NFHS Edition
Excellent Quiz by Goht Van Den Brink
1. When a player has been directed to leave the game, which statement is NOT the correct procedure?
a. The official informs the head coach.
b. The official signals the timer to begin the 15-second replacement interval.
c. The timer sounds a warning horn and starts the 15-second count.
d. If the substitute is ready before time expires, the timer does not need to sound the horn at the end.
2. Which items must be solid color (white, black, beige, or the predominant jersey color), may have only one visible logo, and must be the same color for all teammates?
a. Headbands and wristbands only
b. Arm sleeves, leg sleeves, and tights
c. Headbands, wristbands, arm sleeves, leg sleeves, compression shorts, and tights
d. Undershirts and jerseys
3. ?True/False? During a throw-in, a defender contacts the ball while it is still in the thrower’s hand. The official correctly rules an intentional foul.
4. While officials are walking to the locker room at halftime, the home team head coach insults the officials and is charged with an unsporting technical foul. Which basket will the visiting team shoot the technical free throws at?
5. Following Q4, After the technical foul to start the 3rd quarter, the visiting team has a division line throw-in. A throw-in violation occurs. The home team is awarded a throw-in at their front court 28-foot sideline.
Answers:
1: d. The timer must sound the horn again at the end of the 15-second interval, even if the substitute is ready. (IAABO Manual p. 372)
2: c.Headbands, wristbands, arm sleeves, leg sleeves, compression shorts, and tights
3: False Contacting the ball while it is in the thrower’s hand is a player technical foul, not an intentional foul. (NFHS 10-4)
4: Since technical foul occurs after the ball becomes dead to end the period, the free throws are administered to start the 3rd quarter at the basket for the 3rd quarter. The home team begins the 3rd quarter with one team foul.
5: False. On a division line throw-in violation, the resulting throw-in remains at the division line, not advanced to the frontcourt. (IAABO January 2026 Rules Interpretation — confirmed through IAABO/NFHS discussion)
Excellent Quiz by Goht Van Den Brink
1. When a player has been directed to leave the game, which statement is NOT the correct procedure?
a. The official informs the head coach.
b. The official signals the timer to begin the 15-second replacement interval.
c. The timer sounds a warning horn and starts the 15-second count.
d. If the substitute is ready before time expires, the timer does not need to sound the horn at the end.
2. Which items must be solid color (white, black, beige, or the predominant jersey color), may have only one visible logo, and must be the same color for all teammates?
a. Headbands and wristbands only
b. Arm sleeves, leg sleeves, and tights
c. Headbands, wristbands, arm sleeves, leg sleeves, compression shorts, and tights
d. Undershirts and jerseys
3. ?True/False? During a throw-in, a defender contacts the ball while it is still in the thrower’s hand. The official correctly rules an intentional foul.
4. While officials are walking to the locker room at halftime, the home team head coach insults the officials and is charged with an unsporting technical foul. Which basket will the visiting team shoot the technical free throws at?
5. Following Q4, After the technical foul to start the 3rd quarter, the visiting team has a division line throw-in. A throw-in violation occurs. The home team is awarded a throw-in at their front court 28-foot sideline.
Answers:
1: d. The timer must sound the horn again at the end of the 15-second interval, even if the substitute is ready. (IAABO Manual p. 372)
2: c.Headbands, wristbands, arm sleeves, leg sleeves, compression shorts, and tights
3: False Contacting the ball while it is in the thrower’s hand is a player technical foul, not an intentional foul. (NFHS 10-4)
4: Since technical foul occurs after the ball becomes dead to end the period, the free throws are administered to start the 3rd quarter at the basket for the 3rd quarter. The home team begins the 3rd quarter with one team foul.
5: False. On a division line throw-in violation, the resulting throw-in remains at the division line, not advanced to the frontcourt. (IAABO January 2026 Rules Interpretation — confirmed through IAABO/NFHS discussion)
