FBLA Parliamentary Procedures Test

The unqualified term "majority vote"means

more than half the votes cast by persons entitled to vote, excluding blanks and abstentions

If you have 100 members, how many voting delegates can you have

3

the motion to ratify

opens the entire question, and is an incidental main motion

In which manner do you handle a pending motion for it to be postponed indefinitely

the chair states the question on the admendment

secondary motions

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

The policy making body derives its power from where

laws of the District of Columbia

The chair has the authority to

order nonmembers leave the hall

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

are recorded on the rolls as voting members in good standing

when a proper motion has been made and seconded, the chair places it before the assembly by

stating the question

if the bylaws require the election to be by ballot

no vote is in order that would force disclosure of a members vote

if a motion to adopt a revision of the bylaws is defeated

the vote may be reconsidered

how many years are the members of the board of directors elected for

3

rules contained in the bylaws cannot be suspended unless

the particular rule specifically provides for its own suspension, or unless the rule properly is in the nature of a rule of order

when are all proposed amendments supposed to be submitted by

April 15

at a business meeting what procedure can be used to amend the bylaws if they have NO provision for their amendment

by a vote of a majority of the entire membership

The FBLA _________ keeps up with all the money and travel expenses

Treasurer

A member of an assembly in the parlimentary sense is a person having the right to

make motions, speak in debate on them, and vote

an adjourment of an assembly

terminates a meeting and may end a session

to delay consideration until the next regular meeting, a member would move to

postpone to a certain time

the motion amend

modifies or clarifies the meaning of the main motion

in most organizations which one of the following is customarilly held in executive session

board or committee meeting

True or false: More than one secondary motion may be pending at a time

True

standing rules are usually adopted

when the need arises

if there's remaining minutes of the last meeting that have not been read

the minutes are taken in the order of date; the earlier minutes are read first

How many days before the NLC must voting members be certified

20 days

general statements in bylaws

have less authority than specific statements in interpretation

the term of office for FBLA national officers shall begin

at the closing of the NLC

The following is an ex-officio, nonvoting member of the National FBLA Executive Council

chairman of the board of directors