NCAA Recruiting Exam
During an unofficial visit, it is permissible to have off-campus contact with a prospective student-athlete within ___ of campus.
1 mile
During an OFFICIAL visit, an institution may entertain a prospective student-athlete by taking the prospective student-athlete to a social event that is located within a ___________.
30-mile radius of the institution`s main campus.
Which of the following statements is TRUE concerning an OFFICIAL visit?
A multisport prospective student-athlete may not receive more than five expense-paid visits and not more than one visit per institution.
An institution cannot provide a printed media guide to which of the following:
A prospective student-athlete. A prospective student-athlete`s parents or legal guardians. A prospective student-athlete`s coach. Any individual involved in coaching of a prospective student-athlete. **All of the above.**
Institutional financial aid based in any degree on athletics ability MAY be reduced or canceled during the period of the award for which of the following reasons?
A. An injury, illness, or physical or mental condition that prevents the recipient from participating in athletics. B) For any athletics reason.C) The student-athlete renders himself or herself ineligible for intercollegiate competition.D) The student-athlete voluntarily withdraws from the sport at any time for personal reasons. ***Both c and d.
To not be considered a tryout, which of the following must occur for participation by a prospective student-athlete in an open event conducted by or held on the member institution's campus?
A. The event is not classified by age group or level of educational institution. B. Selection of participants is limited ONLY by number, geographical area or some objective standard of performance. All participants must be amateurs. **Both a and b.**
During an UNOFFICIAL visit, what type of transportation is an institution allowed to provide to a prospective student-athlete?
A. Transportation to view any off-campus practice or competition site in the prospective student-athlete`s sport. B. Transportation to an institution`s home contest in the prospective student-athlete`s sport held at any local facility. Transportation from the prospective student-athlete`s home to the institution. **A and B.**
A QUALIFIER has completed which of the following requirements:
Achieved a corresponding ACT or SAT score and core course grade-point average. Completed a minimum number of core courses in specified subject areas. Graduated from high school. **All of the above.***
16 When may a NONQUALIFIER who is enrolled at a two-year college make an OFFICIAL visit to an institution?
After the completion of the first academic year at the two-year college.
When may a NONQUALIFIER who is enrolled at a two-year college make an OFFICIAL visit to an institution?
After the completion of the first academic year at the two-year college.
A representative of athletics interests (i.e., booster) may contact, correspond with and make telephone calls to a prospective student-athlete starting:
After the prospective student-athlete signs a National Letter of Intent with the institution. After the prospective student-athlete signs the institution`s written offer of admission and/or financial aid. After the institution has received the prospective student-athlete`s financial deposit in response to its offer of admission. **Any of the above.
Who may transport a prospective student-athlete to and from the airport during an OFFICIAL visit?
Any athletics department staff member.
A prospective student-athlete departing campus after an official visit may be provided transportation to which location?
Any of the above
Before ________ of a prospective student-athlete's senior year in high school, an institution shall not provide a written offer of athletically related aid or indicate in writing to the prospective student-athlete that an athletically related grant-in-aid will be offered by the institution.
August 1st
A letter of intent may be provided to a prospective student-athlete by:
Express mail. Courier service. Email. Fax. ***Any of the above.**
A coach may provide a prospective student-athlete with complimentary admissions to attend a postseason conference championship being held on the institution's campus, provided the prospective student-athlete is on an OFFICIAL visit.
False
A coaching staff member may be employed at a noninstitutional, privately owned camp in which a high school athletics award winner is employed.
False
A freshman in high school will be in the locale of an institution during a family vacation. It is permissible for the prospective student-athlete to visit campus AND meet with the institution's coaching staff.
False
A member institution MAY host, sponsor or conduct a group workout or combine (i.e., devoted to agility, flexibility, speed or strength tests) involving prospective student-athletes, provided the athletics department staff is not involved in conducting the activity, except for activities incidental to supervising the facilities.
False
A prospective student-athlete is in his senior year of high school during the 2020-21 academic year. Prior to graduation in spring 2021, he realizes he will be short one core-course. As a result, he discontinues enrollment at his high school and does not graduate with his class. He enrolls in a preparatory school in fall 2021 with the intention of completing the one core-course in order to satisfy NCAA initial-eligibility requirements. It is permissible for this prospective student-athlete to use the one core-course taken from the preparatory school to satisfy NCAA core-curriculum requirements.
False
An athletics department staff member may not endorse or promote a noninstitutional athletics event involving prospective student-athletes; however, the coach may serve as a consultant for such an event.
