Choose the best answer for each question.

1. Which motion is designed to validate action taken in an emergency?

   1.   ?    Ratify
   2.   ?    Amend A Previous Motion
   3.   ?    Reconsider
   4.   ?    Rescind

2. If a quorum was not present at one meeting, the motions passed at that meeting can be ______ at a later meeting to make them properly passed.

   1.   ?    ratified
   2.   ?    reconsidered
   3.   ?    amended
   4.   ?    rescinded

3. Ratification is designed to ______.

   1.   ?    protect officers who act on behalf of the organization
   2.   ?    protect members from unscrupulous officers
   3.   ?    protect officers from the whims of the membership
   4.   ?    None of the other answers is correct.

4. Ratification can be applied to ______.

   1.   ?    actions of the officers
   2.   ?    committees that exceed their mandate
   3.   ?    meetings that lack a quorum
   4.   ?    All the other answers are correct.

5. Which of the following does not apply to Ratification?

   1.   ?    Does not need a second
   2.   ?    Cannot interrupt a speaker
   3.   ?    Can be amended
   4.   ?    Takes precedence over nothing.

6. Which of the following is not true about Ratification?

   1.   ?    It is debatable
   2.   ?    It usually takes a majority vote
   3.   ?    Is subject to all the subsidiary motions
   4.   ?    None of the other answers is wrong.

7. Which motion is commonly used to look at the same question a second time at the same meeting?

   1.   ?    Reconsider
   2.   ?    Rescind
   3.   ?    Ratification
   4.   ?    Amend A Previous Action

8. What types of motions can be reconsidered?

   1.   ?    Main motions
   2.   ?    Incidental motions
   3.   ?    Privileged motions
   4.   ?    All the other answers are correct.

9. When can a vote be reconsidered?

   1.   ?    At the same meeting that the original was acted on.
   2.   ?    At the next meeting.
   3.   ?    At any meeting after the motion has been adopted.
   4.   ?    None of the other answers is correct.

10. How can motions other than Main Motions be revisited?

    1.   ?    They can be renewed.
    2.   ?    They can be changed by procedural motions.
    3.   ?    If the chair thinks the outcome would be different, they can be renewed.
    4.   ?    All of the other answers are correct.

11. When during a meeting can reconsider be introduced?

    1.   ?    At any time.
    2.   ?    Only during New Business
    3.   ?    After New Business
    4.   ?    Before New Business

12. Can the motion to reconsider interrupt other business?

    1.   ?    Yes, it can.
    2.   ?    Yes, if the chair allows it to.
    3.   ?    Yes, if the speaker allows it to.
    4.   ?    No, it can’t.

13. Can the motion to reconsider interrupt a speaker?

    1.   ?    Yes, if it is necessary.
    2.   ?    Yes, it can.
    3.   ?    Yes, if the speaker allows it to.
    4.   ?    No, it can’t.

14. What happens to the original motion when reconsideration is introduced?

    1.   ?    All action is suspended until reconsideration is decided.
    2.   ?    The original motion is not affected until reconsideration is passed.
    3.   ?    The original motion may be suspended if the assembly votes to suspend it.
    4.   ?    Any action carried out under the original motion must now be ratified.

15. When another motion is pending and reconsideration is proposed, _____.

    1.   ?    the secretary records it and it is acted upon later
    2.   ?    reconsideration is ruled out of order by the chair
    3.   ?    reconsideration is taken up and the other motion is tabled
    4.   ?    the chair asks the assembly if reconsideration should be taken up immediately.

16. Who can offer a motion for reconsideration?

    1.   ?    Any member can.
    2.   ?    Only a person who voted on the prevailing side.
    3.   ?    Only a person who voted on the losing side
    4.   ?    Only the original mover of a motion.

17. Who is the parliamentarian cited for the rule in TSC about who can offer a motion to reconsider?

    1.   ?    Cushing
    2.   ?    Robert
    3.   ?    Riddick
    4.   ?    Demeter

18. Why was the motion to reconsider limited to those who voted on the prevailing side?

    1.   ?    To avoid abuse of it.
    2.   ?    To ensure that a majority wanted it before it was moved.
    3.   ?    To make sure it was difficult to implement.
    4.   ?    None of the others answers is correct.

19. What were the problem(s) with limiting who could move reconsideration?

    1.   ?    A person could vote on the prevailing side just to be able to make the motion.
    2.   ?    A member could change their vote just before the announcement of the vote.
    3.   ?    Except for a role call vote, it is impossible to be sure who voted how.
    4.   ?    All of the other answers are correct.

20. What would be the problem with reconsideration with a ballot vote if only a person who voted on the prevailing side could move it.

    1.   ?    One member would have to declare how they voted.
    2.   ?    One member would have to find their ballot among all the ballots.
    3.   ?    It could only be done if the ballots were signed on one side.
    4.   ?    All of the other answers are correct.