WorksheetsParliamentary Procedure
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Main motions:
Take precedence over all motions
Are not debatable
Always require a two-thirds vote to be adopted
Are out of order when another member has the floor
Motions proposed in small boards or committees:
Must be seconded
May be seconded by the maker of the motion
Need not be seconded
Must be seconded by the presiding officer
A member of an assembly, in a parliamentary sense, is a person having the right to:
Examining all the records of the organization
Attend the executive sessions
Participate fully in its proceedings
Debate a motion in detail before it is proposed
When a motion is adopted without the steps of stating the question and putting the motion toa formal vote, it is called adopting by:
Consensus
Unanimous (general) consent
a withdraw of objections
A caucus
When writing a complex main motion in the form of a resolution, what word should a preamble begin with to give reasons for the motion's adoption?
"Therefore"
"Be it resolved"
"Whereas"
"However"
The bylaws of an organized local society usually provide that it shall hold:
Biannual adjourned meetings
Regular meetings at stated intervals
A specific number of meetings each year
Special meetings every month
A communication addressed to the organization is normally read aloud at a meeting by the:
President
Vice President
Committee Chairman
Secretary
An incidental main motion:
Can be made only with the permission of the assembly
Is in order it an original main motion is the immediate pending question
Proposes an action that is defined under parliamentary law and described by a particular parliamentary term
Is the same as a main motion, except it only can be proposed when an incidental motion is pending
A motion to postpone indefinitely can be used when a member wishes to:
Avoid an embarrassing matter
Postpone the motion to a later time
Postpone the motion to the next meeting
Change the motion to make it more germane
To consider a motion later in the same meeting, a member may:
Postpone the motion definitely
Lay the motion on the table
Refer the motion to the committee
Call for the orders of the day on the motion
Unless there is a rule to the contrary, a member may speak:
Once during the same day
Twice during the same day
Three times on the same motion on the same day
Twice on the same motion on the same day
Previous notice may be given:
Only by members of the executive board
By charter members
By any member present at a meeting
By anyone present at a meeting
An organized society requires certain rules to:
Establish its basic structure and manner of operation
Make certain it is different from other societies
Allow its officers to rule against its bylaws
Ensure that its officers are not liable for their actions
Which motion below would a member propose to fix a date and hour of another meeting before the next regular meeting?
Recess
Adjourn
Raise a Question of Privilege
Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn
If a member wishes to voice vote to be retaken as a rising vote, he/she may call out, without obtaining the floor:
"I doubt the result of the vote"
"Division!"
"I call for a division"
Any of the above
After members make motions, they should:
Remain standing and wait for permission to debate
Resume their seats
Debate the motion
Sit and wait for another member to ask a question so that debate may proceed
If you wanted to propose a time limit in the discussion of a main motion, what would you say after obtaining the floor?
"I move to limit debate to twelve more minutes"
"I move we vote on this motion immediately"
"I move to limit the previous question"
"I move to close debate"
An original main motion is a main motion that:
Amends another motion
Introduces a substantive question as a new subject
Is related to the business of the assembly or its past or future action
Allows the maker of the motion to serve as chairman if it is referred to a committee
The seconder of a motion has the right to withdraw his/her second:
Anytime during a meeting
If the maker of the motion modifies the motion that was seconded before it is state by the chair
Immediately after the motion is stated by the chair
After the minutes are read for the approval by the assembly
During a regular meeting, the presiding officer refers to himself/herself as:
"I"
"Your presiding officer"
"The chair"
"The president"
A member can move to adjourn a meeting while business is pending provided that:
Two-thirds of the assembly votes in the affirmative
The time for the next meeting has been established
There are no immediately pending amendments
Important announcements that have been established by the agenda have been made
Which if the following is a standard descriptive characteristic of a motion?
Other motions which are applicable to the motion
The number of times members may debate on the motion
The duties of the secretary regarding the motion
When the minority may speak
If a motion is considered and adopted without having been seconded, it:
Is lost
Must be proposed, seconded and voted on again at a future meeting
Is still adopted
Is automatically laid on the table
The statement by the chair, "Are you ready for the question?" means the:
Assembly may not debate the pending question
Assembly must decide if it is ready to ask questions
Members may debate the pending question
Members may ask the maker of the motion questions
One method of calling for a counted rising vote is for member rise, address the c hair and move that the vote be counted. This motion must be seconded and adopted by a:
Unanimous vote
Two-thirds votes
Majority vote
None of the above, vote is not necessary
The motion to postpone to a certain time can be made while:
The main motion with an amendment is pending
The motion to lay on the table is pending
Another member has the floor
Another member is debating a main motion
If a main motion is pending and a motion to amend is being debated, which one of the following motions would be out of order?
