Football Exam Study

Football Exam Study Targeting is an act by any player who takes aim and initiates contact against an opponent above the shoulders with the helmet, forearm, hand, fist, elbow or shoulders. T/F - True No defensive player shall commit any illegal personal contact foul listed in rule 9-4-3 against the passer. T/F - True The game officials shall assume authority for the contest, including penalizing unsportsmanlike acts, 15 minutes prior to the scheduled game time - an earlier time if required by the state association. T/F - False Face tackling is an act by any player who initiates contact against an opponent at the shoulders or below with the crown (top portion) of his helmet. T/F - False The referee shall have the authority to correct the number of the next down prior to the ball becoming live after a new series of downs is awarded. T/F - True Illegal helmet contact may not be judged a flagrant act by the game official. T/F - False No player or nonplayer shall make any other contact with an opponent, including a defenseless player, which is deemed unnecessary or excessive and which incites roughness. T/F - True The accidental touching of a loose ball by a player who was blocked into the ball is ignored and does not constitute a new force. T/F - Tru A defenseless player is a player who, because of his physical position and focus of concentration, is especially vulnerable to injury. T/F - True When the ball is loose following an illegal kick, it does not retain the same status as prior to the illegal kick. T/F - False If a free kick goes out of bounds between the goal lines touched inbounds by R, the ball is put in play by R at the inbounds spot. T/F - True Blocking is obstructing an opponent by contacting him with any part of the blocker's body. T/F - True Initial force results from a carry, fumble, kick, pass, snap or muff. T/F - False Any act that is clearly intended to cause B to encroach is an unsportsmanlike foul. T/F - False At the time the ball is kicked, at least four K players must be on each side of the kicker. T/F - True By state association adoption, to allow for special occasions, commemorative or memorial patches, not to exceed 4 square inches, may be worn on the uniform without compromising its integrity. T/F - True An unofficial auxiliary down indicator may be used, but it must be operated approximately 2 yards outside the sideline (except in stadiums where the total playing enclosure does not permit) opposite the official line-to-gain and down indicators. T/F - True A free kick must be used following a safety. T/F - True Ball-colored helmets are legal player equipment. T/F - False If the helmet comes completely off during subsequent dead-ball action related to the down, and is not directly attributable to a foul by the opponent, the player must leave the game for at least one down (unless halftime or overtime intermission occurs). T/F - True If a player does not have a helmet that met the NOCSAE test standards when manufactured, he may participate, but a 5-yard penalty shall be enforced. T/F - False When any required equipment is missing, correction must be made before participation. T/F - True Between the first and second periods and between the third and fourth periods, the teams may or may not change goals. T/F - False If there was an inadvertent whistle during the last timed down of the period, the period is not extended by an untimed down. T/F - True A period shall not be extended by an untimed down if, during a down in which time expires, fouls for which enforcement, by rule, result in a safety. T/F - True State high school associations may determine the length of halftimes, provided it is not less than 10 minutes and not more than 20 minutes. T/F - True The period shall be extended if, during a down in which time expires, B1 commits an unsportsmanlike foul and the penalty is accepted. T/F - False Giving an invalid fair-catch signal carries a 15-yard penalty. T/F - False Only the receiver who gives a valid fair-catch signal is afforded protection. T/F - True Only one receiver may give a signal for a fair catch while any legal kick is in flight. T/F - False A fair-catch signal given by a receiver in his own end zone is not a foul. T/F - True It is illegal for R1 to fair-catch a free kick in the neutral zone. T/F - False It is a field goal even though part of the ball passes through the line of the upright extended. T/F - False A find goal may be scored by a free kick following a safety. T/F - False During a field-goal attempt, not during a try, the ball becomes dead when it is obvious the kick has apparently failed. T/F - False A backward pass is a pass thrown with its initial direction parallel with or toward the runner's end line. T/F - True If runner A1, who is beyond the neutral zone, tosses the ball forward, he has thrown an illegal forward pass. T/F - True There can be no pass interference, or ineligibles down field, if the pass does not cross the neutral zone. T/F - True Pass eligibility rules apply equally to both legal and illegal forward passes as well as backward passes. T/F - False A multiple foul is one or more live-ball fouls by each team resulting in offering penalties. T/F - False Grasping the tooth and mouth protector attached to the face mask is not a foul. T/F - False A foul is a result imposed by rule against a team or team member that has committed a penalty. T/F - False A non player foul may influence the play in progress. T/F - False If B1 intercepts and is downed; and then A1 and A2 both pile on, it is a multiple foul. T/F - False If both teams commit fouls during the same dead-ball period and the second foul is committed prior to the enforcement of the first foul, it is a double foul. T/F - False A free kick which goes out of bounds belongs to the kicking team. T/F - False If K1 is first to touch a free kick between the free-kick lines, such touching is ignored. T/F - False A punt may be used as a free kick following a fair catch. T/F - False A place-kick following an awarded fair catch may score a field