2023 National Conduct of Chapter Meetings Exam

Which one of the following motions requires a second, is debatable and can require either a majority or a two-thirds vote depending on its form?

• Previous Question.

• Commit or Refer.

• Postpone to a Certain Time (or Definitely).

• Parliamentary Inquiry.

• Postpone Indefinitely.

Which one of the following statements is true regarding subsidiary motions?

• They have a definite rank or precedence

• They aid the assembly in handling or disposing of a Main Motion.

• At least two may require a two-thirds vote.

• More than half of them are debatable.

• All of the above are true

What do the following three motions have in common? Previous Question—Commit or Refer—Main Motion

• None may interrupt a speaker.

• None are amendable.

• They are all privileged motions.

• They require a two-thirds vote for adoption.

• They all require a majority vote.

The motion to Commit or Refer:

• requires a second.

• creates a standing or special committee

• may have a primary amendment applied to it.

• requires a second and may have a primary admendment applied to it are correct

• All of the above are correct.

How is a Point of Order decided if the chair does not wish to make a ruling?

• The parliamentarian makes the ruling.

• The assembly decides the ruling by a majority vote.

• The Point of Order is referred immediately to a special committee for a ruling.

• The breach of order is ignored and a ruling is not made.

• The vice-president rules on the Point of Order.

The purpose of the subsidiary motion to Postpone to a Certain Time (or Definitely) is to put off the consideration of a(n) ______ to a later time.

• Amendment

• Recess

• Point of Order

• Main Motion

• Agenda item not currently under consideration.

Which motion below is amendable and debatable?

• Raise a Question of Privilege.

• Parliamentary Inquiry.

• Commit or Refer.

• Division of the Assembly.

• Postpone Indefinitely.

Which two motions below do not require a second?

• Point of Order and Previous Question.

• Amend and Parliamentary Inquiry.

• Commit or Refer and Postpone to a Certain Time (or Definitely).

• Raise a Question of Privilege and Division of the assembly.

• Point of Order and Amend.

The privileged motion to Recess is amendable as to the ______ of the recess.

• length
• location

• legality

• logic

• purpose

Which motion(s) below may interrupt a speaker and does not need a second?

• Postpone to a Certain Time.

• Raise a Question of Privilege.

• Division of the Assembly.

• Recess.

• Both Raise a Question of Priviledge and Division of Assembly