Point of Order
Limit Debate
Postpone Indefinitely
Adjourn
The requirement of a second to a motion is for the guidance of the:
Maker of the motion to determine who supports the motion
Secretary in recording the name of the seconder in the minutes
Chair so that the question on the motion can be stated
Members to recognize who supports the motion
If an assembly decides to do what a motion proposes, the motion is carried or:
Adopted
Accepted
Passed
Endorsed
Business is brought before the assembly by a member making a formal proposal called a(n):
Agenda
Motion
Order
Memorandum
Special meetings can only be called if they are authorized:
In the bylaws
By the president
By all the officers of an organization
By a two-thirds vote
What specifies the sequence in which certain general types or classes of business are brought up or permitted to be introduced at a meeting?
Order of business
Bylaws
Standing rules
Charter
Which of the following is not classified as a secondary motion?
Original main motions
Incidental main motions
Motions that bring a question again before the assembly
All of the above
The motion to Ratify is a(n):
Subsidiary Motion
Privileged motion
Main motion
Incidental Main Motion
The term "rules of order" refers to the:
Rules of parli pro
Agenda
Adopted bylaws
General order of business
A Parliamentary Inquiry may be used at a meeting to:
Request the chair's opinion on a matter of parliamentary procedure as it relates to the business at had
Inquire about the facts of the pending business
Require that the chairman conduct a counted standing vote
Introduce a new parliamentary authority to be considered
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
Motions that relate in different ways to the pending business or to business otherwise at hand are called:
Main motions
Privileged Motions
Incidental motions
Subsidiary motions
A standing rule passed at one session does not interfere with the freedom of later session because it can be suspended for the duration of any session by a:
Majority vote
Decision of the presiding officer
Mandate form a majority vote of the organization's officers
two-thirds vote of the standing committee on standing rules
One characteristic of subsidiary motions is that they are:
Always applied to another motion after they are voted on
The highest ranking of all motions
Applied to any motion
Only applied to a main motion after it has been amended
When a convention concludes:
Official delegates must meet to elect new officers
The assembly is normally dissolved
Alternate delegates being their own convention
All of the officers may meet to adopt new bylaws
The maker of a motion:
Must always speak first in debate on the motion
May assign his/her right to debate to another member without permission of the assembly
Has the right to speak first and last on his or her motion
Has the right to speak first in debate on the motion
The motion to Commit (or Refer)
Need not be seconded
Is not debatable
Can be applied to main motions with any amendments that may be pending
May be proposed when another member has the floor provided debate has not begun
The primary purpose of using the subsidiary motion to amend is to:
Eliminate the main purpose of the main motion
Modify the wording of a pending motion
Lengthen the debate time on the main motion
Call for an immediate vote on the original main motion
The motions to Discharge a Committee and take from the table have the common feature of:
Requiring a two-thirds vote for adoption
Allowing members to each debate twice
Proposing that the assembly take up a matter still "within its control"
Correcting an action taken previously
What rules does parliamentary procedure follow?
Robert's Rules of Order
Judge Judy Law
Conduct of Meetings Rules
Where does the president stand?
By the door
By the plow
By the rising sun
Where does the vice president stand?
By the door
By the plow
By the rising sun
Where does the treasurer stand?
By George Washington
By the flag
By the ear of corn
Where does the sentinel stand?
By the door
By the plow
By the rising sun
Where does the reporter stand?
By George Washington
By the flag
By the ear of corn
Where does the secretary stand?
By George Washington
By the flag
By the ear of corn
Where does the advisor stand?
By George Washington
By the owl
By the ear of corn
What 2 words begin a motion?
I motion
I move
I request
In order to discuss a motion, what must happen first?
Second
Vote
Third
What is another word for discussion?
Debate
Business
Reasons
How many reasons must be given during a debate?
1
2-3
As many as you can think of
What is it called when we want to change a motion?
Revision
Interchange
Amend
What are ways an amendment can change a motion?
Strike out
Add-in
Strike out and add-in
All of these
What do you say when there has been a mistake in parliamentary procedure?
I rise to the point of order!
I rise to the parliamentary inquiry!
Caiden made a mistake!
What is called when there is a tie in the votes?
Divide!
Division!
Tiebreak!
Who is presides over the meeting?
President
Secretary
Vice President
Who presides over the meeting when the president is not there?
Secretary
Advisor
Vice President
