Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn
Sets the time for a different meeting to begin
Members can change their votes on motions without permission from the assembly:
Until the result of the vote is announced
Which of the following motions is NOT used to delay action on a question
Postpone Indefinitely
Assume a motion has been laid on the table and the assembly meets monthly. The motion to Take from the Table can be made:
Up until the end of the next regularly scheduled meeting
When the Previous Question is moved in the unqualified form, it applies to:
Only the immediate pending motion
The motion to Recess, in its privileged form:
Must be made when other business is pending
Which of the following types of deliberative assemblies best describes a local FFA chapter?
An assembly of an organized society
The motion to Limit or Extend Limits of Debate:
Can be laid on the table along with the main motion
The legal document that gives the name and object of a society and also other information required by law is the:
Corporate Charter
The member who proposes a debatable motion has the right to speak in debate:
First
A single member has the power to require a:
Rising vote
Which one of the following motions is NOT an incidental motion?
Rescind
Which one of the following subsidiary motions is debatable?
Postpone to a Certain Time
The largest number of votes cast for a motion or candidate when three or more choices are possible is called a:
plurality vote
Which of the following motions may be undebatable under certain circumstances?
Amend
Orders of the Day are divided into two classes called:
General Orders and Special Orders
Which of the following motions can the Previous Question be applied to?
Recess
Motions that seek to obstruct or thwart the will of the assembly are called:
Dilatory motions
Which motion enables a majority of the assembly to bring back for further consideration a motion that has already been voted on?
Reconsider
The motion to Adjourn is always privileged when:
No time for adjournment has been set
Which of the following motions is the lowest ranking privileged motion?
Call for the Orders of the Day
The motion to Postpone Indefinitely remains with the main motion when the main motion is:
Laid on the Table
When a primary amendment to a main motion is pending:
The motion to be amended may not be discussed
Which of the following is false regarding the subsidiary motion Postpone to a Certain Time?
It has the same affect as the motion to Postpone Indefinitely
No motion can be renewed during the same meeting unless the question:
has been changed in some way
The first two articles in the bylaws of the organization are usually:
The name of the organization and its Object
The Previous Question can be used to close the debate immediately and stop a member from making of all subsidiary motions except:
Lay on the Table
Which motion below has the lowest precedence or rank?
Main motion
The Orders of the Day can be set aside:
by a 2/3 vote
An Objection to the Consideration of the Question can be applied to:
Both Original main motions and petitions and communication not from a superior body
If a motion is considered and adopted without having been seconded, it:
is still adopted
What happens to a main motion if the motion to Take from the Table is NOT proposed with the required time limit?
It dies
Member have the right to change their vote:
up to the time the result is announced by the President
The subsidiary motion to Amend can be:
applied to any main motion or any motion with a variable
An improper motion is one that conflicts with:
all of these
Which series of motions below is arranged from lowest to highest precedence
Main motion, Amend, Adjourn
The subsidiary motion to Postpone Indefinitely:
Is debatable and debate can go into the merits of the main motion
An original main motion is a main motion that:
Introduces a substantive question as a new subject
The minimum essential officers that must be present to conduct business in an organization are a:
Presiding officer and a secretary
In order for an Amendment to be in order, it must be:
Germane to the main motion
The motion Postpone to a Certain Time(Postpone Definitely) yields to which of the following motions?
Lay on the Table
If you obtained new information about your motion that has been adopted that might change the way members votes, the proper motion that you could propose is:
Reconsider
Which of the following motions is amendable but not debatable?
Limit or Extend Limits of Debate
The maker of a motion has the right to modify or withdraw it:
Until the chair states the question
In the standard order of business, the reports of officers are presented:
Immediately after the approval of the minutes
A member can move to Adjourn a meeting while business is pending provided that:
the time for the next meeting has been established
How can a member propose to have the pending matter given special study?
Move to refer it to a committee
When a motion is adopted without the steps of stating the question and putting the question to a formal vote, it is called adopting by:
Unanimous(general) consent
Which of the following does NOT require a 2/3 vote?
Reconsider
The document of a society that contains its own rules relating to itself as an organization is the:
Constitution or Bylaws
The motion to Take from the Table is in order:
After some other business or interrupting matter has been transacted
Which of the following subsidiary motions can be applied to the motion to Lay on the Table?
None of these
An Object to the Consideration of a Question can only be raised:
before there has been any debate or subsidiary motion stated by the chair
If the motion to Postpone Indefinitely is adopted, what happens to the pending main motion?