goal. T/F - True A player cannot fumble before gaining possession. T/F - False A dead ball may become live only by a legal snap or free kick. T/F - True Penalties are either 5, 10 or 15 yards. T/F - True Illegal participation can be a non player foul. T/F - False The clock shall start with the snap, if the clock was stopped because of an inadvertent whistle. T/F - True It is illegal participation if any player internationally goes out of bounds and returns during the down. T/F - True Kick-catching interference carries a 15-yard penalty plus a loss of down. T/F - False Following a change of possession, if an inadvertent whistle is sounded, the down must be replayed. T/F - False A coach who has been disqualified may not have further direct or indirect contact with his/her team during the remainder of the game. T/F - True If a loss-of-down foul by A occurs during a successful try, there is not score and the down is replayed. T/F - False If a foul occurs during a running play, the basic spot is the spot where the related run ends. T/F - True A foul that occurs simultaneously with the snap is an exception to the all-but-one enforcement principle. T/F - ???? A scrimmage kick recovered in or behind the neutral zone may not be advanced by K or R. T/F - ???? It is not illegal participation if A1 immediately returns to the field and makes a block after being blocked or pushed out of bounds by B1. T/F - True It is illegal participation for a disqualified player to re-enter the game. T/F - True The down is replayed if an inadvertent whistle sounds during the snap. T/F - True The referee's decision to forfeit a game is final. T/F - True A false start is always a dead-ball foul. T/F - True The horizontal crossbar and the uprights above it shall be free of all decorations other than paint, which is recommended to be either silver, white or yellow. T/F - True The referee is the final judge as to the legality of the game ball. T/F - True The bottom edge of the crossbar shall be 10 feet above the ground. T/F - True If K's blocked punt strikes the ground and is then forced into K's end zone by R2 and recovered there by R3, it is a touchback. T/F - False On kicks entering R's end zone, the determination of force dictates whether it is a touchback or a safety. T/F - True Possession of a live ball in the opponent's end zone is always a safety. T/F - False It is a safety if A1 retreats into A's end zone and fumbles the ball beyond the end line. T/F - True No single charged time-out shall exceed one minute. T/F - True The clock shall be stopped when an illegal forward pass is incomplete. T/F - True An official's time-out can be called for unusual heat or humidity situations. T/F - True A clock will start with the ready-for-play following a television time-out. T/F - False The clock shall not start on first touching by K. T/F - True After the ball goes out of bounds, the clock always starts with the ready-for-play. T/F - False When the ball becomes dead following a fourth down, the clock must be stopped. T/F - True A signal to end a period shall be sounded when the time expires (clock indicates 0:00) during the down. T/F - False If a free kick is repeated due to a foul, the clock shall start when the free kick is touched, other than first touching by K. T/F - True The batting of a pass, kick or fumble in flight is not considered a new force for judging whether a touchback or safety results. T/F - ???? It is not a touchback when a forward pass is intercepted in B's end zone and becomes dead there in B's possession. T/F - False When a try is replayed, the snap may be from any point between the hash marks on the yard line through the spot of the ball. T/F - True It is a touchdown for A when a live ball in A1's possession breaks the vertical plane of B's goal line. T/F - True It is a touchdown for A if A1 fumbles into B's end zone and Z2 is the last to touch the ball prior to its going out of bounds beyond the end line. T/F - False If a touchdown is scored during the last down of the fourth period, the try shall not be attempted unless the point(s) would affect the outcome of the game or playoff qualifying. T/F - True First touching applies to K only. T/F - True Yard lines shall be marked with a continuous line every 5 yards beginning and ending ____ inches from each sideline. - 4 An act by any player who initiates contact with the front of his helmet against an opponent who is not a runner is: - Butt Blocking When weather conditions are construed to be hazardous to life or limb of the participants, the crew of game officials is authorized to: - Delay or suspend the game The ball becomes dead and the down ends when: - A. A game official sounds their whistle inadvertently. B. The helmet comes completely off of a player who is in possession of the ball. C. A love ball goes out of bounds. ANY OF THE ABOVE. A free kick is not repeated unless: - A. A foul occurs prior to a change of possession and the penalty acceptance requires a replay of the down. B. There is a double foul. C. There is an inadvertent whistle during the kick. ANY OF THE ABOVE. For any free kick, a free-kick line, corresponding to a scrimmage line, is established for each team. These lines are always 10 yards apart. Unless moved by a penalty, K's free-kick line is: - A. Its 40-yard line for a kickoff. B. Its 20-yard line after a safety. ANY OF THE ABOVE. The penalty for failure to properly wear mandatory equipment during the down is: - 5 yards, succeeding spot. The penalty for an illegal forward pass from beyond the neutral zone is: - 5-yard penalty and loss of a down The following would by B gives A an automatic first down: - A. Roughing the kicker or holder. B. Roughing the passer. C. Roughing the snapper. ANY OF THE ABOVE. With first and 10 from A's 10-yard line, A1 drops back into his end zone, where he is tackled by a pulling of the face mask/helmet opening and fumbles. The ball rolls out of bounds at A's 5-yard line. What is the ruling? - Following penalty administration, it will be A's ball, first and 10 at A's 25 yard line.