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2011 NFHS FOOTBALL EXAM-PART
1 - WITH 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
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If a game official calls a time-out because A1 appears injured, A1 must leave the game for at least one play. True: 3 - 5 - 10(a) An official's time-out (which is not charged to either team) occurs, and the player shall be replaced for at least one down, unless halftime or an overtime intermission occurs when an apparently injured player is discovered by the game official while the ball is dead and the clock is stopped and for whom the ready-for-play signal is delayed, or for whom the clock is stopped. A chop block is a legal block within the 6x8-yard free-blocking zone. False: 2 - 3 - 8 Chop block is a combination block by two or more teammates against an opponent other than the runner, with or without delay, where one of the blocks is low (at the knee or below) and one of the blocks is high (above the knee). 9 - 3 - 6 A player shall not chop block. Beginning in 2012, gloves that may be anchored with athletic tape, and even though modified, must meet the NOCSAE test standard at the time of manufacture, unless made of an unaltered plain cloth. False: 1 - 5 - 2b Beginning with the 2013 season,..... Thigh guards that are unaltered from the manufacturer's original design/production are not required equipment by rule. False: 1 - 5 - 1d(4) Thigh guards which are unaltered from the manufacturer's original design/production are required of all players. Any player who exhibits signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a concussion shall be immediately removed from the game and shall not return to play until cleared by an appropriate health-care professional. True: 3 - 5 - 10b; POE
No player shall intentionally go out of bounds during a down and intentionally touch the ball. True: 9 - 6 - 2b Eye shade (grease or no-glare strips or stickers) that is a solid stroke can have words, numbers, logos, or other symbols within the eye shade. False: 1 - 5 - 3 c(3) Illegal equipment includes eye shade (grease or no-glare strips or stickers) that is not a solid stroke or includes words, numbers, logos, or other symbols within the eye shade. The horse-collar foul is enforced as a dead-ball foul. False: 9 - 4 - 3k The horse-collar foul is enforced as a live-ball foul. It is illegal for a member of either team to use any other part of the body or equipment to initiate contact to the head. True: 9 - 4 - 3g; POE No player or nonplayer shall make any other contact with an opponent which is deemed unnecessary and which incites roughness. Holding an unauthorized conference is considered unsportsmanlike conduct and carries a 15 - yard penalty. True: 9 - 8 - 1f; Penalty An authorized conference is permitted during the intermission between periods. True: 3 - 5 - 8 a(2) An authorized conference may be held during an official's time out. 3 - 5 - 7l An official's time-out (which is not charged to either team) occurs during a dead ball for a one- minute intermission between the first and second and the third and fourth periods and following a try, successful field goal or safety and prior to the succeeding free kick.
The restriction on prohibiting blocking below the waist is in effect even though the opponent has both feet off the ground when contacted by the blocker. True: 2 - 3 - 7 Blocking below the waist is making initial contact below the waist from the front or side against an opponent other than a runner. Contact with an opponent's hand(s) below the waist that continues into the body below the waist is considered blocking below the waist. Blocking below the waist applies only when the opponent has one or both feet on the ground. A block in the back is defined as a block with contact inside the shoulders, below the helmet and above the waist. False: 2 - 5 - 2 Blocking in the back is a block against an opponent when the initial contact is in the opponent's back, inside the shouldlers and below the helmet and above the waist, and not against a player who is a runner or pretending to be a runner. The ball becomes dead when any loose ball is simultaneously caught or recovered by opponents. True: 4 - 2 - 2 e(1) When an illegal forward pass strikes the ground, the ball does not become dead. False: 4 - 2 - 2c; 7 - 5 - 5; Table 7 - 5 - 4, 5 The field of play is the area within the boundary lines including the end zones. True :2- 10 - 2 A defensive player is considered to be on his scrimmage line when he is within 1 yard of his line of scrimmage at the snap. True: 2 - 25 - 3 For a kickoff, the ball may be held in position on a kicking tee by a place-kick holder. True: 2 - 24 - 7 The ball also may be held in position on the ground or on a kicking tee by a place-kick holder who shall be a teammate of the kicker.
