CCM Practice Test (2017)

The purpose of making a Point of Order at an FFA Chapter meeting is to:

• provide a brief meeting break.

• kill a Main Motion.

• require that the chair make a ruling to enforce rules.

• direct a question to the chair concerning parliamentary law.

Which subsidiary motion below cannot be amended?

• Postpone Indefinitely

• Amend

• Commit or Refer

• Postpone to a Certain Time (or Definitely)

A Parliamentary Inquiry may interrupt a speaker and:

• requires a second.

• is not amendable.

• is debatable.

• requires a two-thirds vote to be adopted.

The main purpose of a Main Motion is to:

• refer a motion to a committee.

• demand a vote to decide a Point of Order.

• kill a privileged motion.

• bring new business before the assembly.

Which two motions below are neither debatable or amendable?

• Main Motion and Amend

• Postpone to a Certain Time (or Definitely) and Parliamentary Inquiry

• Point of Order and Division of the Assembly

• Recess and Raise a Question of Privilege

The purpose of the subsidiary motion to Amend is to:

• ask an urgent question regarding the privileges of the assembly.

• modify a motion that is pending before it is voted on.

• refer a pending motion to a committee.

• require a anding vote after a voice vote is taken.

Which motion below requires a second AND is debatable?

• Commit or Refer

• Previous Question

• Privileged motion to Recess

• Point of Order

An example of a motion that opens the Main Motion to debate is:

• Parliamentary Inquiry

• Postpone to a Certain Time (or Definitely)

• Previous Question

• Postpone Indefinitely

Which motion below requires a second and can be amended and debated?

• Postpone Indefinitely

• Privileged motion for a Recess

• Postpone to a Certain Time (or Definitely)

• Incidental motion to call for a Division of the Assembly

Assume there are 30 FFA members at a chapter meeting. If 21 members cast a vote on the Previous Question, what is the minimum number of votes it would take to adopt it?

• 14

• 16

• 11

• None. A vote is not taken because the chair makes a ruling.