Chapter 6: Subsidiary Motions - 16. Previous Question

The Previous Question can be used to close debate immediately and the making of all subsidiary motions except to...

• Commit (or Refer)

• Lay on the Table

• Amend

• Postpone Indefinitely

Which motion below would you use at a meeting to stop debate immediately and vote on a pending question?

• Question of Privilege

• Division of the Question

• Previous Question

• Reconsider the Question

If adopted, the Previous Question is a motion that stops...

• the making of all subsidiary motions

• debate and the making of amendments on the pending question

• the making of privileged motions

• the making of undebatable motions

The Previous Question is not allowed in...

• deliberate assemblies

• committees

• conventions

• legislative meetings

Which statement below is TRUE regarding the subsidiary motion to Move the Previous Question?

• a second is not needed

• the chairman must call on members for and against this motion when it is debated

• it does not prevent the making of privileged or incidental motions

• it is in order when another member has the floor

The unqualified form of the Previous Question can apply only to...

• all pending amendments

• debatable motions

• the immediately pending question

• all incidental motions

When the subsidiary motion for the Previous Question is made in its unqualified form such as "I move the previous question," this means that it...

• requires a majority vote for adoption

• grants permission for members to ask questions of members

• applies to all pending questions

• none of the above

If a motion for the Previous Question fails to gain the necessary votes...

• debate is stopped on it

• the motion to which it was applied is lost

• debate continues on the pending motion as if this motion had not been made

• members may not ask the maker of the motion questions directly for the duration of the meeting

If a member obtained the floor and "called for the question" on a motion to Refer, what would you do as chairman?

• vote on the "call for the question"

• ask for a second

• stop debate immediately on the motion to Refer

• ignore the member and ask if there is further debate on the motion to Refer

When the Previous Question is ordered on a series of pending motions, they are voted on in the...

• same order in which they were proposed

• order as determined by the chairman

• reverse order in which they were made

• order that the prosper of each motion demands