Chapter 6 section 14

Which one of the following statements is false regarding the subsidiary motion to Postpone to a Certain Time?

• It has the same effect as the motion to Postpone Indefinitely.

• It allows action on a pending motion to be put off.

• It can be moved regardless of how much debate there has been on the motion it proposed to postpone.

• It is debatable and requires a majority vote to be adopted.

The motion to Postpone to a Certain Time can be made while

• the main motion with an amendment is pending.

• the motion to Lay on the Table is pending.

• another member has the floor.

• another member is debating a main motion.

The subsidiary motion to Postpone to a Certain Time takes precedence over the motion to

• Adjourn.

• Limit Debate.

• Lay on the Table.

• Amend.

The motion to Postpone to a Certain Time (Postpone Definitely) yields to which one of the following motions?

• Main Motion

• Postpone Indefinitely

• Lay on the Table

• Division of the Question

One rule for the subsidiary motion to Postpone to a Certain Time is that

• a second is not required.

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

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

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

Which one of the following subsidiary motions is debatable?

• Lay on the Table

• Postpone to a Certain Time

• Previous Question

• Limit or Extend Limits of Debate

The motion to Postpone to a Certain Time

• always includes a clock time.

• if adopted, makes the item postponed a special order.

• when a subsidiary motion, is debatable, amendable and may

  be reconsidered.

• is identical to Lay on the Table except for terminology.

In an assembly that does not meet as often as quarterly, a question

• cannot be postponed beyond the end of the present session.

• cannot be postponed beyond the end of the next session.

• can be postponed beyond the end of the next session.

• cannot be postponed.

In a society that holds regular business meetings on the same day of each week, a question cannot be postponed for longer than a

• day.

• week.

• quarter (three months).

• cannot be postponed.

In an assembly that meets as often as quarterly, a question

• can be postponed beyond the end of the next session.

• cannot be postponed beyond the end of the next session.

• cannot be postponed beyond the end of the present session.

• cannot be postponed at all.