| A. Coaching Rule |
| 1. |
An indirect technical foul is assessed to the head coach when bench
personnel are charged with a technical foul.
True |
| 2. |
During the game, a coach may not use cards or signs to communicate with
players on the court.
False |
| 3. |
If a player is directed to leave the game for a violation of the uniform
rule, the coach must replace the player within 30 seconds.
True 2-12-5 |
| 4. |
The coach is permitted to rise off the bench at any time to signal players
to request a time-out.
True |
| B. Coaching Rule |
| 5. |
The head coach and assistant coaches may stand during the 30-second
interval permitted to replace a disqualified player.
False |
| 6. |
The head coach is assessed a direct technical foul if a disqualified
player returns and participates.
True |
| 7. |
The head coach is responsible for the conduct of all bench personnel.
True |
| 8. |
With the clock running, the head coach may go, without penalty, to the
scorer's table to request a time-out regarding a correctable error.
True |
| C. Court and Equipment |
| 9. |
The basketball shall be spherical and have a deeply pebbled cover with
any number of horizontally shaped panels.
True |
| 10. |
The court is legally marked even though the team mascot painted on the
floor obscures a small portion of the division line.
False |
| 11. |
The home team shall provide a ball that meets rule specifications.
True |
| 12. |
The net shall be constructed so it will momentarily check the ball as
it passes through.
True |
| D. Court and Equipment |
| 13. |
The team bench area is an imaginary rectangle formed by the sideline
(including the bench), end line, nearer free-throw lane line extended
and the coaching-box line.
True 1-13-3 |
| 14. |
The upper edge of the basket ring shall be 10 feet above and parallel
to the floor.
True |
| 15. |
The visiting team has its choice of baskets for pregame practice and
for the first half of play.
False |
| 16. |
When the facility does not have an "X" on the floor in front
of the scorer, the home team is assessed a technical foul.
False |
| E. Definitions |
| 17. |
A team foul is any personal foul or technical foul that is charged
to either team.
True |
| 18. |
Basket interference occurs when a movable ring is pulled down so that
it contacts the ball before returning to its original position.
True |
| 19. |
If a foul is committed to neutralize an opponent's obvious advantageous
position, it is an intentional foul.
True |
| 20. |
The end lines and sidelines are the boundary lines of the court, and
the inside edges of these lines define the inbounds and out-of-bounds
areas .
True |
| F. Definitions |
| 21. |
The resumption-of-play procedure results in a violation instead of
a technical foul for initial delay in specific situations.
True |
| 22. |
The try and the act of shooting end at the same time.
False |
| 23. |
There is no player or team control while the ball is in flight during
a try or tap.
True |
| 24. |
When a player is touching in both frontcourt and backcourt, he or she
is located in backcourt.
True |
| G. Fouls |
| 25. |
In a false double foul, the fouls are committed by the same team.
False |
| 26. |
Contact after the ball has become dead is ignored, unless it is ruled
intentional or flagrant, or committed by or on an airborne shooter.
True |
| 27. |
Continuous motion does not apply if a teammate fouls after a player
has started a try for a goal and before the ball is in flight.
True |
| 28. |
Double fouls only involve personal fouls.
False |
| H. Fouls |
| 29. |
If B1 fouls A1, and before the clock starts B2 fouls A2, it is a false
multiple foul.
True 4-19-10, 11 |
| 30. |
If two Team B players commit a multiple foul on A1 during an unsuccessful
3-point try, A1 is awarded four free throws.
False |
| 31. |
It is a double personal foul if two opposing players foul each other
when the ball is dead.
False |
| 32. |
Use of profanity by a player is an unsporting act.
True |
| I. Free Throws |
| 33. |
A free throw ends when it is successful.
True |
| 34. |
A simultaneous violation is called if offensive players occupy the first
marked lane spaces and defensive players occupy the second marked lane
spaces during the free throw.
True |
| 35. |
A substitute for the offended team may enter the game and attempt the
second free throw awarded for a technical foul.
True |
| 36. |
A substitute throw is awarded if there are simultaneous violations and
the try is unsuccessful.
