National Federation High School Basketball Exam
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The national federation high school basketball exam below is a 2008 / 2009 NFHS Basketball Referee practice exam, which will help you, prepare and gauge your knowledge before the actual exam. All the best and enjoy.
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- 1.IT IS PERMISSIBLE FOR THE OFFICIATING CREW TO DETERMINE WHICH OFFICIAL WILL TOSS THE OPENING JUMP BALL---IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THE REFEREE.
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- 2.WHILE THE BALL IS LIVE AND IN PLAY (CLOCK IS RUNNING), A COACH IS STANDING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIS TEAM BENCH QUIETLY WATCHING THE ACTION. UNLESS HE OR SHE IS ADDRESSING THE OFFICIALS STANDING OUT OF THE COACHING BOX, LEGAL AND PLAY CONTINUES.
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- 3.WHILE TEAM A HAS POSSESSION OF THE BALL, A DOUBLE FOUL IS CALLED AGAINST A1 AND B1 IN THE POST AREA. THE FOUL SHALL BE ASSESSED TO EACH PLAYER AND TO EACH TEAM’S TOTAL FOULS AND THE BALL AWARDED TO WHICHEVER TEAM HAS THE POSSESSION ARROW AT THAT POINT.
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- 4.B5 IS MAKING A THROW-IN FROM OUT OF BOUNDS UNDER HER OFFENSIVE BASKET. A4 HAS HER BACK TURNED TO B5 SO B5 DEFLECTS THE BALL OFF A4’S BACK AND LEGALLY POSITIONS HERSELF IN BOUNDS PRIOR TO SECURING THE BALL. SHE THEN SHOOTS AND MAKES A BASKET. LEGAL AND PLAY CONTINUES.
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- 5.HEADBANDS MUST BE WHITE, BLACK, BEIGE, OR THE COLOR OF THE TORSO OF THE UNIFORM JERSEY AND MUST BE THE SAME FOR ALL TEAMMATES WHO WEAR ONE.
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- 6.EACH TEAM MUST SUBMIT THE NAMES AND NUMBERS OF EACH TEAM MEMBER AND DESIGNATE THE FIVE STARTING PLAYERS AT LEAST THREE MINUTES PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED GAME TIME.
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- 7.A4 DIVES FOR A LOOSE BALL AND SECURES POSSESSION WHILE LYING ON THE FLOOR. A4 THEN STANDS UP AND THEN PASSES THE BALL TO TEAMMATE A2. LEGAL?
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- 8.THE SIGNAL OF SPREADING THE ARMS SHALL BE USED WHEN NEEDED TO COMMUNICATE THAT A DEFENSIVE PLAYER IS NOT IN A CLOSELY-GUARDED POSITION RELATIVE TO THE PLAYER IN POSSESSION OF THE BALL.
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- 9.AFTER TEAM B HAS USED SEVEN SECONDS IN THE BACKCOURT TRYING TO ADVANCE THE BALL, B2 REQUESTS AND IS GRANTED A TIME-OUT. FOLLOWING THE TIME-OUT, TEAM B WILL HAVE THREE SECONDS TO GET THE BALL INTO THEIR FRONT COURT.
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- 10.THE GAME CLOCK SHOWS TWO-TENTHS OF A SECOND REMAINING IN THE THIRD QUARTER. TEAM A HAS THE BALL OUT OF BOUNDS FOR A THROW-IN AT THEIR OFFENSIVE END OF THE FLOOR. A2 CATCHES THE IN-BOUNDS PASS AND QUICKLY SHOOTS WITH THE BALL OUT OF HER HAND PRIOR TO THE HORN SOUNDING. REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF THE SHOT, IT SHALL NOT COUNT.
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- 11.AN OFFICIAL CALLS A FOUL AGAINST TEAM B AND OBSERVES 0:07 ON THE GAME CLOCK WHEN HE BLOWS THE WHISTLE. AFTER REPORTING THE FOUL TO THE SCORER’S BENCH, THE OFFICIAL NOTICES THE CLOCK SHOWS 0:03. THE OFFICIAL SHALL HAVE 0:07 PLACED BACK ON THE CLOCK BEFORE RESUMING PLAY.
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- 12.It is a technical foul if a player leaves the court for an unauthorized reason.
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- 13.In order to correct an error made with the clock running and the ball dead, the error must be recognized before the first live ball after the error.
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- 14.The head coach is assessed a maximum of one direct technical foul when a player is discovered wearing an illegal uniform.
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- 15.An intentional foul may be either personal or technical.
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- 16.A team need only be in team control to request and be granted a time-out.
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- 17.The head coach is assessed an indirect technical foul for each member of bench personnel who leaves the confines of the bench during a fight to get closer to the action.
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- 18.No violation occurs when B1 uses his or her thigh to intentionally deflect a pass by A1.
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- 19.Only the referee is authorized to correct the erroneous awarding of a score.
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- 20.Lane spaces on each side of the free-throw lane are two feet deep.
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- 21.The throw-in is at the designated spot nearest the violation after a goaltending violation by B1.
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- 22.A jump ball ends when the tapped ball touches a jumper a second time.
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- 23.A personal foul can only occur during a live ball.
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- 24.Continuous motion applies only if the player is in the air when fouled.
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- 25.The maximum width of the side seam inserts on the team jersey is 6 inches.
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- 26.A try for goal remains in control of the team whose player last had control until the try is either successful or unsuccessful.
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- 27.The initials or jersey number of a recently deceased player may appear in a patch worn above the neckline or in the side insert of the jersey.
