Parliamentary Procedure Quiz

The motion to Raise a Question of Privilege takes precedence over all the motions below except the motion to:

• Amend

• Commit (or Refer)

• Limit Debate

• Recess

Usually the article on members in the bylaws covers all of the following except:

• The names of the members.

• Classes of members.

• Qualifications or eligibility of members.

• The required fees and dues and the payable due dates.

What method of voting should the chair use in a large assembly to determine if a question has obtained two-thirds of the votes cast?

• Voice.

• Rising.

• Show of hands.

• Ballot.

The motion to Postpone Indefinitely is used by:

• The chair to place a main motion on the agenda at the next regular meeting.

• A member to send a main motion to a standing committee.

• Members who wish to change the pending main motion.

• The assembly to show that it does not wish to take a position on the main motion.

The minimum affirmative vote necessary to adopt a motion to Reconsider is:

• A majority.

• Two-thirds.

• One-third.

• Answer not given. It doesn’t require a vote since the chair makes the decision.

If you were chairman and were unsure on how to rule on a Point of Order, what would you do?

• Ignore it and make a ruling after the meeting and include it in the minutes.

• Submit it to a vote of the assembly.

• Notify the assembly that a ruling would be made after they debate the point of order.

• Consult with all the officers immediately and then make a ruling.

If a motion for the Previous Question 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 this motion had not been made.

• Members may not ask the maker of the motion questions directly for the duration of the meeting.

If a main motion and a primary amendment are pending, and a motion to lay the main motion on the table is adopted, the amendment itself:

• Can be brought up by any member as a new motion.

• Becomes the immediately pending question.

• Dies and is taken up under unfinished business at the next regular meeting.

• Adheres to the main motion and goes to the table with it.

If it appears that a motion will require time or study to perfect, it would be appropriate for a member to make a motion to:

• Postpone to a Certain Time

• Postpone Definitely

• Commit or Refer

• Amend

One characteristic of subsidiary motions is that they are:

• Always applied to another motion after they are voted on.

• The highest ranking of all motions.

• Applied to any main motion.

• Only applied to a main motion after it has been amended.