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Parlimentarian (RP) Exam: Part TWO - ALL Questions
With Complete Solutions Graded A+
Which of the following are classified as secondary motions?
Incidental motions.
Incidental motions
are classified as secondary motions
Subsidiary, privileged, and incidental motions are
secondary motions.
Which of the following is a secondary motion
Limit or extend limits of debate
Which of the following are secondary motions
Privileged motions
Before any other business can be brought up, a motion must be disposed of with
the exception of:
certain privileged questions
Secondary motions
must be acted upon or disposed of before direct consideration of the main question can
be continued
When a secondary motion is placed before the assembly, it:
becomes the immediately pending question
Which statement is true
More than one secondary motion may be pending at a time
All of the following are true of a secondary motion except
only one secondary motion can be pending at a time
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 to amend takes precedence over the motion to postpone to a certain
time
if it is a motion to amend the motion to postpone while it is immediately pending
Which of the four lowest ranking subsidiary motions may be undebatable
Amend
Which of these subsidiary motions has no corresponding incidental main motion
Previous question
A motion to postpone a matter that is not pending is:
an incidental main motion
Which subsidiary motions may also be made as incidental main motions when no
other motion is pending
Postpone indefinitely, amend, commit, postpone to a certain time, and limit or extend
limits of debate
Which of the following motions is never a main motion
Lay on the table
Which of the following motions is never an incidental main motion
,Previous Question
The motion to limit or extend limits of debate, moved when no motion is pending
is:
an incidental main motion
Privileged motions as a class are distinguished by which of the following
conditions?
They do not relate to pending business
Questions of privilege not in the nature of a request which are brought up while
no business is pending are moved the same as any
main motion
The effect of making a point of order is to
require the chair to make a ruling on the question involved
The chair responds or directs a member to respond to which of the following
requests and inquiries
Request for information
Which of the following motions is not a motion to bring a question again before
the assembly?
Ratify
The introduction of which of the following motions always brings business before
the assembly
Amend something previously adopted
The standard descriptive characteristics of a motion contain
"A. the motions over which it takes precedence.
B. to what motions it yields.
C. what motions are applicable to it.
D. All of the above are correct."
What kind of motion introduces a substantive question as a new subject
Original main motion
An incidental main motion
is a main motion that relates to the business of the assembly, or its past or future action
An example of an incidental main motion would be the motion to:
ratify emergency action taken at a meeting when no quorum was present
The motion to recess made when no business is pending is
an incidental main motion
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
A main motion yields to
all applicable secondary motions
Which of the following can be applied to a main motion
Lay on the table.
A main motion
if adopted, becomes the official recorded statement of an action taken by the assembly
A properly framed motion should
be concise, unambiguous and complete in form
A motion that the assembly refrain from doing something is out of order if the
motion is equivalent to adopting no motion at all
, Which of the following is a proper main motion
"Ordered, That the steward obtain impoundment of all unauthorized vehicles found
parked on the club premises."
Voting down a motion that would express a particular opinion
"A. is not the same as adopting a motion expressing the opposite opinion.
B. means that no opinion has been expressed.
C. means that a member feels his organization should be silent on the matter.
D. All of the above are correct."
A motion "that the assembly support Mr. Jones in next Tuesday's election" is
being debated. A member who also supports Mr. Jones, but feels that the
assembly should support no candidate for public office should
vote against the motion
The motion "that the assembly oppose the proposed bond issue" is pending.
What should a member do if he favors supporting the bond issue?
"A. object to the consideration of the question.
B. move to postpone the question until next month's business meeting.
C. vote against the motion.
D. All of the above are correct."
In preparing a written motion or resolution, it is often advisable to:
consult with members who can be of assistance in perfecting it
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
Which of the following statements is true in the consideration of a resolution
having a preamble?
The previous question, when ordered before consideration of the preamble, does not
apply to debate and amendment of the preamble
The following resolution contains one or more errors in format. The error(s)
occur(s) in which clause
Whereas, There is a Dunkin' Donuts shop near the study site, now therefore be it
When a series of independent resolutions or main motions dealing with different
subjects is offered in one motion
the request of a single member allows for one or more of them to be considered
separately
No main motion is in order which:
presents the same question as one that has not been finally disposed of
A main motion can be improved before action is taken
"A. by a motion to substitute an entire new text of the main motion in place of the
pending version.
B. before it is stated by the chair, any member can suggest a modification in the motion,
which the maker can accept or reject.
C. after it is stated by the chair, the maker can request unanimous consent to modify the
motion. If there is an objection, the modification must be introduced in the form of an
amendment.