It is killed for the duration of the current session
Which of the following motions cannot be Reconsidered
Recess
Which statement is true regarding a Point of Order?
If a motion is not seconded and debate begins, it is too late to raise a Point of Order
Which of the following motions is NOT an incidental motion?
Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn
The chair may briefly paused the meeting, without objection, by:
standing at ease
The motion to Postpone Definitely(to a certain time) can be made while:
a main motion with an amendment is pending
The motion to Raise a Question of Privilege takes precedence over all the motions below except
Recess
Which vote is needed to pass the motion to Rescind?
Any of these
Which statement is true regarding debate?
The chair should alternate between those favoring and those opposing the motion
Which of the following motions is debatable and amendable
Recess(when no other motion is on the floor)
The maker of a motion cannot:
Speak against the motion
When the chair relinquishes the chair in order to debate a main motion, the chair returns to presiding when:
the main motion has been disposed of
Which motion below is undebatable only when it is applied to an undebatable motion?
Reconsider
A member who has been assigned the floor and has begun to speak may be interrupted by:
the raising of a Question of Privilege
In contrast to the motion Reconsider, the motion to Rescind;
can be made by any member
Rules which are related to the details of the administration of an organization rather than to parliamentary procedure are called:
standing rules
In the standard order of business, what follows special orders?
Unfinished business and general orders
Complex motions are often presented in the form of a:
resolution
A motion is recorded in the minutes:
as it was stated by the chair just before being voted on by the members
Which rule of debate listed below is false?
the chair can interrupt the speaker for any reason
All of the following subsidiary motions can be amended except:
Postpone Indefinitely
It is out of order to move to Lay on the Table a pending main motion if:
there is no evidence of another urgent matter requiring the immediate attention of the assembly
A motion to Adjourn that is moved when no others business is pending:
is always a privileged motion and is not debatable or amendable
If a member does not want a motion to be discussed at a meeting, he/she can:
Raise an Objection to the Consideration of the Question
If adopted, the Previous Question is a motion that stops:
debate and the making of amendments on the pending question
Which of the following is not a request or inquiry?
Point of Order
If a rising vote is inconclusive, the chair should
take another rising vote and order it to be counted
Which of the following motions can be made by the chair?
Objection to the Consideration of the question
If the following motions are all before the assembly at the same time, which is the immediately pending motion?
Withdraw the main motion
Which of the following motions is not debatable but is amendable
Limit or Extend Limits of Debate
A member who has been assigned the floor and has begun to speak may be interrupted by:
Raising a question of privilege
When a main motion is postponed definitely in the unqualified form to the next regular meeting, what happens to it?
It becomes a general order of the day for the next meeting
If a motion is moved at the October meeting, then postponed definitely until the November meeting, each member:
Can debate twice during the October meeting and twice during the November meeting
To withdraw a motion that has been stated by the chair requires:
Permission of the assembly
If a main motion, an amendment, and a motion to postpone definitely are all pending, which motion(s) can be laid on the table?
Only the main motion can be laid on the table
Which of the following is true about the motion to Adjourn?
When it is moved in the qualified form it is a main motion
Which of the following motions is in order when another member has been assigned the floor and is speaking in debate?
Point of Order
According to Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised, which of the following is not a part of the Order of Business in a meeting?
Entertainment or Guest Speakers
A motion becomes the property of the assembly and is open for debate after:
it is restated by the chair
If a motion is made that you strongly disagree with and feel the assembly should not even discuss it, you should:
Object to the Consideration of the Question
Which of the following motions does not require a second
Division of the Assembly
Which of the following groups of motions has no rank in the order of precedence?
Incidental Motions
Which of the following statements is true about the motion to Amend?
The motion to Amend is only debatable when applied to a debatable motion
The subsidiary motion Previous Question:
can be applied to an entire series of pending debatable or amendable motions
Which of the following motions requires a 2/3 vote?
Close nominations
Each member may debate a specific motion:
Twice for a maximum of 10 minutes each time
Which of the following motions allows the membership to take a specific decision out of the chair's hands and give it to the assembly?
Appeal
Which of the following classes of motions do not relate to the pending business but have to do with special matters of immediate and overriding importance?
Privileged Motions
Which of the following statements is true about a motion which has been laid on the table?
It remains there indefinitely until a motion to Take from the Table is passed or the end of the next monthly meeting
An organization should have an article in its Bylaws describing the rules by which it operates. This set of rules is often referred to as the organizations:
Parliamentary Authority
The motion to Raise a Question of Privilege takes precedence over which other privileged motion?
