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WorksheetsNDFFA 2023 District Parliamentary Procedure - Written Exam
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is the final step in handling a motion?
Formal announcement by the chair of the result of the vote
Using the gavel to show authority and gain the attention of the room
Counting the votes and announcing them
Announcing the motion several times throughout the meeting
What is it called when a motion is delayed in action until another time?
Lay on the Table
Postpone Currently
Postpone Definitely
Postpone Indefinitely
Which of the following motions is an incidental motion?
Extend Debate
Appeal
Postpone an event
Recess
Which motion requires a rising vote?
Lay on the table
Previous Question
Recess
Amendment
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Rescinded.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.
Business brought before the assembly by a member making a formal proposal is called a(an):
Order
Minutes
Agenda
Motion
If an assembly votes to do what a motion proposes, the motion is carried or?
Passed
Endorsed
Adopted
Accepted
In a room of 30 people, what is the simple majority
15
16
20
21
What is a subsidiary motion?
Proposals related to the main motion
Proposals unrelated to the main motion
Motions that remain static for some time
Motions that remain stable for some time
Which of the following is debateable?
Recess
Take from the table
Appeal
Suspend the Rules
To consider a motion later in the same meeting, a member must:
Call for the orders of the day on the motion
Refer the motion to a committee
Lay the motion on the table
Postpone the motion definitely
Which is true about a tie vote?
Must be voted on again
Loses
Presiding officer breaks the tie
Motion must be referred to a committee
Orders of the day are divided into two classes called:
General Orders & Special Orders
Points of Order & Goods of Order
Rules of Order & Call to Order
New Orders & Old Orders
Which of the following is not amendable?
Suspend the Rules
Amen
Recess
Limit Debate
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 a meeting
The number of members who must be present for business to be legally transacted
The number of members who are needed to vote in favor of a motion for it to pass
Which motion requires a rising vote?
Lay on the table
Adjourn
Previous Question
Recess
A(n) ________ forms the framework for a meeting.
Schedule
Agenda
Memo
Outline
A Division of the Assembly and a Division of the Question are both:
Subsidiary Motions
In order when another member has the floor
Adopted by a 2/3 vote of the members present and voting
Undebateable
The purpose of the motion to Commit or Refer is to send a pending question to a committee so that:
It may be delayed
They can amend it and take action without permission from the assembly
The question may be carefully investigated and put into better condition for the assembly to consider
They can Lay it on the Table during informal discussions at a committee meeting
What type of committee is a temporary committee and is dissolved once it has finished its business?
Special
Standing
General
Executive
The motion to Rescind:
Is a privileged motion
Is an incidental motion
Is a subsidiary motion
Is a main motion
Which motion is amendable?
Adjourn
Previous Question
Appeal
Recess
A member of an assembly, in a parliamentary sense, is a person having the right to:
Participate fully in its proceedings
Attend the executive sessions
Debate on a motion in detail before the motion is made
Appoint themselves to a committee
If you were chairman, after a member moves for a Point of Order, you should immediately ask:
The assembly for a second
The member to “state your point”
The assembly for debate
The assembly to vote
A member who seconds the motion must:
Stand and be recognized by the chair
Debate on the motion
Be in favor of the motion
None of the above
Fill in the blank: ________
State 20
State 15
State 25
State 10
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District 22
District 10
District 5
District 17
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State 21
State 15
State 8
State 34
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State 22/23
State 20/21
State 19/20
State 21/22
Fill in the blank: ________
New
Old
Blue
Fast
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District 22
District 10
District 5
District 17
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District 21
District 10
District 5
District 33
Fill in the blank: ________
State 20
State 15
State 25
State 10
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District 22
District 10
District 5
District 17
Fill in the blank: ________
State 22/23
State 20/21
State 21/22
State 23/24
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District 21
District 10
District 5
District 33
Fill in the blank: ________
New
Old
Blue
Fast
Fill in the blank: ________
State 21
State 14
State 7
State 32
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State 22/23
State 20/21
State 19/20
State 21/22
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New
Old
Fast
Blue
Fill in the blank: ________
State 22/23
State 20/21
State 18/19
State 24/25
Fill in the blank: ________
State 20
State 15
State 25
State 10
Fill in the blank: ________
District 22
District 10
District 15
District 30
Fill in the blank: ________
New
Old
Blue
Fast
Fill in the blank: ________
District 21
District 10
District 5
District 33
Fill in the blank: ________
State 20
State 15
State 25
State 10
Fill in the blank: ________
District 21
District 10
District 5
District 33
Fill in the blank: ________
District 22
District 10
District 5
District 17
Fill in the blank: ________
New
Old
Blue
Fast
Fill in the blank: ________
State 21
State 14
State 7
State 32
