2023 area CCM

The subsidiary motion to Postpone Indefinitely

• a. is in order when another member has the floor.

• b. does not require a second.

• c. is not a secondary motion.

• d. is debatable and debate can go fully into the merits of the main question.

Which motion would you make if you wanted to stop debate on a pending motion and take a vote on it immediately?

• a. Parliamentary Inquiry

• b. Amend

• c. Commit or Refer

• d. Previous Question

A member who wishes to call another member out of order

• a. must rise, address the chair, and wait to be recognized.

• b. need not gain recognition from the chair.

• c. must first wait for the chair to call the member to order.

• d. must rise for a parliamentary inquiry.

Which statement is true regarding the Standard Descriptive Characteristics for the privileged motion to Recess?

• a. A two-thirds vote is required for adoption.

• b. May be made by interrupting a member who is debating a motion.

• c. Has the same purpose as the subsidiary motion to Commit or Refer.

• d. Amendable as to the length of the Recess.

The motion to Commit (or Refer):

• a. is not amendable except when it is a privileged motion.

• b. is undebatable.

• c. is used to put off or delay a motion for consideration.

• d. requires a majority vote for adoption.

Which one of the following statements is true regarding the privileged motion to Recess?

• The motion to Postpone Indefinitely may be applied to it.

• It does not require a second.

• It is amendable with respect to the length of the recess.

• A member speaking may be interrupted to propose it.

The subsidiary motion Previous Question:

• requires a majority vote to be adopted.

• is used to close debate on a pending question.

• is amendable.

• may interrupt a member who is speaking.

When a debatable motion is pending, the FFA president has the right to:

• Debate motions without relinquishing the chair.

• Allow members who make motions to debate first and last.

• Vote when it is by ballot, or when his/her vote will affect the result.

• Deny debate of members who are not in favor of the pending motion.

Assume you are the presiding officer at a regular FFA Chapter meeting and the reading and approval of the minutes has been complete. What are the next two items you would ask to be considered?

If a motion for the Previous Question is applied to a Main Motion and it 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 the Previous Question had not been made.

• members may not make a Parliamentary Inquiry for the duration of the meeting.