Conduct of Chapter Meeting #1

After debate seems to have ended on a main motion, the chairman makes sure that no one else wishes to speak by asking

• A. “Are there any questions?”

• B. “Are you ready for the question?” or “Is there any further debate?”

• C. “Are there any questions that members wish to ask the maker of the motion?”

• D. the maker of the motion for permission to take a voice vote

If a motion is made as a question of privilege and it is seconded, what would you do as chairman?

• A. Ignore it.

• B. Call the motion out of order.

• C. Call for debate, and then vote on it.

• D. Take an immediate vote on it.

The privileged motion to Recess

• A. requires a two-thirds vote to be adopted.

• B. is amendable as to the length of the recess.

• C. is debatable.

• D. need not be seconded.

If a motion for the Previous Question fails to gain the necessary votes,

• A. debate is stopped on it.

• B. the motion to which it was applied is lost.

• C. debate continues on the pending motion as if this motion had not been made.

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

The motion to Refer to a Committee can be applied to

• A. Points of Order.

• B. Main Motions.

• C. All Secondary Motions.

• D. Privileged Motions.

The motion to Postpone Indefinitely is used by

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

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

• C. members who wish to change the pending main motion.

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

The privileged device, Raise a Question of Privilege, is not

• amendable.

• debatable.

• seconded.

• all of the above.

Who makes the initial ruling on the motion to Raise a Question of Privilege?

• members

• the chairman

• the parliamentarian

• the vice president

To properly call for the Previous Question, members should

• call out "Question" from their seats without being recognized.

• say "I demand the question" without obtaining the floor.

• raise a question of privilege without being recognized by the chair.

• say "I move the previous question" after obtaining the floor.

Which motion below requires a second and can be amended and debated?

• Postpone Indefinitely

• Privileged motion for a Recess

• Postpone Definitely

• Incidental motion to call for a Division of the Assembly