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The Standard Code Test 4
Test using The Standard Code
Choose the best answer for each question.
The right of a member to partake in debate _____.
- is fundamental of parliamentary law
- is a special privilege
- is something granted by the board
- is not important
Why is debate regulated?
- To make sure that members have a reasonable opportunity to be heard.
- To ensure that every member will always be heard.
- To make sure that members have no opportunity to be heard.
- To ensure that the ranking members are heard.
If a member wants to exercise the right to debate, she must _____.
- know the rules
- be a practiced speaker
- be eloquent
- be demanding that she must speak
A motion may be _____.
- fully debatable
- debatable with restrictions
- undebatable
- All of the other answers are correct.
Which of the following is not fully debatable?
- A main motion
- A motion to rescind
- A motion to ratify
- All the other answers are fully debatable.
Which of the following is not debatable with restrictions?
- To amend
- To refer to a committee
- To limit debate
- To reconsider
Which of the following is not debatable?
- To postpone temporarily
- To rescind
- To postpone to a certain time
- To appeal
To gain access to the floor for debate, ____.
- a member must rise and address the chair
- a member must rise and begin speaking
- a member remains seated and addresses the chair
- a member begins speaking from his seat
A member can gain the floor when ____.
- nobody else is speaking
- when a member is near finishing
- when the chair has recognized another
- None of the other answers is correct.
A member who has been recognized may speak _____.
- as long as the rules are followed
- for as long as she likes
- until the chair recognizes another
- until another member wants to speak
The floor is usually given to ____.
- the first person to rise