7-1-2: What am I missing?
 

The ball is out of bounds when it touches…
A. a player who is out of bounds
B. any person, floor or object outside a boundary
C. supports or back of backboard
D. all the above

the ceiling, overhead equipment or supports.

Also, when it passes over a rectangular backboard

Right.

But, answer the question as written.

d

What do I win?

Is the ball out of bounds when it touches a player who is out of bounds? Yes.

Is the ball out of bounds when it touches any person, floor or object outside a boundary? Yes.

Is the ball out of bounds when it touches a supports or back of backboard? Yes.

So then your answer to the question is (D). These 3 cases may not be all the cases which cause the ball to become dead, but they're all true. IOW, it's options are correct, but incomplete.

A free month to post on Officiating.com - I'm buying! :D

Jugs, I agree it's incomplete; however, as written I agree the answer is D - a certain state association doesn't agree.

Edit: I must be missing something.

Did they say why or what in particular causes (D) to not be the correct answer?

Maybe they supplied option (E) in invisible ink?

They haven't yet. I'm trying to get clarification as to why the answer isn't 'D'.

Maybe (hopefully) the answer key is wrong?

A1 can be outside a boundary and still not yet be "out of bounds" yet by definition. Think save in mid air....

So change B to read:

B. any person, floor or object out of bounds

But that still leaves 2 right answers instead of "all of the above".

Unless the backboard supports by definition are not OOB...don't have any books here.

A "save in mid air" outside a boundary yet still in bounds must be done by a player, and a player is not a person. (Ignore the connotation. :eek:)

So (B) is included for that reason.

"Person" in B does not include players. It includes bench personnel, fans, etc.

All of the above, as written in the OP is correct.

D was/is my final answer.....just trying to talk through why some association may have a different answer other than "d".

I believe this is what happened. I believe the issue has been corrected. Thanks everyone.