NFHS Basketball Exam (2025/2026) – Complete
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/. False - Answer-✅The ball is caused to go out of bounds by B1, who deflects A1's
throw-in pass that then touches thrower A1 in flight, who is still
out of bounds
/.True - Answer-✅A ball which is in flight retains the same status it had when last in
contact with a player or the court.
/.True - Answer-✅It is a violation if A1 causes the ball to enter and pass through the
basket from below
/.True - Answer-✅A substitute becomes a player when he or she legally enters the
court to participate
/.B - Answer-✅When free thrower, A1, purposefully fakes a try, it results in:
A: A technical foul assessed to A's head coach.
B: A violation on A1.
C: A team technical on Team A.
D: An unsporting technical on A1.
E: None of the above.
/.True - Answer-✅When an error involving awarding a merited free throw is corrected
and no change of team possession occurred, play shall
continue following the free throw(s) as though there had been no correction.
/.B - Answer-✅All of the following are ruled correctable errors, EXCEPT:
A: Failure to award a merited free throw.
B: Erroneously awarding the ball to the wrong team for a throw-in.
C: Permitting a wrong player to attempt a free throw.
D: Attempting a free throw
E :Erroneously counting or canceling a score.
/.D - Answer-✅A situation in which there is a foul by both teams at approximately the
same time, but the fouls are not committed by opponents
against each other, is known as:
A: A simultaneous foul.
B: A double foul.
C: A false double foul.
, D: A multiple foul.
E: A false multiple foul.
/.B - Answer-✅The length of each extra period for a varsity contest shall be:
A: 3 minutes.
B: 4 minutes.
C: 5 minutes.
D: 6 minutes.
E: None of the above.
/.True - Answer-✅The ball is out of bounds if it touches an official who has either one or
both feet contacting a boundary line.
/.True - Answer-✅Teammates may not occupy adjacent spots along the center
restraining circle if an opponent desires a place between them
and indicates this desire before the official is ready to toss the jump ball.
/.True - Answer-✅If a substitute enters illegally, he/she becomes a player after the ball
becomes live.
/.False - Answer-✅Following a time-out, if free thrower, A1, is not in the free-throw
semicircle when the administering official is ready, a technical
foul for delay is charged to A1.
/.False - Answer-✅If a player is directed to leave the game for a violation of the uniform
rule, the coach may call a time-out to keep the player in
the game.
/.B - Answer-✅Team A is awarded an alternating-possession throw-in. The arrow will
be switched toward Team B in all of the following,EXCEPT:
A: After A1's throw-in pass is touched by A2.
B: After Team A commits a throw-in violation.
C: When a foul by either team occurs before the throw-in ends.
D: After A1's throw-in pass is touched by B2.
E: After A1's throw-in pass is touched by A2, who is standing on a boundary line.
/.False - Answer-✅The closely-guarded distance is measured from the forward
hand/arm of the defender to the forward hand/arm of the ball
handler.
/.False - Answer-✅Teams shall change baskets for each extra period played.
/.C - Answer-✅Technical fouls include all of the following, EXCEPT:
A: A foul by a nonplayer.
B: A noncontact foul by a player.
Questions and Verified Answers | Latest Updated
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/. False - Answer-✅The ball is caused to go out of bounds by B1, who deflects A1's
throw-in pass that then touches thrower A1 in flight, who is still
out of bounds
/.True - Answer-✅A ball which is in flight retains the same status it had when last in
contact with a player or the court.
/.True - Answer-✅It is a violation if A1 causes the ball to enter and pass through the
basket from below
/.True - Answer-✅A substitute becomes a player when he or she legally enters the
court to participate
/.B - Answer-✅When free thrower, A1, purposefully fakes a try, it results in:
A: A technical foul assessed to A's head coach.
B: A violation on A1.
C: A team technical on Team A.
D: An unsporting technical on A1.
E: None of the above.
/.True - Answer-✅When an error involving awarding a merited free throw is corrected
and no change of team possession occurred, play shall
continue following the free throw(s) as though there had been no correction.
/.B - Answer-✅All of the following are ruled correctable errors, EXCEPT:
A: Failure to award a merited free throw.
B: Erroneously awarding the ball to the wrong team for a throw-in.
C: Permitting a wrong player to attempt a free throw.
D: Attempting a free throw
E :Erroneously counting or canceling a score.
/.D - Answer-✅A situation in which there is a foul by both teams at approximately the
same time, but the fouls are not committed by opponents
against each other, is known as:
A: A simultaneous foul.
B: A double foul.
C: A false double foul.
, D: A multiple foul.
E: A false multiple foul.
/.B - Answer-✅The length of each extra period for a varsity contest shall be:
A: 3 minutes.
B: 4 minutes.
C: 5 minutes.
D: 6 minutes.
E: None of the above.
/.True - Answer-✅The ball is out of bounds if it touches an official who has either one or
both feet contacting a boundary line.
/.True - Answer-✅Teammates may not occupy adjacent spots along the center
restraining circle if an opponent desires a place between them
and indicates this desire before the official is ready to toss the jump ball.
/.True - Answer-✅If a substitute enters illegally, he/she becomes a player after the ball
becomes live.
/.False - Answer-✅Following a time-out, if free thrower, A1, is not in the free-throw
semicircle when the administering official is ready, a technical
foul for delay is charged to A1.
/.False - Answer-✅If a player is directed to leave the game for a violation of the uniform
rule, the coach may call a time-out to keep the player in
the game.
/.B - Answer-✅Team A is awarded an alternating-possession throw-in. The arrow will
be switched toward Team B in all of the following,EXCEPT:
A: After A1's throw-in pass is touched by A2.
B: After Team A commits a throw-in violation.
C: When a foul by either team occurs before the throw-in ends.
D: After A1's throw-in pass is touched by B2.
E: After A1's throw-in pass is touched by A2, who is standing on a boundary line.
/.False - Answer-✅The closely-guarded distance is measured from the forward
hand/arm of the defender to the forward hand/arm of the ball
handler.
/.False - Answer-✅Teams shall change baskets for each extra period played.
/.C - Answer-✅Technical fouls include all of the following, EXCEPT:
A: A foul by a nonplayer.
B: A noncontact foul by a player.
