2018 National FFA Parliamentary Procedure Test

The minimum affirmative vote to adopt a standing rule at any business meeting is a:

• two-thirds with previous notice.

• two-thirds without previous notice.

• a majority without previous notice.

• a majority and mandatory previous notice.

Complex motions are presented in the form of a (an)

• incidental main motion

• charter

• secondary amendment

• resolution

In large assemblies, the chair has the same voting rights as any other member. This means that the chairman may vote

• only to make a tie.

• for the negative when there is a tie vote.

• when it would affect the outcome, or he may abstain.

• only when a motion is obviously going to be adopted.

A Call for the Orders of the Day is in order when a member:

• can't hear the proceedings of the meeting.

• demands that the assembly proceed to the part of the agenda that deals with the program before the scheduled time.

• demands that the assembly conform to its agenda.

• is aware that there is a disturbance in the assembly room.

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

Which form of amendment below would be proper to use if you wanted to strike out a paragraph and insert another paragraph?

• Strike out and Insert

• Substitution

• Amend

• Refer to a Committee

Which of the following are examples of binding instructions which may be included in the motion to Commit?

• When the committee should report

• How the committee should consider the question

• If the committee should employ an expert consultant

• All of the above

Assume that debate on a motion is dragging on. What should you do if you wanted to reduce the number of times each member could debate?

• Obtain the floor and say, “I move that debate be limited for each member."

• Rise, and without obtaining the floor say, "I move to limited debate."

• Obtain the floor and say, "I move that debate be limited to one speech for each member."

• From your seat, and without obtaining the floor say, "I move to postpone the motion indefinitely until after we decide the urgent matter of . . ."

Assume that a main motion is being debated and you become aware that something else of immediate urgency has arisen. What should you do?

• From your seat, and without obtaining the floor say, "I move to postpone the motion indefinitely until after we decide the urgent matter of . . ."

• Obtain the floor and say, "I move to lay the question on the table."

• Rise, and without obtaining the floor say, "I move to postpone the motion."

• Obtain the floor and say, "I move to lay the question on the table until 10:00 a.m."

If a motion to adjourn is qualified in any way (example: "I move we adjourn in ten minutes"), it is classified as a (an)

• main motion.

• privileged motion.

• subsidiary motion.

• incidental motion.