CCM Training 9

Which motion below is amendable and requires a majority vote from the assembly in order to be adopted?

• A. Postpone Indefinitely

• B. Raise a Question of Privilege

• C. Division of the Assembly

• D. Postpone to a Certain Time (or Definitely)

MEMBER:-(Rising, and without obtaining the floor) "I rise to a question of privilege affecting the assembly."

The statement above can be used by an FFA member at a meeting to:

• A. demand an immediate vote on the pending question.

• B. request a standing, counted vote on an amendment.

• C. ask another member a question related to a privileged motion.

• D. request that specific windows be opened to increase the ventilation in the meeting room.

Which statement below is true regarding the subsidiary motion to move the Previous Question?

• A. A second is not needed.

• B. The chairman must call on members for and against this motion when it is debated.

• C. It does not prevent the making of privileged or incidental motions.

• D. It is in order when another member has the floor.

If the main question is to be handled by a special committee (select or ad hoc), the subsidiary motion To Commit (or Refer) may specify the:

• A. number of committee members.

• B. method of selection.

• C. names of the members.

• D. All of the above

When an amendment to a Main Motion is adopted, the motion that was amended:

• A. is also adopted.

• B. is voted on immediately.

• C. remains pending.

• D. is postponed indefinitely to the next regular meeting or until the adopted amendment is acted on.

Strategists test their strength on a motion they oppose by proposing the motion to Postpone Indefinitely, which allows:

• A. more debate of the main question.

• B. members to transfer their debating times to other members.

• C. that debate be closed on the main question if the motion to Postpone Indefinitely is lost.

• D. All of the above

The only motion whose introduction brings business before an assembly is a:

• A. Main Motion.

• B. Point of Order.

• C. Parliamentary Inquiry.

• D. Previous Question.

Before members can make a motion or debate at an FFA meeting, they must rise and address the chair and:

• A. ask the chair if they may speak.

• B. then must be recognized by the chair.

• C. then speak in favor of the proposed motion.

• D. ask the assembly for recognition and then speak.

When a Division of the Assembly is made by a member of the assembly, which vote does the chair take first?

• A.

  Affirmative

• B.

  Negative

• C.

  Abstentions

• D.

  None of the above

After a member rises to a Point of Order and states his/her point, the chairman immediately:

• A. states if the member is "right" or "wrong."

• B. takes a ballot vote to determine how to rule.

• C. rules whether the "point of order is (is not) well taken," and then states the reason.

• D. reprimands the member who made the parliamentary erro