Which of the following is true about Resume Consideration?
which of the following is the lowest in precedence?
- Amend
- Resume consideration
- Postpone Indefinitely
- Postpone to a Certain Time
When can a motion to resume consideration be made?
- When no other business is pending.
- At any time the mover can get the floor.
- At any time even if it means interrupting a speaker.
- Only when new business has been reached.
If the motion to resume consideration is passed, how is debate affected?
- It is in the same condition as when the motion to Postpone Temporarily was made.
- All members have their full debating rights restored.
- The clock begins again on debate.
- It is as if there had been no debate before.
Once resume consideration is adopted, what motions are in order?
- The same motions that were in order when Temporarily Postpone was adopted.
- All motions are set back their original status for this item.
- Amendments are no longer permitted,
- Postpone Indefinitely can no longer be made.
How long may a member usually debate at any one time?
- Five minutes
- At the whim of the chair.
- Until another claims the floor.
- Ten minutes
How often may a member debate on any motion without special permission?
- Two times
- Once
- Three times
- Depends upon the chair
If a motion to limit debate is pending, _____.
Which of the following can be used to extend or limit debate?
The motion to extend debate _____.
To extend an individual members speaking rights is usually done by _____ first.
- request
- motion
- demand
- This cannot be done.
The motion to extend or limit debate can be applied to ______.
Which of the following is true about a motion to limit or extend debate?
Which of the following is true about a motion to limit or extend debate?
If a motion to limit or extend debate for a meeting has been adopted, what vote is needed to return to regular limits on debate?
- A majority
- A two-thirds
- A majority of the entire membership
- A plurality
The motion to extend or limit debate takes precedence over _____.
What is the purpose of the motion to Close Debate?
If a motion to close debate is adopted, _____.
A motion to close debate _____.
- ends members' right to speak even if they have not spoken
- does not end a member's right to debate if they have not spoken at least once
- allows the mover of the original motion to speak one more time
- allows debate to be made by one person from each side
When a motion to close debate is adopted, _____.
- the chair must immediately take a vote
- the chair moves to the next item of business
- the chair has the option as to what to do next
- the pending motions affected by the motion are considered lost
When the motion to close debate is adopted, _____.
Which of the following is true about a motion to Close Debate?
Which of the following is true about a motion to Close Debate?
Which of the following motions has precedence over the others?
- Close Debate
- Limit or Extend Debate
- Postpone
- Main Motion
Which of the following motions has precedence over the others?
- Privileged Motion
- Close Debate
- Postpone Temporarily
- Refer to a Committee
A Privileged Motion deals with _____.
How many privileged motions are there?
- Four
- Three
- Two
- One
Motions of Privilege are _____.
Motions of Privilege affecting the individual and the assembly ____.
- are ranked differently
- are ranked the same
- have no rank
- may not be used
How can a question of privilege be stated?
Which is the highest ranking question of privilege>
- Fix the time for a continued meeting
- Adjourn
- Privilege of the assembly
- Privilege of an individual
Which of the following ranks lowest in terms of precedence?
- Privilege of an individual
- Recess
- Adjourn
- Fix the time for a continued meeting
Who has the final say on the admissibility of a question of privilege?
- The assembly
- The chair
- The member proposing it
- The Parliamentarian
If a member proposes a question of privilege, what can the chair do?
- Rule on its admissibility
- Accept it if it is a motion as a motion cannot be rejected
- Ignore it if the chair does not want to rule on it
- Deny it if the chair does not like it. There is no appeal.
If the chair or the assembly rule that a question of privilege is admitable, ____.
If the question of privilege is a motion, it _____.
How many main motions can be pending when a question of privilege is before the assembly?
- Two
- One
- Three
- Four
Which of the following are always true about a question of privilege?
Which of the following are true if a question of privilege is a motion?
Which of the following are true if a question of privilege is a motion?
Which of the following is true about a question of privilege as a request?
Which of the following qualifies as a question of personal privileges?
Which of the following is a question of privilege affecting the assembly?
What is the purpose of the motion to Recess?
The motion to Recess can _____.
Which of following is true about the motion of Recess?
Which of following is true about the motion of Recess?
A motion to recess at a later time _____.
- can only be made when no business is pending
- can be made at any time
- can be made when only a main motion is pending by itself
- can never be made
Which of the following is the highest ranked motion?
- Recess
- Close Debate
- Postpone to a Certain Time
- Main Motion
Which of the following is the highest ranked motion?
- Set the time for an Adjourned Meeting
- Recess
- Refer to a Committee
- Amend
What is the purpose of the motion to Adjourn?