D. All of the above are correct."
Parlimentarian (RP) Exam: Part TWO - ALL Questions
With Complete Solutions Graded A+
Which of the following are classified as secondary motions?
Incidental motions.
Incidental motions
are classified as secondary motions
Subsidiary, privileged, and incidental motions are
secondary motions.
Which of the following is a secondary motion
Limit or extend limits of debate
Which of the following are secondary motions
Privileged motions
Before any other business can be brought up, a motion must be disposed of with
the exception of:
certain privileged questions
Secondary motions
must be acted upon or disposed of before direct consideration of the main question can
be continued
When a secondary motion is placed before the assembly, it:
becomes the immediately pending question
Which statement is true
More than one secondary motion may be pending at a time
All of the following are true of a secondary motion except
only one secondary motion can be pending at a time
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 to amend takes precedence over the motion to postpone to a certain
time
if it is a motion to amend the motion to postpone while it is immediately pending
Which of the four lowest ranking subsidiary motions may be undebatable
Amend
Which of these subsidiary motions has no corresponding incidental main motion
Previous question
A motion to postpone a matter that is not pending is:
an incidental main motion
Which subsidiary motions may also be made as incidental main motions when no
other motion is pending
Postpone indefinitely, amend, commit, postpone to a certain time, and limit or extend
limits of debate
Which of the following motions is never a main motion
Lay on the table
Which of the following motions is never an incidental main motion
,Previous Question
The motion to limit or extend limits of debate, moved when no motion is pending
is:
an incidental main motion
Privileged motions as a class are distinguished by which of the following
conditions?
They do not relate to pending business
Questions of privilege not in the nature of a request which are brought up while
no business is pending are moved the same as any
main motion
The effect of making a point of order is to
require the chair to make a ruling on the question involved
The chair responds or directs a member to respond to which of the following
requests and inquiries
Request for information
Which of the following motions is not a motion to bring a question again before
the assembly?
Ratify
The introduction of which of the following motions always brings business before
the assembly
Amend something previously adopted
The standard descriptive characteristics of a motion contain
"A. the motions over which it takes precedence.
B. to what motions it yields.
C. what motions are applicable to it.
D. All of the above are correct."
What kind of motion introduces a substantive question as a new subject
Original main motion
An incidental main motion
is a main motion that relates to the business of the assembly, or its past or future action
An example of an incidental main motion would be the motion to:
ratify emergency action taken at a meeting when no quorum was present
The motion to recess made when no business is pending is
an incidental main motion
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
A main motion yields to
all applicable secondary motions
Which of the following can be applied to a main motion
Lay on the table.
A main motion
if adopted, becomes the official recorded statement of an action taken by the assembly
A properly framed motion should
be concise, unambiguous and complete in form
A motion that the assembly refrain from doing something is out of order if the
motion is equivalent to adopting no motion at all
, Which of the following is a proper main motion
"Ordered, That the steward obtain impoundment of all unauthorized vehicles found
parked on the club premises."
Voting down a motion that would express a particular opinion
"A. is not the same as adopting a motion expressing the opposite opinion.
B. means that no opinion has been expressed.
C. means that a member feels his organization should be silent on the matter.
D. All of the above are correct."
A motion "that the assembly support Mr. Jones in next Tuesday's election" is
being debated. A member who also supports Mr. Jones, but feels that the
assembly should support no candidate for public office should
vote against the motion
The motion "that the assembly oppose the proposed bond issue" is pending.
What should a member do if he favors supporting the bond issue?
"A. object to the consideration of the question.
B. move to postpone the question until next month's business meeting.
C. vote against the motion.
D. All of the above are correct."
In preparing a written motion or resolution, it is often advisable to:
consult with members who can be of assistance in perfecting it
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
Which of the following statements is true in the consideration of a resolution
having a preamble?
The previous question, when ordered before consideration of the preamble, does not
apply to debate and amendment of the preamble
The following resolution contains one or more errors in format. The error(s)
occur(s) in which clause
Whereas, There is a Dunkin' Donuts shop near the study site, now therefore be it
When a series of independent resolutions or main motions dealing with different
subjects is offered in one motion
the request of a single member allows for one or more of them to be considered
separately
No main motion is in order which:
presents the same question as one that has not been finally disposed of
A main motion can be improved before action is taken
"A. by a motion to substitute an entire new text of the main motion in place of the
pending version.
B. before it is stated by the chair, any member can suggest a modification in the motion,
which the maker can accept or reject.
C. after it is stated by the chair, the maker can request unanimous consent to modify the
motion. If there is an objection, the modification must be introduced in the form of an
amendment.
D. All of the above are correct."
