FHSAA Contest Officials Rules Exam
2007-08 Basketball Exam Key
Below is the answer key for the basketball contest officials rules exam administered during the 2007-08 school year.
| Subcategory | Question | Correct Answer | |
| 1 | Alternating-Possession | The alternating-possession procedure is used when a double personal foul is called while A1's unsuccessful try is in flight. | TRUE |
| 2 | Alternating-Possession | It is an alternating-possession throw-in when the ball becomes dead and neither team is in control and no goal, infraction or end of a period is involved. | TRUE |
| 3 | Coaching Rules | The head coach and assistant coaches may stand during the interval permitted to replace a disqualified player. | FALSE |
| 4 | Coaching Rules | The head coach loses his/her coach's box privilege as a result of an indirect technical assessed for bench personnel. | TRUE |
| 5 | Court and Equipment | With FHSAA approval, the coaching box may be located at a spot different from the prescribed 28 feet by 14 feet from the end line. | TRUE |
| 6 | Court and Equipment | The use of artificial noisemakers is only permitted during pregame, time-outs, intermission and post-game. | FALSE |
| 7 | Court and Equipment | It is permissible to have the school logo or mascot on the face of the backboard. | FALSE |
| 8 | Definitions | The airborne shooter is still in the act of shooting even though the ball is clearly in flight on a try. | TRUE |
| 9 | Definitions | An intentional contact foul while the ball is dead is a technical foul except for a foul by an airborne shooter. | TRUE |
| 10 | Definitions | A player-control foul may occur during an interrupted dribble. | FALSE |
| 11 | Fouls | In a false multiple foul, both teams commit the fouls. | FALSE |
| 12 | Fouls | An intentional foul should be called when illegal contact occurs away from the ball specifically designed to stop the clock. | TRUE |
| 13 | Fouls | A simultaneous foul is a situation in which two or more teammates commit personal fouls against the same opponent at approximately the same time. | FALSE |
| 14 | Free Throws | When the ball is bounced to the free thrower, it is at his or her disposal when it is released by the official. | FALSE |
| 15 | Free Throws | Lane spaces are not occupied during the free throws for an intentional personal foul. | TRUE |
| 16 | Free Throws | The lead official has primary responsibility for goaltending or basket interference. | FALSE |
| 17 | Mechanics (3 person) | The lead official is table side and responsible for observing the first space on the near lane and all lane spaces on the opposite side lane. | TRUE |
| 18 | Mechanics (3 person) | If the score is tied after the fourth quarter has ended and then a technical foul is called, the free throws will determine if an extra period must be played. | FALSE |
| 19 | Officials' Duties | The resumption-of-play procedure is only in effect following an intermission. | FALSE |
| 20 | Officials' Duties | The official first notifies the player and then the coach of a disqualification. | FALSE |
| 21 | Out-of-Bounds/ Inbounds | A1 causes the ball to go out of bounds when a pass by A1 touches B1, who is standing on the sideline. | FALSE |
| 22 | Out-of-Bounds/ Inbounds | The ball is out of bounds if it touches an official who has either one or both feet contacting a boundary line. | TRUE |
| 23 | Penalty Administration | The throw-in spot following a flagrant or an intentional personal foul is the division line opposite the table, regardless of where the foul occurred. | FALSE |
| 24 | Penalty Administration | If a player is charged with a flagrant foul for fighting, he/she is disqualified and a technical foul is also charged directly to the head coach. | FALSE |
| 25 | Scoring | Score three points if A1 throws the ball from behind the three-point line and the ball is legally touched by A2, who is also behind the three-point line and the ball goes through A's basket. | TRUE |
| 26 | Scoring | A player-control foul cancels a goal even when the ball is through the basket before the foul occurs. | TRUE |
| 27 | Screening | To establish a legal screening position, time and distance are not relevant. | FALSE |
| 28 | Screening | The screener must stay within his/her vertical plane with a stance approximately shoulder with apart. | TRUE |
| 29 | Substitutions | If a substitute enters illegally, he/she becomes a player after the ball becomes live. | TRUE |
| 30 | Substitutions | Bleeding A1 and B1 are directed to leave the game by an official; both may stay in the game if a time-out is requested by and granted to Team A. | FALSE |
| 31 | Technical Fouls | It is a technical foul if the player attempting the throw-in carries the ball onto the court. | FALSE |
| 32 | Technical Fouls | A technical foul can be assessed to a coach for using profane language in the team huddle during a time-out. | TRUE |
| 33 | Throw-Ins | Once a designated spot throw-in begins, the original thrower may be replaced by a teammate to attempt the throw-in. | FALSE |
| 34 | Throw-Ins | If a throw-in is to follow simultaneous personal fouls, the throw-in spot is determined by the location of the ball when the fouls occurred. | TRUE |
| 35 | Timing | The timer shall sound a warning horn with 15 seconds remaining in a 30-second and 60-second time-out. | TRUE |
| 36 | Timing | A coach must replace a disqualified/injured player within 20-seconds when a subsitute is available. | TRUE |
| 37 | Time-Outs | The team charged with the time-out can dictate whether the time-out will be reduced in length. | FALSE |
| 38 | Time-Outs | A time-out request should only be granted after a player directed to leave the game has been replaced. | TRUE |
| 39 | Uniforms- Player Equipment | Guards, cast, braces, and compression sleeves may be worn for medical reasons only. | TRUE |
| 40 | Uniforms- Player Equipment | Only one visible manufacturer's logo/trademark is permitted on the team jersey. | FALSE |
| 41 | Uniforms- Player Equipment | The torso of the team jersey shall be: White for the home team and dark for the visiting team. | TRUE |
| 42 | Violations | No violation occurs if dribbler A1 steps on a boundary line when the hand is not in contact with the ball. | FALSE |
| 43 | Violations | It is a violation if A1 dribbles a second time after losing control of the first dribble because an opponent touched the ball. | FALSE |
| 44 | Violations | During an interrupted dribble in the frontcourt by A1, A1 can be called for a three-second violation. | TRUE |
| 45 | Substitution/Injury | If a coach enters the court because of injured player, the team is either charged with a time-out or the player must be removed. | TRUE |
| 46 | Substitutions | It is permissible to withdraw a player before the clock starts following his or her substitution into the game. | TRUE |
| 47 | Terminology | The lead "closes down" toward the nearest sideline. | FALSE |
| 48 | Court Coverage | Officials should switch hands when going directly from closely guarded holding count to a closely guarded dribbling count. | TRUE |
| 49 | Multiple Choice | A ball is out-of-bounds when it touches or is touched by: a. | thew out on written |
| 50 | Multiple Choice | A technical foul is called when: | A player goal tends a free throw |