When is the motion to Adjourn a privileged motion?
Why would adjournment not be privileged?
If a motion is made to adjourn immediately it is _____.
When the motion to adjourn is privileged, which of the following are true?
When the motion to adjourn is privileged, which of the following are true?
When the motion to adjourn is not privileged, which of the following are true?
When the motion to adjourn is not privileged, which of the following are true?
When can the motion to Adjourn be reconsidered?
- It can't be reconsidered.
- When the negative prevails.
- When the affirmative prevails.
- In all cases.
When can the motion to Adjourn be reconsidered?
- It can't be.
- When it is privileged.
- When it is not privileged.
- When it is either privileged or not privileged.
Which is the highest ranked motion among the following?
- Motion to Adjourn
- Motion to Recess
- Motion to Close Debate
- Motion to Refer
Which is the highest ranked motion among the following?
- An incidental motion
- Motion to Adjourn
- Motion to Close Debate
- Main Motion
What is the purpose of the motion to Fix the Time for a Continued Meeting?
- To set up a meeting to continue the business of the current meeting when it adjourns.
- To set up a special meeting.
- To take a break from one day to the next for a session lasting several days.
- To take a short break between meetings.
When must a continued meeting be held?
The motion to Fix a Time for an Adjourned Meeting is _____.
Which of the following are true about a motion to Fix the Time for an Adjourned Meeting?
Which of the following are true about a motion to Fix the Time for an Adjourned Meeting?
Which of the following motions ranks the highest?
- Fix the Time for an Adjourned Meeting
- Adjourn
- Personal Privilege
- Postpone Temporarily
What do incidental motions deal with?
- Procedural issues.
- Business issues.
- Minor motions.
- There is no such thing as incidental motions.
What are some of the issues incidental motions deal with?
Incidental Motions ____.
- have no rank as they are used when needed
- rank above privileged motions in all cases
- rank above subsidiary motions in all cases
- are ranked the highest
Incidental Motions relate to which of the following?
Which of the following are Incidental Motions?
Which of the following are Incidental Motions?
Which of the following are Incidental Motions?
What is the purpose of Point of Order?
- To bring to the chair's attention that a rule has been broken.
- To allow members more time to debate a controversial issue.
- To indicate that at least one member does not agree with the ruling of the chair.
- To cause the assembly to return to the preset agenda.
When must most Points of Order be made?
- Immediately after the violation.
- Any time during the meeting after the violation.
- Before the minutes of that meeting are approved.
- Any time after the violation has occurred.
If the breach is of a continuing nature, when can it be brought up.
- At any time.
- Only immediately after the breach has occurred.
- Any time during that meeting.
- Never.
What can a member do if he is not sure a breach has occurred?
- The member can reserve the Point of Order by saying so.
- Nothing can be done.
- The member can just bring it up later.
- The member should make the Point of Order at that time and not worry about being wrong.
Who can decide a point of order?
When is a point of order debatable?
- When the issue itself is debatable and it has been given to the assembly.
- At all times.
- Never.
- When the chair is considering how to rule on the point.
If the assembly decides the point of order, _____.
- it cannot be appealed
- it can be appealed if it is debatable
- it can be appealed if it is not debatable
- it can always be appealed
Which of the following are true about a Point of Order?
Which of the following are true about a Point of Order?
If a point of order is raised while a point of order is being decided, _____.
- the chair decides and it cannot be appealed
- the chair decides but it can be appealed
- the assembly decides and it cannot be appealed
- the assembly decides but it can be appealed
A Point of Order _____.
If a member does not like the ruling of the chair, the member can _____.
- appeal
- raise a point of order
- shout down the chair
- move to rescind
An appeal ______.
- needs a second
- needs no second
- needs a second if it is to be debatable
- needs a second if it is to be undebatable
Which of the following are true about an Appeal?
Which of the following are true about an Appeal?
What may not be appealed?
An appeal takes precedence over ____.
An appeal cannot be introduced _____.
If there is only one interpretation of a rule, ____.
What is the purpose of a motion to Suspend the Rules?
- To allow a time limited deviation from the rules
- To permanently change the rules.
- To make sure that the rules are enforced.
- To allow the chair to change the rules.
Suspend the rules can be used _____.
What must be stated when making the motion to suspend the rules?
When a motion to Suspend the Rules covers a time period, _____.
Which of the following may not be suspended?
Which of the following may not be suspended?
Which of the following can be suspended?
Which of the following are true about a motion to Suspend the Rules?
Which of the following are true about a motion to Suspend the Rules?
Which of the following may be suspended?
