NFHS FOOTBALL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATED 2026/2027 |
GRADED A+ | ASSURED PASS.
If a game official calls a time-out because A1 appears injured, A1 must leave the game
for at least one play. - ANSWER--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. -
ANSWER--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. - ANSWER--False: 15-2b
Beginning with the 2013 season,.....
,Thigh guards that are unaltered from the manufacturer's original design/production are
not required equipment by rule. - ANSWER--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. - ANSWER--True: 3-5-10b; POE
No player shall intentionally go out of bounds during a down and intentionally touch
the ball. - ANSWER--True: 9-6-2b
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. - ANSWER--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. - ANSWER--True: 9-8-1f; Penalty
, It is illegal for any player to accidentally slap a loose ball with the arm or hand. -
ANSWER--True: 9-7-2
No player shall bat (i.e. slap 2-2) a loose ball other than a pass or a fumble in flight, or a
low scrimmage kick in flight which he is attempting to block in or behind the expanded
neutral zone.
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. - ANSWER--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. - ANSWER--False: 9-43k The
horse-collar foul is enforced as a live-ball foul.
A backward pass in flight may be batted in any direction by the passing team. -
ANSWER--False: 9-7-3
Any pass in flight may be batted in any direction, by an eligible receiver unless it is a
backward pass batted forward by the passing team.
An authorized conference is permitted during the intermission between periods. -
ANSWER--True: 3-5-8 a(2)
An authorized conference may be held during an official's time out.
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VERIFIED ANSWERS | LATEST UPDATED 2026/2027 |
GRADED A+ | ASSURED PASS.
If a game official calls a time-out because A1 appears injured, A1 must leave the game
for at least one play. - ANSWER--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. -
ANSWER--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. - ANSWER--False: 15-2b
Beginning with the 2013 season,.....
,Thigh guards that are unaltered from the manufacturer's original design/production are
not required equipment by rule. - ANSWER--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. - ANSWER--True: 3-5-10b; POE
No player shall intentionally go out of bounds during a down and intentionally touch
the ball. - ANSWER--True: 9-6-2b
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. - ANSWER--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. - ANSWER--True: 9-8-1f; Penalty
, It is illegal for any player to accidentally slap a loose ball with the arm or hand. -
ANSWER--True: 9-7-2
No player shall bat (i.e. slap 2-2) a loose ball other than a pass or a fumble in flight, or a
low scrimmage kick in flight which he is attempting to block in or behind the expanded
neutral zone.
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. - ANSWER--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. - ANSWER--False: 9-43k The
horse-collar foul is enforced as a live-ball foul.
A backward pass in flight may be batted in any direction by the passing team. -
ANSWER--False: 9-7-3
Any pass in flight may be batted in any direction, by an eligible receiver unless it is a
backward pass batted forward by the passing team.
An authorized conference is permitted during the intermission between periods. -
ANSWER--True: 3-5-8 a(2)
An authorized conference may be held during an official's time out.
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