When an airborne player makes a catch, forward progress is the furthest point of advancement after he possesses the ball if contacted by a defender. True: 2 - 15 - 2 The neutral zone is established after the snapper has made final adjustment to the ball. False: 2 - 15 - 2 The neutral zone is established when the ball is marked ready for play. A forward pass has gone beyond the neutral zone if at any time during the pass, some part of the ball is beyond the neutral zone. False: 2 - 31 - 3 ....the entire ball is beyond the neutral zone. A foul is a rule infraction for which a penalty is prescribed. True: 2 - 16 - 1 A down begins when the ball is marked ready-for-play. False: 2 - 7 - 1 A down is action which starts with a legal snap (beginning a scrimmage down) or when the ball is kicked on a free kick (beginning a free kick down). 2 - 35: Ready for play signifies the referee has signaled the ball may be put in play by a snap or free kick and the 25-second count is to begin. If a double foul occurs during a down, the number of the next down is not the same as that of the down in which the foul occurred. False: 5 - 2 - 1 ...the number of the next down is the same as that of the down in which the foul occurred. A 4 - inch-wide broken restraining line shall be placed around the outside of the field, at least 2 yards from the sidelines and end lines, as an extension of the line limiting the team box area, except in stadiums where the total playing enclosure does not permit. True: 1 - 2 - 3d
..to the referee and umpire. Players of the same team shall not participate during the same down while wearing identical numbers. True: 7 - 2 - 5c If there is a question regarding legality of a player's equipment, the referee makes the final decision. False: 1- 5 - 4 Any questions regarding legality of player's equipment shall be resolved by the umpire. A mouth protector must be worn and must be completely white or clear. False: 1- 5 - 1 c(5)c The tooth and mouth protector shall be of any readily visible color, and may not be completely white or completely clear. The pants must cover the knee pads. True: 1- 5 - 1e Pants must completely cover the knees, thigh guards, and knee pads and any portion of any knee brace that does not extend below the pants. Hip pads, tailbone protector, knee pads and thigh guards may not be altered from the manufacturer's original design/production. True: 1 - 5 - 1 c(1), (2), (4) If a player refuses to comply with a game official's directive, the player will be disqualified. True: 9- 5 - 1g
It is legal for an opponent to throw himself against the back of the runner's legs. True: 2- 5 - 1 Clipping is a block against an opponent when the initial contact is from behind, at or below the waist, and not against a player who is a runner or pretending to be a runner. All dead-ball fouls are enforced separately and in the order in which they occurred. True: 10- 2 - 5 Penalties for dead-ball fouls are administered separately and in the order of their occurrence. Illegal motion is a foul at the snap. True: 7- 2 - 7 Penalty An attempt by B to interfere with A's signals prior to the snap is a live-ball foul. False: 9- 5 - 1d, Penalty Unsportsmanlike conduct, dead ball foul, 15 yards. It is legal to grasp the opponent's chin strap. False: 9- 4 - 3h No player or nonplayer shall grasp an opponent's face mask, any edge of a helmet opening, chin strap, or a tooth and mouth protector attached to the face mask. A multiple foul is one or more live-ball fouls by each team resulting in offsetting penalties. False: 2- 16 - 2e Multiple-two or more live-ball fouls (other than nonplayer or unsportsmanlike) are committed during the same down by the same team...
