Chapter 1-3 Flashcards
A live ball is live only during a down.
True
A dead ball can only become live by legal snap or free kick.
True
A loose ball is not in possession of either team.
False
If touching the ball causes it to become dead, securing possession of the ball has no significance.
True
A player loses possession by either a fumble or a muff.
False
The lines of scrimmage and the neutral zone are established when the ball is declared ready for play.
True
The neutral zone is established after the snapper has made final adjustment of the ball.
False
The expanded neutral zone may extend partially into the end zone.
False
After a snap, the ball remains live until the down ends.
True
A legal snap must be a quick and continuous backward motion and must be made between the snapper’s legs.
False
The snapper may not have his free hand on the ground in advance of the ball.
True
The snapper may lift the ball for lateral rotation, but may not rotate the ball end for end or change the location of the ball.
True
It is legal for the snapper to adjust the ball so long the axis is parallel to the scrimmage line.
False
Following adjustment, the snapper may not lift or move the ball other than in a legal snap.
True
After the ready, once the snapper touches the ball, he may remove both hands from the ball.
False
If the snapper makes an illegal snap and B66 recovers, the ball belongs to Team B.
False
In a snap, the ball must leave the hand(s) of the snapper and touch a backfield player or the ground before it touches a Team A lineman.
True
It is encroachment if the snapper assumes his position over the ball with his head in the neutral zone.
False
Encroachment may be a live-ball foul.
False
It is encroachment when B81 breaks the plane of the neutral zone after the ready and just after the snapper has touched the ball.
True
It is encroachment when following the ready-for-play, A76 assumes a three-point stance with his head in the neutral zone and the snapper has his hands on the ball.
True
Encroachment cannot occur after the ready-for-play if Team A linemen are still in the huddle even though the snapper has his hands on the ball.
False
Defensive players are restricted from contacting the ball or the snapper’s hand(s) or arm(s) until the snapper has released the ball.
True
After the ball is ready-for-play, each offensive player must momentarily be within 15 yards of the ball before the snap.
False
After the ball is marked ready for play, each player of Team A who participated in the previous down and each substitute for Team must have been, momentarily, between the nine-yard marks before the snap.
True
A false start is always a dead-ball foul.
True