Senior Parliamentary Procedure

1. Call for the orders of the day is used to ensure the assembly follows the agenda.

True

False

2. Once a quorum is established, a continued presence of a quorum is required for business to be transacted.

True

False

3. This motion is used to make two motions out of one main motion when it has multiple parts that could stand on their own.

Amend

Point of order

Question of privilege

Division of the assembly

Division of the question

4. What can be appealed?

Votes

Decisions of the chair

Reports

Improperly stated motions

5. I have mastered all elements of the Junior Parliamentary Procedure FFA event (see proprofs.com test by the same name).

Yes

No

There's a jr parli pro contest?

6. Limit or Extend debate is amendable because:

The number or time of debates can be changed

The location of the debates can be changed

The motion the debates are applied to can be changed

It is not amendable

7. FARPO is a mnemonic for the _________ motions.

Privileged

Incidental

Subsidiary

Motions that bring a question again before the assembly

8. Under normal circumstances, rescind requires _________ vote when previous notice is given and a _______ vote when previous notice is not given.

Majority, majority

2/3, 2/3

Majority, 2/3

2/3, Majority

9. LPLPRAP is a mnemonic to remember the _________ motions.

Subsidiary

Incidental

Privileged

Motions that brings a question again before the assembly

10. Original main motions introduce a new idea. Incidental main motions are privileged or incidental motions that are moved:

As a main motion when there is no business on the floor

During new business

Tomorrow at 7

There are no incidental main motions

11. The chair can debate without leaving his/her station on which of the following motions?

Question of Privilege

Division of the Question

Main Motion

Appeal

12. Situation: The main motion states that our chapter will host a hoe down at Kai's barn during FFA week. It was moved to amend it by striking "FFA week" and adding "on March 1st." Would it be germane to amend the amendment by striking "hoe down" and inserting "bonfire?"

Yes

No

Who is germane?

13. What are the only things that can be made in the absence of a quorum?

None

Any Motions

Only Adjourn

Fix time to which to adjourn, Adjourn, Recess, Take matters to make a quorum

Only Fix time or Adjourn

14. Point of orders can be appealed.

False

True

15. When must "Object to the consideration of the question" must be made?

Immediately after the maker of the main motion moves the main motion

Before any debate has taken place on the motion

Anytime before the vote on the main motion

Today

16. Situation: The motion to fix time to which to adjourn has passed (the meeting will be tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m. in the ag room). The meeting is then adjourned. Tomorrow morning arrives and you are going to the meeting. What is the meeting called?

Special Meeting

Just another meeting

An Adjourned meeting

A fixed meeting

A special assembly

17. Situation: A motion was postponed to 8 pm and made a special order. Another motion was postponed to 8:15 pm and also made a special order. At 8 pm the first motion is brought up. At 8:15 pm the first motion is still being considered. Should the second special order be brought up at 8:15 pm or should the first motion be finished first?