CCM Training 10

The privileged motion to take a Recess must be seconded and it is:

• A. amendable as to the length of the Recess.

• B. used to request that the rules be enforced.

• C. debatable if made as a privileged motion.

• D. used to stop debate on all pending motions.

A member who has been assigned the floor may be interrupted for the purpose of:

• A. amending a Main Motion.

• B. debating a Main Motion a third time.

• C. raising a Question of Privilege.

• D. moving the Previous Question.

If a motion for the Previous Question is applied to a Main Motion and it fails to gain the necessary votes:

• A. debate is stopped on it.

• B. the motion to which it was applied is lost.

• C. debate continues on the pending motion as if the Previous Question had not been made.

• D. members may not make a Parliamentary Inquiry for the duration of the meeting.

One rule for the subsidiary motion to Postpone to a Certain Time (or Definitely) is that:

• A. a second is not required.

• B. it is out of order when another member has the floor.

• C. debate may go into the merits of the main question.

• D. a two-thirds vote is required to adopt it.

The motion to Commit (or Refer):

• A. need not be seconded.

• B. is not debatable.

• C. can be applied to main motions with any amendments that may be pending.

• D. may be proposed when another member has the floor provided debate has not begun.

Rejection of the motion to Amend leaves a pending Main Motion:

• A. rejected also.

• B. worded as it was before the amendment was made.

• C. closed for additional debate.

• D. postponed to the next regular meeting.

If a Main Motion is pending and a motion to amend is being debated, which one of the following motions would be out of order?

• A. Point of Order

• B. Parliamentary Inquiry

• C. Postpone Indefinitely

• D. Adjourn

A Main Motion:

• A. takes precedence over all privileged motions.

• B. can be applied to no other motion.

• C. can be moved at any time.

• D. requires a two-thirds vote to be adopted.

If 21 votes are cast at an FFA meeting and there are no fractional votes, a minimum majority vote is:

• A. 10

• B. 11

• C. 12

• D. 13

If a member calls for a Division when a voice vote is obviously a majority, the chairman should:

• A. conduct the rising vote.

• B. declare to the assembly that the call for a Division is dilatory.

• C. conduct another voice vote because it is faster.

• D. conduct a rising, counted vote and enter the votes in the minutes.