The motion to Suspend the Rules takes precedence over _____.
The purpose of a motion to be Excused from Duty is _____.
- to allow members to excuse themselves from duties set in the documents of authority
- to allow members to change the duties of an office
- to allow members to be elected to an office they are not eligible for
- to allow members to remove a member from an office
Which of the following are true about a motion to be Excused from Duty?
Which of the following are true about a motion to be Excused from Duty?
If a person resigns from office, the appropriate assembly should _____.
If a member resigns from office, the resignation is effective ____.
- once it is accepted by the appropriate body
- once it is made
- once it is received by the secretary
- once another member has been appointed to the office
What is the effect of passing a motion to be Excused from a Duty?
- You are suspending a bylaw which is normally not allowed.
- Your are suspending a rule of order in the bylaws with a less than two-thirds vote.
- You are doing nothing special by this action.
- You are overturning an election.
What is the purpose of the motion to Request Information?
- For a member to get information needed about a motion.
- To provide factual information that is necessary.
- To get a ruling from the chair about information received.
- To challenge the validity of information that has been given.
Which of the following is a proper Request for Information?
What can be asked about in a Request for Information?
Which of the following are true about a Request for Information?
Which of the following are true about a Request for Information?
A Request for Information ____.
What is the purpose of the motion to Consider by Paragraph?
- To consider each section of a motion by itself in succession.
- To consider each paragraph of a motion by itself.
- To consider only those sections of a motion as mentioned in the Consider by Paragraph motion.
- To convert the motion into one paragraph.
Who may move to Consider by Paragraph?
Under Consider by Paragraph?
- Each section is open to debate and amendment in turn.
- Each section is open only to debate.
- Each section is open only to amendment.
- Debate may focus on each section or the entire motion as the speaker wants.
After each section has been debated and perfected, _____.
- the motion as a whole can be debated and amended
- a vote is taken on each section
- a vote is immediately taken on the entire motion
- the motion is assumed to be adopted
If a motion to consider by paragraph has been adopted, _____.
- a member may move to consider as a whole
- it may only be considered by paragraph
- the chair may change it to being considered as a whole
- the mover of consider by paragraph may change it over to being considered as a whole
Which of the following are true about Considering by Paragraph?
Which of the following are true about Considering by Paragraph?
If a motion is being considered by paragraph, a motion to limit, extend, or close debate _____.
If a motion is being considered by paragraph, a privileged motion _____.
- applies to the entire motion
- applies to the section being considered
- applies to either the section being considered or the entire motion depending upon how it is made
- cannot be made
Incidental motions _____.
- can be made under consideration by paragraph
- must be made before consideration by paragraph is voted on
- can be made if the chair allows them
- cannot be made
If you made a mistake in offering the motion, you need to make a motion to ____.
- Withdraw the Motion
- Object to Consideration of the Motion
- Ratify the Motion
- Rescind the Motion
How can a motion to withdraw be handled?
Which of the following is true about a motion to Withdraw?
Which of the following is true about the motion to Withdraw?
If a main motion has a motion to amend pending, ____.
- it can still be withdrawn
- it cannot be withdrawn until the amendment is disposed of
- it cannot be withdrawn
- the motion to withdraw must mention the proposed amendment
Who can withdraw a motion?
- Only the maker of the motion although the permission of the assembly may be needed.
- The maker of the motion unconditionally.
- Any member who wishes to have a motion withdrawn may proposes but the mover must agree.
- Only the chair may request it.
If a motion is withdrawn after being stated by the chair, _____.
- it is recorded in the minutes if the motion would have been recorded if it had not been withdrawn
- it is recorded in the minutes no matter what
- it is not recorded in the minutes at all
- it is not recorded in the minutes unless a subsidiary motion is involved
The motion to Withdraw _____.
The motion to divide a Question _____.
When a motion is divided, it is divided into _____.
Which of the following are true about a motion to Divide a Question?
Which of the following are true about a motion to Divide a Question?
How many members need to be in favor of dividing a question?
- One
- Majority
- Two-thirds
- Majority of the entire membership
A motion can be divided if _____.
When may a motion be divided?
- At any time until voting has started.
- If at least one part can stand by itself
- If the motion contains two clauses separated by "and"
- If any member wishes to divide it
Who decides where a motion is to be divided?
- The proposer of the motion to divide as long as the question can be divided.
- The chair when the chair decides if a motion can be divided.
- The assembly by a majority vote.
- The original mover of the motion that is to be divided.
Which of the following motions outrank a motion to Divide a Question?
If a member thinks a vote is not correct, the member should move _____.
