2017 National FFA Parliamentary Procedure Test

The basic principle of decision in a deliberative assembly is that:

• Propositions must be adopted by a majority vote.

• It takes two members to demand a rising vote.

• A vote is required for all amendments.

• All the decisions of the presiding officer may be reversed by a two-thirds vote.

Special rules of order:

• Should be adopted as part of the bylaws.

• Cannot be suspended.

• Should be adopted separately from the bylaws.

• Should be voted on by the officers before being proposed to the organization.

Before a member of an assembly is allowed to speak or propose a motion, he or she must "obtain the floor." This means that the member must:

• Rise and come before the assembly before speaking.

• Obtain permission from the assembly before addressing the chairman and speaking.

• Rise, address the chair, and wait to be recognized before speaking.

• Address the chair and then speak.

The statement by the chair, "Are you ready for the question?" means the:

• Assembly may not debate the pending question.

• Assembly must decide if it is ready to ask questions.

• Members may debate the pending question.

• Members may ask the maker of the motion questions.

Which one of the following motions is an incidental motion?

• Appeal

• Extend Debate

• Recess

• Postpone an event.

The motion to Postpone Indefinitely can be reconsidered when it has received a (an)

• Affirmative vote.

• Negative vote.

• Plurality vote

• Tie vote.

The motion to Postpone to a Certain Time:

• When a subsidiary motion, is debatable, amendable and may be reconsidered.

• If adopted, makes the item postponed a special order.

• Always includes a clock time.

• Is identical to Lay on the Table except for terminology.

When the chair takes a vote on a main motion, the abstentions are:

• Called for first

• Called for last and used to calculate the majority number.

• Not taken.

• Usually added to the affirmative votes.

A meeting that is called to be held at a time different from the regular meeting to consider one or more items is called a (an):

• Special Meeting

• Adjourned Meeting

• Annual Meeting

• Sine die Meeting

The motion to Reconsider is debatable if:

• The member who proposed the motion to Reconsider voted on the prevailing side.

• The motion that is to be reconsidered is debatable.

• Members debate only in favor of the motion to be reconsidered.

• There are amendments applied to the reconsidered motion.