2018 KS FFA District Parliamentary Procedure Exam

Main motions should start with the words

• "I move that..."

• "I so move"

• "I wish to move..."

• "I motion that..."

A parliamentary inquiry may be used at a meeting to

• request the chair's opinion on a matter of parliamentary procedure as it relates to the business at hand.

• inquire about the facts of the pending business.

• require that the chairman conduct a counted standing vote.

• introduce a new parliamentary authority to be considered.

Main motions are not in order which

• conflict with national laws.

• conflict with or present the same question as one which has been temporarily but not finally disposed of.

• propose action outside the scope of the organization's bylaws or charter unless authorized by a two-thirds vote.

• All of the above

After a main motion has been made and before the question has been stated by the chair,

• any member can rise and informally suggest changes to the maker of the motion.

• the chairman can insist on changes and implement them without a vote.

• changes are not allowed because the motion is the property of the assembly.

• any member can make changes without the permission of the maker of the motion, since it is not the property of the assembly.

To be in order, an amendment must always be

• germane.

• made by the member who proposed the motion that hte amendment is applied to.

• short.

• in the form of a question.

An amendment is always out of order that

• is not germane to the question being amended

• is frivolous or absurd

• strikes out the word "Resolved."

• All of the above.

When the Previous Question is ordered on a series of pending motions, they are voted on in the

• same order in which they were proposed.

• order as determined by the chairman.

• reverse order in which they were made.

• order that the proposer of each motion demands.

Which term below refers to questions that are carried over from a previous meeting because the meeting adjourned before they could be completed?

• order of business

• old business

• unfinished busines

• special business

Assume a few members constantly called out "Division!" on all voice votes even though the outcome was obviously unanimous. What would you do as chairman?

• Conduct the rising vote.

• Tell the members to stop disrupting the assembly.

• Either not recognize the members or rule the request out of order.

• Have the assembly vote on whether they wish the divison.

If a member disagreed with the chairman's ruling on a Point of Order, what would be the proper form for a motion to appeal?

• "Appeal"

• Yell out without rising, "Appeal"

• "I appeal your decision."

• "I appeal from the decision of the chair."