Chapter Team Flashcards
Don't cry (175 cards)
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Body of people who come together as a group
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An assembly is a
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None of the above boards have no minimum size inner usually smaller than assemblies
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The minimum size of a board is
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The maintenance of a guest register
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Which of the following is an example of a standing rule
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A majority vote without previous notice
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The minimum affirmative vote to adopt a standing rule at any business meeting is a
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The chair
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During a regular meeting the presiding officer refers to himself as
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Does not need to obtain the floor
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The seconder evolution
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Unanimous (general) consent
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The correction and approval of the minutes is normally handled bye
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Main
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Which motion listed below as the lowest proceedings or rank
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Incidental motions have no rank among themselves
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Which statement below is true regarding incidental motions
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Introduces a substantive question as a new subject
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In the original main motion is a motion that
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The assembly to show that it does not wish to take a position on the main motion
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The motion to postpone indefinitely is used by
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The question maybe carefully investigated and put into better condition for the assembly to consider
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The purpose of the motion to commit refer is to send a pending question to the committee so that
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Rising
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Unless the motion to limit or extend limits of debate is adopted by unanimous consent the chair puts it to vote by
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All of the above
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A recess maybe taken to
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Is not debatable
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The privileged motion to fix the time to which to adjourn
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Does not require a second
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Which motion below would be the most appropriate to be divided
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Laid on the table
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The object of the motion to take from the table is to make pending again a motion that was
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Dilatory motions
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Motions that seek to obstruct or thwart the will of the assembly are called
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Postpone
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Which motion below is used to make a pending question an order of the day for a future time
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A society has a total membership of 200 members a minimum majority vote of the entire membership is
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Candidates all remain on the ballot and the voting continues until one receives a majority vote
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It’s more than two candidates are nominated for the same office the
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Unanimous consent of the assembly
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Any corrections in the approval of the minutes are normally accomplished by
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May debate motions
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In relatively small standing in special committees the chairman
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I move the previous question
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Which form below would be used immediately close debate on in the motion
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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
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Convention
An assembly of delegates normally chosen for one session is called a
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Recognition has been received from the chair
When a member has the floor this means that
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Bring business before the assembly
One feature of main motions is that they
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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
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Alter the original main motion
The primary purpose of using the subsidiary motion to amend is to
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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
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Immediately
The privilege motion to recess is emotion that a recess begin
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Disagreement with the ruling of the chair
And appeal from the decision of the chair is a
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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
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The member who seconds the motion to reconsider must have voted on the prevailing side
Which statement is false regarding the motion to reconsider
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After unfinished business in general order
In the standard order of business new business is consider
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More than half
Word majority means
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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
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Quasi committee of the whole
The president normally acts as chairman for a
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Majority vote
Bylaws of the new organization are adopted by a
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Need not gain recognition from the chair
A member who wishes to call another member out of order
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object to the consideration of a question
Which one of the following emotions requires no second is not debatable or amendable
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Any of the above
In order to be adopted the motion to rescind must receive a
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No other motion is pending
The only time in the motion can be made is while
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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
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Another member has the floor
The motion to lay on the table is out of order when
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Up to the time the result is an ounce
Members can change their votes on mentions without permission from anyone in the assembly
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Two thirds vote
A motion to amend the bylaws should require at least a notice and a
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Appeal
Which one of the filing motions is in order when another member has the floor that must be seconded
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A motion is not pending
The motion to take from the table can be moved when
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Written notice of the time And place of the meeting which is mailed or distributed to members
The call of a meeting is a
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The Number of members who must be present for the business to be legally transacted
The quorum of an assembly is
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It is moved and seconded that
A proper statement by the chairman after a motion has been made and seconded is
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Applied to any main motion
One characteristic of subsidiary motions is that they are
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Called meeting
Another name for a special meeting is a
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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
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All of the above
Which of the following are examples of binding instructions which may be included in the motion to commit
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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
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Adjourned meeting