False |
| J. Free Throws |
| 37. |
During a free throw by A1, B3 goaltends. One point will be awarded
and B3 will be charged with a technical foul.
True |
| 38. |
Marked lane spaces may be occupied by a maximum of four defensive and
three offensive players.
False |
| 39. |
Opponents of the free-thrower may never occupy the second marked lane
spaces.
False |
| 40. |
The fourth spaces (closest to the shooter) may be occupied by either
offensive or defensive players.
False |
| K. Frontcourt -- Backcourt |
| 41. |
A ball that is in contact with two players is in the backcourt if either
player is touching the backcourt.
True 4-4-1 |
| 42. |
During a dribble from backcourt to frontcourt, the ball is in the frontcourt
when both feet of the dribbler or the ball touch the court entirely in
the frontcourt.
False |
| 43. |
If A1 jumps from the frontcourt and lands in the backcourt, A1 is not
considered to be located in either court while in the air.
False |
| 44. |
Team A's frontcourt includes the division line.
True |
| L. Goaltending -- Basket Interference |
| 45. |
Goaltending can occur during a free-throw attempt while the ball is
in flight outside the basket cylinder.
True 4-22-2 |
| 46. |
It is a violation to touch the net while the ball is on or within the
basket.
True 9-11-1 |
| 47. |
It is a violation to touch the ring while the ball is in the imaginary
cylinder above the ring.
False 4-6-2 |
| 48. |
Only a defensive player can commit basket interference.
False |
| M. Guarding/Contact Principles |
| 49. |
A player may establish legal guarding position by facing the opponent
with both feet on the floor, one foot in bounds and the other out of bounds.
False |
| 50. |
After obtaining a legal position, the guard may raise hands or jump
within his or her own vertical plane.
True |
| 51. |
The guard may contact an opponent's hand, if that hand is on the ball
and the contact is incidental to an attempt to play the ball.
True |
| 52. |
After establishing a legal guarding position, the guard must have both
feet on the playing court and continue facing the opponent.
False |
| N. Jump Ball |
| 53. |
A jump ball is a method of putting the ball into play to start the game
and each extra period.
True |
| 54. |
All jump-ball restrictions end when the tapped ball touches the floor,
a nonjumper, a basket or backboard.
True |
| 55. |
It is a violation if jumper A1 catches the tapped ball before it has
touched the floor.
True |
| 56. |
The ball becomes live when it is tapped.
False |
| O. Live Ball -- Dead Ball |
| 57. |
If the second free throw for an intentional personal foul is unsuccessful,
the ball remains live.
False |
| 58. |
The ball becomes dead if B1 disconcerts A1 just before A1 releases the
ball on a free-throw attempt.
False |
| 59. |
The ball becomes dead when B1 touches the ball while it is in A's basket
cylinder.
True |
| 60. |
The ball becomes dead when there is a free-throw violation by an opponent
of the free thrower.
False |
| P. Officials' Duties |
| 61. |
Any official has the authority to designate the official timer and scorer.
False |
| 62. |
If a mistake has been made and an umpire is still on the floor at the
end of the game, he/she may call the referee back to make the correction.
True |
| 63. |
If during the resumption-of-play procedure, Team B is not occupying
the first marked lane spaces on each side, but A1's first throw is successful,
Team B is charged with a technical foul if the spaces are not occupied
for the second attempt.
False Case 9.1.2 Situation A |
| 64. |
If the referee determines that the clock was not started or stopped
properly, or if the clock did not run, an official's count or other official
information can be used to make a correction.
True |
| Q. Officials' Duties |
| 65. |
A bookkeeping mistake can only be corrected by the officials if it is
recognized by the first dead ball after the mistake.
False |
| 66. |
No official has the authority to set aside or question decisions made
by any other official within the limits of their respective outlined duties.
True |
| 67. |
The officials' jurisdiction prior to the game does not begin until
they arrive on the floor.
True |
| 68. |
The referee is the sole judge to determine whether or not a ball is
legal .
