PP Test 4

One principal advantage of incorporating a society is that the officers and members

• Can deduct expenses from their state income taxes while serving the organization.

• Can change the bylaws without a vote of the members.

• Are protected from personal liability under obligations that may be incurred by the organization.

• Use the facilities of the organization for their personal profit.

In the standard order of business, new business is taken up

• After unfinished business and general orders.

• Immediately after reports of officers.

• At the discretion of the president.

• Whenever members wish to propose main motions.

Which vote on a motion is always taken first by the presiding officer?

• Affirmative

• Negative

• Abstentions

• Neutral

Motions that do not relate to the pending business, but are so important that they may interrupt anything else are called

• Main motions.

• Privileged motions.

• Subsidiary motions.

• Incidental motions.

Which statement below is false regarding main motions?

• They bring business before the assembly.

• They can be made only while no other motion is pending.

• It is preferable to avoid a main motion containing a negative statement.

• They may be proposed even if they present the same question that was previously rejected during the same session.

When an amendment to a main motion is adopted, the motion that was amended

• Is also adopted.

• Is voted on immediately.

• Remains pending.

• Is postponed to the next regular meeting or until the adopted amendment is acted on.

A committee that is given "full power" to act for an organization can be authorized to

• spend money for the society.

• add more members to its membership.

• act for the society in a certain case.

• All of the above.

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.

Which of the following must be ordered after a demand by only one member?

• Object to Consideration

• Division of the Assembly

• Withdrawal of a Motion (during debate)

• Previous Question

The motion to Take From the Table is in order

• when another member has the floor.

• only when the chair calls for unfinished business.

• when some other business has been transacted.

• when an amendment is pending on the motion.