9th Grade Parliamentary Procedure CDE Written Exam

A Recess can be taken to

• Count ballots

• Secure information

• Allow for informal consultation

• All of the above

When a member has the floor this means:

• Anyone else in the assembly may speak from their seat

• A main motion need not be seconded

• Another member may also stand and move a motion

• Recognition has been received from the chair

The president normally acts as chairman for a

• Nominating committee

• Committee of the whole

• Quasi committee of the whole

• Committee that does not have a permanent chairman

An improper motion is one that conflicts with

• A society’s bylaws

• The Constitution of the United States

• State or local laws

• All of the above

Which vote is always taken first by the presiding officer?

• Negative

• Neutral

• Abstentions

• Affirmative

The name if the officer who is entrusted with the custody of the organizations funds is the

• Secretary

• Reporter

• Treasurer

• Vice-president

An amendment to a primary amendment is called a

• Secondary motion

• Third degree amendment

• Secondary amendment

• First degree amendment

An original main motion is a main motion that

Assume that the chairman has declared the results of a voice vote. A member who desires to have the vote taken again and counted should

• Call out "Division" without rising or being recognized by the chair.

• Rise, address the chair, be recognized and say, "I move that the vote be counted."

• Demand, without rising, that "the chair take a counted vote."

• Rise, and without being recognized by the chair state, "I rise to a point of order and wish a standing, counted vote."

The chair is obligated to answer all Parliamentary Inquiry questions except those that

• explain the effects of a motion.

• assist members in making an appropriate motion.

• are hypothetical in nature.

• help members understand the parliamentary situation.