The purpose of the privileged motion to fix the time to which to adjourn is to establish a
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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
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All of the above
An improper motion is one that conflicts with
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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
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If 40 votes are cast, a majority is
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Proxy voting
When a member allows another member it vote for him, it is called
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Half a term is considered to have served a Full term
An officer who has served more than
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Executive board
When a broad is empowers by its bylaws it act for a society between regular meetings, it's called a
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Minority report
The formal presentation of the views of a committee members who do not agree with the committee report is called a
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More than half
How much of a term does an officer have to serve before its considered a full term
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Expulsion
The extreme penalty tags an organization can impose on a member is a
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All subsidiary motion
A motion to lay on the table take precedence over
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Refers to a committee
Which one of the following motions is debatable and Amendable
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The names of the officers of the organization
Generally, the bylaws of an organization include all of the following except
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Amend
Which motion below can be applied to some subsidiary motions even though it ranks lower
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Subsidiary motion to limit or extend limits of a debate
The subsidiary motions for the previous question take precedence over the
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All of the above
An example of an incidental main motion would be a motion to
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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
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After unfinished business and general orders
In the standard order of business, new business is taken up
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Affirmative
Which vote on a motion is always taken first by the presiding officer
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Privileged motions
Motions that do not relate to the pending business, but are so important that they may interrupt anything else are called
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A single official gathering of the members of an organization
The term "meeting" means
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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
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Remains pending
When an amendment to a main motion is adopted, the motion that was amended
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All of the above
A committee that is given "full power" to act for an organization can be authorized to
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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
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A breach of rules
The normal grounds for a member to rise to a point of order are
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Division of the assembly
Which of the following must be ordered after a demand by only one member?
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When some other business has been transacted
The motion to take from the table is in order
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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
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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?
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Is sixty votes are cast, a minimum two thirds vote is
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Telephone
Which one of the following is not and acceptable method of nominating?
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Treasurer
The name of the officer who is entrusted with the custody of and organizations funds is the
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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)
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Committee of the whole
Which of the following is suited for large assemblies?
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Committee
The first draft of a newly organized society's bylaws are written by a
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All of the above
Non members can be excluded at any time from part or all of a meeting by
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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
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Yellow out division
How would a member make a motion to call for an uncounted rising vote on the verification of a voice vote?
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Amend
All of the four lowest ranking subsidiary motions are always debatable except the motion to
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The adjournment
The announcements at each meeting at a convention should immediately precede
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Motion
Business is brought before an assembly by a member making a formal proposal called a(n)
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First
The member who proposes a main motion has the right to speak in debate
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All of the above
Which of the following is not classified as a secondary motion
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Eight
How many standard characteristics are used to describe motions?
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Commit
If it appears that a motion will require time or study to perfect, it would be appropriate for a member to make a motion to
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Meeting or series of connected meetings
A session of an assembly is a
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Postpone indefinitely
Which motion below would you propose if you wanted to kill a pending main motion and avoid a vote on it for the rest of a meeting?
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Can act for the society in specific cases
A special committee appointed with power means that the committee
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Temporarily when something else of immediate urgency has arisen
The motion to lay on the table enables an assembly to lay a pending question aside
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Privileged motions
A point of order yields to all
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Does not require a second
The motion to call for a division of the assembly
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Are you bailable in debate can go into the merits of the question that is post to be rescinded or amended
Both of the motions to rescind and to amend something previously adopted
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Null and void
In the absence of a quorum at an official meeting of a society, the business that may be transacted is
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First after the floor is yielded
Generally, if two or more members rise at about the same time to claim the floor, the chair should recognize the member who rose and addressed the chair
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Controls elections without attendance
Voting by "proxy" is a power of attorney, and it
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Vice president
The member who takes the place of an absent president is the
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Conduct an election for secretary
After the chairman is elected by a voice vote in a mass meeting, the next step for the chairman is to
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Credentials committee
When organizing a convention, the first report to be considered is that of the
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Fix the time to which to adjourn
Which motion below had the highest precedence?
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The main motion is debatable
What is the difference between the privileged motion to take a recess and the main motion to take a recess?
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I appeal from the decision of a chair
If a member disagreed with the chairmans ruling on a point of order, what would be the proper form for a motion to appeal?
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Limit or extended debate
Which one of the following motions is amendable but not debatable
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Amend something previously adopted
Which one of the following motions requires a two thirds vote for adoption?
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Any of the above
If you wanted to close debate immediately, what form below would be used after obtaining the floor?
