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2021 CCM National Test

Quiz by Elizabeth Wick

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  • Q1
    1. Which one of the following is not amendable and requires a two-thirds vote for adoption?
    B. Calling for a Division of the Assembly on an incidental motion.
    A. Amending an amendment to the privileged motion to Recess.
    D. None of the above are correct.
    C. Demanding a recount of a vote taken on a Point of Order.
    30s
  • Q2
    2. Which statement is true regarding Postpone Indefinitely?
    D. A primary amendment may be applied to it which states the date of the postponement.
    B. It does not open the Main Motion to debate.
    C. It provides strategists a preview of how members will vote on a Main Motion.
    A. It does not require that the sponsor be recognized by the chair when making the motion.
    30s
  • Q3
    3. One way the motion to Postpone to a Certain Time (or Postpone Definitely) is allowed to be amended is by:
    C. stating how many members must be present when the meeting to which it is postponed commences.
    D. including the number of times that the motion Postpone Indefinitely can be applied to it.
    A. adding the time the main question is to be postponed.
    B. declaring a specific meeting place as announced by the FFA President.
    30s
  • Q4
    4. When the incidental motion, Division of the Assembly is demanded by an FFA member at a chapter meeting, the presiding officer:
    A. immediately takes the vote again by having members rise.
    D. promptly asks for a second and debate on the Division of the Assembly.
    C. asks the sponsor of the Division of the Assembly which method of voting (voice, etc.) is to be used.
    B. puts the demand for a Division of the Assembly to a voice vote, especially for large assemblies.
    30s
  • Q5
    5. When the presiding officer at an FFA chapter meeting is “stating the question” on a Main Motion, he/she is:
    B. announcing that any member may ask the maker of the Main Motion one question without being recognized.
    A. directing the secretary to make a list and file of all the questions that the assembly asks regarding the pending motion.
    C. asking the maker of the immediately pending Main Motion to repeat it.
    D. repeating the Main Motion officially.
    30s
  • Q6
    6. Which one of the following requires a second?
    C. Secondary Amendments.
    A. Raise a Question of Privilege.
    D. A Point of Order directed at the presiding officer for a breach of rules.
    B. Incidental Motions.
    30s
  • Q7
    7. The maker of a Main Motion may:
    A. vote against it.
    C. debate it in detail before it is stated by the chair.
    D. speak against it if it’s obvious that a majority of the members are opposed to it.
    B. speak three times on the Main Motion at one meeting, because he/she proposed it.
    30s
  • Q8
    8. The subsidiary motion to Postpone to a Certain Time (or Postpone Definitely) takes precedence over:
    A. Postpone Indefinitely.
    D. All of the above are correct.
    C. Commit or Refer.
    B. Amend.
    30s
  • Q9
    9. If a motion to Commit or Refer is adopted, how is the special committee chairman chosen if the members of the committee were appointed by the chair?
    B. Members of the committee select the chairman at the first meeting.
    C. The first committee member named by the presiding officer is the committee chairman.
    D. The member who seconded the Main Motion is the committee chairman, provided the presiding officer consents.
    A. The maker of the motion to Commit or Refer is the committee chairman.
    30s
  • Q10
    10. A primary amendment applied to the subsidiary motion to Postpone to a Certain Time (or Definitely):
    A. is debatable, amendable, and requires a two-thirds vote to be adopted.
    C. may have the subsidiary motion, Postpone Indefinitely, applied to it.
    D. may have a secondary amendment applied to it.
    B. is not allowed, according to Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised.
    30s
  • Q11
    11. Which two motions below are not debatable and not amendable?
    C. Amend and Main Motion.
    D. None of the above are correct.
    B. Raise a Question of Privilege and Previous Question.
    A. Postpone to a Certain Time and Commit or Refer.
    30s
  • Q12
    12. What is one purpose of a Parliamentary Inquiry?
    A. It allows the parliamentarian to take a standing (rising) vote without answering an inquiry from the assembly.
    B. It puts off consideration of the Main Motion to a later time after all inquiries are taken care of.
    C. It requests an answer to an urgent question regarding handling an inquiry on the ruling of a Point of Order.
    D. It allows a member to ask a question regarding the rules of the FFA organization.
    30s
  • Q13
    13. Which two motions below belong to a class of motions that are related to the pending business and must be decided immediately?
    C. Main Motions and Primary Amendments.
    B. Point of Order and Division of the Assembly.
    A. Postpone Definitely and Indefinitely.
    D. Commit or Refer and Previous Question.
    30s
  • Q14
    14. Which two motions are usually not voted on by the assembly, but are decided by the chair?
    D. None of the above are correct.
    A. Point of Order and Raise a Question of Privilege.
    C. Secondary and Third Degree Amendments.
    B. Previous Question and Postpone Indefinitely.
    30s
  • Q15
    15. Based on the current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised, which form for the Previous Question may not be used to insist on closing debate and immediately voting on the pending Main Motion?
    A. FFA Member (obtaining the floor): “I move the Previous Question.”
    B. FFA Member (without obtaining the floor): “Question! Question!”
    C. FFA Member (obtaining the floor): “I move we vote now.”
    D. FFA Member (obtaining the floor): “I demand the Previous Question.”
    30s

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