2021 State Parli Test

The lowest ranking privileged motion is:

• Raise a Question of Privilege

• Call for the Orders of the Day

• Recess

• Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn

A Point of Order yields to all:

• Privileged motions

• Secondary motions

• Subsidiary motions

• Main Motions

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

• Agenda

• Motion

• Order

• Memorandum

Which of the following are examples of binding instructions which may be included in the motion to commit?

• When the committee should report

• How the committee should consider the question

• If the committee should employ an expert consultant

• All of the above

If you want to cancel a motion that was adopted at a previous meeting, what could you do?

• Propose a second-degree amendment to rescind it

• Rise, and without obtaining the floor say, “I object to the consideration of the question”

• Obtain the floor and say, “I move to rescind the motion related to.... adopted at the meeting last month.”

• Make a motion to have a special committee investigate it.

A member who seconds a motion must:

• Rise and be recognized by the chair

• Be in favor of the motion

• Debate for the motion

• None of the above

Which motion could a member make to dispense with a frivolous motion?

• Reconsider

• Object to Consideration

• Postpone Definitely

• Previous Question

If there is a tie vote on a motion and the chair does not vote, the chair...

• Must take another vote

• Declares that the motion is lost

• Must vote to break the tie

• Declares the motion is adopted

The motion to Suspend the Rules...

• Is a privileged motion

• Is debatable

• Requires a second

• Is amendable as to which Rule

Which statement below is false regarding a quorum?

• Depending on the organization, the number of members constituting a quorum may vary

• In most church organizations that have no dues or a registration of members, a quorum consists of those attending

• A quorum is often specified as a percentage of the membership

• A quorum refers to the actual number of members voting on a motion