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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the following are classified as secondary motions? | Incidental motions |
| Which statement is true? | More than one secondary motion may be pending at a time. |
| Subsidiary, privileged, and incidental motions are: | secondary motions |
| Before and other business can be brought up, a motion must be disposed if with the exception of: | certain privileged questions |
| Secondary motions: | must be acted upon or disposed of before 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. |
| 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 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 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 motions 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 committee: | may take a matter out of a subcommittee's hand. |
| A preamble which is placed before the resolving clauses of a 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 indefinitely: | 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 indefinitely: | is a secondary motion. |
| A friendly amendment: | must be open to debate and vote or unanimous consent. |
| After it has been voted to insert words, those words may be changed by: | reconsideration of the vote to insert the words. |
| 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 meeting? | 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. |
| When the amendment to strike out and insert which applies to 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, vote on the adoption of the remaining motion, 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 meeting 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 . |
| Which if the following subsidiary motions best describe variations of the motion to commit? | 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 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 in order at the time. |
| If the assembly does not wish to adjorn 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 motion to limit debate can be applied: | to an entire series of pending questions |
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