intro to parliamentary procedures part 2
1) Rules which are related to the details of the administration
of an organization rather than to parliamentary procedure are called:
A. Rules of order
B. Special rules of order
C. Standing rules
D. Parliamentary authority
2) In the standard order of business, what follows special orders?
A. The treasurer’s report
B. Standing committee reports
C. New business
D. Unfinished business and General Orders
3) Complex motions are often presented in the form of a:
A. Resolution
B. Incidental main motion
C. Bylaw amendment
D. Primary or secondary amendment
4) A motion is recorded in the minutes
A. As the wording was improved by the Secretary after the meeting.
B. As it was stated by the maker of the motion.
C. As it was stated by the chair just before being voted on by the members.
D. As the wording was improved by the chair after the meeting to satisfy the intent of the members.
5) Which rule of debate listed below is false?
A. Personal comments should not be interjected by the chair.
B. The chair can interrupt the speaker for any reason.
C. The chair cannot arbitrarily close debate.
D. The chair should not enter into debate while presiding.
6) All of the following subsidiary motions can be amended except:
A. Postpone Indefinitely
B. Amend
C. Postpone to a Certain Time (Definitely)
D. Commit (Refer to Committee)
7) It is out of order to move to Lay on the Table a pending main motion if
A. The motion Previous Question is pending.
B. The main motion has an amendment already applied to it.
C. Another member has already moved to lay it on the table during the same meeting.
D. There is no evidence of another urgent matter requiring the immediate attention of the assembly.
8) A motion to Adjourn that is moved when no other business is pending:
A. Is a main motion and is debatable and amendable.
B. Is always a privileged motion and is not debatable or amendable.
C. Can be reconsidered
D. Requires a two thirds vote
9) If a member does not want a motion to be discussed at a meeting, he/she can:
A. Raise an Objection to the Consideration of the Question.
B. Rise to a Question of Privilege
C. Move to Postpone Indefinitely
D. Move to refer the motion to a committee
10) If adopted, the Previous Question is a motion that stops:
A. The making of all subsidiary motions.
B. The making of privileged motion
C. The making of undebatable motions.
D. Debate and the making of amendments on the pending question.
11) Which motion below is the lowest ranking privileged motion?
A. Recess
B. Adjourn
C. Call for the Orders of the Day
D. Raise a Question of Privilege
12) Which of the following is not a request or inquiry?
A. Parliamentary inquiry
B. Point of order
C. Point of information
D. Request to read papers
13) If a rising vote is inconclusive, the chair should:
A. Take another voice vote and ask the Secretary to decide.
B. Take another rising vote and order it to be counted.
C. Take a roll call vote of all members present
D. Declare the vote a tie and the motion is lost.
14) Which of the following motions can be made by the chair?
A. Previous Question
B. Postpone Indefinitely
C. Reconsider
D. Object to the Consideration of a Question
15) Debate on which of the following motions can go into the merits of the main motion?
A. Postpone Indefinitely
B. Lay on the Table
C. Reconsider
D. Both A & C
16) If the Previous Question is moved in the unqualified form it applies to:
A. The immediate pending motion only.
B. All pending motions.
C. All pending debatable motions.
D. All pending subsidiary motions.
17) Which one of the following subsidiary motions is debatable?
A. Lay on the Table
B. Postpone to a Certain Time
C. Previous Question
D. Limit or Extend Limits of Debate
18) If the following motions are all before the assembly at the same time, which is the immediately pending motion?
A. Main motion
B. Postpone Indefinitely
C. Limit or Extend Limits of Debate
D. Withdraw the main motion
19) Which one of the following motions is not debatable but is amendable?
A. Limit or Extend Limits of Debate
B. Lay on the Table
C. Commit (Refer to Committee)
D. Postpone Indefinitely
20) A member who has been assigned the floor may be interrupted for the purpose of:
A. Amending a motion
B. Limiting debate
C. Raising a question of privilege
D. Moving the previous question
Answer Key
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. D
8.B
9. A
10. D
11. C
12. B
13. B
14. D
15. D
16. A
17. B
18. D
19. A
20. C
A. Rules of order
B. Special rules of order
C. Standing rules
D. Parliamentary authority
2) In the standard order of business, what follows special orders?