True |
| R. Out of Bounds -- Inbounds |
| 69. |
All edges of a rectangular backboard are out of bounds.
False |
| 70. |
The ball is out of bounds if it passes over a fan-shaped backboard.
True 6-7-2 |
| 71. |
The ball is out of bounds if it touches an official who has either
one or both feet contacting a boundary line.
True |
| 72. |
The vertical plane of the boundary line has great significance in determining
whether a live ball goes out of bounds.
False |
| S. Scorer's and Timer's Duties |
| 73. |
The official scorebook shall remain at the scorer's table throughout
the game.
True |
| 74. |
The timer shall sound a warning signal 15 seconds before an intermission
expires.
True |
| 75. |
The timer shall sound a warning signal 15 seconds before the time limit
expires for replacing a disqualified player.
False 2-12-5 |
| 76. |
When there is a discrepancy in the score and the error cannot be resolved,
the progressive team totals of the official scorebook shall be accepted
by the referee.
True |
| T. Substitutions |
| 77. |
A substitute becomes a player when he or she reports to the official
scorer.
False |
| 78. |
A substitute must report or be in position prior to the warning signal
during a 30- or 60-second time-out.
True |
| 79. |
Only the substitute for the disqualified player will be permitted to
enter the game after the warning signal has sounded for the 30-second
replacement interval.
False |
| 80. |
The official shall grant a captain's request for a defensive match-up
if three or more substitutes from the same team enter the game during
a substitution opportunity.
True |
| U. Throw-ins |
| 81. |
After A1's made basket, B1 attempts a throw-in from the baseline and
the ball is intentionally kicked by A2. The throw-in following the violation
will be a spot throw-in.
False |
| 82. |
If an opponent of the thrower reaches through the throw-in boundary
plane and fouls the thrower, it is a technical foul.
False |
| 83. |
If simultaneous personal fouls occur at two different locations, the
throw-in spot is determined by the foul of the team not entitled to the
alternating-possession throw-in.
True |
| 84. |
Immediately after A3's made basket, Team A coach is assessed a technical
foul. After Team B attempts the two free throws for the technical foul,
the Team B throw-in will be at the division line opposite the scorer's
table.
True |
| V. Time-outs |
| 85. |
After expiration of playing time in the fourth quarter, a team may be
granted successive time-outs.
False |
| 86. |
Either team may be granted a time-out following a field goal and before
the throw-in begins.
True |
| 87. |
Players may sit or stand during a 60-second time-out, but must remain
their bench area.
True |
| 88. |
Unused time-out(s) from the regulation game may be used in any overtime
period.
True |
| W. Traveling |
| 89. |
A traveling violation results if A1, while holding the ball, touches
the floor with a knee or any other part of the body other than hand or
foot.
True |
| 90. |
A violation occurs when an airborne player receives a pass and alights
simultaneously with both feet, then pivots on one foot.
False |
| 91. |
The pivot foot may be lifted but not returned to the floor before the
bal is released on a try for goal.
True |
| 92. |
The pivot foot may not be lifted before the ball is released to start
a dribble.
True |
| X. Uniforms -- Player Equipment |
| 93. |
If a player's shirt is not properly tucked inside the pants, the official
shall direct him or her to leave the game unless the team is subsequently
granted a time-out.
False |
| 94. |
Only one visible manufacturer's logo/trademark is permitted on the team
jersey.
False 3-6 |
| 95. |
Provided both players do not play at the same time, both 0 and 00 are
legal numbers for team members.
False |
| 96. |
The home team has the option of wearing either light- or dark-colored
uniforms as long as the visiting team is notified.
False |
| Y. Violations |
| 97. |
B1 excessively swings his/her elbows without making contact with an
opponent; B1 is charged with a violation.
True |
| 98. |
During an interrupted dribble in the frontcourt by A1, A2 can be called
for a three-second violation.
True |
| 99. |
If A1 jumps from A's frontcourt and while airborne, catches the throw-in
pass, it is a violation if he or she then lands in A's backcourt.
False |
| 100. |
It is a violation when A1 dunks the ball during an intermission period.
False 10-3-4 |