Members can change their votes on motions without permission from the assembly: ANS: Until the result of the vote is announced
Which of the following types of deliberative assemblies best describes a local FFA chapter? ANS: An assembly of an organized society
The legal document that gives t...
Members can change their votes on motions without permission from the assembly: ANS: Until the
result of the vote is announced
Which of the following types of deliberative assemblies best describes a local FFA chapter? ANS: An
assembly of an organized society
The legal document that gives the name and object of a society and also other information required by
law is the: ANS: Corporate Charter
The member who proposes a debatable motion has the right to speak in debate: ANS: First
The largest number of votes cast for a motion or candidate when three or more choices are possible is
called a: ANS: plurality vote
Which of the following motions may be undebatable under certain circumstances? ANS: Amend
Which of the following motions can the Previous Question be applied to? ANS: Recess
Motions that seek to obstruct or thwart the will of the assembly are called: ANS: Dilatory Motions
The motion to Postpone Indefinitely remains with the main motion when the main motion is: ANS: Laid
on the Table
When a primary amendment to a main motion is pending: ANS: The motion to be amended may not be
discussed
Which of the following is FALSE regarding the subsidiary motion to Postpone to a Certain Time? ANS: It
has the same effect as the motion to Postpone Indefinitely
Which motion below has the lowest precedence or rank? ANS: Main Motion
If a motion is considered and adopted without having been seconded, it: ANS: is still adopted
The subsidiary motion to Amend can be: ANS: Applied to any main motion or any motion with a variable
The subsidiary motion to Postpone Indefinitely: ANS: Is debatable and debate can go into the merits of
the main motion
An original main motion is a main motion that: ANS: introduces a substantive question as a new subject
In order for an Amendment to be in order, it must be: ANS: Germane to the main motion
, How can a member propose to have the pending matter given special study? ANS: Move to refer it to a
committee
If the motion to Postpone Indefinitely is adopted, what happens to the pending main motion? ANS: It is
killed for the duration of the current session.
The motion to Postpone Definitely (to a certain time) can be made while: ANS: A main motion with an
amendment is pending
The motion to Raise a Question of Privilege takes precedence over all the motions below except: ANS:
Recess
Which statement is true regarding debate? ANS: The chair should alternate between those favoring and
those opposing the motion
The maker of a motion cannot: ANS: speak against the motion
When the chair relinquishes the chair in order to debate a main motion, the chair returns to presiding
when: ANS: The main motion has been disposed of
In the standard order of business, what follows special orders? ANS: unfinished business and general
orders
A motion is recorded in the minutes: ANS: as it was stated by the chair just before being voted on by the
members
Which rule of debate listed below is false? ANS: The chair can interrupt the speaker for any reason.
All of the following subsidiary motions can be amended except: ANS: Postpone Indefinitely
If adopted, the Previous Question is a motion that stops: ANS: debate and the making of amendments
on the pending question
Which of the following is not a request or inquiry? ANS: Point of Order
If a rising vote is inconclusive, the chair should: ANS: Take another rising vote and order it to be counted
A member who has been assigned the floor and has begun to speak may be interrupted by: ANS: Raising
a question of privilege
When a main motion is postponed definitely in the unqualified form to the next regular meeting, what
happens to it? ANS: It becomes a general order of the day for the next meeting
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