2014 NORTH DAKOTA STATE FFA
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE EVENT
Instructions: Mark all answers on the answer card using a #2 lead pencil. Please be sure your name and chapter are written clearly on your answer card. Return this test and your answer card to the room monitor. Make dark marks, erase completely to change.
1) If a motion is made to approve the minutes,
A) the motion is in order when another member has the floor B) the motion is not debatable
C) a second is not required D) it is adopted by a majority vote
2) If 74 votes are cast, a majority is?
A) 37 votes B) 38 votes C) 40 votes D) 49 votes
3) If two secondary motions and a main motion are pending at a time, which motion is the immediately pending question?
A) the motion most recently stated by the chair B) the main motion
C) they are all immediately pending questions D) the first secondary motion stated by the chair
4) The motion to "Suspend the Rules":
A) Is debatable B) Is a privileged motion C) Is amendable as to which Rule D) Requires a second
5) The primary purpose of an amendment is to:
A) Modify the original motion B) Improve the wording of the main motion
C) Change the main purpose of the main motion D) Any of these but A
6) If a motion to Lay on the Table is passed, a member can bring that motion up again, even at the same meeting by;
A) restating the motion in a slightly different way B) moving to take from the table
C) re-moving the motion D) moving to reconsider
7) The President may give preference in recognizing a member who may not have been the first to rise and address the chair if the:
A) The President knows the opinions of the members and is alternating between those for and against
B) Member has not already spoken on the motion
C) Member made the motion
D) All of these reasons may be correct
8) Which motion is amendable?
A) Recess B) Lay on the Table C) Division of a Question D) Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn
9) After the presiding officer calls a meeting to order, the next order of business is usually
A) New Business B) Officer Reports C) Unfinished business D) Reading and approval of the minutes
10)To put a motion aside temporarily, with no definite time for resuming its consideration, a member would move to
A) Postpone Indefinitely B) Refer to a Committee C) Lay on the Table D) Reconsider
11) Whenever a business meeting gets out of hand and strays from the agenda, any member can correct this using:
A) The Question of Privilege B) A parliamentary Inquiry C) A Point of Order D) A Call for Orders of the Day
12) The minimum affirmative vote necessary to adopt the privileged motion to Adjourn is
A) Two-Thirds B) Majority C) Three-Fourths D) One-Fifth
13) The quorum of an assembly is
A) two-thirds of the members present at a meeting
B) the largest number that can be depended on to attend any meeting
C) the number of members who must be present for business to be legally transacted
D) the number of members who always vote on motions brought before the assembly.
14) The motion to Refer to a Committee can be applied to
A) Points of Order B) Main Motions C) All Secondary Motions D) Privileged Motions
15) The Motion to "Lay on the Table":
A) Can be amended as to when it will come off the table B) Kills the motion and avoids a direct vote on it
C) Does not require a second D) Does not set a time for taking up the matter again
16) A Recess may be taken for:
A) Eating B) Counting Ballots C) Taking a time out D) All of these
17) The privileged motion, Raise a Question of Privilege, is not
A) Amendable B) Debatable C) Seconded D) All of the above
18) The chair should interrupt the speaker only if:
A) They want to express their personal opinion B) They feel it is time to take the vote
C) They don't like the debate D) A rule violation occurs
19) Which is true about the motion to Limit Debate?
A) A rising vote is not needed B) May interrupt the speaker who has the floor
C) May not be used to stop debate immediately D) Cannot be amended
20) The incidental motion to call for the a Division of the Assembly does not allow
A) A Second B) Debate C) Amendments D) All of the above
21) The minimum affirmative vote necessary to adopt the privileged motion to Adjourn is
A) Two-Thirds B) Majority C) Three-Fourths D) One-Fifth
22) Motions to divide amendments
A) Require a minimum two-thirds affirmative vote to be adopted
B) Are in order when another member has the floor
C) Are permissible D) Are never allowed
23) When a member disagrees with the ruling of the chair on a Point of Order, a motion should be made to?
A) Call for the chair's previous question B) Withdraw the decision of the chair
C) Postpone the chair's decision Indefinitely D) Appeal the decision of the chair
24) Which motion is amendable?
A) Main motion B) Previous question C) Adjourn D) Appeal
25) On the motion to Appeal, a tie vote means:
A) The motion passes B) The Appeal is tied, no decision can be made
C) The decision of the chair is sustained D) The Appeal is sustained
1) D
2) B
3) A
4) D
5) D
6) B
7) D
8) B
9) D
10) C
11) D
12) B
13) C
14) B
15) D
16) D
17) D
18) D
19) C
20) D
21) B
22) C
23) D
24) A
25) C