Parliamentary Procedure Test 2019

Main motions:

• Take precedence over all motions.

• Are not debatable.

• Always require a two-thirds (2/3) vote to be adopted.

• d. Are out of order when another member has the floor.

Motions proposed in small boards or committees:

• a. Must be seconded.

• b. May be seconded by the maker of the motion.

• c. Need not be seconded.

• d. Must be seconded by the presiding officer.

A member of an assembly, in a parliamentary sense, is a person having the right to:

• a. Examining all the records of the organization.

• b. Attend the executive sessions.

• c. Participate fully in its proceedings.

• d. Debate a motion in detail before it is proposed.

When a motion is adopted without the steps of stating the question and putting the motion to a formal vote, it is called adopting by:

• Consensus

• b. Unanimous (general) consent.

• c. A withdraw of objections.

• d. A caucus.

When writing a complex main motion in the form of a resolution, what word should a preamble begin with to give reasons for the motion’s adoption?

• “Therefore”

• b. “Be it resolved”

• c. “Whereas”

• d. “However”

The bylaws of an organized local society usually provide that it shall hold:

• a. Biannual adjourned meetings.

• b. Regular meetings at stated intervals.

• c. A specific number of meetings each year.

• d. Special meetings every month.

A communication addressed to the organization is normally read aloud at a meeting by the:

• a. President.

• b. Vice President.

• c. Committee Chairman.

• d. Secretary.

An incidental main motion:

• a. Can be made only with the permission of the assembly.

• b. Is in order if an original main motion is the immediate pending question.

• Proposes an action that is defined under parliamentary law and described by a particular parliamentary term

• Is the same as a main motion, except it only can be proposed when an incidental motion is pending.

A motion to postpone indefinitely can be used when a member wishes to:

• a. Avoid an embarrassing matter.

• b. Postpone the motion to a later time.

• c. Postpone the motion to the next meeting.

• d. Change the motion to make it more germane.

To consider a motion later in the same meeting, a member may:

• a. Postpone the motion definitely.

• b. Lay the motion on the table.

• c. Refer the motion to a committee.

• d. Call for the orders of the day on the motion.