Parliamentary Procedure Quiz

Which phrase below applies both to the presiding officer and to the station in the place where he/she presides?

• A. "The president"

• B. "The podium"

• C. "The moderator"

• D. "The chair"

Main motions should start with the words

• A. "I move that..."

• B. "I so move..."

• C. "I wish to move"

• D. "I motion that"

Debate on a question must be confined to

• A. affirmative points on the pending question.

• B. the merits of the immediately pending question.

• C. remarks and questions directed to the maker of the motion.

• D. arguments that would promote the question not to be adopted.

How can a member propose to have the pending matter given special study?

• A. Move to refer it to a committee.

• B. Move to lay the matter on the table.

• C. Move to postpone it indefinitely.

• D. Move to reconsider it.

Which of the following is not a standard descriptive characteristic of a motion?

• A. Whether the motion requires a second

• B. The vote required for the adoption of the motion

• C. Which members can debate the motion

• D. Whether the motion is amendable

To be in order, an amendment must always be

• A. germane.

• B. made by the member who proposed the motion that the amendment is applied to.

• C. short.

• D. in the form of a question.

Assume a main motion is pending that you feel needs to be studied further. What should you do?

• A. Obtain the floor and say, "I move we study the motion further."

• B. Rise, and without obtaining the floor say, "I object to the consideration of the question."

• C. Obtain the floor and say, "I move that the main motion be referred to a committee to be appointed by the chairman."

• D. From your seat, and without obtaining the floor say, "I move we rescind this motion."

The Previous Question is said to be exhausted when

• A. it is voted on and not adopted.

• B. all the pending motions have been adopted.

• C. all the motions on which it was ordered have been finally disposed of.

• D. all the pending motions that have been adopted have been lost.

When a member makes a Point of Order, how is it normally decided?

• The chair rules on it.

• It can be adopted by a majority vote of the assembly.

• It can be adopted by a two-thirds vote of the assembly after it is seconded.

• The parliamentarian rises after the breach of order is described by the member and immediately rules on it.

The incidental motion to Appeal is debatable unless it

• is made while the immediate pending question is undebatable.

• relates to indecorum or a transgression of the rules of speaking.

• relates to priority of business.

• All of the above.