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- 28.It is a common foul when B1 fouls A1 as A1 is trying for a field goal.
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- 29.A player is officially disqualified and becomes bench personnel when the player is notified by an official.
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- 30.A dribble may be started by pushing, throwing or batting the ball to the floor before or after the pivot foot is lifted.
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- 31.A1's free throw ends when A2 commits a lane violation.
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- 32.The head coach may leave the coaching box to go to the scorer's table to rectify a scoring mistake only if beckoned by an official.
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- 33.A team-control foul can also be intentional or flagrant.
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- 34.A fumble is accidental loss of player control.
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- 35.The thrower-in is not permitted to touch the ball in the court before it touches another player.
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- 36.A headband is defined as any item that goes around the entire head.
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- 37.If jumpers A1 and B1 simultaneously commit jump-ball violations, the toss shall be repeated.
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- 38.The head coach is assessed an indirect technical foul when a disqualified player is removed and is subsequently discovered participating in the game.
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- 39.The time consumed prior to recognition of a correctable error cannot be restored even though the error is corrected.
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- 40.The thrower may reach the ball through the throw-in boundary plane prior to releasing it on a throw-in pass.
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- 41.All common fouls in the last two minutes of the game are automatically intentional.
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- 42.An item used to control the hair must be the same dominant color of the team jersey, white, black or beige.
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- 43.In a false double foul, the fouls are committed by the same team.
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- 44.The torso of the team jersey is an area from the base of the neck to the bottom of the jersey and from side insert to side insert.
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- 45.If A1 grasps the ring to prevent injury, the grasping is ignored and no technical foul is charged.
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- 46.An airborne shooter is considered to be in the act of shooting.
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- 47.When the error is a free throw by the wrong player, if corrected, the free throw and any common foul committed during such a free throw shall be cancelled.
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- 48.The head coach is permitted to rise off the bench at any time to signal players to request a time-out.
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- 49.Excessive swinging of arms or elbows without contacting an opponent can be either a foul or a violation.
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- 50.Only one unused time-out from regulation may be carried over to an overtime period.
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- 51.
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- 52.If airborne A1 passes the ball instead of shooting, and then illegally contacts B1, he or she has committed a team-control foul.
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- 53.The ball becomes live when it is at the free thrower's disposal.
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- 54.No violation occurs when during a throw-in by A1 following a goal, A2 goes out of bounds to receive a pass and attempt the throw-in.
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- 55.The three-point line is a semi-circle measured 19 feet 9 inches from a point directly below the center of the basket to the outside edge of the line.
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- 56.The throw-in ends when the throw-in team commits a throw-in violation.
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- 57.If the ball is to become dead when the last free throw of a penalty is unsuccessful, players shall not take positions along the free-throw lane.
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- 58.A technical foul shall be charged whenever bench personnel are standing while the clock is running.
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- 59.The head coach or any assistant coach may orally or visually request and be granted a time-out.
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- 60.An unsporting foul consists of unfair, unethical or dishonorable conduct.
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- 61.A restraining line may be used as a boundary line when space is limited, and may extend the entire length or width of the court.
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- 62.Either team may be granted successive time-outs prior to expiration of playing time in the fourth quarter.
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- 63.If a thrower-in does not have a minimum of 3 feet of unobstructed space, the administering official shall impose an imaginary restraining line.
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- 64.The coach or captain shall designate which player(s) shall attempt the free throws for a technical foul.
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- 65.If the free throw for a personal foul, other than intentional or flagrant, is successful, the ball remains live.
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- 66.A technical foul can be assessed to a head coach for using profane language in the team huddle during a time-out.
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- 67.A correctable error includes permitting the wrong team to attempt a throw-in
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- 68.A free throw starts when the appropriate lane spaces are filled and the free thrower is ready.
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- 69.If B1 fouls A1, and before the clock starts B2 fouls A2, it is a false multiple foul.
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- 70.When worn, a team's headbands and wristbands must all be the same color.
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- 71.The torso of the team jersey shall be the same single solid color for all team members.
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- 72.An intentional foul should be called when illegal contact occurs away from the ball specifically designed to stop the clock.
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- 73.The throw-in ends when the passed ball touches, or is legally touched by, another player inbounds.
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- 74.Once a designated spot throw-in begins, the original thrower may be replaced by a teammate to attempt the throw-in.
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- 75.It is permissible to have the school logo or mascot on the face of the backboard.
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- 76.Thrower A1 violates if he or she passes the ball so it is touched by A2, who is inbounds while the ball is on the out-of-bounds side of the throw-in boundary plane.
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- 77.A held ball occurs when an opponent places his or her hand(s) on the ball and prevents an airborne player from throwing the ball or releasing it on a try.
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- 78.A1 violates when a pass by A1 touches B1 who is standing on a sideline.
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- 79.Correctable errors include failure to award a merited free throw.
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- 80.It is basket interference if a pulled-down, movable basket ring contacts the ball before it returns to its original position.
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- 81.An indirect technical foul is assessed to the head coach when bench personnel are charged with a technical foul.
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- 82.During a charged time-out, the head coach and assistant coaches may rise and confer with team personnel within the confines of the bench area.
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- 83.A technical foul is assessed if, due to confusion, A1 attempts a free throw to which he or she was not entitled.
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- 84.It is a technical foul if a player places a hand on the backboard to gain an advantage.
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- 85.It is a violation if A1 dives for a loose ball and gains control on the floor.
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- 86.A designated throw-in spot is 3 feet wide with no depth limitation.
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