A. The treasurer’s report
B. Standing committee reports
C. New business
D. Unfinished business and General Orders
3) Complex motions are often presented in the form of a:
A. Resolution
B. Incidental main motion
C. Bylaw amendment
D. Primary or secondary amendment
4) A motion is recorded in the minutes
A. As the wording was improved by the Secretary after the meeting.
B. As it was stated by the maker of the motion.
C. As it was stated by the chair just before being voted on by the members.
D. As the wording was improved by the chair after the meeting to satisfy the intent of the members.
5) Which rule of debate listed below is false?
A. Personal comments should not be interjected by the chair.
B. The chair can interrupt the speaker for any reason.
C. The chair cannot arbitrarily close debate.
D. The chair should not enter into debate while presiding.
6) All of the following subsidiary motions can be amended except:
A. Postpone Indefinitely
B. Amend
C. Postpone to a Certain Time (Definitely)
D. Commit (Refer to Committee)
7) It is out of order to move to Lay on the Table a pending main motion if
A. The motion Previous Question is pending.
B. The main motion has an amendment already applied to it.
C. Another member has already moved to lay it on the table during the same meeting.
D. There is no evidence of another urgent matter requiring the immediate attention of the assembly.
8) A motion to Adjourn that is moved when no other business is pending:
A. Is a main motion and is debatable and amendable.
B. Is always a privileged motion and is not debatable or amendable.
C. Can be reconsidered
D. Requires a two thirds vote
9) If a member does not want a motion to be discussed at a meeting, he/she can:
A. Raise an Objection to the Consideration of the Question.
B. Rise to a Question of Privilege
C. Move to Postpone Indefinitely
D. Move to refer the motion to a committee
10) If adopted, the Previous Question is a motion that stops:
A. The making of all subsidiary motions.
B. The making of privileged motion
C. The making of undebatable motions.
D. Debate and the making of amendments on the pending question.
11) Which motion below is the lowest ranking privileged motion?
A. Recess
B. Adjourn
C. Call for the Orders of the Day
D. Raise a Question of Privilege
12) Which of the following is not a request or inquiry?
A. Parliamentary inquiry
B. Point of order
C. Point of information
D. Request to read papers
13) If a rising vote is inconclusive, the chair should:
A. Take another voice vote and ask the Secretary to decide.
B. Take another rising vote and order it to be counted.
C. Take a roll call vote of all members present
D. Declare the vote a tie and the motion is lost.
14) Which of the following motions can be made by the chair?
A. Previous Question
B. Postpone Indefinitely
C. Reconsider
D. Object to the Consideration of a Question
15) Debate on which of the following motions can go into the merits of the main motion?
A. Postpone Indefinitely
B. Lay on the Table
C. Reconsider
D. Both A & C
16) If the Previous Question is moved in the unqualified form it applies to:
A. The immediate pending motion only.
B. All pending motions.
C. All pending debatable motions.
D. All pending subsidiary motions.
17) Which one of the following subsidiary motions is debatable?
A. Lay on the Table
B. Postpone to a Certain Time
C. Previous Question
D. Limit or Extend Limits of Debate
18) If the following motions are all before the assembly at the same time, which is the immediately pending motion?
A. Main motion
B. Postpone Indefinitely
C. Limit or Extend Limits of Debate
D. Withdraw the main motion
19) Which one of the following motions is not debatable but is amendable?
A. Limit or Extend Limits of Debate
B. Lay on the Table
C. Commit (Refer to Committee)
D. Postpone Indefinitely
20) A member who has been assigned the floor may be interrupted for the purpose of:
A. Amending a motion
B. Limiting debate
C. Raising a question of privilege
D. Moving the previous question
Answer Key
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. D
8.B
9. A
10. D
11. C
12. B
13. B
14. D
15. D
16. A
17. B
18. D
19. A
20. C