Parliamentary Procedure 2019 Written Exam

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

Motions proposed in small boards or committees:

• Must be seconded

• May be seconded by the maker of the motion

• Need not be seconded

• Must be seconded by the presiding officer

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

• Examining all the records of the organization

• Attend the executive sessions

• Participate fully in its proceedings

• 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 toa formal vote, it is called adopting by:

• Consensus

• Unanimous (general) consent

• a withdraw of objections

• 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"

• "Be it resolved"

• "Whereas"

• "However"

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

• Biannual adjourned meetings

• Regular meetings at stated intervals

• A specific number of meetings each year

• Special meetings every month

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

• President

• Vice President

• Committee Chairman

• Secretary

An incidental main motion:

• Can be made only with the permission of the assembly

• Is in order it 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:

• Avoid an embarrassing matter

• Postpone the motion to a later time

• Postpone the motion to the next meeting

• Change the motion to make it more germane

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

• Postpone the motion definitely

• Lay the motion on the table

• Refer the motion to the committee

• Call for the orders of the day on the motion