2023 FFA CCM Invitational Exam

Which subsidiary motion below cannot be amended?

• Postpone Indefinitely

• Amend

• Commit or Refer

• Postpone to a Certain Time (or Definitely)

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 motion below requires a second AND is debatable?

• Commit or Refer

• Previous Question

• Privileged motion to Recess

• Point of Order

Which motion below may interrupt a speaker AND is not debatable?

• Amend

• Postpone to a Certain Time (or Definitely)

• Commit or Refer

• Raise a Question of Privilege

Which motion would you make if you wanted to stop debate on a pending motion and take a vote on it immediately?

• Parliamentary Inquiry

• Amend

• Commit or Refer

• Previous Question

Which statement is TRUE about the motion to Postpone to a Certain Time (or Definitely)?

• It requires a majority vote to be adopted.

• It may be used to interrupt a speaker.

• It is not amendable or debatable.

• It does not require a second.

Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding a Main Motion?

• It must be seconded.

• It can be amended.

• It requires a unanimous vote to be adopted.

• A member may not be interrupted to make it.

One way the motion to Postpone to a Certain Time (or Postpone Definitely) is allowed to be amended is by:

• adding the time the main question is to be postponed.

• declaring a specific meeting place as announced by the FFA President

• stating how many members must be present when the meeting to which it is postponed commences.

• including the number of times that the motion Postpone Indefinitely can be applied to it.

When on the presiding officer at an FFA chapter meeting "stating the question" on a Main Motion, he/she is:

• assembly asks regarding the pending motion.

• announcing that any member may ask the maker of the Main Motion one question without being recognized.

• repeating the Main Motion officially.

• FFA member (after obtaining the floor): "I move and second that our chapter host a picnic for parnets of FFA members."

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 the rules