Football Exam Study Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Targeting is an act by any player who takes aim and initiates contact against an opponent above the shoulders with the helmet, forearm, hand, fist, elbow or shoulders. T/F - Correct Answers ✅True No defensive player shall commit any illegal personal contact foul listed in rule 9-4-3 against the passer. T/F - Correct Answers ✅True The game officials shall assume authority for the contest, including penalizing unsportsmanlike acts, 15 minutes prior to the scheduled game time - an earlier time if required by the state association. T/F - Correct Answers ✅False Face tackling is an act by any player who initiates contact against an opponent at the shoulders or below with the crown (top portion) of his helmet. T/F - Correct Answers ✅False The referee shall have the authority to correct the number of the next down prior to the ball becoming live after a new series of downs is awarded. T/F - Correct Answers ✅True Illegal helmet contact may not be judged a flagrant act by the game official. T/F - Correct Answers ✅False No player or nonplayer shall make any other contact with an opponent, including a defenseless player, which is deemed 1 / 3
Football Exam Study Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) unnecessary or excessive and which incites roughness. T/F - Correct Answers ✅True The accidental touching of a loose ball by a player who was blocked into the ball is ignored and does not constitute a new force. T/F - Correct Answers ✅Tru A defenseless player is a player who, because of his physical position and focus of concentration, is especially vulnerable to injury. T/F - Correct Answers ✅True When the ball is loose following an illegal kick, it does not retain the same status as prior to the illegal kick. T/F - Correct Answers ✅False If a free kick goes out of bounds between the goal lines touched inbounds by R, the ball is put in play by R at the inbounds spot. T/F - Correct Answers ✅True Blocking is obstructing an opponent by contacting him with any part of the blocker's body. T/F - Correct Answers ✅True Initial force results from a carry, fumble, kick, pass, snap or muff. T/F - Correct Answers ✅False 2 / 3
Football Exam Study Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Any act that is clearly intended to cause B to encroach is an unsportsmanlike foul. T/F - Correct Answers ✅False At the time the ball is kicked, at least four K players must be on each side of the kicker. T/F - Correct Answers ✅True By state association adoption, to allow for special occasions, commemorative or memorial patches, not to exceed 4 square inches, may be worn on the uniform without compromising its integrity. T/F - Correct Answers ✅True An unofficial auxiliary down indicator may be used, but it must be operated approximately 2 yards outside the sideline (except in stadiums where the total playing enclosure does not permit) opposite the official line-to-gain and down indicators. T/F - Correct Answers ✅True A free kick must be used following a safety. T/F - Correct Answers ✅True Ball-colored helmets are legal player equipment. T/F - Correct Answers ✅False If the helmet comes completely off during subsequent dead- ball action related to the down, and is not directly attributable to a foul by the opponent, the player must leave the game for
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