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WorksheetsParliamentary Procedure Practice
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What is the purpose of the motion "Parliamentary Inquiry"?
To permit a member to gain parliamentary information.
To close nominations.
To permit the modification or withdrawal of a motion.
What is the purpose of the motion to "Lay on The Table"?
To temporarily delay action on an item of business.
To temporarily place the action in question in a committee.
To modify the motion that is under consideration.
What is the purpose of a Main Motion?
To temporarily place the action in question in a committee.
To present an item of business for consideration and action by the chapter.
To determine the accuracy of a vote.
What is the purpose of the motion "Appeal"?
To obtain a decision from the chapter to a question on which the presiding officer has made a decision.
To present an item of business.
To permit the chapter to do something that cannot be done without violating its standing rules.
What is the purpose of the motion "Division"?
To present to the chapter the name of a candidate for a certain office of position.
To determine the accuracy of a vote.
To present an item of business.
What is the purpose of the motion "Point of Order"?
To permit the chapter to do something that cannot be done without violating its standing rules.
To obtain a decision from the chapter to a question on which the presiding officer has made a decision.
To enforce the rules by calling attention to a violation of the rules or a mistake in procedure.
What is the purpose of the motion "Refer to a Committee"?
To temporarily place the action in question in a committee.
To permit a member to gain parliamentary information.
To permit a main motion or an amendment to be divided into two or more separate questions.
What is the purpose of the motion "Adjourn"?
To terminate the meeting.
To modify the motion.
To permit an item of business.
What is the terminology for a "Main Motion"?
(a)
Recess
To arrange time of next meeting
To make a personal request during the debate
To dismiss the meeting for a specific time
To dismiss the meeting
Rise to question of privilege
To reverse the decision of the chair
To correct a parliamentary procedure
To revers the decision of the chair
To make a personal request during the debate
Point of Order
To reverse the decision of the chairman
To introduce new business
To correct parliamentary procedure
To consider tabled motion
Which one is not part of the 4 types of Privileged Motions?
Recess
Raise a question of privilege
Adjourn
Lay on the table
Which motion below would you use to obtain the chairman's opinion on a matter related to parliamentary procedure as it relates to the pending business?
Parliamentary Question of Privilege
Point of Parliamentary Information
Parliamentary Inquiry
Parliamentary Authority Opinion
The motion to postpone Indefinitely is used by
the chair to place a main motion on the agenda at the next regular meeting
a member to send a main motion to a standing committee
members who wish to change the pending main motion
the assembly to show that it does not wish to take a position on the main motion
Motions that assist the assembly in treating or disposing of a main motion are called
main motion
subsidiary motions
incidental motions
privileged motions
If you call for a division of the assembly at a meeting, this means that the vote must be taken again by which of the following methods of voting?
Voice
Rising
Raising of Hands
Paper Ballot
The quorum of an assembly is
two-thirds of the members present at a meeting.
the largest number that can be depended on to attend any meeting.
the number of members who must be present for business to be legally transacted.
the number of members who always vote on motions brought before the assembly.
Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn
Sets a time for the continuation of the present meeting
Ends the meeting
Sets a time to end the meeting
5 Postpone to a Certain Time (or Definitely)
Rejects (or kills) a main motion without bringing it to a vote
Defers action on a pending motion to a definite time
Sets a motion aside for more urgent business
Which of the following motions requires a two-thirds vote?
Adjourn
Point of Order
Previous Question
Refer to Committee
Which of the following motions is debatable? (We can talk about it)
Adjourn
Amendment
Division of the House
Point of Order
Which of the following motions does not require a second?
Adjourn
Main Motion
Refer to Committee
Point of Order
If 27 members vote on an issue that requires a 2/3rds vote, how many votes are needed for passage?
9
5
18
14
Which of the following motions requires a majority vote?
Main Motion
Division of the House
Previous question
Point of Order
Which of the following does not require a simple majority vote?
Adjourn
Previous Question
Amend
Main Motion
Which of the following requires no vote?
Main
Point of Order
Previous question
Amendment
Which of the following does the president decide?
Main motion
Point of order
Amend
None of the above
Which of the following is not debatable?
Refer to Committee
Previous question
Amendment
Main Motion
One Tap of the Gavel Means:
Starts the meeting
Stand
Sit
Calls for order
Three taps of the gavel means:
Starts the meeting
Stand
Sit
Calls for order
A series of taps of the gavel means:
Starts the meeting
Stand
Sit
Calls for order
If there are 30 people in the room, how many do I to vote “Aye” for the main motion to pass.
