BPA- Parliamentary Procedures Test

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a deliberative assembly?

The size of the group is less than six.

The questions acted upon in a deliberative assembly are normally decided by the...

members who are present at a regular meeting

An assembly is a

body of people who come together as a group

A member of an assembly, in a parliamentary sense, is a person having the right to

participate fully in its proceedings

Members of a deliberative assembly

have the right to make motions, participate in debate, and vote.

And deliberative assembly that has not adopted rules to govern its organization is bound by the rules and customs

of common parliamentary law

The actions of any deliberative assembly are subject to

the bylaws and other rules of its organization and all applicable local, state, and national laws.

The basic principle of decision in a deliberative assembly is that

propositions must be adopted by a majority vote.

In a deliberative assembly, a proposition may be adopted by a majority vote, which means that a motion must be approved by

more than half of the members present and voting

When an unorganized group meets to discuss a specific problem and anyone may attend who is interested, it is called a

Mass meeting

Admittance to a mass meeting

May be limited

Membership in a local assembly of an organized society is limited to persons who are

Listed in the rolls of the society as voting members in good standing

The bylaws of an organized local society usually provide that it shall hold

Regular meetings at stated intervals

Which type of deliberative assembly below is characterized by having each meeting normally serve as a separate session

Organized local societies

An assembly of delegates normally chosen for one session is called a

Convention

Which one of the following statements is true regarding a conversation

The voting membership of a convention usually consists of delegates

When a convention concludes,

The assembly is normally dissolved

Law making groups such as congress are called

Legislative bodies

A board is an administrative body that is

Elected or appointed

A board generally has the same character of a

Deliberative assembly

The minimum size of a board is

Boards have no minimum size and are usually smaller than assemblies

A board with an organized society

Such as a board of education may be assigned a particular function, has responsibilities that are conferred on it by authority outside itself, and is subordinate to the society's full assembly.

Large boards and large committees follow parliamentary procedure

In the same way as any assembly

When an organization needs to make a decision that requires more than a majority vite, common requirements are a

two-thirds vote and possibly previous notice

The call of a meeting is a

written notice of the time and place of the meeting which is mailed or distributed to members

Which of the following would not be classified as a principle type of deliberative assembly?

Committee

An organized society requires certain rules to

establish its basic structure and manner to operation.

What is the legal document that gives the name and object of a society and also other information as required by law?

Corporate Charter

The corporate charter of a society that wishes to be incorporated should contain

the name of the society, the object of the society, and any information required of the particular state where the society originated

One principal advantage of incorporating a society is that the officers and members

are protected from personal liability under obligations that may be incurred by the organization

A corporate charter should be drafted by

an attorney

In an incorporated organization, the document that supersedes all other rules is the

Corporate charter

The document of a society that contains its own rules relating to itself as an organization is the

constitution or bylaws

The first two articles in the bylaws of an unincorporated society are

The name of the organization and its object

Which article below is generally not included in an organization's bylaws?

a listing of all members' legal names and addresses

An incorporated society

Should not have the constitution separated from the bylaws

Rules of order that supplement or modify the rules contained in an organizations parliamentary authority are called

special rules of order

In a mass meeting or a meeting of a body not yet organized, adopting a parliamentary authority

may take place at the beginning of the meeting

If a special rule of order is not in agreement with an organization's parliamentary authority, which one must be used?

The special rule

If an organization has adopted Roberts Rules of Order Newly Revised as their parliamentary authority and another manual disagrees with a specific rule, which manual is binding?

Roberts Rules of Order Newly Revised is binding

special rules of order

should be adopted separately from the bylaws

The minimum affirmative vote necessary to suspend rules of order named in an organizations parliamentary authority or adopted as special rules of order is

Two-thirds of the members present and voting

The quorum of an assembly is

the number of members who must be present for business to be legally transacted

In the absence of a provision in the bylaws, the quorum of an organized society is

a majority of the entire membership

The minimum essential officers that must be present to conduct business in a deliberative assembly are a

presiding officer and a secretary or clerk

Which phrase below applies both to the presiding officer and to the station in the place where he/she presides?

