Parliamentary Procedures

The motion for the Previous Question may be applied to all the subsidiary motions listed below except

• Refer to a committee

• Limit Debate

• Lay on the Table

• Extend Limits of Debate

The highest ranking of the following motions is a(an)

• Main Motion

• Amendment

• Amendment to the motion to Recess

• Recess

When a members motion is not in order, the chair says

• "You are out of order because"

• "I rule your motion is out of order because"

• "I'm sorry, Mary, you made a mistake and you are out of order because"

• "The chair rules tht the motion is out of order because"

The member who proposes a main motion has the right to speak in debate

• first

• first and last

• three different times

• last

What would you do as chairman of an assembly of about 100 members if you could not determine the results of an uncounted rising vote?

• Ask for a vote by show of hands

• Take a vote by ballot

• Take a vote by having each member stand and announce his/her vote

• Take a counting, rising vote

Which one of the following motions is debatable?

• Raise a Question of Privilege

• Previous Question

• The privileged motion To Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn

• Postpone Indefinitely

The incidental motion to Suspend the Rules

• is in order when another member has the floor

• is debatable

• normally requires a 2/3rds vote of the members present and voting for adoption

• may be amended

The privileged motion to Call for Orders of the Day

• must be made when another member does not have the floor

• must be seconded

• may be amended

• None of these are correct

The form to use to make a motion to Lay on the Table is

• "Table, table!"

• "I move that the motion be tabled"

• "I move that the motion be laid on the table"

• "I move to postpone the motion"

Which one of the following motions is in order when another member has the floor but must be seconded?

• Raise a question of privilege

• Appeal

• Objection to the consideration of the question

• Withdraw the motion