False
An individual is no longer considered a representative of athletics interests (i.e., booster) if the individual stops making donations to an institution's athletics program.
False
An institution may be involved in fundraising activities conducted by a high school or two-year college athletics department, provided no recruiting activities take place.
False
An institution may provide funding, directly or through paid advertisements, to benefit a high school athletics program.
False
An institution's camp or clinic brochure may be placed in high school, two-year college or nonscholastic game programs.
False
An institution's coach is attending an event in which prospective student-athletes from multiple institutions participate in drills. The institution's coach uses an evaluation for all participants engaging in the drills, even those prospective student-athletes the institution's coach does not observe.
False
An institution's coach is observing a prospective student-athlete's high school practice session. While there, the institution's coach asks the high school coach to have the prospective student-athlete perform the vertical jump. This is permissible.
False
Before a prospective student-athlete commits to the institution per Bylaw 13.02.13.1, the prospective student-athlete may call a representative of athletics interests (i.e, booster) to discuss the institution's athletics program
False
During an OFFICIAL visit or UNOFFICIAL visit, a prospective student-athlete may attend an event in which current or former student-athletes are trying out with a professional team(s).
False
During an OFFICIAL visit, a prospective student-athlete may participate in game-day simulation activities.
False
During an OFFICIAL visit, it is permissible for a booster to host an occasional meal at his/her home for the prospective student-athlete, student host and other student-athletes.
False
For purposes of Bylaw 13, an individual becomes a RECRUITED prospective student-athlete when a coach initiates a telephone call with the prospective student-athlete or the prospective student-athlete's parent or guardian on more than one occasion for the purpose of recruitment.
False
General correspondence, camp or clinic information, questionnaires, non-athletics institutional publications, educational materials published by the NCAA may all be provided at any point in time to a prospective student-athlete, his or her parents or legal guardians, coaches or any other individual responsible for teaching or directing an activity in which a prospective student-athlete is involved?
False
It is permissible for a director of operations (or other noncoaching staff member with sport-specific responsibilities) to attend a local athletics event in his or her sport that involves prospective student-athletes and have recruiting conversations with the prospective student-athlete's family members who are attending the event.
False
It is permissible to use express mail services to mail printed recruiting materials to a high school coach within the United States.
False
Permissible video/audio material may include a prospective student-athlete's name and or image.
False
The institution's coach makes the following statement to the media: I can confirm that we are recruiting the prospective student-athlete and that we anticipate him/her signing a National Letter of Intent with our institution. The coach's comments are permissible before the prospective student-athlete commits to the institution per Bylaw 13.02.13.1
False
The institution's coach's best friend is the director of athletics at a local high school, which the institution's coach did not attend. The friend asked the institution's coach to donate an autographed clipboard to be auctioned in an upcoming fundraiser for the high school. It is permissible for the institution's coach to donate the item for the high school fundraiser.
False
The institution's head coach reminds an enrolled student-athlete who is going home for the holidays that the student-athlete's former high school will be participating in a tournament. The institution is recruiting a prospective student-athlete on the student-athlete's former high school team. The coach reminds the student-athlete to make sure that contact is made with the prospective student-athlete. This is a permissible recruiting contact before the prospective student-athlete commits to the institution per Bylaw 13.02.13.1.
False
The institution's head coach reminds an enrolled student-athlete who is going home for the holidays that the student-athlete's former high school will be participating in a tournament. The institution is recruiting a prospective student-athlete on the student-athlete's former high school team. The coach reminds the student-athlete to make sure that contact is made with the prospective student-athlete. This is a permissible recruiting contact before the prospective student-athlete commits to the institution per Bylaw 13.02.13.1.
Fasle
A high school prospective student-athlete may take a maximum of ____ expense-paid visits to Division I institutions, with not more than one permitted per institution, regardless of whether the prospective student-athlete is involved in more than one sport.
Five
Institutional athletics department staff members may do which of the following involving any recruiting or scouting service?
Grant an interview to a recruiting or scouting service.
Which of the following classifies an individual as a representative of athletics interests (i.e., booster)?
Has participated in or has been a member of an agency or organization promoting the institution`s intercollegiate athletics program. Is known or should have been known by the institution to be assisting, or has been requested (by athletics department staff) to assist, in the recruitment of prospects. Is known or should have been known by the institution to be assisting or to have assisted in providing benefits to enrolled student-athletes or their families. **All of the above**
Institutional financial aid based in any degree on athletics ability may NOT be reduced or canceled during the period of the award if the recipient _______________.
Performs below athletic expectations.
Which activity is NOT permissible for a coach/institution during a dead period
Permitting a prospective student-athlete to make an official or unofficial visit.
