How well do you know high school basketball rules?

Do you think you know the rules to high school basketball? Determine how well you know popular rules as well as obscure ones. As with every sport, knowing the rules at different levels is a hard thing to keep straight. Test YOUR knowledge today!

Are YOU qualified to be a referee? Do you have the knowledge of the rules to referee basketball games? Until know you may only have wondered. Thanks to this quiz, you'll be able to give yourself a quick assessment in just a few minutes.

1. What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
2. What is your gender?
Male
Female
3. What is a travel?
Taking a total of 3 steps after picking up the ball
Lifting the pivot foot
Any part of the body hitting the ground after the pivot foot is lifted
Running with the ball
Dribble, pick up the ball and dribble again
4. Can a player dive out of bounds to save a ball and then be the first to touch it inbounds?
No, of course not.
Yes, provided he/she did not have possession to begin with.
Yes, regardless of possession.
Yes, assuming both feet land in bounds before touching the ball.
5. If a player shoots the ball and misses everything, and is the first to touch the ball, what is the call?
Travel
No call
Depends. If the referee deems it as a legal attempt
Legal only if the ball is being tipped.
Legal only if player does not regain control and instead slaps ball towards another teammate.
6. How many fouls before a player fouls out?
4
5
6
7
7. WHen does the bonus situation start?
After the 5th foul
After the 6th foul
After the 7th foul
After the 10th foul
8. When can the coach be tossed due to technical fouls?
When he receives his first
When the assistant receives his first
When the assistant receives his second
When a bench player receives a second
When the head coach has received a technical foul and two bench players received technical fouls
When the coach receives two technical fouls
9. What was interesting about the last question?
1 answer was correct
2 answers were correct
3 answers were correct
4 answers were correct
5 answers were correct
all answers were correct
10. A ball rolling across the top of a square backboard, not touching any support mechanism is out of play.
True
False
11. How many additional timeouts does a team get for each overtime period?
one additional full time out
one additonal 30 second time out
one additonal full time out and one additional 30 second timeout
2 additional full timeouts
2 additional 30 timeouts
choice of: 1 full time out or 2 30 second timeouts
12. The overtime period starts with the alternating possession arrow.
True
False
13. Team fouls are reset at the beginning of the overtime period.
True
False
14. A technical foul warrants the ball out of bounds at half court and 2 free throws.
True
False
15. Technical fouls occuring at approximately the same time allow both teams to shoot 2 shots, and then go to the alternating possession arrow for the team to possess the inbounds play.
True
False
16. What is the correct call when a player reaching over the end line and knocking the ball out of the inbounds players hand
Delay of game warning, technical foul on second offense
Delay of game violation
Turnover. Ball is now posession of the team knocking the ball loose.
Technical Foul
17. An assistant coach can call a timeout.
True
False
18. The head coach can call a timeout.
True
False
19. A player is considered in the act of shooting if fouled on the first step of a drive to the lane, then takes only one additional step before shooting.
True
False
20. When can a correctable error be corrected?
Before the ball becomes live.
Before the next dead ball.
Before the next live ball after the next dead ball.
At any point in the same period.
Only during a timeout.
21. If a player slaps the backboard due to frustration after a player shoots alay up, the following will be called. (The basket goes in)
Violation. The offending team loses possesion.
Goaltending. Count the basket.
Count the basket. Ignore all else.
Count the basket. Assess a technical foul for slapping the backboard
Delay of game warning
22. A game always starts with a jump ball
True
False
23. Player from the red team is found dunking in between halves by the umpire. What is done?
Nothing. Dunking is fine in warmups.
Nothing. Because the ball is not live, dunking cannot be penalized
The second half starts by assessing a technical foul
Start the second half according to the alternating possession arrow.
Issue a jump ball to start the second half
24. Which of hte following is a backcourt violation
Player staddles line, one foot in front court, one in back court, but then brings ball to front court, then back to backcourt.
Ball is dribbled in front court while both feet remain in backcourt. Ball is then dribbled in the backcourt again.
Both feet are in front court, ball is being dribbled in backcourt, but has not been dribbled in the front court.
Player jumps across from front court to backcourt. While in the air, catches the ball and throws it back into the front court before landing, but is clearly over the back court line.
All of the above
None of the above
25. A game can continue if the team has only 1 available player that has not fouled out.
True
False
26. A game can start with only 4 players.
True
False

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