FLMUN Rules of Procedure Quiz

You are a new delegate attending your first conference! Upon entering the room, you see someone that looks to be the "head" of the committee. They are responsible for enforcing rules of procedure, timing speeches, and calling on speakers from the speaker's list. This person is the...

• President

• Committee Lead

• Head Delegate

• Chair

Your committee has been assigned two topics to debate. However, your country has some really strong points to get across in Topic A and you'd like to get started with that and then tackle Topic B. What motion will give you the chance to propose this order of topics?

• Motion to select topic

• Motion to debate (topic name)

• Motion to set agenda

• There is no motion for this. The chair will decide.

The chair begins by doing roll call. You decide that for this committee, you aren't sure if you will be voting on a resolution. When the chair calls on you, you respond...

• "Here."

• Say nothing, and raise your placard.

• "Present."

• "Hello, Honourable Chair."

Now that roll call has wrapped up, the chair is ready to move on. You’re not sure what comes next, but you’re pretty sure it’s...

• Voting

• Debate

• Moderated caucus

• Resolution writing

Once everyone is accounted for, the chair is ready to start. What is the motion required for the committee to begin for today?

• Motion to begin the session

• Motion to move into debate

• Motion to proceed

• There is no motion. The chair must begin the conference.

You have just delivered a great speech. However, there's still about a minute left of speaking time. You decide you want to let other delegates ask you questions about your speech. You say...

• "I yield to questions from other delegates."

• "I am now open to questions."

• "Honourable Chair, I will now accept questions."

• "Does anyone have any questions?"

Another delegate has raised their placard. "Honourable Chair, Nigeria moves to move into unmoderated caucus," they say. You realize they've forgotten to say an important piece of information:

• Which countries should be involved

• How long it should last

• The order of the speaker's list

• They didn't forget anything

You try to ignore it, but you're sitting next to a vent that's making you freezing cold! You just can't take it anymore. What should you do?

• Move somewhere else without saying anything

• Just stand up and say it

• Raise a point of inquiry

• Raise a point of personal privilege

In the middle of the delegate of Pakistan's speech, some delegates won't stop chatting loudly in the back of the room. The chair isn't having it. They say...

• "Attention!"

• "Order!"

• "Decorum!"

• They call the delegates by name and ask them to be quiet.

You have just given a speech defending your country's policy and yielded your time to comments from other delegates. The delegate of Laos raises their placard and says that your country wouldn't know good policy if it hit them on the head. You decide to...

• Respond back immediately

• Raise a right of reply

• Take the L and suffer in silence

• Raise a point of information