Worksheets2021 Parli Test - Unlimited Practice
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
The motion to Raise a Question of Privilege takes precedence over all the motions below except the motion to:
amend
commit (or refer)
limit debate
recess
Usually the article on members in the bylaws covers all of the following except:
The names of the members
Classes of members.
Qualifications or eligibility of members.
The required fees and dues and the payable due dates.
What method of voting should the chair use in a large assembly to determine if a question has obtained two-thirds of the votes cast?
Voice
Show of hands
Rising
Ballot
The motion to Postpone indefinitely is used by:
The chair to place a main motion on the agenda at the 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.
The minimum affirmative vote necessary adopt a motion to Reconsider is:
A majority
Two-thirds
One-third
Answer not given. It doesn't require a vote since the chair makes decision.
If you were chairman and were unsure on how to rule on a Point of Order, what would you do?
Ignore it and make a ruling after the meeting and include it in the minutes.
Submit it to vote of the assembly.
Notify the assembly that a ruling would be made after they debate the point of order.
Consult with all the officers immediately and then making ruling.
If a motion for the Previous Question fails to gain the necessary votes:
Debate is stopped on it.
The motion to which it was applied is lost.
Debate continues on the pending motion as if this motion as if this motion had not been made.
Members may not ask the maker of the motion questions directly for the duration of the meeting.
If a main motion and a primary amendment are pending, and a motion to lay the main motion on the table is adopted, the amendment itself.
Can be brought up by any member as a new motion.
Becomes the immediately pending question.
Dies and it taken up under unfinished business at the next regular meeting.
Adheres to the main motion and goes to the table with it.
If it appears that a motion will require time or study to perfect, it would be appropriate for a member to make a motion to:
Postpone to a Certain Time
Postpone Definitely
Commit
Amend
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 the main motion
only applied to a main motion after it has been amended
Which statement below is FALSE regarding main motions?
They bring business before the assembly
They can be made only while no other motion is pending
It is preferable to avoid a main motion containing a negative statement
They may be proposed even if they present the same question that was previously rejected at the same session
The questions acted upon in a deliberative assembly are normally decided by the:
officers of the organization
members who are present at a regular meeting
members who vote by mail
entire membership of the organization
The object of the motion to Take from the Table is to make pending again a motion that was:
postponed to a certain time at the last meeting
postponed indefinitely
rescinded
laid on the table
An amendment to an amendment:
May be amended with the consent of the maker of the secondary amendment
May not be amended
May never be debated
Requires a two-thirds (2/3) vote to be adopted
Which article below is generally not included in an organization's bylaws?
committees
parliamentary authority
officers
a listing of all members legal names and addresses
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
The basic principle of decision in a deliberative is that:
propositions must be adopted by a majority vote
it takes two members to demand a rising vote
a 2/3 vote is required for all amendments
all the decisions of the presiding officer may be reversed by a 2/3 vote
If 40 votes are cast, a majority vote is:
20
21
19
18
MEMBER: (After obtaining the floor) "I move that when this meeting adjourns, it adjourns to meet at 9:00 a.m. next Wednesday." The adoption of this motion establishes a (an):
postponed meeting
adjourned meeting
recessed meeting
special meeting
The chief advantage of committees is that they allow greater freedom of debate on motions. This means that members can speak:
Three times on each topic
Only two times, but as long as they wish
On motions even after they are adopted
As many times as they wish
The main motion is a motion that:
Takes precedence over everything
Cannot be applied to any other motion
Can be moved at any time
Always require a majority
Which one of the following is usually made by the chairman?
Primary amendments to a main motion
Reconsidering motions
Referring a motion to a special committee
Declaring that nominations are closed
Which motion listed below has the lowest precedence or rank?
Amend
Main
Adjourn
Commit (or Refer)
Which of the following terms or phrases deal with the order in which business is taken up in a session?
Agenda
Order of Business
Orders of the Day
All of the above
The agenda for a regular business meeting calls for unfinished business to be taken up:
Before committee reports.
Before new business.
Immediately after the call to order.
Immediately after the reading of the minutes.
After a member makes a Point of Order, the chair should always:
Ask for a second
Determine if the maker wishes to debate first.
Make certain that amendments that are applied to it germane.
Try to make a ruling on it
Who has the duty to determine if a quorum is present before a meeting is called to order?
Secretary
Parliamentarian
Presiding Officer
Vice President
Which of the following must be ordered after demand by only one member?
Object to the Consideration of a Question.
Division of Assembly
Withdrawal of a Motion (during debate)
Pervious Question
Motions that do not relate to the pending business, but are so important that they may interrupt anything else are called:
Main motion
Privileged motion
Subsidiary motions
Incidental motion
The motion to Rescind can be applied to a:
Main motion which has been adopted.
Contract when the party has been informed.
Resignation which has been adopted.
Negative result of an appeal.
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 pervious question."
"I move to close debated."
The only action that can legally be taken in the absence of a quorum is:
Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn
Recess or Adjourn
Take measures to obtain a quorum
All of the above
If you were the presiding officer and several members addressed the chair at about the same time after a motion was made, you should call on the member who:
Has already debated twice
Has the same opinions as all the other previous speakers
Has debated once
Made the motion and has not debated
Which motion would you propose if you wanted to close debate and vote immediately on a pending motion?
Postpone Definitely
Previous Question
Lay on the Table
Amend
The privileged motion to Call for the Orders of the Day is used primarily to:
Order the chairman to take an immediate recess
Require that a meeting conform to its agenda
Indicate to members when a point of order may be called
Write orders for all committees to complete their tasks by a specific time
In order that business can be legally transacted in an assembly, a quorum is necessary. A quorum in an assembly is the number of members entitled to vote who:
Are present
Must vote
Must be present
May be present
The first article in an unincorporated society's bylaws lists the society's:
Members
Name
Officers
Meeting times
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 a committee
Call for the orders of the day of the motion
Before members can make a motion or debate, they must rise and address the chair and:
Then must be recognized by the chair
Ask the chair if they may speak
Then speak in favor of the proposed motion
Ask the assembly for recognition and then speak
Which motion below enables a majority of the assembly to bring back for further consideration a motion that has already been voted on?
Amend
Postpone Indefinitely
Reconsider
Previous Question
Which one of the following subsidiary motions should be proposed if you want to change the wording of a main motion?
Postpone Indefinitely
Commit (or Refer)
Amend
Previous Question
Main motions should start with the words:
"I move that..."
"I so move..."
"I wish to move..."
"I motion that..."
All subsidiary motions can be applied to:
An original main motion
A Point of Order
Themselves
Third degree amendments
Before a member of an assembly is allowed to speak or propose a motion, he or she must "obtain the floor." This means that the member must:
Rise and come before the assembly before speaking
Obtain permission from the assembly before addressing the chairman and speaking
Rise, address the chair, and wait to be recognized before speaking
Address the chair and then speak
The motion to Postpone Indefinitely is used when a member of the assembly wishes to avoid:
An undesirable consequence
A direct vote on the question
An embarrassing matter
The motion by postponing it to the next meeting