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President
A parliamentarian for an organization should be appointed by the
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Presiding officer and a secretary or clerk
The minimum essential officers that must be present to conduct business in a deliberative assembly are a
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I move that
Main motions should start with the words
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Up to the time the result is announced
Members have the right to change their vote
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Request the chairs opinion on a matter of parliamentary procedure as it relates to the business at hand
A parliamentary inquiry may be used at a meeting to
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All of the above
Main motions are not in order which
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Between other words
One form of amending is to insert. This means that a word to be inserted is always placed
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Postponed with the main motion
When a main motion is postponed while a motion to amend is pending, the amendment is
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Requires a majority vote for its adoption
One of the rules related to the motion to take from the table is that it
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Fix the time to which to adjourn
The privileged motion to adjourn takes precedence over all motions except the motion to
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Division of a question
Member: (after obtaining the floor)- "I move that we buy our president a new lectern and a new gavel." Which motion below would you use in order to make the motion above two separate motions?
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It dies
What happens to a main motion if the motion to take it from the table is not proposed within the required time limit?
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Either not recognize the members or rule the request out of order
Assume a few members constantly called out "division" on all voice votes even though the outcome was obviously unanimous. What would you do as chairman?
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Then must be recognized by the chair
Before members can make a motion or debate, they must rise and address the chair and
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In order to have a majority vote with 51 votes cast, there must be an affirmative vote of at least
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Any of the above
When there is only one candidate for the office of president and Vice President in a viva voice election, the chairman can
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Should not be counted in determining a quorum
A governor of a state who is an ex-official board member of a private hospital
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New officers of the society replace them
Members of a standing committees generally continue their duties until
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Nominate a chairman pro term and then a secretary
The first business of a meeting to organize a permanent society is to
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Rap the gavel lightly, point out the fault, and advise the member to stay on the pending topic
If you were chairman and a members debate was not germane what would you do?
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Division of a question
Which of the following motions is an incidental motion?
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Objection to the consideration of a question
Which one of the following motions is in order when another member has the floor (but has not begun speaking) and does not require a second?
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Postpone indefinitely
Only the affirmative vote may be reconsidered on the motion to
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One primary amendment and one secondary amendment
How many primary amendments and secondary amendments are allowed at a time?
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A quorum refers to the actual number of members voting on a motion
Which statement below is false regarding a quorum?
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I move that the motion be laid on the table
The form to use to make a motion to lay on the table is
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Rules of parliamentary procedure
The term rules of order refers to the
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Raising a point of order
If the chairman makes a mistake and calls on the wrong member, attention to correct the error can be called by a member immediately
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Not taken
When the chairman takes a vote on a motion, the abstentions are
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Postpone indefinitely
All of the following subsidiary motions can be amended except
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Regular meeting
In organizations that hold regular business meetings throughout the year, the minutes of the annual meeting should be read and approved at the next
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Debatable whenever the motion to which it applies is debatable
A primary amendment to a main motion is
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All of the above
The subsidiary motion to limit or extend limits of debate may be used to
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Not debatable
An amendment to the privileged motion to recess is
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At the time of the ruling
The chairs ruling can be appealed
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Declare to the assembly that the call for a division is dilatory
If a member calls for a division when a voice vote is obviously a majority, the chairman should
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All of the above
The motion to rescind
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Setting a time for an adjourned meeting
What business may be transacted in the absence of a quorum?
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Twice
Except for an appeal, how many times Cana member speak on the same motion on the same day?
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On motions requiring a two thirds for adoption
The method of voting by rising is usually used to verify an inconclusive voice vote and
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All of the above
Which o he following would be specified in a society's bylaws concerning its officers?
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Are not read to the assembly unless requested
If a draft of the minutes are sent to all members in advance, they
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Two
What is the minimum number of committee members that can call a meeting if the chairman does not?
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And secretary
In a mass meeting, the officers that are generally elected are a chairman
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Roberts rules of order newly revised
If Roberts rules of order newly revised is adopted as a society's parliamentary authority and another manual is in conflict with a specific point, which manual is binding?
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Sections
The articles if bylaws are divided into
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The maker of the motion can put the motion from the floor
If a member is ignored on a point of order that was called because the presiding officer refused to put a motion, what action can be taken?
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Call for Orders of the Day
Which one of the following motion does not require a second?
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I move to suspend the rules and take up...
If you wanted to take up a question out of its proper order, what form would you use?
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All of the above
A point of order may be raised if the chair
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All of the above
In larger conventions members may be recognized
