TSA Chapter Team Practice Test

Which motion below could be made so that the chair would be called on to enforce a violated rule?

• Appeal

• Point of Order

• Suspend the Rules

• Parliamentary Inquiry

Which motion is privileged only when made while other business is pending?

• Adjourn

• Fix the Time Which to Adjourn

• Recess

• Lay on the Table

If a main motion is pending and a motion to amend is being debated, which one of the following motions would be out of order?

• Point of Order

• Limit Debate

• Postpone Indefinitely

• Adjourn

Which series of motions below is arranged from lowest to highest precedence?

• Amend, Main Motion, Recess, Postpone Indefinitely

• Main Motion, Postpone Indefinitely, Amend, Recess

• Recess, Amend, Postpone Indefinitely, Main Motion

• Postpone Indefinitely, Amend, Main Motion, Recess

Which motion is privileged only when made while another question is pending, and in an assembly that has made no provision for another meeting on the same or the next day?

• Fix the Time Which to Adjourn

• Adjourn

• Recess

• Postpone to a Certain Time

The normal grounds for a member to rise to a Point of Order are:

• To ask the maker of the motion a question

• Uncomfortable conditions in the meeting room

• A breach of rules

• To obtain parliamentary information from the parliamentarian

An amendment to a primary amendment is called a(n):

• secondary amendment

• secondary motion

• third degree amendment

• first degree amendment

A motion is recorded in the minutes as:

• It was stated by the maker

• It was restated by the chair when placed before the assembly

• It was put by the chair finally before being voted on by the assembly

• All of the above

In order to conduct business, the minimal essential officers are:

• A presiding officer and secretary or clerk

• The president, secretary, and treasurer

• The president and treasurer

• A presiding officer, secretary, and treasurer

______ is used to obtain information about meeting procedure.

• Parliamentary Inquiry

• Point of Information

• Point of Order

• None of the above