PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE B

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71) Bylaw articles are commonly designated by:

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A) Roman numerals

B) Arabic numerals

C) capital letters, A. B. C., etc.

D) no numbers, just headings

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99) When the hour fixed for a general order has arrived, the order can be taken up

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A) if other business is pending.

B) if a general order made before this one, for a particular hour that has arrived or passed, remains indisposed of.

C) if general orders not set for particular hours have not been reached or passed in the order of business.

D) if no special order interferes.

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68) A call for the orders of the day

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A) may, if in order at the time, interrupt a person who is actually speaking.

B) must be seconded.

C) is subject to restricted debate.

D) may be made when a question of privilege is pending.

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100) A motion cannot be divided unless:

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A) each part presents a proper question for the assembly to act upon if none of the other parts is adopted

B) the effect of adopting all the parts will be a different question

C) new language is introduced

D) it is one whose parts cannot easily be separated

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73) When may the vote on the previous question be reconsidered?

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A) It may be reconsidered at any time until the next question has been stated by the chair.

B) It may not be reconsidered.

C) It may be reconsidered before any vote has been taken under the order of the previous question.

D) The unexhausted portion of the previous question may be reconsidered.

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87) All of the following are misuses of Lay on the Table except:

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A) moving to lay a pending question on the table if there is evidently no other matter urgently requiring immediate attention

B) suppressing a question without debate

C) moving to lay on the table with the intention of killing a motion without a direct vote

D) the laying of intervening matters on the table in succession to bring another matter up out of its order

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77) A motion proposing to assign a new task or refer a new matter to a committee when no question is pending is called a(n):

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A) subsidiary motion to commit

B) original main motion

C) incidental main motion

D) debatable

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98) If a trial committee finds the accused guilty and recommends a penalty, the assembly:

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A) can increase the penalty

B) cannot decline to impose any penalty

C) cannot increase the penalty

D) cannot reduce the recommended penalty

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53) Historical accounts prepared by the historian

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A) another motion to reconsider.

B) an affirmative vote on a contract even though the party to the contract has not been notified.

C) a main motion with an appeal pending.

D) an order limiting or extending debate.

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89) In societies that hold regular meetings at least quarterly, business legally required to be done at the annual meeting that is taken up but notcompleted at the annual meeting:

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A) must be completed by the board

B) may not be referred to a committee

C) falls to the ground

D) can be postponed to the next regular meeting

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66) The main motion is to "buy a mahogany desk." A primary amendment to strike out "mahogany" is immediately pending. Which of the following is a proper secondary amendment?

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A) To add "and chair"

B) There is no proper secondary amendment.

C) To strike out "mahogany"

D) To add "and insert maple"

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85) A corporate charter is not:

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A) deny members the right to maintain a neutral position by abstaining

B) most accurately reflect the will of the membership

C) are desirable because they stimulate attendance

D) result in decisions that will be supported by the membership

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79) The precedence of the various rules of a society is as follows:

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A) constitution, corporate charter, bylaws, rules of order, standing rules

B) corporate charter, bylaws, standing rules, special rules of order, rules of order

C) corporate charter, constitution, bylaws, rules of order, standing rules

D) corporate charter, constitution bylaws, standing rules, rules of order

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55) Reconsider and enter on the minutes can be applied to

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A) an affirmative vote on an objection to the consideration of a question.

B) a negative vote on postpone indefinitely.

C) an affirmative vote on postpone to a certain time.

D) an affirmative vote on a main motion.

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78) Which of the following is false with regard to a special meeting?

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A) convened only to consider business mentioned in the call to the special meeting

B) can take action in an emergency beyond the notice given--subject to later ratification

C) set by a motion at the previous regular meeting

D) procedure requiring authorization in the bylaws

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86) Article IV of the bylaws should provide for:

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A) the method of electing officers

B) the dates on which meetings are to be held

C) required dues and when payable

D) provision for honorary membership

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75) Who may attend an executive session?

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A) members, dignitaries, specified staff members

B) members, special invitees, specified staff members

C) members, special invitees, former members

D) members, the public, special invitees

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70) On a ballot with votes for more than one question or office

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A) all segments of the ballot are counted as illegal if a member votes for too many candidates for a given office.

