Parliamentary Procedure Quiz

The written rules of parliamentary procedure formally adopted by an assembly or an organization are known as the:

• rules of order

• certificate of endorsement

• minutes

• charter

After the presiding officer calls a meeting to order, the next order of business is usually:

• new business

• reports of officers

• unfinished business

• reading and approval of the minutes

After a motion is made, seconded, and restated by the chair, the motion is:

• voted on immediately

• "pending"

• always amended

• "put" by the chair as the next step

If a rising vote is inconclusive, the chair should:

• ask for another voice vote and order it to be counted

• order another rising vote and order it to be counted

• take another rising vote

• declare the vote a tie

The basic form of motion by which business is introduced is a(an):

• main motion

• incidental motion

• privileged motion

• subsidiary motion

The primary purpose of using the subsidiary motion to Amend is to:

• eliminate the main purpose of the main motion

• alter the original main motion

• lengthen the debate time on the main motion

• call for an immediate vote on the original main motion

A special committee appointed with power means that the committee:

• must report to the assembly before acting

• can act for the society in all cases that are similar

• can act for the society in specific cases

• must meet until all committee members agree on a solution to their assigned task

The subsidiary motion to Limit or Extend Limits of Debate may be used to:

• reduce the length of speeches permitted.

• reduce the number of speeches permitted.

• close debate at a certain time.

• All of the above.

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 normal grounds for a member to rise to a Point of Order are:

• to ask the maker of the motion a question.

• uncomfortable conditions in the meeting room.

• a breach of rules.

• to obtain parliamentary information from the parliamentarian.