parli pro 2018 test

The minimum affirmative vote to adopt a standing rule at any business meeting is a:

• two-thirds with previous notice.
• two-thirds without previous notice.
• a majority without previous notice.
• a majority and mandatory previous notice.

Complex motions are presented in the form of a (an)

• incidental main motion
• charter.
• secondary amendment.
• resolution

In large assemblies, the chair has the same voting rights as any other member. This means that the chairman may vote

• only to make a tie
• for the negative when there is a tie vote.
• when it would affect the outcome, or he may abstain.
• only when a motion is obviously going to be adopted.

A Call for the Orders of the Day is in order when a member:

• can't hear the proceedings of the meeting
• demands that the assembly proceed to the part of the agenda that deals with the
• demands that the assembly conform to its agenda
• is aware that there is a disturbance in the assembly room.

Main motions:

• take precedence over all motions.
• are not debatable.
• always require a two-thirds vote to be adopted
• are out of order when another member has the floor

Which form of amendment below would be proper to use if you wanted to strike out a paragraph and insert another paragraph?

• Strike out and Insert
• Substitution
• Strike out
• Add

Which of the following are examples of binding instructions which may be included in the motion to Commit?

• When the committee should report
• How the committee should consider the question
• If the committee should employ an expert consultant
• All of the above

Assume that debate on a motion is dragging on. What should you do if you wanted to reduce the number of times each member could debate?

• Obtain the floor and say, “I move that debate be limited for each member.”
• Rise, and without obtaining the floor say, “I move to limited debate.”
• Obtain the floor and say, “I move that debate be limited to one speech for
• From your seat, and without obtaining the floor say, “I move that debate

Assume that a main motion is being debated and you become aware that something else of immediate urgency has arisen. What should you do?

• Obtain the floor and say, “I move to lay the question on the table.”
• Rise, and without obtaining the floor say, “I move to postpone the motion.”
• Obtain the floor and say, “I move to lay the question on the table until 10:00 a.m.”
• From your seat, and without obtaining the floor say, “I move to postpone the

From your seat, and without obtaining the floor say, “I move to postpone the motion indefinitely until after we decide the urgent matter of . . .”

• main motion
• privileged motion.
• subsidiary motion.
• incidental motion.