2022 Parliamentary Procedure Flashcard

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The quorum of an assembly is:

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The number of members who must be present for business to be legally transacted.

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If the motion to Postpone Indefinitely is adopted, what happens to the pending main motion?

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It is killed for the duration of the session.

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The motion to Lay on the Table is commonly misused in meetings in the place of the motion to: Adjourn, Postpone to a Certain Time, Reconsider, Commit (or Refer)

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Postpone to a Certain Time

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If a motion to adjourn is qualified in any way (example: "I move we adjourn in 10 minutes"), it is classified as a(an):

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Main motion.

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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

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Recess

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Which motion would you use to obtain the chairman’s opinion on a matter related to parliamentary procedure as it relates to the pending business? Options: Parliamentary Question of Privilege, Point of Parliamentary Information, Parliamentary Inquiry, Parliamentary Authority Opinion.

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Parliamentary Inquiry.

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Which one of the following motions is debatable? Raise a Question of Privilege. Previous Question. The privileged motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn. Postpone Indefinitely.

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Postpone Indefinitely.

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The privileged motion to Call for the Orders of the Day is used primarily to:

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Require that a meeting conform to its agenda.

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Motions that assist the assembly in treating or disposing of a main motion are called:

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Subsidiary motions.

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With a main motion and an amendment pending, which of the following motions would be out of order? Lay on the Table, Recess, Postpone Indefinitely, Refer to a Committee.

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Postpone Indefinitely.