Previous Question - PPTQ Sec 16

The Previous Question can be used to close debate immediately and the making of all subsidiary motions except to:

• A. Commit (or Refer)

• B. Lay on the Table

• C. Amend

• D. Postpone Indefinitely

Which motion below would you use at a meeting to stop debate immediately and vote on a pending question?

• A. Question of Privilege

• B. Division of the Question

• C. Previous Question

• D. Reconsider the Question

If adopted, the Previous Question is a motion that stops:

• A. the making of all subsidiary motions.

• B. debate and the making of amendments on the pending question.

• C. the making of privileged motions.

• D. the making of undebatable motions.

The Previous Question is not allowed in:

• A. deliberate assemblies.

• B. committees.

• C. conventions.

• D. legislative meetings.

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

• A. True

• B. False

The unqualified form of the Previous Question can apply only to:

• A. all pending amendments.

• B. debatable motions.

• C. the immediately pending question.

• D. all incidental motions.

When the subsidiary motion for the Previous Question is made in its unqualified form such as "I move the previous question," this means that it:

• A. requires a majority vote for adoption.

• B. grants permission for members to ask questions of members.

• C. applies to all pending questions.

• D. None of the above

If a motion for the Previous Question fails to gain the necessary votes:

• A. debate is stopped on it.

• B. the motion to which it was applied is lost.

• C. debate continues on the pending motion as if this motion had not been made.

• D. members may not ask the maker of the motion questions directly for the duration of the meeting.

If a member obtained the floor and "called for the question" on a motion to Refer, what would you do as chairman?

• A. Vote on the "call for the question."

• B. Ask for a second.

• C. Stop debate immediately on the motion to Refer.

• D. Ignore the member and ask if there is further debate on the motion to Refer.

When the Previous Question is ordered on a series of pending motions, they are voted on in the:

• A. same order in which they were proposed.

• B. order as determined by the chairman.

• C. reverse order in which they were made.

• D. order that the proposer of each motion demands.