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Originally posted by JoeT
[Better yet - I'll answer with what the consensus here says! (Since there doesn't appear to be a "right" answer anyway.) My state (IL) sems to accept EITHER T or F for some of the questions that are, well... questionable! Maybe this will be one.
Does anyone who's involved with the writing of the NF test visit this forum? [/B]
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As far as I can tell, this is in fact one of the questions for which IL will accept either T or F.
The confusion comes about because the word "strikes" implies "intent" (see below) -- so the answer last year was T. To make it more clear, and a little redundant, the Fed added the word "intentional" to the rule -- theus making the question unclear.
The dictionary uses something like "to aim at and hit" as the definition of "strike". Notice the difference between aiming at and hitting the backboard (thus, striking the backboard) and aiming at the ball (as in a block attempt), but missing and accidentally hitting the backboard (thus, not striking the backboard).