WorksheetsIntro to Parli Procedures
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Parliamentarian has the POWER TO RULE on questions of order.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
The Treasurer is always apart of the auditing committee.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
When the President is absent, the officer who would preside is the Secretary.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
The rights of a member are to make motions, debate, vote, and hold office.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
At every meeting, there should be a clear objective and a prepared agenda that is structured towards fulfilling the objective.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
A meeting should not be called to order unless a quorum is present.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
The minutes of the previous meeting can be approved by General Consent.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
The Chair cannot take an active part in the meeting and voice personal views.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
The member who made the motion has the right to speak first in debate.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
The maker of the motion may debate against their motion.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Unless ordered by the assembly, minutes should never include:
a)
Main motions withdrawn
b)
Postpone Indefinitely
c)
Appeals
d)
Points of Order
12.
Which of the following types of meetings would not occur in an organized society:
a)
Annual Meeting
b)
Regular Meeting
c)
Special Meeting
d)
Mass Meeting
13.
A special committee:
a)
ceases to exist when it makes its final report
b)
is on-going from administration to administration
c)
are always created by the Chair
d)
cannot be discharged by the assembly
14.
Most incidental motions:
a)
cannot be moved when another motion is on the floor
b)
are undebatable
c)
do not require a second
d)
are adopted by a two-thirds vote
15.
When a motion contains a Blank, it is filled:
a)
by use of first and second-degree amendments
b)
from proposals by the member who moved to create the blank
c)
from proposals by any number of members
d)
from proposals by the Chair
16.
. A Standing Rule can be adopted at any business meeting by a:
a)
majority vote with previous notice
b)
two-thirds vote with previous notice
c)
majority vote without previous notice
d)
two-thirds vote
17.
The last meeting of a convention has adjourned Sine Die, this adjournment:
a)
allows the assembly to meet at the call of the chair
b)
allows the assembly to meet by with a majority vote of the members
c)
dissolves the assembly
d)
none of the above
18.
The Chair may vote on issues before the assembly when the vote is by:
a)
ballot
b)
show of hands
c)
rising count
d)
voice
19.
If the motion to Recess is made when no question is pending, it:
a)
is an Incidental Main motion
b)
is a Privileged motion
c)
is an Incidental motion
d)
is a Subsidiary motion
20.
A member claims the floor by:
a)
rising and addressing the Chair
b)
being recognized by the Chair
c)
being assigned the floor by the Chair
d)
all of the above
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