NFHS Football Exam 2023-Part 1/ 100
Questions and Answers/ Verified/ 100% correct
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.
-It is illegal for any player to accidentally slap a loose ball with the arm or hand. - -
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.
-A backward pass in flight may be batted in any direction by the passing team. - -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.
-Batting a scrimmage kick in or behind the neutral zone by R, in an effort to block the
kick, is legal. - -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.
-B1 (defense) may not legally bat a ball that is in possession of A1 (offense). - -False: 9-
7-4
A ball in player possession shall not be batted forward by a player of the team in
possession.
Questions and Answers/ Verified/ 100% correct
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.
-It is illegal for any player to accidentally slap a loose ball with the arm or hand. - -
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.
-A backward pass in flight may be batted in any direction by the passing team. - -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.
-Batting a scrimmage kick in or behind the neutral zone by R, in an effort to block the
kick, is legal. - -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.
-B1 (defense) may not legally bat a ball that is in possession of A1 (offense). - -False: 9-
7-4
A ball in player possession shall not be batted forward by a player of the team in
possession.
