TSA Parlimentary Procedures

Body of people who come together as a group

An assembly is a

None of the above boards have no minimum size inner usually smaller than assemblies

The minimum size of a board is

The maintenance of a guest register

Which of the following is an example of a standing rule

A majority vote without previous notice

The minimum affirmative vote to adopt a standing rule at any business meeting is a

The chair

During a regular meeting the presiding officer refers to himself as

Does not need to obtain the floor

The seconder evolution

Unanimous (general) consent

The correction and approval of the minutes is normally handled bye

Main

Which motion listed below as the lowest proceedings or rank

Incidental motions have no rank among themselves

Which statement below is true regarding incidental motions

Introduces a substantive question as a new subject

In the original main motion is a motion that

The assembly to show that it does not wish to take a position on the main motion

The motion to postpone indefinitely is used by

The question maybe carefully investigated and put into better condition for the assembly to consider

The purpose of the motion to commit refer is to send a pending question to the committee so that

Rising

Unless the motion to limit or extend limits of debate is adopted by unanimous consent the chair puts it to vote by

All of the above

A recess maybe taken to

Is not debatable

The privileged motion to fix the time to which to adjourn

Does not require a second

Which motion below would be the most appropriate to be divided

Laid on the table

The object of the motion to take from the table is to make pending again a motion that was

Dilatory motions

Motions that seek to obstruct or thwart the will of the assembly are called

Postpone

Which motion below is used to make a pending question an order of the day for a future time

101

A society has a total membership of 200 members a minimum majority vote of the entire membership is

Candidates all remain on the ballot and the voting continues until one receives a majority vote

It's more than two candidates are nominated for the same office the

Unanimous consent of the assembly

Any corrections in the approval of the minutes are normally accomplished by

May debate motions

In relatively small standing in special committees the chairman

I move the previous question

Which form below would be used immediately close debate on in the motion

All of the above

The motion to limit or extend the limits of debate is out of order it when there is an immediately pending motion to

Convention

An assembly of delegates normally chosen for one session is called a

Recognition has been received from the chair

When a member has the floor this means that

Bring business before the assembly

One feature of main motions is that they

Special meeting

A meeting that is called to be held at a time different from the regular meeting to consider one or more items is called a

Alter the original main motion

The primary purpose of using the subsidiary motion to amend is to

Obtain the floor and say I need to postpone the main motion to our next regular meeting

Assume a motion is pending that you feel should be put off until the next mean what should you do

Immediately

The privilege motion to recess is emotion that a recess begin

Disagreement with the ruling of the chair

And appeal from the decision of the chair is a

Parliamentary inquiry

Which motion below would you use to obtain the chairman's opinion on a matter related to parliamentary procedure as it relates to the pending business

The member who seconds the motion to reconsider must have voted on the prevailing side

Which statement is false regarding the motion to reconsider

After unfinished business in general order

In the standard order of business new business is consider

More than half

Word majority means

Bylaws

The official duties of the officers of a society if they are different from those stated in the parliamentary authority are determined by the societies

Quasi committee of the whole

The president normally acts as chairman for a

Majority vote

Bylaws of the new organization are adopted by a

Need not gain recognition from the chair

A member who wishes to call another member out of order

object to the consideration of a question

Which one of the following emotions requires no second is not debatable or amendable

Any of the above

In order to be adopted the motion to rescind must receive a

No other motion is pending

The only time in the motion can be made is while

Refer the decision to the assembly and have them vote to determine if it is germane

If you were chairman and you could not decide if amendment was germane what would you do

Another member has the floor

The motion to lay on the table is out of order when

Up to the time the result is an ounce

Members can change their votes on mentions without permission from anyone in the assembly

Two thirds vote

A motion to amend the bylaws should require at least a notice and a

Appeal

Which one of the filing motions is in order when another member has the floor that must be seconded

A motion is not pending

The motion to take from the table can be moved when

Written notice of the time And place of the meeting which is mailed or distributed to members

The call of a meeting is a

The Number of members who must be present for the business to be legally transacted

