Parliamentary Procedure 2021 Written Exam

The motion to Raise the 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 vote cast?

• Voice

• Rising

• Show of Hands

• Ballot

The motion to Postpone Indefinitely is used by:

• The chair to place a main motion on the agenda at the next 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 to adopt a motion to Reconsider is:

• A majority

• Two-Thirds

• One-Third

• Answer not given. It does not require a vote since the chair makes the 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 a 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 make a 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 is 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 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 is 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 any main motion

• Only applied to a main motion after it has been amended