EQ I: Parli, SAE, & Records

After there has been much discussion on a motion with no new ideas or information being presented, the official way to stop the discussion is to:

• move to amend the motion

• move the previous question

• say "question"

• say "shut up"

If a presiding officer wants to participate in debate on a motion, he/she should:

• call for a counted vote first

• demand to be the first speaker

• relinquish the duties of the chair

• speak before recognizing other members

Which objective of parliamentary law helps insure that unpopular ideas are not adopted by the group?

• courtesy is extended to everyone

• only one item is addressed at a time

• rights of the minority are protected

• the majority rules on all questions

Debate or discussion is such an important part of parliamentary law that stopping debate on a debatable motion:

• cannot be done

• can only be done by the president

• requires a 2/3 majority vote

• requires a unanimous favorable vote

When a group uses Robert’s Rules of Order to conduct formal, organized business meetings with well-defined rules, it is using:

• consensus

• dictator-like principles

• fighting

• parliamentary procedure

Which procedure guarantees that more than one person wants an item of business brought before the group?

• appealing the decision of the chair

• calling for a division of the house

• motioning to refer to a committee

• seconding the motion

The motion to refer a motion to a committee should include:

• the meeting times, agenda, officer responsibilities, and places for the meeting.

• the names of committee members and the chairperson.

• the number on committee, how the committee members are

  appointed, the committee's powers, and when its members are to report.

• who appoints the committee, where it will meet, and the names of

  committee members.

A business has $15,000 cash on hand, $30,000 in a checking account, and land valued at $600,000, what amount should be entered on the total assets line?

• $25,000

• $575,000

• $600,000

• $645,000

An example of an analytical Supervised Agricultural Experience is:

• conducting a scientific experiement

• making a marketing display

• painting a horse trailer

• raising show horses

Current liabilities are debts that are:

• due this year

• due in the next two years

• due in the next seven years

• past due