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Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. |
| | 1. | The Privileged motion “To Fix the time to which to Adjourn”. | a. | is in order in the absence of a quorum | | b. | may be proposed when another FFA member is debating | | c. | requires a tow-thirds vote to be adopted | | d. | is the lowest ranking privileged motion | | | | |
| | 2. | Which statement below is true regarding the privileged motion to adjourn? | a. | The motion to adjourn has the same effect as the motion “To Fix the time which to adjourn”. | | b. | The motion to adjourn may be amended by a two-thirds vote. | | c. | The chairman may adjourn a meeting after asking for further business. | | d. | The member who proposed the motion to adjourn has the first right to debate it. | | | | |
| | 3. | The privileged motion to recess has precedence over the motion to | a. | Fix the time to which to Adjourn | c. | Refer to committee | | b. | Adjourn | d. | All of these are correct | | | | | | |
| | 4. | FFA member (rising and not waiting to be recognized) “I rise to a question of privilege.” The motion above can be used at an FFA meeting to | a. | demand an immediate vote on the pending question | | b. | request a standing, counted vote on an amendment | | c. | ask another member a question related to a privileged motion | | d. | request that the windows be closed so that the assembly can hear the chairman | | | | |
| | 5. | The privileged motion “To Call for the Orders of the Day” is used primarily to | a. | order the chairman to take an immediate recess. | | b. | require that an FFA meeting conform to its agenda, program, or order of business | | c. | Indicate to members when a “Point of Order” may be called | | d. | write orders for all committees to complete their tasks by a specific time. | | | | |
| | 6. | The incidental motion “To Appeal” is used | a. | to have the chairman’s ruling voted on by the assembly | | b. | if a member wished to amend a main motion that has been adopted | | c. | when an accurate standing voted is needed on a main motion | | d. | to point out that another member’s debate is not germane | | | | |
| | 7. | Which statement below is false regarding Main Motions? | a. | They bring business before the assembly. | | b. | They can be made only while not other motion is pending. | | c. | It is preferable to avoid a main motion containing a negative statement | | d. | They must be proposed even if they present the same question that was previously rejected during the same meeting. | | | | |
| | 8. | Which motion below would an FFA member use to obtain the chairman’s opinion on a matter related to parliamentary procedure as if relates to the business at hand? | a. | Point of Order | c. | Parliamentary Inquiry | | b. | Point of Parliamentary Information | d. | Parliamentary Authority Opinion | | | | | | |
| | 9. | When an FFA chapter wishes to do something at a meeting that it cannot do with out violating one or more of it’s regular rules, it can adopt a motion to | a. | Appeal the rules through the chairman | | b. | Raise a Question of Privilege | | c. | Suspend the Rules | | d. | allow the chapter officers to change the rules without notice | | | | |
| | 10. | Which one of the following sentences is true regarding the incidental motion to withdraw a motion? | a. | A motion may be withdrawn by the maker without the consent of anyone before it is stated by the chairman. | | b. | A motion may be withdrawn anytime, even after voting on the question has begun. | | c. | Members cannot suggest that the make of a motion ask permission to withdraw it. | | d. | The member who seconded the motion may withdraw the motion without the consent of anyone before it is stated by the chair. | | | | |
| | 11. | Which motion below would you make if an original main motion is proposed at your FFA meeting that is strongly undesirable? | a. | Division of the Question | | b. | Objection to the Consideration of a Question | | c. | Previous Question | | d. | Appeal the Question | | | | |
| | 12. | FFA members:(After rising , addressing the chairman and being recognized) “T move that we buy our Chapter President a new podium and new gavel.”
Which motion would you use in order to make the motion above two separate motions? | a. | Division of a second degree amendment | | b. | previous question | | c. | division of the assembly | | d. | division of the question | | | | |
| | 13. | If an FFA member doubts the result of a voice taken at a chapter meeting and wishes a standing vote, he or she would call out without rising. | a. | “Question of Privilege!” | | b. | “Division!” | | c. | “Question!” | | d. | “I demand the orders of the day!” | | | | |
| | 14. | Which of the following statements is true regarding the subsidiary motion To Lay On The Table? | a. | It is in order when another has the floor | | b. | The make of the motion may state the reason prior to proposing the motion “To Lay On The Table” | | c. | All amendments to the motion To Lay On The Table must be adopted by a majority vote | | d. | All of these are correct | | | | |
| | 15. | Which statement below is true regarding the subsidiary motion To Move The Previous Question | a. | It is allowed in committees | | b. | The chairman must call on members for and against this motion when it is denied. | | c. | It does not prevent the making of privileged or incidental motions. | | d. | It is in order when another member has the door. | | | | |
| | 16. | The subsidiary motion To Limit or Extend Limits of Debate | a. | can only be applied to amendments | | b. | requires a majority vote to be adopted. | | c. | is in order when another member has the floor | | d. | takes precedence over all debatable motions | | | | |
| | 17. | Which statement below is false regarding the subsidiary To Postpone To a Certain Time? | a. | It has the same effect as the motion To Postpone Indefinitely | | b. | It allows action on a pending motion to be put off. | | c. | It can be moved regardless of how much debate there has been on the motion it proposed to postpone. | | d. | It is debatable and requires a majority vote to be adopted. | | | | |
| | 18. | If the main question is to go to a special committee (select or hoc), the subsidiary motion To Commit (or Refer) may specify | a. | the number of committee members | c. | when the committee should report | | b. | the method of selecting the committee | d. | All of these are correct | | | | | | |
| | 19. | An amendment must be “germane” to be in order. this means that | a. | the amendment must be made by a process called “insertion” | | b. | the date of the proposed event must be included. | | c. | an amendment must in some way involve the same question that is raised by the motion to which it is applied | | d. | the amendment must always be proposed by the member who proposed the main motion, even if it is not controversial subject. | | | | |
| | 20. | Which one of the following motions would you propose if you wanted to kill a pending motion and avoid a vote on it for the rest of a meeting? | a. | Postpone Indefinitely | c. | Rescind | | b. | Postpone to a certain time | d. | Reconsider | | | | | | |
| | 21. | The motion to Rescind: | a. | can only be moved when no other motion is pending. | | b. | allows debate to go into the merits of the question which it proposes to rescind | | c. | is amendable | | d. | All of these are correct | | | | |
| | 22. | The motion To Reconsider may be made | a. | after another member has been assigned the floor, so long as he or she has not actually begun to speak. | | b. | during the time a member is actually proposing a motion. | | c. | immediately after the motion to adjourn has passed so that it does not interfere with the agenda. | | d. | anytime when a member is debating a motion | | | | |
| | 23. | What happens to a main motion if the motion To Take It From The Table is not proposed within the required time limit? | a. | It is automatically placed under “Unfinished Business” | | b. | A motion To Reconsider may be proposed to bring it back | | c. | It dies | | d. | The chairman must make it the immediate pending question | | | | |
| | 24. | Which one of the following should not be included in the minutes of a meeting? | a. | The kind of meeting(regular, special, adjourned regular, or adjourned special) | | b. | The name of the seconder of a motion (unless ordered by the assembly) | | c. | The fact that the regular chairman and secretary were present. | | d. | All points of order and appeals and the reasons given by the chairman for his/her ruling | | | | |
| | 25. | Your chapter has thirty regular FFA members in attendance at a meeting and the Chapter President, who is the presiding officer. If all thirty of the regular members voted, how many would have to vote in favor of a main motion “to have a dance next Saturday” in order for it to be adopted? Assume a quorum is present and that the president does not vote. |