16-17 Test

A motion is open for debate:

• after it has been moved by a member

• after it has been moved by one member and seconded by another member.

• after it has been stated by the chair.

• after it has been stated by and read by the secretary.

A quorum should be established as:

• 2/3 of all the members of an organization.

• the number of members, usually listed in the bylaws that can be depended on to be present at a meeting

• the number of members present at any regular meeting.

• half the number of dues paying members.

An FFA Chapter represents what type of deliberative assembly?

• A convention of a youth organization

• The assembly of an organized society

• A legislative body

• A mass meeting of agricultural education students

A motion that is taken from the table:

• cannot be amended.

• requires a 2/3 vote to be adopted.

• can be laid on the table again.

• must be debated by the member who proposed the motion that was tabled.

Until the chair states the motion, the maker of the motion:

• has the right to modify or withdraw the motion

• has the right to modify the motion with the consent of the person who seconded the motion

• has the right to withdraw the motion with the consent of the assembly

• can not modify or withdraw the motion because it belongs to the assembly

Which statement below about a Main motion is FALSE?

• They bring business before the assembly.

• They can only be made when no other motion is pending.

• They should not contain a negative statement

• They may propose the same question that was previously rejected earlier in the same meeting.

If neither the FFA Chapter President or Vice President is present at a chapter meeting, the meeting should be called to order by the:

• Secretary

• Parliamentarian

• Sentinel

• Advisor

The usual method of appointing assembly members to a special committee is:

• to conduct a ballot vote.

• to select a committee chairman who then chooses the committee members

• by opening nominations from the floor

• usually specified in the motion that establishes the committee.

Which of the following motions is not a motion that brings a question again before the assembly?

• Withdraw a Motion

• Rescind

• Take from the Table

• Reconsider

Which statement is TRUE regarding a Point of Order?

• A parliamentary inquiry has the same purpose as a point of order

• A member must rise and be recognized by the chair before raising a point of order

• Points of order should be called on all parliamentary errors, no matter how minor.

• A point of order must be raised at the time the breach of order occurs.