PP Test 7

The basic form of motion by which business is introduced is a (an)

• main motion.

• incidental main motion.

• privileged motion.

• subsidiary motion.

Which one of the following motions is not a subsidiary motion?

• Limit Debate

• Point of Order

• Postpone Indefinitely

• Lay on the Table

The main motion is a motion that

• takes precedence over everything.

• can be applied to no other motion.

• can be moved at any time.

• always requires a majority vote.

If you were the presiding officer, what would be the next step you would pursue after an amendment to a main motion was adopted?

• Move new business

• A motion to adjourn

• Debate on the adopted amendment

• Debate on the amended main motion

Which one of the following motions is not debatable but is amendable?

• Lay on the Table

• Commit or Refer

• Postpone Indefinitely

• Limit or Extend Limits of Debate

The privileged motion to Call for the Orders of the Day is used primarily to

• order the chairman to take an immediate recess.

• require that a meeting conform to its agenda.

• indicate to members when a point of order may be called.

• write orders for all committees to complete their tasks by a specific time.

Which motion below could be made so that the chair would be called on to enforce a violated rule?

• Appeal

• Point of Order

• Suspend the Rules

• Parliamentary Inquiry

The incidental motion to Appeal is used

• to have the chairman's ruling voted on by the assembly.

• if a member wishes to appeal to the maker of a motion to accept an amendment.

• when an accurate standing vote is needed on a main motion.

• to point out that another member's debate is not germane.

The chair's reply to a parliamentary inquiry is not subject to an appeal because

• The reply is an opinion and not a ruling.

• An appeal is used only when the chair refuses a member's request for a Division.

• An appeal must be made by a member who voted with the side that did not prevail.

• The reply is always voted on by the assembly.

At a regular meeting of a society, the motion to Reconsider can be made only by the

• Presiding officer at a special meeting.

• Member who seconded the motion to be reconsidered.

• Secretary after stating the reason for the reconsideration.

• Member who voted with the prevailing side.