15
16
20
30
Which of these is NOT a good quality for the chairperson to have?
Fair
Impartial
Opinionated
Interested in the welfare of the group
The Motion (a) , is used to correct a parliamentary mistake.
(a) is used to end the meeting
(a) is used to end debate and requires 2/3 majority vote
(a) is used to introduce a new item of business and starts with "I move....."
(a) is used to change a main motion
(a) is used to have a revote of a voice vote use
postpone indefinitely
Choose the options that apply to Recess
requires a second
is debatable
is amendable
needs a 2/3 vote
can be reconsidered
Choose the options that apply to Raise a Question of Privilege
requires a second
is debatable
is amendable
chair grants
can be reconsidered
Choose the options that apply to Previous Question
requires a second
is debatable
is amendable
majority vote
can be reconsidered
Choose the options that apply to Postpone Definitely
requires a second
is debatable
is amendable
majority vote
can be reconsidered
Choose the options that apply to Commit to Refer
requires a second
is debatable
is amendable
needs a 2/3 vote
can be reconsidered
Choose the options that apply to amend.
requires a second
is debatable
is amendable
needs a 2/3 vote
can only be reconsidered on an Affirmative
Choose the options that apply to postpone indefinitely.
requires a second
is debatable
is amendable
needs a 2/3 vote
Only on an Affirmative
Choose the options that apply to division of assembly.
requires a second
is debatable
is amendable
needs no vote
cannot be reconsidered
Choose the options that apply to parliamentary inquiry.
requires a second
is debatable
is amendable
chair answers
cannot be reconsidered
Choose the options that apply to point of order.
requires a second
is debatable
is amendable
chair answers
can be reconsidered
The motion to postpone Indefinitely is used by
the chair to place a main motion on the agenda at the next regular meeting
a member to send a main motion to a standing committee
members who wish to change the pending main motion
the assembly to show that it does not wish to take a position on the main motion
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
When the privileged motion to Adjourn is pending, which motion below is in order?
Fix time to which to adjourn
Lay on the table
Call for the orders of the day
Limit Debate
The time at which a bylaw amendment goes into effect is immediately upon
the signature of all the officers
its adoption
adjournment of the meeting
the conclusion of the report
If a prescheduled recess is not announced by the chair at the scheduled time, a member should
Rise to a point of order
move that a recess be taken
call for orders of the day
rise and make an amendment of the recess time on the pending amendment
The process used to amend a motion by placing words at the end of a sentence is
insertion
striking out
addition
substitution
Rules are designed for the protection of
nonmembers
the minority
the majority
all the members
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"
Business is brought before an assembly by a member making a formal proposal called a (an)
agenda
motion
order
memorandum
Motions that assist the assembly in treating or disposing of a main motion are called
main motion
subsidiary motions
incidental motions
privileged motions
The subsidiary motion to Postpone Indefinitely
Is in order when another member has the floor
Must be seconded
Requires a two-thirds vote and previous notice to be adopted
is amendable
If you call for a division of the assembly at a meeting, this means that the vote must be taken again by which of the following methods of voting?
Voice
Rising
Raising of Hands
Paper Ballot
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 certain standing committees are listed in the bylaws, no other standing committees can be established unless the
President grants permission
Bylaws are amended
Assembly allows it through the recommendation of an ad hoc committee
Entire organization is notified to ask for volunteers to serve on the new committee.
The seconder of a motion has the right to withdraw his / her second
Anytime during the meeting
If the maker of the motion modifies the motion that was seconded before it is stated by the chair
Immediately after the motion is stated by the chair
after the minutes are read for approval by the assembly
The subsidiary motion to Limit Debate can be
postponed to a certain time
applied to a series of undebatable motions
laid on the table
applied to any immediately pending debatable motion
Orders of the day are divided into two classes called
General orders and special orders
Points of order and good of the order
rules of order and call to order
order of business and order of precedence
Special meetings can only be called if they are authorized
in the bylaws
by the president
by al lof the officers of an organization
by a two-thirds vote
The document of a society that contains its own rules relating to itself as an organization is the
Constitution of bylaws
Standing committee report
Corporate charter
Parliamentary authority manual
A motion to amend the bylaws should require at least a notice and a
majority vote
three-fourth vote
unanimous vote
two-thirds vote
Except for an appeal, how many times can a member speak on the same motion on the same day?
once
twice
three times
no set amount