Call for the Orders of the Day
Which of the following motions is not debatable and not amendable?
Lay on the Table
Which of the following subsidiary motions can be applied to other subsidiary and privileged motions which have a higher rank in the order of precedence?
Amend
During debate on a main motion, a member rises and moves the Previous Question. If 31 votes are cast, how many have to vote in favor of the Previous Question in order for it to pass?
21
Point of Information, Parliamentary Inquiry, and Withdraw a Motion are all:
Requests and Inquiries
Which of the following motions is NOT a motion that brings a question again before an assembly?
Withdraw a Motion
In the absence of a quorum, which of the following is out of order?
Move into committee of the whole
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a deliberative assembly?
The size of the group is less than six
The questions acted upon in a deliberative assembly are normally decided by the
members who are present at a regular meeting
Members of a deliberative assembly
have the right to make motions, participate in debate, and vote.
The actions of any deliberative assembly are subject to
the bylaws and other rules of its organization and all applicable local, state, and national laws
The basic principle of decision in a deliberative assembly is that
propositions must be adopted by a majority vote
In a deliberative assembly, a proposition may be adopted by a majority vote, which means that a motion must be approved by
more than half of the members present and voting
The call of meeting is a
written notice of the time and place of the meeting which is mailed or distributed to members
When an unorganized group meets to discuss a specific problem and anyone may attend who is interested, it is called a
mass meeting
The bylaws of an organized local society usually provide that it shall hold
regular meetings at stated intervals
Which type of deliberative assembly below is characterized by having each meeting normally serve as a separate session?
Organized local societies
An assembly of delegates normally chosen for one session is called a
convention
Which one of the following statements is true regarding a convention?
The voting membership of a convention usually consists of delegates
A board is an administrative body that is
elected or appointed
Large boards and large committees follow parliamentary procedure
in the same way as any assembly.
What is the legal document that gives the name and object of a society and also other information as required by law
Corporate Charter
The Corporate Charter of a society that wishes to be incorporated should contain
All of the listed answers
One principal advantage of incorporating a society is that the officers and members
are protected from personal liability under obligations that may be incurred by the organization
A corporate charter should be drafted by
an attorney
The document of a society that contains its own rules relating to itself as an organization is the
constitution or bylaws
Except for the corporate charter in an incorporated society, the highest body of rules are the
bylaws
Ordinary societies usually provide themselves with suitable rules of order by naming an edition of a parliamentary law manual in its bylaws. This manual is then called the organization's
parliamentary authority
Rules of order that supplement or modify the rules contained in an organization's parliamentary
special rules of order
If a special rules of order is not in agreement with an organization's parliamentary authority, which one must be used?
The special rule
If an organization has adopted Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised as their parliamentary authority and another manual disagrees with a specific rule, which manual is binding?
Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised is binding
The minimum affirmative vote necessary to suspend rules of order named in an organization's parliamentary authority or adopted as special rules of order is
two-thirds of the members present and voting
Standing rules
are related to the details of administration rather than parliamentary procedure
Ordinary standing rules generally contain
an hour that sets the time meetings are to begin
Which of the following is an example of a standing rule?
The maintenance of a guest register
A standing rule remains in effect until
rescinded or amended
At a formal meeting, and without notice, a deliberative assembly has the right to temporarily suspend its
standing rules
The quorum of an assembly is
the number of members who must be present for business to be legally transacted
In the absence of a provision in the bylaws, the quorum of an organized society is
a majority of the entire membership
The minimum essential officers that must be present to conduct business in a deliberative assembly are a
presiding officer and a secretary or clerk
Which phrase below applies both to the presiding officer and to the station in the place where he/she presides
The chair
What specifies the sequence in which certain general types or classes of business are brought up or permitted to be introduced at a meeting?
Order of business
A society which has adopted Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised as its parliamentary authority
may adopt its own particular order of business
The presiding officer calls a meeting to order, the next order of business is usually
reading and approval of the minutes
In the standard order of business, the reports of officers are presented
immediately after the approval of the minutes.
In the standard order of business, new business is taken up
after unfinished business and general orders
The chair must recognize any
member who seeks the floor while entitled to it.
Before a member of an assembly is allowed to speak or propose a motion, he or she must "obtain the floor." This means that the member must
rise, address the chair, and wait to be recognized before speaking
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