- Doubt the Vote
- Division of the Question
- Ratify
- Rescind
It is proper to Doubt the Vote if _____.
Under the motion Doubt the vote, who determines what type of vote to take on a revote?
- The chair.
- The mover in the motion.
- The assembly.
- The vote must be taken in the same manner.
When can the motion Doubt the Vote be made?
- After the vote is taken but before another item is introduced.
- At any time after a vote is taken in the same meeting.
- After a vote is taken and before a vote is taken on the next item.
- Before a vote is taken.
Which of the following are true about a motion Doubt the Vote?
Which of the following are true about a motion Doubt the Vote?
If a member continually doubts the vote, the chair ____.
The motion Doubt the Vote ____.
If the chair doubts the vote, ____.
If the chair does not want to take a counted vote, _____.
If a member wants a method other than the raising of hands as a method of voting, the member should move _____.
- Request a Physical Method of Voting
- Divide the Question
- Ratification
- Division
Which of the following apply to a Request a Physical Method of Voting?
Which of the following are true about Request a Physical Method of Voting?
Which of the following are true about Request a Physical Method of Voting?
The usual method of voting on Request a Physical Method of Voting is _____.
- General Consent
- Majority Vote
- Two-thirds Vote
- Plurality Vote
Request a Physical Method of Voting _____.
The process, physical and procedural, of turning individual preferences into a group decision is _____.
- voting
- balloting
- ranking
- quorum
A vote cast by one who is entitled to vote.
- A legal vote
- An illegal vote.
- A spoiled ballot
- A blank ballot
A vote cast by one who is not authorized to vote.
- An illegal vote
- A legal vote
- A spoiled ballot
- A vote
A vote that has no identifiable marks.
- A blank ballot
- A legal vote
- An illegal vote
- A spoiled ballot
What is meant by a majority?
- More than half of those voting.
- 50% +1
- More than half of those eligible to vote.
- More than half of the quorum.
When there are more than two candidates, the one with the most votes wins.
- Plurality voting
- Majority voting
- Majority of the quorum voting.
- Double Majority voting
A vote that requires twice as many for as those opposed.
- Two-Thirds Vote
- Majority Vote
- Plurality Vote
- Double Majority Vote
A requirement that an item pass on two levels of an organization.
- Double Majority Vote
- Two-Thirds Vote
- Plurality Vote
- Majority Vote
The minimum vote required is based on the number of members required for a meeting.
Which of the following are principles of a democracy?
To make a decision, the group needs _____.
The minority needs ____.
Besides majority rule, what other systems exist?
What system of making decisions satisfies the most members?
What is the step called between voting and announcing the result?
- Vote-counting protocol
- Balloting procedures
- Election procedures
- Nominations
The procedures for electing the President of the United States are _____.
In the United States, all the ballots ____.
- are alike within an area but not across the country
- are the same in all areas
- vary by region across the country
- are decided by Federal electors
Most votes are taken by ____.
- a show of hands
- electronic means
- ballots
- role call
The method of casting a vote and of counting it is the ____.
- physical point
- vote-counting protocol
- balloting
- nominating
The way individual votes are processed is called ____.
- vote-counting protocol
- physical vote
- balloting
- nominating
When must the method of voting be included in the document of authority?
Which of the following is not a type of voting?
Which of the following is not a type of voting?
If a motion has no opposition, the chair ____.
- may declare it adopted if nobody objects
- must take a full vote on it
- declares it adopted no matter what
- does nothing but moves on to the next item of business
How many members must object to require a regular vote on a motion that appears to have no real opposition?
- One
- Two
- A majority
- Two-thirds of the members
A voice vote is decided by _____.
- volume
- a count of members
- the size of the assembly
- the chair's criteria
When can a voice vote not be used?
When can the chair take a voice vote a second time?
If a member doubts the chair's call on a voice vote, what can be done?
- The member can cause a rising vote by calling out "I doubt the vote."
- The member can cause a counted vote by calling out "I doubt the vote."
- The member can cause a counted vote by demanding one.
- Nothing can be done.
A counted vote can be ordered by _____.
What is the same as a standing vote?
When is a standing vote used?
What is a serpentine vote?
How is a serpentine vote ordered?
What is the most accurate method of voting?
- Roll Call Voting
- Serpentine Voting
- Ballot Voting
- Voice Voting
What vote is needed to order a Roll Call Vote?
- Majority
- Two-thirds
- Majority of the entire membership
- Majority of the Quorum
During a Roll Call Vote, _____.
For a Roll Call Vote, _____.
When is a Ballot Vote used?
If a Ballot Vote is known to be coming, _____.