B) blank boxes cause the vote to be invalid.

C) count the number of votes cast for each segment.

D) votes are counted as illegal if the officers' named are misspelled.

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56) The motions to adopt the reports of the credentials, standing rules and program committees at a convention are

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A) debatable and amendable.

B) debatable but not amendable

C) neither debatable nor amendable.

D) not debatable but are amendable.

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93) If the assembly does not wish to adjourn a meeting within a convention at the time scheduled in the agenda or program, the matter is handled by:

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A) the presiding officer

B) a motion to fix the time at which to adjourn

C) a majority vote of the assembly

D) setting aside the orders of the day

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90) The Credentials Committee of a convention:

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A) submits its report before the opening ceremonies

B) cannot be called upon to give a supplementary report at other times than the beginning of each day

C) makes a supplementary report at the beginning of each day

D) submits a supplementary report with changes, which requires a two-thirds vote

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60) An adjourned meeting is

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A) one that has been adjourned by a formal motion of a member.

B) one that has been declared adjourned by the presiding officer.

C) a special meeting.

D) a meeting in continuation of the session of the immediately preceding regular or special meeting.

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97) A motion to suspend the rules is a(n):

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A) privileged motion

B) incidental motion

C) subsidiary motion

D) incidental main motion

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54) The vote of a majority of the entire membership

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A) is understood to mean the members present at any regular meeting.

B) requires previous notice.

C) is inappropriate in conventions.

D) is required to rescind and expunge from the minutes.

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74) Which of the following applies to a motion to recess when no other business is pending?

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A) It is not debatable.

B) It requires a two-thirds vote.

C) It is not amendable.

D) The time of the recess may be set for a future time.

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58) If two members of a nominating committee disagreed with the report of the majority of the nominating committee for some or all of the offices, these members:

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A) could present a minority report even if nominations from the floor are prohibited

B) could, as a group, propose other nominees if nominations from the floor are permitted

C) as a minority, could obtain a petition with the required ten signatures to submit nominations

D) could not submit nominees for office

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94) When filling a blank prescribing the method of voting to be used, the following method is voted on first:

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A) that which takes the least time

B) in reverse of the order they were offered

C) the order in which they were named

D) that which takes the most time

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80) The following parliamentary steps are in order after the assembly has voted to adjourn, but before the chair has declared the meeting adjourned, except to:

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A) give notice of a motion to be made at the next meeting

B) make the motion to reconsider and enter on the minutes

C) call up a motion to reconsider made earlier, but not taken up

D) make a motion to reconsider a previous vote

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67) A recommendation from a committee to postpone indefinitely a motion with a pending amendment is handled by the chair in the following manner:

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A) The chair states the question on the amendment.

B) The chair puts the question on the amendment.

C) The chair puts the question on the motion to postpone indefinitely.

D) The chair states the question on the motion to postpone indefinitely.

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88) Which one of the following motions is never an incidental main motion?

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A) postpone to a certain time

B) lay on the table

C) amend something previously adopted

D) commit or refer

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96) The unqualified term "majority vote" means

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A) more than half the votes cast, excluding blanks and abstentions.

B) at least one more than half of the votes cast.

C) more than half the number of persons present, legally entitled to vote.

D) one more than half of the legally qualified membership.

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92) The regular presiding officer leaves the chair and a new chairman is appointed:

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A) a point of order cannot be raised

B) the decision of the chair in assigning the floor can be appealed from by one member

C) the decision of the chair in assigning the floor cannot be appealed from

D) the decision of the chair in assigning the floor can be appealed by two members

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69) A point of order must be made at the time of the breach in order to object to:

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A) a main motion that conflicts with a rule within the bylaws that is in the nature of a rule of order

B) any action taken in violation of applicable procedural rules prescribed by local law

C) a main motion that conflicts with the bylaws

D) any action taken in violation of a fundamental principle of parliamentary law

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95) Which one of the following should be taken up first during a regular business meeting under unfinished business and general orders?

