Parliamentary Law True/False

TRUE OR FALSE? The motion to reconsider can only be made by member who voted with the prevailing side.

TRUE OR FALSE? The motion to reconsider can only be made by member who voted with the prevailing side.

True

TRUE OR FALSE? If the president vacates the chair during a meeting and no vice president is avaliable, he can, subject to the approval of the assembly, appoint a chairman pro team.

True

TRUE OR FALSE? In the absence of both the president and vice president(s), the secretary should call the meeting to order.

True

TRUE OR FALSE? The seconded of a motion automatically automatically assumes the right to speak first.

False

TRUE OR FALSE? A plurality vote may be used during elections.

True

TRUE OR FALSE? A person may vote against his/her motion, but may not speak against it.

True

TRUE OR FALSE? A two-thirds vote in the negative is required to sustain an Objection to the Consideration.

True

TRUE OR FALSE? To dispense with the reading of the minutes requires a two-thirds vote.

False

TRUE OR FALSE? The rules of Parliamentary Law are based on a regard for the rights of the majority as well as the rights of the minority.

True

TRUE OR FALSE? The gavel can be used to call attention to breaches or order.

True

TRUE OR FALSE? The minutes of an assembly's meeting should contain all of what is said and all of what is done.

False

TRUE OR FALSE? A voice vote is taken on point of order.

True

TRUE OR FALSE? A two-thirds vote is taken on point of order.

False

TRUE OR FALSE? After the parliamentarian at a meeting has expressed an opinion on a point, the chair must follow the advice of a parliamentarian.

False

TRUE OR FALSE? The quorum refers to the number of members actually voting on a particular question.

False

TRUE OR FALSE? An assembly is a series of meetings.

False

TRUE OR FALSE? In the absence of a provision in the bylaws, the quorum of an organized society is a majority of the entire membership.

True

TRUE OR FALSE? The order of business stipulates the sequence in which certain general types or classes of business are brought up or permitted to be offered at a meeting.

True

TRUE OR FALSE? Any member who seeks the floor while entitled to it must be recognized by the chair.

True

TRUE OR FALSE? Main motions should start with the words "I motion that"

False

TRUE OR FALSE? The person who seconds a motion must be recognized by the chair.

False

TRUE OR FALSE? Subsidiary motions are in a different class than the original main motion.

True

TRUE OR FALSE? Incidental motions assist the assembly in treating or disposing of a main motion.

False

TRUE OR FALSE? An original main motion is a main motion that amends the first main motion made at a meeting.

False

TRUE OR FALSE? The only time a main motion can be made is while no other motion is pending.

True

State the questions means...

Place the motion before the assembly

Viva voce means the following in parliamentary terms...

Voice vote

Appel means which of the following

Members question chair's ruling

A convention is which of the following parliamentary terms...

Assembly of delegates

__________ are basic rules of society.

Bylaws

Rescind as a motion allows a member to...

Repeal a previous motion

In order to make valid an action already taken, a member would

Ratify the motion

Point of order in parliamentary terms allows a member to

Call for enforcement of the rules

These proceedings are secret from the "public records".

Executive session

This motion calls for the close of debate and an immediate vote on a motion.

Previous question

Ranking of motions or order for the assembly business refers to...

Precedence

Members required to transact business in terms of parliamentary terms would include

Quorum

Incidental motions...

Deals with questions of procedure

Discussion of merits of a pending question is known as

Debate

Members of an assembly...

May make motions, debate, and vote

The basic principle of decision in a deliberate assembly is that...

A basic motion must be adopted by a majority vote

A mass meeting is a meeting

Of an unorganized group

Admittance to a mass meeting

May be limited

The constitution or bylaws of a society should contain

Its own basic rules relating principally to itself as an organization

The local assembly of an organized society is limited to persons who

Are recorded on the rolls as voting members in good standing

A 2/3 vote is...

2/3 of those voting

Boards for assemblies have

No minimum size

In actual parliamentary procedure proceedings, the presiding officer refers to himself/herself as...