A disqualifying foul during the down causes the covering official to sound his whistle immediately. False: IX- 1 No live-ball foul causes the covering official to sound his whistle immediately. It is illegal substitution to have 12 or more players participating at the snap or free kick. True: 9- 6 - 4c It is illegal participation to have 12 or more players participating at the snap or free kick. If a player is blocked out of bounds by an opponent and returns inbounds, at the first opportunity he may legally participate. True: 9 - 6 - 1 One of the requirements for being on the offensive line is that the lineman's head or foot must break an imaginary plane drawn parallel to the line of scrimmage through the waist of the snapper when the ball is snapped. True: 2 - 32 - 9 B players may be anywhere on or behind their line of scrimmage. True: 7- 2 - 5d The players on each side of and next to the snapper may lock legs with the snapper and may stand, crouch, or kneel. True: 7 - 2 - 2 At the snap, at least eight A players shall be on their line of scrimmage. False: 7- 2 - 5d
At least seven A players. The initial direction determines whether a pass is forward or backward. True: 2- 31 - 2, 5 A passer is a player who throws a legal forward pass. True: 2- 32 - 11 A backward pass out of bounds is an illegal pass. True: 7- 4 - 3 During a scrimmage down, a backward pass from in or behind the neutral zone by A is always part of the loose ball play. True: 10 - 3 - 1c A loose-ball play is action during a backward pass (including the snap), illegal kick or fumble made by A from in or behind the neutral zone and prior to a change of team possession. It is pass interference if ineligible A1 catches a forward pass in or behind the neutral zone. False: 7- 5 - 13 If the ball is beyond the neutral zone when it leaves the passer's hand on a forward pass it is an illegal forward pass. True: 7 - 5 - 1; 7 - 5 - 2 Penalty 5 yards plus loss of down.
It is a safety if A1's fumble on his 5 - yard line is recovered by B1 in A's end zone. True: 8- 2 - 1 If K1 holds R1 in K's end zone to prevent R1 from recovering a blocked punt, it will be a safety if R accepts the penalty. True: 8 - 5 - 2c For any scrimmage kick, K may choose to punt, drop kick, or place-kick from in or behind the neutral zone before team possession has changed. True: 6 - 2 - 1 It is not necessary to be in a scrimmage kick formation to execute a legal scrimmage kick. True: 6- 2 - 1 It is legal for the snapper to adjust the ball so that the long axis is parallel to the scrimmage line. False: 7- 1 - 2 The snapper may lift the ball for lateral rotation, but may not rotate end-for-end or change the location or fail to keep the long axis of the ball at right angles to the line of scrimmage. In a snap, the ball must immediately leave the hand(s) of the snapper and touch a backfield player or the ground before it touches a Team A lineman. True: 2 - 40 - 2; 7 - 2 - 4 The captain is the only player allowed to call a time-out. False: 3- 5 - 2a
An official's time-out can be called for unusual heat or humidity situations. True: 3- 5 - 7g There is a two-minute intermission following a try, successful field goal, or safety and prior to a free kick. False: 3 - 5 - 7l One-minute intermission After the ball becomes dead and it appears that the ball may have reached the line-to-gain, the covering official shall stop the clock. True: 3 - 5 - 7a, b Prior to the start of the game, the head coach shall be responsible for verifying to the that all of his players are legally equipped and in compliance with the NFHS football equipment rules. A. Referee and Umpire; 1 - 5 - 4 An act by a defensive player who initiates contact with a runner with the front of his helmet is: B. Face Tackling; 2 - 20 - 1b The game officials are responsible for ensuring that there is a minute warm-up period posted on the clock and that the clock is immediately started for use by the coaches immediately after the halftime intermission expires. C. Three; Table 3 - 1 The ball becomes dead and the down is ended when:
With first and 10 from A's 5-yard line, A1 drops back into his end zone, where he is tackled by the face mask/helmet opening and fumbles. The ball rolls out of bounds at A's 3 - yard line. What is the ruling? D. Following penalty administration, it will be A's ball, first and 10, at A's 20 - yard line. The game officials maintain administrative responsibilities for the contest through the completion of any required reports or correspondence in response to any action occurring while the officials have jurisdiction. True: 1 - 1 - 8 The down is ended when the kickers catch or recover a free kick anywhere. True: 4- 2 - 2f The enforcement spot for any foul by the defense is the goal line when the run ends in the end zone and would result in a safety. True: 10 - 5 - 2 The referee shall grant a captain's request for time-out prior to accepting or declining a penalty that involves an automatic first down. False: 1 - 4 - 1; 10 - 1 Decisions involving penalties shall be made before any charged time-out is granted either team.
