18-19 Test

Which one of the following motions is debatable and amendable?

• Previous Question

• Refer to a Committee

• Suspend the Rules

• Take from the Table

When the subsidiary motion for the Previous Question is immediately pending,

• a first degree amendment can be applied to it.

• it can be proposed again to include more or less pending questions.

• a third degree amendment can be applied to it specifying three more questions to be included.

• the privileged motion to adjourn cannot be made.

If a motion to adjourn is qualified in any way (example: “I move we adjourn in ten minutes,”) it is classified as a (an)

• main motion.

• privileged motion.

• subsidiary motion.

• incidental motion.

The motion to Take from the Table must always be

• opened for debate by the presiding officer.

• seconded.

• amended.

• adopted by a two-thirds vote of members present and voting.

A member moves a main motion and debates it twice. The motion is lost. Later in the same meeting, the motion to Reconsider the main motion is moved. How many times is the member allowed to debate the motion to Reconsider?

• Two times

• Three times

• The member exhausted his right to debate when the main motion was first pending.

• None, the motion to reconsider is not debatable

The motion to Lay on the Table

• cannot be qualified in any way.

• requires a two-thirds vote for adoption at a special meeting.

• can only be made by a member who voted in favor of the motion that may be laid on the table.

• is in order when another member has the floor.

Generally, if two members rise at about the same time, the chairman should recognize the member who

• is an officer of the organization.

• raised a hand and stood up.

• has the most seniority.

• rose and addressed the chair first after the floor was yielded.

If a secondary motion is withdrawn, the

• motion does not appear in the minutes

• minutes must show who proposed the motion.

• minutes must show that the motion was withdrawn.

• motion is circled and initialed by the secretary in the minutes.

What can a member do if a motion is made and seconded and the chair ignores it?

• Move that the motion be reconsidered

• Ask the chairman to table the motion

• Raise a Point of Order

• None of the above. The chair always decides which motions are placed before the assembly.

If there is a tie vote on a motion and the chair does not vote, the chair

• must take another vote.

• must vote to break the tie.

• declares that the motion is lost.

• declares the motion is adopted.