MULTIPLE CHOICE. DO NOT WRITE on TEST Mark Answers on Grademaster Card
2013 North Dakota FFA
District Parliamentary Procedure Knowledge Test
MULTIPLE CHOICE. DO NOT WRITE ON TEST Mark answers on Grademaster card
1) Which motion is amendable?
A) Previous QuestionB) AppealC) AdjournD) Division of a Question
2) The chair should interrupt the speaker only if:
A) Debate has gone on too longB) They feel it is time to take the vote
C) A rule violation occursD) They want to express their personal opinion
3) On the motion to Appeal, a tie vote means:
A) The decision of the chair is sustainedB) The motion passes
C) The Appeal is sustainedD) The Appeal is tied, no decision can be made
4) Preference in recognition should be given to a team member who may not have been first to rise and address the chair if the:
A) Team member who made the motion has not debated on the motion
B) Chair knows the opinions of team members seeking the floor, then the assignment should alternate between those favoring and those opposing the motion
C) Team member seeking the floor has not already spoken on the same motion
D) All of the above
5) A recess should not be called:
A) To allow for informal consultation B) To secure additional information
C) When another member has the floorD) To count ballots
6) An Amendment:
A) May be debatable
B) Requires a 2/3 vote to be adopted
C) May not be amended
D) Needs consent from the maker of the main motion
7) Which motion can be called and must be recognized and acted on by the President without a second?
A) AppealB) Division of the QuestionC) Call for the orders of the dayD) Suspend the rules
8) Both "Point of Order" and "Parliamentary Inquiry":
A) Are used to correct parliamentary errorsB) Require a 2/3 majority for adoption
C) Require a second before debateD) Do not require the member to gain recognition of the chair before speaking
9) The chair must recognize any:
A) Guest in preference to a member or officerB) Member who seeks the floor while entitled to it
C) Officer in preference to a memberD) Person in the assembly who seeks the floor
10) When a Division of the Assembly is called, the vote must be taken again by:
A) voiceB) raising handsC) secret ballotD) rising
11) In order to participate in debating of a motion, the presiding officer should:
A) Put down the gavel and step back from the podium before speaking
B) Turn over the chair to the Vice Chair or other ranking officer present
C) Get permission from the assembly first
D) Follow the same rules as a member while speaking from the chair
12) The initial vote on a main motion is usually taken "viva voce," which means by
A) risingB) show of handsC) secret ballotD) voice
13) Which of the following is not included in the minutes?
A) Main MotionsB) Debate of membersC) Names of members who make motionsD) All of the above
14) The minimum affirmative vote necessary to adopt the motion to Adjourn is:
A) a majorityB) UnanimousC) two-thirdsD) three/fourths
15) The motion to Lay on the Table is often incorrectly used to:
A) set a motion aside in order to consider a non -urgent matterB) kill a motion without a vote on it
C) suppress a motion without debateD) all of the above
16) The Motion to "Suspend the Rules":
A) Is amendable as to which ruleB) Requires a secondC) Is debatableD) All of the above
17) The member who seconds a motion must:
A) Rise and be recognized by the chairB) Debate for the motion
C) Be in favor of the motionD) None of the above
18) Which motion could a member make to dispense with a frivolous motion?
A) Object to ConsiderationB) ReconsiderC) Previous QuestionD) All of the above
19) A member who has the floor may be interrupted by:
A) Previous QuestionB) An AppealC) Main motionD) A Recess
20) The sequence of items for a meeting based on an organizations order of business is called the:20) ______
A) agendaB) programC) minutesD) quorum
21) Which of the following motions does not belong with the other three?
A) To make a motion to Recess while business is pending
B) Main Motion
C) The privileged motion to Adjourn
D) To Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn while a question is pending
22) A Main Motion is out of order
A) when any motion is pending
B) if there is not a motion pending
C) immediately after the chair asks for new business after a main motion is adopted
D) after the chair makes a complete announcement of the results of a vote on a main motion
23) Which statement below is false regarding a quorum?
A) At a meeting without a quorum, matters can be acted on and ratified at a later meeting
B) In the absence of a quorum, business can be transacted if agreed to by unanimous consent
C) If a committee of the whole does not have a quorum, it can only rise and report to the assembly
D) In the absence of a quorum, a motion can be made “to contact absent members during a recess”
24) If 40 votes are cast, a majority is
A) 20B) 21C) 30D) 40
25) In order to have a majority vote with 51 votes cast, there must be an affirmative vote of at least
A) 25B) 26C)27D) 34