Parliamentary Procedure Quiz

Members of a deliberative assembly

• must debate all motions.

• may vote only if their dues are paid.

• have the right to make motions, participate in debate, and vote.

• can stop debate on any motion by yelling out 'Question!'

The written rules of parliamentary procedure formally adopted by an assembly or an organization are known as the

• rules of order.

• certificate of endorsement.

• minutes.

• charter.

A motion is brought before the assembly by a member

• making a motion and the chairman stating it.

• making a motion, another member seconding it, and the chair stating it.

• proposing, seconding and debating a motion.

• asking the chair to offer a specific topic open for debate and then taking an immediate vote.

The simple rising vote in which the number of members voting on each side is not counted is usually used

• on motions requiring a two-thirds vote for adoption.

• even when the chairman believes the voice vote is conclusive.

• on all motions requiring a majority vote for adoption.

• only in the election of officers.

The lowest ranking privileged motion is

• Raise a Question of Privilege

• Recess

• Call For the Orders of the Day

• Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn

A short intermission that does not end the meeting is called a (an)

• recess.

• temporary adjournment.

• adjournment sine die.

• motion to Fix the Time to Which to Recess.

When a main motion and a motion to postpone the main question indefinitely are pending, the first vote is taken on the

• main motion.

• motion to postpone indefinitely.

• amendment.

• None of the above. The chair makes the decision which is dependent on the worth of each amendment.

Which of the following is false regarding an amendment?

• An amendment can be applied to itself.

• Debate on an amendment is permissible only for the member who proposed the amendment.

• The presiding officer cannot debate an amendment unless the chair is given up to the next ranking officer.

• An amendment requires a majority vote to be adopted.

The subsidiary motion to Limit or Extend Limits of Debate

• can only be applied to amendments.

• requires a majority vote to be adopted.

• is in order when another member has the floor.

• takes precedence over all debatable motions.

Assume that a main motion is being debated and you become aware that something else of immediate urgency has arisen. What should you do?

• Obtain the floor and say, "I move to lay the question on the table."

• Rise, and without obtaining the floor say, "I move to postpone the motion."

• Obtain the floor and say, "I move to lay the question on the table until 10:00 a.m."

• From your seat, and without obtaining the floor say, "I move to postpone the motion indefinitely until after we decide the urgent matter of . . ."