Select the best answer to each of the following 25 questions which are taken from "Dunbar's Manual of Parliamentary Procedure Test Questions" - the official source of questions for the WV FFA Parliamentary Procedure Career Development Event. You have 10 minutes to complete the exam.

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1. After the presiding officer calls a meeting to order, the next order of business is usually

   1.   ?    new business.
   2.   ?    reports of officers.
   3.   ?    unfinished business.
   4.   ?    reading and approval of the minutes.

2. The term "rules of order" refers to the

   1.   ?    rules of parliamentary procedure.
   2.   ?    agenda.
   3.   ?    adopted bylaws.
   4.   ?    general order of business.

3. If you were the presiding officer and several members addressed the chair at about the same time after a motion was made, you should call on the member who

   1.   ?    has already debated twice.
   2.   ?    has the same opinions as all the other previous speakers.
   3.   ?    has debated once.
   4.   ?    made the motion and has not debated.

4. During a regular meeting, the presiding officer refers to himself/herself as

   1.   ?    "I."
   2.   ?    "your presiding officer."
   3.   ?    "the chair."
   4.   ?    "the president."

5. Business is brought before an assembly by a member making a formal proposal called a (an)

   1.   ?    agenda.
   2.   ?    motion.
   3.   ?    order.
   4.   ?    memorandum.

6. Which motion listed below has the lowest "precedence" or "rank"?

   1.   ?    Amend
   2.   ?    Main
   3.   ?    Adjourn
   4.   ?    Commit (or Refer)

7. All of the following subsidiary motions can be amended except

   1.   ?    "Postpone Indefinitely".
   2.   ?    "Amend."
   3.   ?    "Postpone to a Certain Time."
   4.   ?    "Commit" (or "Refer").

8. Which one of the following motions is not a subsidiary motion?

   1.   ?    Limit Debate
   2.   ?    Point of Order
   3.   ?    Postpone Indefinitely
   4.   ?    Lay on the Table

9. To be in order, an amendment must always be

   1.   ?    germane.
   2.   ?    made by the member who proposed the motion that the amendment is applied to.
   3.   ?    short.
   4.   ?    in the form of a question.

10. The term "meeting" means

    1.   ?    a single official gathering of the members of an organization.
    2.   ?    all of the sessions of a convention.
    3.   ?    a quarterly gathering of members of an organization.
    4.   ?    an official assembly of only the officers of an organization.

11. Another name for a "special meeting" is a

    1.   ?    "regular meeting."
    2.   ?    "stated meeting."
    3.   ?    "session."
    4.   ?    "called meeting."

12. A resolution should always be submitted

    1.   ?    with "whereas" clauses.
    2.   ?    by a committee.
    3.   ?    in writing.
    4.   ?    by general consent.

13. Main motions

    1.   ?    take precedence over all motions.
    2.   ?    are not debatable.
    3.   ?    always require a two-thirds vote to be adopted.
    4.   ?    are out of order when another member has the floor.

14. 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?

    1.   ?    Point of Order
    2.   ?    Limit Debate
    3.   ?    Postpone Indefinitely
    4.   ?    Adjourn

15. A motion to recess that is made when no business is pending is a (an)

    1.   ?    prvileged motion.
    2.   ?    main motion.
    3.   ?    incidental motion.
    4.   ?    unclassified motion.

16. An appeal from the decision of the chair is a

    1.   ?    point of order stated in another way.
    2.   ?    disagreement with the ruling of the chair.
    3.   ?    demand to adhere to the agenda.
    4.   ?    disagreement between members of the assembly.

17. Rules that cannot generally be suspended are those that

    1.   ?    protect absentees.
    2.   ?    protect the basic rights of individual members.
    3.   ?    are in the bylaws (or constitution).
    4.   ?    protect absentees, protect the basic rights of individual members, and are in the bylaws (or constitution).

18. The motion to "Take From the Table" must be

    1.   ?    seconded.
    2.   ?    passed by a two-thirds vote.
    3.   ?    debated by members for AND against the motion to table.
    4.   ?    made by the member who laid the original main motion on the table.

19. No motion can be renewed during the same session unless the question

    1.   ?    has in some respect become different.
    2.   ?    is proposed by a different member.
    3.   ?    is made and seconded by different members.
    4.   ?    has been successfully appealed by a unanimous vote.

20. If a motion is made as a question of privilege and it is seconded, what would you do as chairman?

    1.   ?    Ignore it.
    2.   ?    Call the motion out of order.
    3.   ?    Call for debate, and then vote on it.
    4.   ?    Take an immediate vote on it.

21. The privileged motion to "Recess"

    1.   ?    requires a two-thirds vote to be adopted.
    2.   ?    is amendable as to the length of the recess.
    3.   ?    is debatable.
    4.   ?    need not be seconded.

22. The motion to "Reconsider" is debatable if

    1.   ?    the member who proposed the motion to "Reconsider" voted on the prevailing side.
    2.   ?    the motion that is to be considered is debatable.
    3.   ?    members debate only in favor of the motion to be reconsidered.
    4.   ?    there are amendments applied to the reconsidered motion.

23. 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?

    1.   ?    Conduct the rising vote.
    2.   ?    Tell the members to stop disrupting the assembly.
    3.   ?    Either not recognize the members or rule the request out of order.
    4.   ?    Have the assembly vote on whether they wish the division.

24. If the chairman makes a mistake and assigns the floor to the wrong person, how can the error be corrected?

    1.   ?    A "Point of Order" can be raised.
    2.   ?    A member can yell out the word "Question!" without rising.
    3.   ?    A "Parliamentary Inquiry" can be raised.
    4.   ?    A "Point of Information" can be demanded.

25. In order to have a majority vote with 51 votes cast, there must be an affirmative vote of at least

    1.   ?    25.
    2.   ?    26.
    3.   ?    27.
    4.   ?    34.