2013-16 FFA CCN Questions

An amendment to the privileged motion to recess.

• must relate to which members may take the recess

• is never allowed

• isn't debatable

• requires a two-thirds vote to be adopted

The subsidiary motion to postpone indefinitely

• is in order when another member has the floor

• doesn't require a second

• isn't a secondary question

• is debatable and debate can go fully into the merits of the main question

If you call for a division of the assembly at a meeting of seventy members, this means that the vote must be taken again by

• voice

• rising

• raising of hands

• paper ballot

The word majority means

• exactly half

• less than half

• more than half

• 51%

Both a point of order and a parliamentary inquiry are

• decided by the chair

• amendable

• required to be seconded

• privileged motions

To be in order, an amendment must always be

• germane

• short

• in the form of a question

• amendable

The only time a main motion can be made is while

• the regular president of the organization is presiding

• no other motion is pending

• all the members of the organization are present

• unfinished business is being considered

If a member has spoken twice on a main motion, how many times can he/she speak on an amendment that is applied to

• 1 time

• the speaker can't speak on the amendment

• 3 times

• 2 times

If 21 votes are cast for the previous question at an FFA meeting, what is the minimum affirmative vote required to adopt it

• 16

• 14

• 13

• 11

The purpose of a point of order is to

• call attention to a breach of rules

• make a parliamentary inquiry

• raise a question of privilege

• reject a motion that has been stated by the chair