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A) any questions that were new business at the previous meeting, but were not reached before adjournment

B) the question that was pending when the previous meeting adjourned

C) any questions that were unfinished business at the previous meeting, but were not reached before adjournment

D) any matter that had been laid on the table

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81) 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:

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A) main motion

B) incidental motion

C) subsidiary motion

D) privileged motion

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65) In the case of a grave offense against the assembly by a member during a meeting, a formal trial with witnesses is not necessary because:

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A) witnesses are present and make up the body that will determine the penalty

B) officers present make up the body that will determine the penalty

C) the board appoints an investigative committee that will determine the penalty

D) the secretary records it all in the minutes

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59) An appeal from the decision of the chair:

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A) is put to vote in the form, "Shall the appeal be sustained?"

B) is amendable under some conditions and under other conditions is not

C) requires a two-thirds vote to sustain the decision of the chair

D) is debatable under some conditions and under other conditions is not

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61) When no question is pending, a member making a main motion must yield to another member who wishes to:

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A) refer a matter not pending to a committee

B) take a motion from the table (if it is in order to do so)

C) move to rescind a previously adopted motion

D) discharge a committee from consideration of a motion previously referred

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83) In the absence of any bylaw provision, the quorum for a convention is:

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A) a majority of the delegates who have been registered as in attendance

B) a majority of the delegates in actual attendance

C) a majority of the delegates and alternates who have been registered as in attendance

D) a majority of the delegates who were elected, including those not registered

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76) The credentials committee for a convention receives a credentials blank from a constituent unit listing a delegate who is ineligible through nonpayment of dues. The credentials committee should:

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A) inform the member that he is ineligible

B) advise the chapter of its right to designate an elected alternate to replace the delegate

C) wait for the convention when the delegate can pay dues and register at the same time

D) ask the national treasurer to collect the dues

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62) Executive session refers to

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A) any meeting or portion thereof at which proceedings are secret.

B) meetings of the executive committee.

C) meetings open to the public.

D) specially called meetings.

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63) Previous notice may properly be given in the following way:

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A) by written notice distributed as members enter the meeting

B) by oral announcement of the general purport of the proposal at the previous meeting

C) by oral notice given at the preceding meeting after the chair has declared the meeting adjourned

D) by written notices distributed at any meeting during the previous calendar quarter

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82) The motions to rescind and to amend something previously adopted:

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A) can have the affirmative vote reconsidered

B) may not be applied to an appeal that has been taken from a ruling of the chair

C) can be applied to a policy which has continuing force

D) only require a majority vote in committee

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52) The motion to reconsider can be applied to the vote on any motion except:

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A) another motion to reconsider.

B) an affirmative vote on a contract even though the party to the contract has not been notified.

C) a main motion with an appeal pending.

D) an order limiting or extending debate.

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91) If the chair makes a mistake and assigns the floor to the wrong person:

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A) a point of order cannot be raised

B) the decision of the chair in assigning the floor can be appealed from by one member

C) the decision of the chair in assigning the floor cannot be appealed from

D) the decision of the chair in assigning the floor can be appealed by two members

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57) The motion to adjourn is in order

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A) during the verification of a vote.

B) while the assembly is engaged in voting.

C) after the ballots have been collected by the tellers and before the result has been announced.

D) before the ballots have been collected by the tellers.

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72) An executive committee is established in the bylaws in:

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A) a separate article that immediately follows the article establishing the board of directors

B) the article on committees

C) the same article that establishes the board of directors

D) a separate article that immediately precedes the article establishing the board of directors

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64) The effect of postponing a question to a specified hour:

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A) makes it a special order

B) provides that the matter will come before the assembly at a time named or a later time

C) makes it impossible to reconsider the question except by a two-thirds vote

D) prevents debate on the question by dissenting members

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84) Voting requirements based on the number present:

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A) deny members the right to maintain a neutral position by abstaining

B) most accurately reflect the will of the membership

C) are desirable because they stimulate attendance

D) result in decisions that will be supported by the membership

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51) The motion which must be voted on first is:

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A) the previous question.

B) an amendment to the motion to recess.

C) to take a recess.

D) to postpone to a certain time.

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