CCM Practice Test 1

Which one of the following is not amendable and requires a two-thirds vote for adoption?

• Amending an amendment to the privileged motion to Recess.

• Calling for a Division of the Assembly on an incidental motion.

• Demanding a recount of a vote taken on a Point of Order.

• None of the above are correct.

When the incidental motion, Division of the Assembly is demanded by an FFA member at a chapter meeting, the presiding officer:

• immediately takes the vote again by having members rise.

• puts the demand for a Division of the Assembly to a voice vote, especially for large assemblies.

• asks the sponsor of the Division of the Assembly which method of voting (voice, etc.) is to be used.

• promptly asks for a second and debate on the Division of the Assembly.

Which one of the following requires a second?

• Raise a Question of Privilege.

• Incidental Motions.

• Secondary Amendments.

• A Point of Order directed at the presiding officer for a breach of rules.

If a motion to Commit or Refer is adopted, how is the special committee chairman chosen if the members of the committee were appointed by the chair?

• The maker of the motion to Commit or Refer is the committee chairman.

• Members of the committee select the chairman at the first meeting.

• The first committee member named by the presiding officer is the committee chairman.

• The member who seconded the Main Motion is the committee chairman, provided the presiding officer consents.

What is one purpose of a Parliamentary Inquiry?

• It allows the parliamentarian to take a standing (rising) vote without answering an inquiry from the assembly.

• It puts off consideration of the Main Motion to a later time after all inquiries are taken care of.

• It requests an answer to an urgent question regarding handling an inquiry on the ruling of a Point of Order.

• It allows a member to ask a question regarding the rules of the FFA organization.

Which one of the following statements is true regarding the privileged motion to Recess?

• The motion to Postpone Indefinitely may be applied to it.

• It does not require a second.

• It is amendable with respect to the length of the recess.

• A member speaking may be interrupted to propose it.

Both the motions to Postpone to a Certain Time and Commit or Refer:

• may interrupt a speaker.

• require a two-thirds vote for adoption.

• do not require a second.

• may have a primary amendment applied to them.

Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised lists three essential steps to bring a Main Motion before the assembly. What is the third step?

• Another member seconds the motion.

• Members debate the motion.

• The chair announces the result of the vote on the motion.

• The chair states the question on the motion.

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 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.