FBLA Parliamentary Procedures Questions

Which of the following are classified as secondary motions?

Incidental motions

Which statement is true?

More than one secondary motion may be pending

Subsidiary,privelged,and incedintal motions,are

secondary motions

Before any other business can be brought up, a motion must be disposed of with the exception of

certain privileged questions

Secondary motions

must be acted upon or disposed of before direct consideration of the main question can be continued

The motion to lay on the table should be used to

interrupt consideration of a main motion temporarily until a majority wishes to consider it again

When all are pending, the motion which must be voted on first is

the previous question

Which of these subsidiary motions has no corresponding incidental main motion?

Previous Question

Questions of privilege not in the nature of a request which are brought up while no business is pending are moved the same as any

Main Motion

The motion to recess made when no business is pending is

an incidental main motion

Proper handling of a substitute amendment tends to ensure

that the provisions of the version first offered receive appropriate consideration without impeding free debate of the proposal to substitute

The motions to rescind and to amend something previously adopted

can be applied to a policy which has a continuing force

Once a committee to which a resolution or main motion has been referred commences its deliberation

the committee is free to consider and recommend for adoption any amendment to the motion so referred by the assembly

An incidental main motion

is a main motion that relates to the business of the assembly, or its past or future action

The chief difference in the rules governing original and incidental main motion is

objection to consideration of a question can be applied only to an original main motion

All of the following are misuses of Lay on the Table except

the laying of intervening matters on the table in succession to bring another matter up out of its order

A properly framed motion should

be concise,unambiguous,and complete in form

a committe

may take a matter out of a subcommittee's hand

A preamble which is placed before the resolving clauses of resolution

should state the background and reasons for the resolving clauses

In considering a resolution which has a preamble, the preamble is

amended last

A motion within the control of the assembly, because it has not been finally disposed of, may be renewed if

more than a quarterly time interval will elapse before the next regular session

A motion to censure the action of an officer

opens the entire question to debate

The adoption of the motion to postpone indefinately

kills the main motion for the duration of the session

The motion to ratify

is an incidental main motion

The motion to reconsider can be applied to the vote on any motion except

another motion to reconsider

The motion to postpone indefinately

goes to a committee with the referred main motion

A friendly amendment

must be open to debate and vote or unanimous consent

Conforming amendments to a motion or resolution

a. are a series of changes needed in order to achieve and end
b. are proposed and adopted by a single motion to amend
c. may bot be divided
d. all of the above are correct

In organizations that meet less often than quarterly time intervals, or that meet as a convention of delegates, the bylaws should require which individual to issue a call of each meetin

Secretary

When it is moved to amend by striking out an entire paragraph, the paragraph that would be struck out is

amendable by any of the three forms relating to words

The amendment to strike out and insert words

prohibits striking out words in one place and inserting different words in another place except by unanimous consent

Which of the following applies when the amendment to strike out and insert words is pending?

secondary amendment of each element is in order

What is the correct procedure in handling a substitute motion?

perfect the motion, perfect the substitute, vote on the substitution, and proceed to the next item of business

After a paragraph has been substituted for another, it may be amended only by

adding

A motion to create a blank is

an incidental motion

Blanks to be filled with amounts of money should be arranged according to the following voting priority

the one least likely to be acceptable will be voted on first

A variation of the motion to commit that is usually most suitable for ordinary societies whose meetings are not large is the motion to

consider informally

In preparing a written motion or resolution, it is often advisable to

consult with members who can be of assistance in perfecting it

If a committee recommends a series of amendments to motion referred to it

a. the chair may put a single question on all the amendments together
b. a member may ask for a separate vote on the amendments provided they are not conforming amendments
c.by unanimous consent the assembly can allow the introduction of a motion to adopt all recommendations in one vote
d. all of the above are correct

When any paper is laid before the assembly for action

it is the right of every member that it be read once

The motion to discharge a committee

is debatable, and debate can go into the merits of the question in the hands of the committee

A general order of the day set for a specified hour

cannot come up before that time except by a two thirds vote to suspend rules or reconsideration

