Ch. 11 Penalty Enforcement

Question 1

The referee shall grant a captain’s request for a timeout prior to accepting or declining a penalty which involves an automatic first down.

Answer 1

F

Question 2

The distance penalty for any foul may be declined.

Answer 2

T

Question 3

No foul causes loss of the ball.

Answer 3

T

Question 4

No series can ever start on a down other than a first.

Answer 4

T

Question 5

Defensive pass interference is one of the fouls by Team B that awards an automatic first down.

Answer 5

F

Question 6

If there is no change of team possession, a live-ball foul on each team during a down results in a double foul.

Answer 6

T

Question 7

If both teams foul during a change of possession down and the team in final possession did not foul prior to gaining possession, it may keep the ball provided it declines the penalty for the opponent’s foul.

Answer 7

T

Question 8

If R33 gives an invalid fair catch signal and R42 catches the scrimmage kick, Team R may retain possession if the penalty is accepted.

Answer 8

T

Question 9

The down must me replayed if Team A is illegally in motion and B64 clips during B30’s interception return.

Answer 9

F

Question 10

The down must be replayed if both teams commit holding fouls before an interception.

Answer 10

T

Question 11

The down must be replayed if both teams commit holding fouls during a play where the ball is punted.

Answer 11

F

Question 12

A nonplayer or unsportsmanlike foul is treated as live-ball foul.

Answer 12

F

Question 13

If during a down B80 holds and then B14 commits an unsportsmanlike act, only one foul can be penalized.

Answer 13

F

Question 14

If both teams commit a foul during the same dead-ball period, and the second foul is committed prior to the enforcement of the first foul, the fouls always cancel.

Answer 14

F

Question 15

When the same team commits a live-ball foul followed by one or more dead-ball fouls, all fouls cannot be penalized.

Answer 15

F

Question 16

All dead-ball fouls are enforced in the order in which they occurred and always from the spot of the foul.

Answer 16

F

Question 17

When a team commits two or more live-ball fouls, including unsportsmanlike fouls, it is a multiple foul.

Answer 17

F

Question 18

There can be only one loose-ball play during any down.

Answer 18

T

Question 19

If A7’s pass is caught by A82 and there is unnecessary roughness foul against A7 after the catch, it is a foul during a loose-ball play.

Answer 19

F

Question 20

All roughing the kicker fouls are penalized from the spot of the foul.

Answer 20

F

Question 21

All fouls committed before the change of possession on a free kick are fouls during a loose-ball play.

Answer 21

T

Question 22

When A1 is tackled behind the neutral zone and fumbles, it is a running play.

Answer 22

F

Question 23

During a scrimmage down, a backward pass from behind the neutral zone is always part of a loose-ball play.

Answer 23

T

Question 24

All illegal forward passes are loose-ball plays, and the basic enforcement spot is the previous spot.

Answer 24

F

Question 25

The succeeding spot is the enforcement spot for a foul which occurs simultaneously with the snap or free kick.

Answer 25

F

Question 26

The basic spot of enforcement for a foul during a loose-ball play is the succeeding spot.

Answer 26

F

Question 27

A foul that occurs simultaneously with the snap is an exception to the all-but-one principle

Answer 27

T

Question 28

Illegal motion, illegal shifts and false starts are all fouls simultaneous with the snap.

Answer 28

F

Question 29

If K51 commits an unsportsmanlike foul during a successful field goal, the penalty is administered from the succeeding spot.

Answer 29

T

Question 30

A post scrimmage kick foul can only occur after the kick is beyond the expanded neutral zone.

Answer 30

F

Question 31

If R22 fouls beyond the expanded neutral zone during a punt that crosses the expanded neutral zone and is caught by R44 who then fumbles, there cannot be post-scrimmage kick enforcement if the ball is finally recovered by K24.

Answer 31

T

Question 32

The basic spot for a post-scrimmage kick foul is the end of the kick or the 20 yard line if the play results in a touchback.

Answer 32

T

Question 33

Post-scrimmage kick enforcement applies to all kicking situations.

Answer 33

F

Question 34

An unsportsmanlike foul by B22 during A34’s touchdown run may be enforced from the succeeding spot on the kickoff.

Answer 34

T

Question 35

A penalty for nonplayer fouls is enforced from the same spot as a dead-ball foul.

Answer 35

T

Question 36

When the final result of a down is a touchback, the basic spot is the goal line.

Answer 36

F

Question 37

It will be first and 10 for Team B at their 15 yard line if A85 grabs B35’s face mask in the end zone after B35 intercepts a pass.

Answer 37

F

Question 38

B46 intercepts a pass and scores a touchdown. If A66 grabbed B52’s face mask prior to the interception, Team B must decline the penalty to keep the touchdown.

Answer 38

T

Question 39

If B31 tackles A44 by grasping his face mask in Team A’s end zone, the penalty will be enforced from the goal line.

Answer 39

T

Question 40

If a distance penalty for a foul by Team B is measured from behind Team B’s goal line toward its end line, the result is a touchback.

Answer 40

F

Question 41

Whether the next down will be first down is determine at the time the ball becomes dead and after considering any act, except a nonplayer foul or unsportsmanlike foul, which occurring during the down.

Answer 41

T

Question 42

A disqualified player must be removed from the game even if the penalty for his foul is declined.

Answer 42

T

Question 43

All live-ball fouls are penalized under the all-but-one principle.

Answer 43

F

Question 44

Under the “all-but-one” enforcement principle, all defensive fouls are penalized from the basic spot.

Answer 44

T

Question 45

All fouls by Team A during the down are enforced from the basic spot.

Answer 45

F

Question 46

Only fouls by Team B are enforced from the spot of the foul.

Answer 46

F

Question 47

The enforcement spot for any foul by the defense is the goal line when the run ends in the end zone and would result in a safety.

Answer 47

T

Question 48

If during a touchdown a foul occurs by the opponent of the scoring team, the scoring team must decline the penalty in order to keep the score.

Answer 48

F

Question 49

If A2 taunts an opponent after scoring a touchdown, the score is negated and the down is relayed after a 15-yard penalty is enforced from the previous spot.

Answer 49

F

Question 50

If Team R commits a foul during a successful field goal by Team K that would have post-scrimmage enforcement on a punt, the penalty is automatically decline.

Answer 50

F

Question 51

If the kicker is roughed during a successful field goal, the only way Team K can have the penalty enforced is by repeating the down.

Answer 51

F

Question 52

If B22 intercepts and is downed, and then A62 and A34 pile on, it is a multiple foul.

Answer 52

F

Question 53

A foul by Team B during a successful two-point try by Team A is enforced from the succeeding spot.

Answer 53

T

Question 54

If during a successful two-point try A88, commits pass interference, the try is repeated after the penalty is enforced.

Answer 54

T

Question 55

If during an unsuccessful try, A33 fouls, the penalty is obviously declined, the results of the play stand and there is no replay.

Answer 55

T

Question 56

When the momentum exception is in effect, the end of the run for the purposes of penalty enforcement is the spot of the catch or recovery.

Answer 56

T