"The chair"

The president or chief officer of an organized society who normally presides at its meetings is addressed as

Mr. or Madame President

How should a vice-president be addressed while actually presiding if the president is not on the platform?

Mr. or Madame President

With very few expectations, a member never speaks

while seated.

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

"the chair."

An appropriate phrase to use by the presiding officer to call a meeting to order is

"the meeting will come to order"

What specifies the sequence in which certain general types or classes of business are brought up or permitted to be introduced at a meeting?

Order of business

A society which has adopted Roberts Rules of Order Newly Revised as its parliamentary authority

may adopt its own particular order of business

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

reading and approval of the minutes.

A communication addressed to the organization is normally read aloud at a meeting by the

Secretary

The reading of a communication at a meeting means that

A motion is not formally before the assembly

The formal parliamentary name given to any form of discussion of the merits of a motion is called

A debate

The chair must recognize any

member who seeks the floor while entitled to it.

Before members in a large assembly can debate or propose motions, they must

Rise and address the chairman

Before a member of an assembly is allowed to speak or propose a motion, he or she must "obtain the floor." This means that the member must

rise, address the chair, and wait to be recognized before speaking

When a member "has the floor," this means that

recognition has been received from the chair.

The expression "privileges of the floor" means that

a person is permitted to enter the room in which a meeting is being held

A member addressing the chair to claim the floor when the names of the members are not known should

state his/her name and appropriate identifying information

When a member yields the floor by sitting, this means that

the member is finished speaking

Generally, if two members rise at about the same time, the chairman should recognize the member who

rose and addressed the chair first after the floor was yielded

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

made the motion and has not debated

If the chairman makes a mistake and calls on the wrong member, attention to correct the error can be called by a member immediately

raising a Point of Order

In the standard order of business, the reports of officers are presented

immediately after approval of the minutes

In the standard order of business, what follows special orders?

Unfinished business and general orders

In the standard order of business, new business is taken up

after unfinished business and general orders.

A mass meeting usually does not need an order of business because

only new business can be brought up.

A motion is brought before the assembly by a member

Making a motion, another member seconding it, and the chair starting it

After a motion is made, seconded, and restated by the chair, the motion is

Pending

If an assembly decides to do what a motion proposes, the motion is carried or

Adopted

If an assembly decides not to do what a motion proposes, the motion is rejected or

Lost

Main motions should start with the words

"I move that..."

Complex motions are presented in the form of a (an)

Resolution

The member who proposes a main motion has the right to speak in debate

First

Calling a meeting to order is

not part of the order of business

A convention commonly

adopts its own order of business

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

motion

Assume that a main motion is not seconded. What should the chairman say?

"Since there is no second, the motion is not before this meeting."

A second implies that the seconder agrees that the motion

should come before the assembly.

May a member who is opposed to a motion second it?

Yes

The requirement of a second to a motion is for the guidance of the

Chair so that the question on the motion can be stated

The purpose of a second to a motion is to

Prevent time from being consumed by the assembly having to dispose of a motion that only one member wants introduced

If the chair is sure that over a majority of the assembly approves a motion,

The question can be stated without a second

If a motion is considered and adopted without having been seconded, it

Is still adopted

After members make motions, they should

resume their seats

Before proposing a main motion, a member may,

offer an explanation of a few words.

Members who are unsure of the proper wording of a motion

may seek assistance from the chairman

The member who wishes to second a motion must

second the motion before it may be considered

The seconder of a motion

does not need to obtain the floor

After a main motion has been made, another member==without obtaining the floor and who wishes the motion to be considered--says

"I second the motion", "I second it", "Second"

Motions proposed in small boards or committees

need not be seconded.