2023 CCM Test

Which one of the following is not a duty of the secretary?

• Coordinate all committee work.

• Prepare and present the minutes of each chapter meeting.

• Have the chapter constitution and bylaws on hand for each meeting.

• Prepare and post the agenda for each chapter meeting.

• Chapter correspondence.

Assume the following motions are all properly pending at the same time: Amendment to the Main Motion, Recess, Amendment to the Recess, Postpone Definitely, Main Motion, and Postpone Indefinitely. In what order would they be voted on from first to last?

• Main Motion, Postpone Indefinitely, Amendment to the Main Motion, Postpone Definitely, Recess, Amendment to the Recess

• Recess, Postpone Definitely, Amendment to the Recess, Amendment to the Main Motion, Postpone Indefinitely, Main Motion

• Recess, Postpone Definitely, Postpone Indefinitely, Amendment to the Recess, Amendment to the Main Motion, Main Motion

• Amendment to the Recess, Recess, Postpone Definitely, Amendment to the Main Motion, Postpone Indefinitely, Main Motion

• Amendment to the Recess, Recess, Postpone Indefinitely, Amendment to the Main Motion, Postpone Definitely, Main Motion

A bust of __________is displayed at an FFA chapter meeting as a station marker for the treasurer.

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

Which one of the following statements is true regarding subsidiary motions?

• They have a definite rank or precedence

• They aid the assembly in handling or disposing of a Main Motion.

• At least two may require a two-thirds vote.

• More than half of them are debatable.

• All of the above are true

What do the following three motions have in common? Previous Question---Commit or Refer---Main Motion

• None may interrupt a speaker.

• None are amendable.

• They are all privileged motions.

• They require a two-thirds vote for adoption.

• They all require a majority vote.

The motion to Commit or Refer:

• requires a second.

• creates a standing or special committee

• may have a primary amendment applied to it.

• A and C are correct

• All of the above are correct.

How is a Point of Order decided if the chair does not wish to make a ruling?

• The parliamentarian makes the ruling.

• The assembly decides the ruling by a majority vote.

• The Point of Order is referred immediately to a special committee for a ruling.

• The breach of order is ignored and a ruling is not made.

• The vice-president rules on the Point of Order.

The purpose of the subsidiary motion to Postpone to a Certain Time (or Definitely) is to put off the consideration of a (an) _________ to a later time.

• Amendment

• Recess

• Point of Order

• Main Motion

• Agenda item not currently under consideration.

Which motion below is amendable and debatable?

• Raise a Question of Privilege.

• Parliamentary Inquiry.

• Commit or Refer.

• Division of the Assembly.

• Postpone Indefinitely.

Which two motions below do not require a second?

• Point of Order and Previous Question.

• Amend and Parliamentary Inquiry.

• Commit or Refer and Postpone to a Certain Time (or Definitely).

• Raise a Question of Privilege and Division of the Assembly.

• Point of Order and Amend.