During an OFFICIAL visit to an institution, the coaching staff informed the visiting prospective student-athlete that a medical examination may be provided at the expense of the institution. If the prospective student-athlete agrees to the medical examination, who is permitted to CONDUCT the medical exam?
Physician or other institutional medical staff member.
Which of the following is NOT permissible to mail to a prospective student-athlete?
Poster.
Which of the following is NOT considered a permissible electronic correspondence?
Posts to a message board.
Institutionally operated camps and clinics for prospective student-athletes may:
Provide awards to participating prospective student-athletes, provided the cost of the awards is included in the camp admissions fee.
An individual becomes a PROSPECTIVE student-athlete once he or she ____________.
Receives ONE phone call from a coaching staff member. B. Starts classes for the ninth grade. C. For those younger than ninth grade, receives a benefit from the institution that is not provided to prospective students generally. Either B or C.
A prospective student-athlete lives 75 miles from campus. It is permissible for an institution's coach to coach a local club team that includes this prospective student-athlete as a participant, provided:
The club is the closest participation opportunity for the prospective student-athlete.
Which of the following is TRUE regarding general correspondence that may be sent to a prospective student-athlete?
The size of the printed material may not exceed 8 1/2 X 11 inches when opened in full.
A prospective student-athlete may visit more than one institution on the same trip for OFFICIAL visit purposes, and the institutions may share the travel expenses, provided:
There is no duplication of expenses. Only actual and necessary expenses are provided. Each of the visits does not last more than 48 hours. **All of the above.
During the SUMMER prior to a prospective student-athlete's senior year in high school, and before the prospective student-athlete commits to the institution per Bylaw 13.02.13.1, an institution's coach evaluates the prospective student-athlete on two occasions. During the academic year, the coach makes two in-person, off-campus contacts with the prospective student-athlete and conducts one evaluation. How many of the permissible recruiting opportunities has the coach used for this prospective student-athlete?
Three
It is permissible for an institution to provide a student-athlete financial aid that includes a board allowance that consists of _______________.
Three meals per day or the institution`s maximum meal plan that is available to all students, whichever is greater.
A coach may have contact with a prospective student-athlete who has committed to the institution per Bylaw 13.02.13.1 prior to his or her competition on the day of competition.
True
A institutional staff member may initate phone calls to or receive phone calls from a prospective student-athlete during the five days immediately preceding the prospective student-athlete's official visit and during the official visit.
True
A member of the institution's staff may provide transportation to the campus from the nearest bus or train station or major airport when the prospective student-athlete initially arrives at the institution to attend a required new student orientation, provided the prospective student-athlete has been accepted for admission to the institution.
True
A noncoaching staff member with sports-specific responsibilities may not attend an off-campus athletics event involving prospective student-athletes (e.g., high school contest, sports camp) unless the staff member is an immediate family member of a participant in the activity and the staff member is NOT present to evaluate prospective student-athletes and does NOT have any direct contact with a prospective student-athlete or a prospective student-athlete's family member or coach.
True
A prospective student-athlete graduates from high school in May 2021 and does not enroll in college in the fall of 2021. The prospective student-athlete is allowed five additional official visits (one visit per institution) beginning October 15, 2021.
True
A prospective student-athlete has graduated from high school and has submitted an application for a summer groundskeeper position within the athletics department. The prospective student-athlete will be paid the going rate for work actually performed. The athletics department may hire the prospective student-athlete.
True
A prospective student-athlete may observe countable athletically related activities, such as film review and chalk-talk sessions with an institutional coaching staff member if they have committed to the institution per Bylaw 13.02.13.1.
True
A prospective student-athlete, who has started the senior year of high school, made arrangements for an OFFICIAL visit to the institution. The prospective student-athlete registered with the NCAA Eligibility Center and is listed on the institution's institutional request list. The prospective student-athlete's high school emailed a copy of the high school transcript. The prospective student-athlete has met the requirements for the OFFICIAL visit.
True
After a prospective student-athlete has committed to the institution, he or she may take a second official visit if the team's head coach has changed since the initial official visit.
True
After the initial regular NLI signing date, in-person on- or off-campus contact may occur during a dead period with a prospective student-athlete who has committed to the institution per Bylaw 13.02.13.1.
True
An athletics department staff member may not promote or endorse a prospective student-athlete's team or coach, or an athletics facility that is primarily used by prospective student-athletes.
True
An institution is hosting a professional tryout event the same weekend several prospective student-athletes are making unofficial visits to campus. The prospective student-athletes are NOT permitted to attend the professional tryout event.
