2021 ND FFA District Parliamentary Procedure Exam

If the previous question is moved on a series of pending motions they are voted on in?

• The same order as they were made

• Order determined by the chairman

• Reverse order they were made

• According to the wishes of the group

If an assembly decides to do what a motion proposes, the motion is carried or?

• Accepted

• Adopted

• Passed

• Endorsed

The time for a prescheduled recess may be postponed by a?

• Majority of the quorum

• Two thirds vote of the assembly

• Majority of those in attendance

• It cannot be postponed

What type of committee is a temporary committee, and it dissolves after it has finished its business?

• Executive

• Special

• Standing

• General

After a motion has been passed, a request to Withdraw it may be granted to anyone by the presiding officer without voting.

• True

• False

Which statement below is true regarding the subsidiary motion to Move the Previous Question?

• It is in order when another member has the floor

• The chairman must call on members for and against this motion when it is debated

• A second is not needed

• It does not prevent the making of privileged or incidental motions

Orders of the Day are divided into two classes called:

• Points of Order & Good of the Order

• Orders of Business & Order of Precedence

• General Orders & Special Orders

• Rules of Order & Call to Order

Which motion is amendable?

• Adjourn

• Appeal

• Recess

• Previous Question

The privileged motion, Raise a Question of Privilege, is not

• Amendable

• Debatable

• Seconded

• All of the above

Assume that a main motion is being debated and you become aware that something else of immediate urgency has arisen. What should you do?

• Obtain the floor and say, "I move to lay the question on the table."

• Rise, and without obtaining the floor say, "I move to postpone the motion."

• Obtain the floor and say, " I move to lay the question on the table until 10:00 am."

• From your seat, and without obtaining the floor say, "I move to postpone the motion indefinitely until after we decide the urgent matter of…."