Ch 5

Question 1

To make a catch a player must possess a live ball in flight and return both feet to the ground in bounds.

Answer 1

FALSE

Question 2

A pass thrown from Team A’s 20 yard line toward the 22 yard line, but is blown backward by the wind and hits the ground at the 19 yard line is a backward pass

Answer 2

FALSE

Question 3

A backward pass is a pass thrown with its initial direction parallel with or toward the runner’s end line.

Answer 3

TRUE

Question 4

A passer continues to be a passer until the pass ends or until he moves to participate in the play.

Answer 4

TRUE

Question 5

A pass thrown backward out of bounds to stop the clock is an illegal pass.

Answer 5

FALSE

Question 6

A third down backward pass, which is simultaneously possessed by opponents, belongs to the defensive team.

Answer 6

FALSE

Question 7

A forward pass is legal if it is the first pass thrown by Team A during a scrimmage down with both feet of passer in or behind the neutral zone, before a change of team possession.

Answer 7

TRUE

Question 8

Team A is limited to one legal forward pass per down.

Answer 8

TRUE

Question 9

If the ball is beyond the neutral zone when it leaves the passer’s hand on a forward pass, it is an illegal pass.

Answer 9

FALSE

Question 10

A forward pass has gone beyond the neutral zone if at any time during the pass, some part of the ball is beyond the neutral zone.

Answer 10

FALSE

Question 11

A forward pass caught behind the neutral zone by A76, is an illegal forward pass, but the ball remains alive when caught.

Answer 11

FALSE

Question 12

A pass thrown forward after a change of possession is an illegal forward pass.

Answer 12

TRUE

Question 13

If runner A32 who is beyond the neutral zone intentionally tosses the ball forward, he has thrown an illegal forward pass.

Answer 13

TRUE

Question 14

When an illegal forward pass touches the ground, the ball becomes dead.

Answer 14

TRUE

Question 15

When the numbering exception is in effect and a pass is thrown from a scrimmage-kick formation, it is an illegal forward pass.

Answer 15

FALSE

Question 16

The absence of eligible offensive receiver(s) in the immediate area of an incomplete forward pass is one guideline in determining intentional grounding.

Answer 16

TRUE

Question 17

Any forward pass purposely thrown incomplete is an illegal pass.

Answer 17

FALSE

Question 18

It is legal to spike the ball to conserve time if Team A is in a shotgun formation at the snap.

Answer 18

FALSE

Question 19

If a forward pass touches an official who is in the field of play, the pass is ruled incomplete if it is subsequently caught by any player.

Answer 19

FALSE

Question 20

An underhand pitch forward behind the neutral zone from A7 to A32 is an incomplete pass if not caught.

Answer 20

TRUE

Question 21

During an illegal forward pass, no pass eligible restrictions apply.

Answer 21

TRUE

Question 22

Touching of a forward pass by A81 causes all Team A players to become eligible.

Answer 22

FALSE

Question 23

Pass eligibility rules apply equally to legal and illegal forward passes as well as backward passes.

Answer 23

FALSE

Question 24

An eligible Team A pass receiver must be either on an end or legally behind his scrimmage line and must be numbered 1-49 or 80-99 at the snap.

Answer 24

TRUE

Question 25

Any back or end numbered 50-59 is an ineligible pass receiver at the snap.

Answer 25

TRUE

Question 26

The snapper can be an eligible receiver.

Answer 26

TRUE

Question 27

Touching of a forward pass by Team B causes all Team A players to become eligible.

Answer 27

TRUE

Question 28

A player who is an eligible receiver at the snap becomes ineligible if he goes out of bounds intentionally and returns.

Answer 28

FALSE

Question 29

A player who is an eligible receiver at the snap may become ineligible during the down.

Answer 29

FALSE

Question 30

If B1 tackles eligible A1 behind the line while the pass is in flight, it is pass interference.

Answer 30

FALSE

Question 31

There can be no pass interference or ineligibles downfield if the pass does not cross the neutral zone.

Answer 31

TRUE

Question 32

Offensive pass interference is still possible if a legal forward pass is touched by B41 behind the neutral zone.

Answer 32

FALSE

Question 33

It is possible for B42 to commit pass interference after the pass has been touched by A81.

Answer 33

FALSE

Question 34

Hindering an opponent’s vision without making an attempt to catch the ball is pass interference even if there is no contact.

Answer 34

FALSE

Question 35

Contact by a defender that occurs clearly away from where the pass is thrown is not pass interference, but could be another foul.

Answer 35

TRUE

Question 36

Ineligibles are restricted from going downfield until a forward pass which goes beyond the neutral zone is thrown.

Answer 36

TRUE

Question 37

Ineligible receivers may not legally go beyond the neutral zone until the pass has gone beyond the neutral zone.

Answer 37

FALSE

Question 38

On a play where a forward pass crosses the neutral zone, A76 is guilty of being an ineligible receiver downfield if he runs two yards beyond the line and does not block anyone.

Answer 38

FALSE

Question 39

If A11’s forward pass is deflected by A82 to A63 behind the neutral zone and A63 catches it, there is no foul.

Answer 39

FALSE

Question 40

If a forward pass hits A61 in the back while he is pass blocking behind the neutral zone, such a pass is illegal.

Answer 40

FALSE

Question 41

If A7’s forward pass is muffed by A72 behind the neutral zone, the spot of the foul is the spot from which the pass was thrown.

Answer 41

FALSE

Question 42

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.

Answer 42

FALSE

Question 43

If a player possesses the ball while airborne and is driven out-of-bounds by a defensive player prior to touching grounds inbounds, it may be ruled a catch.

Answer 43

FALSE

Question 44

If airborne B1 intercepts a pass on B’s two yard line and he first lands in his own end zone, it is a touchback if he is downed there.

Answer 44

TRUE

Question 45

After the ball is thrown, as long as the passer is standing still or fading back, no defensive player shall charge into him unless contact is unavoidable.

Answer 45

TRUE