True
An institution may host multiple press conferences to announce its signed prospective student-athletes.
True
An institution may not provide a written offer of athletically related aid, or indicate in writing to the prospective student-athlete that an athletically related grant-in-aid will be offered by the institution, until August 1 of the prospective student-athlete's senior year in high school.
True
An institution may not publish advertising or promotional materials designed to solict the enrollment of prospective student-athletes in any type of publication that provides information concerning the athletics participation or evaluation of prospective student-athletes.
True
An institution may provide three complimentary admissions to a prospective student-athlete on an UNOFFICIAL visit to attend any regular-season home games at a site not designated as its regular home facility.
True
An institution's coach may produce a computer recruiting presentation and show it to a prospective student-athlete at the prospective student-athlete's high school.
True
Before a prospective student-athlete commits to the institution per Bylaw 13.02.13.1, the institution may provide a prospective student-athlete a photograph taken of him/her during the official visit.
True
Before the prospective student-athlete commits to the institution per Bylaw 13.02.13.1, a currently enrolled student-athlete may write the prospective student-athlete, provided the correspondence is not at the direction of the institution and the institution does not provide any of the expenses related to the written correspondence (e.g., stationary, postage).
True
For a NONQUALIFIER (with no previous collegiate attendance) to be eligible to practice, compete or receive athletically-related financial aid, he or she must first serve an academic year in residence at the certifying institution.
True
For purposes of Bylaw 13, a FAMILY member is an individual with any of the following relationships with a prospective student-athlete: spouse, parent or legal guardian, child, sibling, grandparent, domestic partner or any individual whose close association with the prospective student-athlete is a practical equivalent of a family relationship.
True
General information (e.g., information not created for recruiting purposes) posted to an institution's website (e.g., press release, competition schedule) may be sent to a prospective student-athlete via permissible electronic correspondence or such information may be printed and provided to a prospective student-athlete as an attachment to general correspondence or during any permissible on- or off-campus contact.
True
In sports other than men's ice hockey and skiing, before initial full-time collegiate enrollment, an individual may compete on a professional team, provided he or she does not receive more than actual and necessary expenses to participate on the team
True
It is NOT permissible to display a visiting prospective student-athlete's name on the scoreboard, even if the facility is completely empty and closed to the public.
True
It is permissible for a coach to provide transportation for a prospective student-athlete to attend a home athletics contest at any local facility during an UNOFFICIAL visit.
True
It is permissible for a coaching staff member to drive an automobile to bring a prospective student-athlete and his or her family members from any location to campus for an OFFICIAL visit.
True
It is permissible for an institution to arrange employment for a recruited prospective student-athlete within the athletics department ticket office, provided the employment does not begin prior to the completion of the prospective student-athlete's senior year of high school.
True
It is permissible for an institution to transport a prospective student-athlete on an OFFICIAL visit to a home contest at an off-campus site within a 30-mile radius of campus.
True
It is permissible for an institution's director of athletics to send a prospective student-athlete a congratulatory note after he or she has signed a National Letter of Intent or the institution's written offer of admission and/or financial aid, or the institution has received his or her financial deposit in response to its offer of admission.
True
Participation by a prospective student-athlete in OPEN EVENTS conducted by or held on the campus of an institution shall not be considered tryouts.
True
Recruiting contact with a prospective student-athlete may occur at any site or athletics competition after the prospective student-athlete's competition concludes for the day and the prospective student-athlete has been released by the appropriate authority (e.g., coach).
True
Three days into preseason practice and before the start of the academic term, a student-athlete decides she has made a big mistake and wants to attend a different Division I institution. The student-athlete is considered to be a transfer student-athlete and is subject to applicable transfer rules.
True
When an institution's coach picks up a prospective student-athlete from the nearest major airport upon arrival for an official visit, the 48-hour period for the official visit starts at the time the prospective student-athlete arrives on campus, provided the prospective student-athlete's transportation to campus is without delay for personal reasons or entertainment purposes.
True
A prospective student-athlete who has committed to the institution per Bylaw 13.02.13.1, may be employed at the institution's camp.
True.
During an UNOFFICIAL visit, an institution may provide how many ADDITIONAL complimentary admissions to a prospective student-athlete who is a member of a nontraditional family (e.g., divorce, separation) in order to accommodate the family members accompanying the prospective student-athlete on the visit?
Two
A high school, preparatory school or two-year college coach may be provided with a maximum of two complimentary admissions to attend a home athletics event on the institution's campus or _______________.
Within 30-miles of the institution`s campus.
