOB is violation even if not touching ball)
When does a dribble end? - correct answer -When dribbler catches or causes ball to rest in one or both hands, palms or carries
ball, simultaneously touches ball with both hands, ball touches or is touched by an opponent causing dribbler to lose control,