Parliamentary Procedure Quiz- District Leadership 2023

What is the final step in handling a motion?

• Formal announcement by the chair of the result of the vote

• Using the gavel to show authority and gain the attention of the room

• Counting the votes and announcing them

• Announcing the motion several times throughout the meeting

What is it called when a motion is delayed in action until another time?

• Lay on the Table

• Postpone Currently

• Postpone Definitely

• Postpone Indefinitely

Which of the following motions is an incidental motion?

• Extend Debate

• Appeal

• Postpone an event

• Recess

Which motion requires a rising vote?

• Lay on the table

• Previous Question

• Recess

• Amendment

The object of the motion to Take from the Table is to make pending again a motion that was:

• Postponed to a certain time at the last meeting.

• Postponed Indefinitely.

• Rescinded.

• Laid on the table.

Business brought before the assembly by a member making a formal proposal is called a(an):

• Order

• Minutes

• Agenda

• Motion

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

• Passed

• Endorsed

• Adopted

• Accepted

In a room of 30 people, what is the simple majority?

• 15

• 16

• 20

• 21

What is a subsidiary motion?

• Proposals related to the main motion

• Proposals unrelated to the main motion

• Motions that remain static for some time

• Motions that remain stable for some time

Which of the following is debateable?

• Recess

• Take from the table

• Appeal

• Suspend the Rules