The quorum of an assembly is

It is moved and seconded that

A proper statement by the chairman after a motion has been made and seconded is

Applied to any main motion

One characteristic of subsidiary motions is that they are

Called meeting

Another name for a special meeting is a

Postpone indefinitely

If a main motion is pending and a motion to amend is being debated, which one of the following motions would be out of order

All of the above

Which of the following are examples of binding instructions which may be included in the motion to commit

None of the above. No subsidiary motion can be applied to the motion to lay on the table

Which one of the following subsidiary motions can be applied to the motion to lay on the table

Adjourned meeting

The purpose of the privileged motion to fix the time to which to adjourn is to establish a

Obtain the floor and say I need to divide the motion so as to consider separate leave the question of sending our president to Hawaii and sending all the other officers to Hawaii

Assume a member has proposed a motion that we send our president and all other officers to Hawaii. You want to discuss sending our president to Hawaii and sending all other officers to Hawaii separately. What could you do

All of the above

An improper motion is one that conflicts with

Special order

Which one of the following has a unique feature of being able to interrupt most business that is pending when the specified time arrived to consider it

21

If 40 votes are cast, a majority is

Proxy voting

When a member allows another member it vote for him, it is called

Half a term is considered to have served a Full term

An officer who has served more than

Executive board

When a broad is empowers by its bylaws it act for a society between regular meetings, it's called a

Minority report

The formal presentation of the views of a committee members who do not agree with the committee report is called a

More than half

How much of a term does an officer have to serve before its considered a full term

Expulsion

The extreme penalty tags an organization can impose on a member is a

All subsidiary motion

A motion to lay on the table take precedence over

Refers to a committee

Which one of the following motions is debatable and Amendable

The names of the officers of the organization

Generally, the bylaws of an organization include all of the following except

Amend

Which motion below can be applied to some subsidiary motions even though it ranks lower

Subsidiary motion to limit or extend limits of a debate

The subsidiary motions for the previous question take precedence over the

All of the above

An example of an incidental main motion would be a motion to

Are protected from personal liability on your obligations they may be incurred by the organization

One principal advantage of incorporating a society is that the officers and members

After unfinished business and general orders

In the standard order of business, new business is taken up

Affirmative

Which vote on a motion is always taken first by the presiding officer

Privileged motions

Motions that do not relate to the pending business, but are so important that they may interrupt anything else are called

A single official gathering of the members of an organization

The term "meeting" means

They may be proposed even if they present the same question that was previously rejected during the same session

Which statement below is false regarding main motions

Remains pending

When an amendment to a main motion is adopted, the motion that was amended

All of the above

A committee that is given "full power" to act for an organization can be authorized to

Adheres to the main motion and goes to the table with it

If a main motion and a primary amendment are pending, and a motion to lay the main motion on the table is adopted, the amendment itself

A breach of rules

The normal grounds for a member to rise to a point of order are

Division of the assembly

Which of the following must be ordered after a demand by only one member?

When some other business has been transacted

The motion to take from the table is in order

Must be present

In order that business can be legally transacted in an assembly, a quorum is necessary. A quorum in an assembly is the number of members entitled to vote who

A point of order can be raised

If the chairman makes a mistake and assigns the floor to the wrong person, how can the error be corrected?

40

Is sixty votes are cast, a minimum two thirds vote is

Telephone

Which one of the following is not and acceptable method of nominating?

Treasurer

The name of the officer who is entrusted with the custody of and organizations funds is the

Executive committee

In an organization where the board is large or its members must travel from a distance to meet, the bylaws can be established to form a "board within a board" or a(n)

Committee of the whole

Which of the following is suited for large assemblies?

Committee

The first draft of a newly organized society's bylaws are written by a

All of the above

Non members can be excluded at any time from part or all of a meeting by

I move to amend by adding

If you wanted to amend a pending main motion by placing words at the end of the motion, the proper form would be to say

Yellow out division

How would a member make a motion to call for an uncounted rising vote on the verification of a voice vote?

Amend

All of the four lowest ranking subsidiary motions are always debatable except the motion to

The adjournment

The announcements at each meeting at a convention should immediately precede