SCOTT'S FABULOUS 55 TEST QUESTIONS
A. DEAD BALL
1. When R muffs a scrimmage kick beyond the line and K recovers there, the ball remains live and K may advance.
False
2. The only time an official's whistle causes the ball to become dead is when it is blown inadvertently.
True
3. When any legal kick that cannot score breaks R's goal line plane, the ball becomes dead and it is a touchback.
True
4. When an illegal forward pass strikes the ground it becomes dead.
True
5. The ball remains live if placekick holder K1, while his knee is on the ground, catches the snap then tosses the ball to K2.
False
B. TIMING
6. The referee may call an official's time-out to allow K1 time to put on his kicking shoe.
False
7. If stopped, the clock will start with the ready-for-play signal for other than a free kick when the action which caused the down to end did not also cause the clock to be stopped.
True
8. On the last timed down of the 2nd period, A1 is tackled by the facemask. After enforcement, six seconds remain. If time expires prior to the next snap by A, they are entitled to an untimed down.
True
9. If a free kick is repeated, the clock starts on the ready-for-play signal if it had been started on the original kick.
False
10. During an official's time-out for injury, players of either team may not go near the sideline to communicate with their coaches.
False
C. SNAP, ENCROACHMENT, FALSE START AND ILLEGAL SHIFT
11. If A1 makes an illegal snap and B1 recovers, the ball belongs to Team B.
False
12. There can be no illegal shift unless the ball is snapped.
True
13. A shift designed to cause the defense to encroach is a false start.
True
14. If B encroaches and A scores a touchdown on the play, A may decline the penalty and accept the score.
False
15. Any movement by A1 that simulates action at the snap is a false start.
True
16. A quarterback who has placed his hands under the snapper may not shift.
False
17. If two players of Team A are in motion, the action is legal if one of the players stops and sets for at least one second before the snap.
False
D. PASSES
- If B1 tackles eligible A1 behind the line while the pass is in flight, it is pass interference.
False
19. Any forward pass violation by A during a scrimmage down causes loss of down after enforcement.
False
20. If a player possesses the ball while airborne and is driven out-of-bounds by a defensive tackler prior to touching grounds inbounds, it may be ruled a catch.
True
21. To complete a catch an airborne player must have control of the ball and land with both feet inbounds before stepping or touching out-of-bounds.
False
22. A runner beyond the line who intentionally fumbles the ball forward has thrown an illegal forward pass.
True
23. The snapper cannot be an eligible pass receiver.
False
24. If a forward pass touches an official who is in the field of play, the pass is ruled incomplete if any player subsequently catches it.
False
25. If airborne B1 intercepts a pass on B's 2-yard line and he first lands in his own end zone, it is a touchback if he is downed there.
True
E. KICKS
26. A scrimmage kick recovered behind the line may be advanced by either K or R.
True
27. If R1 muffs K1's kick into R's end zone and K2 recovers there, it is a touchdown for K.
False
28. A kick ends when a new force is applied after it has touched the ground.
False
29. If on 3rd down, K1's blocked scrimmage kick goes out-of-bounds behind the line, it is 4th down for K at the inbounds spot.
False
F. FAIR CATCH AND FIRST TOUCHING
30. If K first touches any kick in flight beyond the neutral zone, it is also kick catch interference.
False
31. A fair catch can be made anywhere between the goal lines.
False
32. No player of R may advance the ball after a valid, invalid, or illegal fair catch signal.
False
33. It is a fair catch when R1 gives a valid signal and R2 catches the scrimmage kick beyond the neutral zone.
False
G. BATTING
34. Batting a ball in flight may add a new force to the ball.
False
- It is legal for K to bat a grounded scrimmage kick on R's 2-yard line in an effort to keep it from going into the end zone.
True
36. Any pass may be batted in any direction by either team.
False
H. TRY FOR POINT AND FIELD GOAL
37. If K's try by kick is blocked and K2 recovers behind the line and runs into the end zone, K is awarded 2 points.
False
38. If the holder muffs the snap on a field goal attempt and K1 kicks the ball as the holder is attempting to gain possession, it is a field goal if the ball goes through the uprights above the crossbar.
False
39. After a field goal, the opponent of the scoring team shall designate which team will kick off.
True
I. FORCE, SAFETY AND TOUCHBACK
40. When B1 intercepts a pass in B's end zone and begins a return but is tackled in the end zone, it is a safety.
False
41. The exception on momentum does not apply to a free kick.
False
42. K1's punt is blocked by R1, strikes the ground and is forced into K's end zone by R2. It is a touchback if K1 recovers and is downed there.
True
43. It is a touchback if B1 falls down in his end zone after his pass interception on B's 3-yard line and his momentum carried him there.
False
44. If a fumble or backward pass is out-of-bounds behind a goal line, the ball belongs to the team defending that goal and the result is either a touchback or safety.
True
J. PENALTY ENFORCEMENT
45. If A commits an unsportsmanlike foul during the last timed down of the second period [in which time expires], the half is over and the penalty is enforced on the succeeding kick-off.
True
46. There can be only one loose ball play during any down.
True
47. If A1 is in his own end zone when he intentionally grounds a forward pass, then it is a safety even if B declines the penalty.
True
48. If B1 holds A1 and B2 piles on after A2 is down, it is a multiple foul.
False
49. All live ball fouls are penalized by the all-but-one principle.
False
50. If R1 makes a fair catch or is awarded a fair catch and decides to snap the ball, R may choose to free kick if a dead ball foul occurs.
True
51. Illegal participation is a non-player foul.
False
K. FUNDAMENTALS
52. It is possible for a Team B player to foul by clipping.
True
- A player who is an eligible receiver at the snap and who goes out-of-bounds intentionally becomes ineligible.
False
54. Certain live ball fouls cause the ball to become dead.
False
55. Award a new series to R if K1 recovers a blocked punt behind the line and is downed there.
False