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Conduct Questions 100-???

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which two of the following is classified as subsidiary motions?

a)

Main Motion and Point of Order

b)

Commit or Refer and Amend

c)

Recess and Raise a Question of Privilege

d)

Parliamentary Inquiry and division of the Assembly.

2.

Which motion below is the only privileged motion listed that may interrupt a speaker?

a)

Point of Order

b)

Recess

c)

Raise a Question of Privilege

d)

None of these are correct

3.

Which motion below is not amendable or debatable?

a)

Postpone Definitely

b)

Amend (if applied to a Main Motion)

c)

Commit or Refer (when assigned by the chair)

d)

Previous Question

4.

Both an Amendment and a Main Motion

a)

are debatable and amendable.

b)

may interrupt a member speaking.

c)

are subsidiary motions.

d)

all of these are correct.

5.

Which motion below may not interrupt a speaker and may not be amended?

a)

Recess

b)

Parliamentary Inquiry

c)

Postpone Definitely

d)

Previous Question

6.

Which one of the following is a false Standard Descriptive Characteristic for the motion that allows a member to ask a question related to the rules of the organization?

a)

It is not debatable.

b)

It must be seconded.

c)

There is no vote because the chair answers.

d)

None of these are correct.

7.

Which one of the following is a true Standard Descriptive Characteristic for the motion that requires a standing vote?

a)

A member may not be interrupted to make it.

b)

A second is needed.

c)

It is not amendable.

d)

A majority vote is required to adopt it.

8.

Which one of the following is a true Standard Descriptive Characteristic for the motion that requests that the rules be enforced?

a)

It requires a two-thirds vote to be adopted.

b)

It may be amended by a majority vote.

c)

A second is not required.

d)

The parliamentarian makes the ruling.

9.

What is the name of the motion whose introduction brings business before the assembly?

a)

Main Motion

b)

Commit or Refer

c)

Previous Question

d)

Parliamentary Inquiry

10.

Which one of the following statements is false regarding a motion to Amend?

a)

The motion to Amend may not be amended.

b)

The motion to Amend requires a majority vote to be adopted.

c)

The motion to Amend can be used to change a Main Motion.

d)

The motion to Amend can be used to change the length of a recess.

11.

Which motion below cannot be amended?

a)

Main Motion

b)

Postpone Indefinitely

c)

Postpone to a Certain Time (or Definitely)

d)

Commit or Refer

12.

Which motion below is ruled on by the chair?

a)

Point of Order

b)

Parliamentary Inquiry

c)

Raise a Question of Privilege

d)

Division of the Assembly

13.

Which motion below would you make to close debate on a Main Motion?

a)

Point of Order

b)

Raise a Question of Privilege

c)

Recess

d)

Previous Question

14.

Which statement is true regarding debating the motion Raise a Question of Privilege?

a)

Members may debate the motion two times at a meeting.

b)

Debate is not allowed.

c)

Members may transfer unused debating time to another member.

d)

A member does not have to be recognized to debate.

15.

Which motion below does not take precedence over anything?

a)

Previous Question

b)

Postpone Definitely

c)

Division of the Assembly

d)

Main Motion

16.

How would you drop a Main Motion without voting on it?

a)

Make a Parliamentary Inquiry.

b)

Raise a Question of Privilege.

c)

Move to Postpone Indefinitely.

d)

Take a Recess to discuss the Main Motion.

17.

Which motion below has the highest ranking precedence?

a)

Raise a Question of Privilege

b)

Recess

c)

Previous Question

d)

None of these

18.

Which one of the following is a true Standard Descriptive Characteristic for the motion that puts off the consideration of a Main Motion to the next regular meeting.

a)

It is debatable.

b)

It is not amendable.

c)

It may interrupt a speaker.

d)

It requires a unanimous vote to be adopted.

19.

Which example below would not be allowed by the presiding officer when framing a Main Motion?

a)

I move that we buy a new computer.

b)

I move that we donate $1,000 to needy families.

c)

I move that we do no have our annual picnic next June.

d)

All of these are acceptable Main Motions.