Parliamentary Procedure Quiz

If you call for a Division of the Assembly at a meeting of seventy members, this means that the vote must be taken again by:

• voice.

• rising.

• raising of hands.

• paper ballot.

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.

Which statement below is true regarding debate?

• A member is entitled to debate two consecutive times.

• The chair should recognize members who have the same opinion as often as possible.

• The chair should alternate between those favoring and those opposing a measure.

• The member who made a pending motion can speak on the question as many times as desired.

The word majority means:

• “exactly half.”

• “less than half.”

• “more than half.”

• 51%.

The privileged motion to take a Recess:

• is in order when another member has the floor.

• may be debated.

• must be seconded.

If motion “B” is properly made and seconded while motion “A” is pending, this means that motion “B”:

• yields to motion “A.”

• must be put to the assembly immediately without debate.

• takes precedence over motion “A.”

• is more important than motion “A.”

Which statement below is false regarding a motion for a Division of the Assembly?

• The chair can take a rising vote without permission from the assembly.

• No subsidiary motion can be applied to it.

• Debate is allowed if the vote is to be counted and entered in the minutes.

• The chair can order that a vote be counted.

Both a Point of Order and a Parliamentary Inquiry are:

• decided by the chair.

• amendable.

• required to be seconded to be considered.

• privileged motions.

After a Main Motion has been made and before the question has been stated by the chair:

• any member can rise and informally suggest changes to the maker of the motion.

• the chairman can insist on changes and implement them without a vote.

• changes are not allowed because the motion is the property of the assembly.

• any member can make changes without the permission of the maker of the motion, since it is not the property of the assembly.

If a main motion is referred to a committee while the motion to postpone indefinitely is immediately pending, the motion to postpone indefinitely

• does not go to committee

• goes to committee with the main motion

• is voted on before the motion to Refer

• is automatically adopted