When a committee is named by the assembly without designating a chairman

the committee elects its own chairman

Where no more than quarterly time intervals elapse between sessions, an order of the day cannot be made for a time

beyond the end of the next regular business session

If a motion to invite a speaker for next week's meeting is pending, a motion to postpone consideration until next week's meeting may be stated by the chair as

a motion to postpone indefinitely if it is in order at the time

If the assembly does not wish to adjourn a meeting within a convention at the time scheduled in the agenda or program, the matter is handled by

setting aside the orders of the day

The effect of postponing a question to a specified hour

provides that the matter will come before the assembly at a time named or a later time

Which of the following can be applied to a main motion

lay on the table

Several questions that are postponed to the same time without being made special orders are

taken up in the order in which they were postponed

The following motions usually require two thirds vote

previous question, amend, recess

The motion to limit debate can be applied

to an entire series of pending questions

If a motion to close debate in twenty minutes is adopted, it is not in order to

move to refer the matter to a committee

If a motion to limit speeches on a particular question to two minutes per speaker is adopted, such action

does not cause another such conflicting motion to be out of order

If a main motion is laid on the table

all adhering questions go with it

The previous question

does not prevent the making of a privileged or incidental motion are applicable

The previous question is not allowed in

committees

When a main motion and the previous question are pending, which of the following motions are in order?

Recess for 30 minutes

When a resolution having a preamble is pending, if the previous question is ordered on the resolution before consideration of the preamble has been reached, the order

does not apply to debate and amendment of the preamble, to which the assembly proceeds immediately

If a series of questions on which the previous question has been ordered ceases to be pending business before all of the motion affected by the order have been voted on, execution of the order is said to be

interrupted

When a motion is laid on the table

consideration can be resumed at the will of a majority

A rule relating to parliamentary procedure requires

a two thirds vote for its suspension

If in order at the time, the motion to call for the orders of the day

can interrupt when another has been assigned the floor

The action required to refuse to proceed to the orders of the day when initiated by the chair is

two thirds vote in the negative

Although it is preferable to divide a question when it is first introduced, a motion to divide can be made at any time

a. when an amendment which it is proposed to divide is immediately pending
b. when the motion to postpone indefinately is immediately pending
c. when the main motion is immediately pending
d. all of the above are correct

A call for the orders of the day cannot be made in

a committee of the whole

The assembly's refusal to proceed to the orders of the day is similar to

suspending the rules

When the orders of the day are called for by a member

the orders can be set aside by a two thirds vote in the negative

The admissibility of a request or motion arising out of a question of privlege

is ruled upon by the chair

A motion that is pending after having been admitted as a question of privilege is

treated as a main motion

Fix the time to which to adjourn

does not affect when the present meeting will adjourn

The motion to fix the time to which to adjourn is

the highest ranking privileged motion

The privileged motion to recess

requires that a recess begin immediately

The motion to Recess, when no question is pending

may set a future time for the recess

After ab agenda or program has been adopted it may be changed by

a vote of the majority of the entire membership

The unqualified motion to adjourn is

a privileged motion

A motion to adjourn at a future time is

a main motion

Except as the assembly may have adopted rules providing otherwise, the effect of an adjournment on a pending motion or an in completed order of business when the adjournment closes a session in a body that does not have a regular sessions as often as quarterly, or closes a session that ends the term of some of the members is as follows

business that is unfinished at the time of adjournment falls to the ground

If the bylaws of an organization provide for the calling of a special convention after the regular convention session has been held

this assembly should meet as a district session with a body of delegates and alternates

Which motion can be renewed after progress in business?

Adjourn

When a motion to strike out certain words is made

a. it can be applied to only consecutive words
b. it is necessary to specify the location if not otherwise clear
c. a secondary amendment may separate the words
d. all of the above are correct

A point of order

is debatable when referred to the assembly by the chair

Under certain circumstances, which of the following motions may become debatable?

Point of order

The statement that " a point of order is handled much as an appeal when submitted to the assembly for a decision" means that

the rules governing its debatability are the same as for an appeal

Objection to the consideration of the questions must be raised

before the debate has begun on the main motion or any subsidiary motion except Lay on the Table has been stated by the chair

A motion that the assembly refrain from doing something is out of order if the

motion is equivalent to adopting no motion at all

The minimum affirmative vote necessary to sustain the decision of the chair when an appeal has been made is

a tie vote