The chair

The quorum of an assembly is

The minimum number of members who must be present for business to be legally transacted

The main motion is one that

Brings business before the assembly

Calling the meeting to order is

First order of business

In the standard order of business, new business occurs

After unfinished business and general orders

According to the "Ohio DECA Handbook", the agenda order is

Unfinished business, new business, announcements

According to the "Ohio DECA Handbook", the agenda order is

Call to order, new business, announcements

In an ordinary society a provision of the bylaws should specify for the number of members that shall constitute a...

Quorum

In order to propose a main motion a member should first...

Obtain the floor

According to the "Ohio DECA Handbook", the state parliamentarian is...

Selected annually

In all meetings of an assembly, committee or otherwise, the chair is addressed by

Saying "the chair"

In order to make a motion a member would say...

I move that

The maker of a motion

Has the right to speak first in debate

The chair exercises the right to vote when

There was a tie on a roll call vote

In case of a tie vote in a main motion, the vote is

Lost

Typically during debate at a meeting, a member is allowed to speak ______ times on a motion.

One

Debate of a question must

Be confined to the merits of the pending question and any amendments

Any member has the right to

Require that a voice vote be retaken as a rising vote when there is some doubt as to which side prevailed

A division of house/assembly means...

A member is calling for a revote on the motion

Which of the following are incidental motions

Parliamentary inquiry

Which of the following are not incidental motions

Fix a time to which to adjourn

Which of the following is not a privileged motion

Lay on the table

Which of the following has the highest rank in the order of precedence

Recess

Which of the following motions are directly related to procedure and not the main motion

Object to the consideration

Which of the following motions allows for variations of a motion

Amend

Which of the following is an example of a question of privilege

Please can we open a window

The lowest ranking motion is

Amend

Robert's Rule of Order was originally written by

General Henry M. Robert

Which of the following, in the usual order of business, comes before the reading and approval of minutes

The calling of the meeting to order

The highest ranking motion is

Fix a time adjourn

In case of a tie vote on a motion requiring a majority vote for adoption

The motion fails

The minimum number of members who must be present at the meetings of a deliberate assembly for business to be legally transacted

Quorum

In assemblies having the legal power to compel the attendance of their members, a procedure that can be used to obtain the minimum number required to conduct business, if necessary is

Call of the House

Members who are members by virtue of their office are

Ex-officio

After a motion is made, the person who has the right to speak first in debate is

The person who originally made the motion

A committee which goes out of existence as soon as it has completed a specified task

Special committee AND ad hoc committee

If it is desired to close debate and amendment of a pending motion and bring it to an immediate vote, one would move

Previous question

Concerning decorum in debate

One should confine remarks to the merits of the pending question, one should address all remarks through the chair, AND one should refrain from speaking against one's own motion

The normal order of business is

Reading of minutes, reports of officers, new business

A two-thirds vote is requires to adopt any motion that

Closes, limits, or extends the limit of debate AND suspends a rule of order previously adopted

More votes than any other candidate or measure but less than majority

Plurality

A power of attorney given by one person to another to vote in his/her stead

Proxy

A person who disagrees with a decision the chair has made should

Appeal from the decision of the chair

On which motion is a vote take viva voce

Move to extend the limits of debate

An organization cannot conduct business legally without the presence of

A quorum

Consideration by Seriatim means

Consideration by paragraph

If an assembly wants to "kill" a main motion for the duration of the current session, the motion in order is

Postpone indefinitely

If the adopted program or order of business is not being followed, a member may

Call for the Orders of the Day

A committee appointed to take charge if a certain area of work continuously over a long period of time is a

Standing committee

A division of the Assembly is a vote taken by

Rising

The term Sine die refers to

Adjournment without day

______ is a device that enables the full assembly to give detailed consideration to a matter under conditions of freedom

Committee of the Whole, Quasi Committee of the Whole, AND Informal Consideration

Which does not relate to pending business

Privileged motions