CCM Test #1

The privileged motion to Recess:

• A. requires a two-thirds vote to be adopted.
• B. is amendable as to the length of the recess
• C. is debatable.
• D. need not be seconded.

_____ 2. The privileged device, Raise a Question of Privilege, is not

• A. amendable.
• B. debatable.
• C. seconded.
• D. All of the above.

To properly call for the Previous Question, members should

• . call out "Question" from their seats without being recognized.
• B. say "I demand the question" without obtaining the floor.
• C. raise a question of privilege without being recognized by the chair.
• D. say "I move the previous question" after obtaining the floor.

If the chairman appoints a committee, who determines its chairman?

• A. The chairman who appointed the committee
• B. The committee members
• C. The assembly votes
• D. The vice-president who is the administrator for committees

The primary purpose of using the subsidiary motion to Amend is to

• A. eliminate the main purpose of the main motion.
• B. modify the wording of a pending motion.
• C. lengthen the debate time on the main motion.
• D. call for an immediate vote on the original main motion.

The motion to Postpone Indefinitely is used by

• A. the chair to place a main motion on the agenda at the next regular meeting.
• B. a member to send a main motion to a standing committee.
• C. members who wish to change the pending main motion.
• D. the assembly to show that it does not wish to take a position on the main motion.

An original main motion is a main motion that

• A. amends another motion.
• B. introduces a substantive question as a new subject.
• C. is related to the business of the assembly or its past or future action.
• D. allows the maker of the motion to serve as chairman if it is referred to a committee.

The chair is obligated to answer all Parliamentary Inquiry questions except those that

• A. explain the effects of a motion.
• B. assist members in making an appropriate motion.
• C. are hypothetical in nature.
• D. help members understand the parliamentary situation.

A member can call for a division of the assembly on a motion from the time the negative vote has been cast until

• A. adjournment.
• B. the chair announces the outcome of the voting.
• C. adjournment at the next regular meeting.
• D. the announcement of the result is complete or immediately thereafter.

The normal grounds for a member to rise to a Point of Order are

• A. to ask the maker of the motion a question.
• B. uncomfortable conditions in the meeting room.
• C. a breach of rules.
• D. to obtain parliamentary information from the parliamentarian.