Worksheets2024 CCM Knowledge Exam
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which of the following cannot be amended?
Commit or Refer
Postpone Indefinitely
Postpone to a certain time (definitely)
Amend
Recess
When is the latest that a division of the assembly can be called?
Until the chair opens the floor for the next item of business.
Until the chair states the next motion for the assembly.
Until a member has been assigned the floor and started speaking.
Until the chair states the direction the group will take as a result of the vote.
Until a vote on the next pending motion has been called for.
A recess can be taken for which of the following reasons?
To count ballots
To repair the AV equipment
For informal consultation
A & C
Any of these reasons
Which of the following motions may be both debatable or undebatable depending on its application?
Postpone Indefinitely
Amend
Previous Question
Commit or Refer
Postpone Definitely
Assume two officers (president and secretary) and six members are in attendance at a regularly scheduled chapter meeting. Member A makes a main motion. It is seconded and stated by the chair. The Chair asks the assembly if they are ready for the question? Members B, C, & D rise to obtain the floor and the chair calls on member B to debate, who speaks in favor of the motion. Following their debate, the floor is once again open to debate, members C & D rise to obtain the floor, and member D is called on. Member D speaks against the immediately pending question. When the chair opens the floor, Members A, B, C, E & F all rise to obtain the floor. Who should the chair recognize?
Member A
Member B
Member C
Member E
Member F
The following motions are all pending. Which is the immediately pending motion?
Main motion
Refer to a committee
Postpone Indefinitely
Postpone Definitely
Amend
The quorum for a committee is defined as eight members in the bylaws. The president is an ex-officio member of all chapter committees. There are 5 members and the president at a committee meeting. How many more members (if any) need to arrive to be able to conduct business?
0
1
2
3
4
Which of the following governing documents would be superseded by all the others?
Charter
Constitution & Bylaws
Procedural Federal Law
Parliamentary Authority
Special Rules of Order
Which of the following motions can only be made while a motion which is debatable or amendable is the immediately pending question?
Amend
Previous Question
Commit or Refer
Postpone Definitely
Parliamentary Inquiry
A meeting is held on April 15th. At that meeting a motion is postponed to the next regularly scheduled meeting. What is the last day that the next regularly scheduled meeting can be held for this motion to be taken up?
June 15th
June 30th
July 15th
July 1st
July 31st
At the June chapter FFA meeting, the president and vice-president are not able to attend. Who calls the June meeting to order in their absence?
The Secretary
The Treasurer
The Sentinel
The assembly elects a Chairman Pro tem to run the meeting
The Advisor
When can a motion which has been postponed indefinitely be made again?
At the next session
At the next meeting in the current session
Never
After a vote of a majority of the members present to allow its renewal
After the current president’s term of office has expired
When a main motion has been postponed and made a special order of the day for a specific time, when that time arrives it can:
Be postponed to another meeting
Interrupt the pending business when the designated time arrives
Be amended
Have the previous question applied immediately upon being called up.
All of these
Which of the following motions has an order of precedence that changes based on what it is applied to?
Postpone Definitely
Commit or Refer
Amend
Recess
Previous Question
A main motion, an amendment, and a postpone definitely are all pending. Previous Question on the immediately pending motion has been made and seconded. Before the chair states the question, which of the following motions can be made?
Previous Question on all pending business
Recess
Previous Question on the Postponement and the Amendment
None of these
All of these
A request related to the rules of the organization having bearing on the pending business is made by the motion:
Request for Information
Parliamentary Inquiry
Point of Order
Raise a Question of Privilege Affecting the Assembly
Raise a Question of Personal Privilege
Which of the following motions cannot be amended?
A primary amendment
Commit or Refer
Postpone Indefinitely
Postpone Definitely
Recess
An amendment to a main motion cannot:
Add a date
Be hostile to the original intent of the main motion
Limit the scope of the original main motion
Add an unrelated subject to the main motion
Substitute a completely new main motion on the same topic as the original main motion
A main motion ‘that the chapter hold a spring planting dance’ is pending, an amendment to add ‘in the gym on May 1st’ is the immediately pending question. Which of the following motions is not in order?
To strike ‘dance in the gym on May 1st’ and insert ‘potluck social on October 21st’
To add ‘or May 22’ after ‘May 1st’
To postpone all pending business to the next regularly scheduled meeting if the next meeting is within a quarterly interval.
To refer the pending business to the activities committee to report back in two months
To recess for 10 minutes to check the school activities calendar
Which privileged motion cannot be amended?
Parliamentary Inquiry
Question of Privilege
Recess
Postpone Indefinitely
Division of the Assembly
Which of the following types of amendments is not used for changing words in a motion?
Insert
Strike out
Substitute
Strike out and Insert
Add
The motion “I move to go into executive session” is a form of what motion?
Commit or Refer
Question of Privilege
Incidental Main Motion
Original Main Motion
Recess
The FFA Official Manual states that the President and Vice-President shall be ex-officio members of all chapter committees. Which of the following actions does this not allow while they are in the committee meeting?
To make motions
To vote
To debate
To be counted in determining a quorum
To call for a recess
Which FFA officer is responsible for submitting the chapter membership roster?
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
Advisor
Which officer is responsible for encouraging the involvement of all chapter members?
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
Advisor
