Indicate Whether the Sentence Or Statement Is True Or False

2005 SLC Introduction to Parliamentary ProcedurePage 1

Indicate whether the sentence or statement is True or False. Mark “A” if the statement is True or “B” if it is False.

1. During actual deliberations of the committee, only committee members have the right to be present. A

/ a. True / b. False

1. A two-thirds vote means two-thirds of those present. B

/ a. True / b. False

1. If it is desired to approve the minutes without having them read, it is necessary to suspend the rules for this purpose. A

/ a. True / b. False

1. The minimum number of members who must be present at the meetings of a deliberative assembly for business to be legally transacted is the quorum of the assembly. A

/ a. True / b. False

1. A member can establish prior claim to the floor by rising just before it has been yielded. B

/ a. True / b. False

1. An ex-officio member of a committee has the same rights as the other committee members. A

/ a. True / b. False

1. The first item of business in order at a regular meeting is the report of officers. B

/ a. True / b. False

1. The making and seconding of a motion places it before the assembly. B

/ a. True / b. False

1. In debate, members should refer to officers only by title and should avoid the mention of other members’ names as much as possible. A

/ a. True / b. False

1. A motion put in writing and delivered to the chair must be read by the author of the motion. B

/ a. True / b. False

1. A tie vote is a lost vote. A

/ a. True / b. False

1. The chair need not ask for the negative vote when the affirmative vote sounds loud enough. B

/ a. True / b. False

1. If the committee chairman fails to call a meeting, the committee must meet on the call of any one of its members. B

/ a. True / b. False

1. The member who seconds a motion does not have to agree with the motion and may, in fact, vote against it. B

/ a. True / b. False

1. The chair rules on all questions of parliamentary procedure affecting the assembly’s proceedings. A

/ a. True / b. False

1. The FBLA fiscal year is June 30 to July 1. B

/ a. True / b. False

1. Under certain circumstances, the chair can declare a meeting adjourned without a motion. A

/ a. True / b. False

1. Referral to a committee is the only means by which a motion can go over to another session when more than a quarterly time interval would separate the two sessions. A

/ a. True / b. False

1. In the consideration of a resolution having a preamble, the preamble is always amended last. A

/ a. True / b. False

1. Any FBLA member can be a FBLA national officer. B

/ a. True / b. False

1. A meeting is said to stand at ease if the chair, without objection, simply permits a brief pause, without a declaration of recess. A

/ a. True / b. False

1. Bylaws require a majority vote for suspension. B

/ a. True / b. False

1. The minutes of an executive session may be approved at any regular meeting. B

/ a. True / b. False

1. All FBLA voting delegates’ names must be submitted no later than 20 days prior to NLC.

/ a. True / b. FalseA

1. An assembly can ratify only such actions of its officers as it would have had the right to authorize in advance.

/ a. True / b. False A
Mark the correct answer on your Scantron sheet for each of the following questions.

1. There are four classifications of membership: C

/ a. professional, active, national honorary life, and collegiate. / b. professional, associate, active, and honorary life. / c. active, professional, honorary life, and national honorary life.

1. Two forms of a deliberative assembly are a

/ a. convention and board. / b. standing and special committees. / c. committee of the whole and mass meeting.

1. Admittance to a mass meeting C

/ a. may not be limited. / b. depends on whether or not a person is a member. / c. may be limited.

1. Standing rules, except in the case of conventions, are A

/ a. related to the details of the administration of a society. / b. related to parliamentary procedure. / c. generally adopted at the time a society is organized.

1. The ______shall administer all FBLA finances. C

/ a. Board of Directors / b. Executive Council / c. CEO

1. Large boards and large committees B

/ a. follow parliamentary procedure to a lesser degree than does the average deliberative assembly. / b. generally follow parliamentary procedure the same as any assembly. / c. establish their own rules of procedure apart from the larger body.

1. The term rules of order refers to C

/ a. the constitution. / b. the bylaws. / c. the written rules of parliamentary procedure adopted by an assembly or organization.

1. The purpose of FBLA is to provide as an integral part of the instructional program for high school students in a

/ a. grades 9-12. / b. grades 7-12. / c. grades 5-7.

1. The corporate charter should contain only c

/ a. the name and object. / b. the name, object, and qualifications for membership. / c. what is necessary to obtain it and to obtain the desired status under the law.

1. In the FBLA Bylaws, what article are dues mentioned in? c

/ a. Article III / b. Article V / c. Article IV

1. The quorum of an assembly c

/ a. is the largest number that can be depended on to attend any meeting. / b. is two-thirds of the members present at the meeting. / c. is the minimum number of members who must be present for business to be legally transacted.

1. In actual parliamentary proceedings, the presiding officer refers to himself as the a

/ a. chair / b. president. / c. presiding officer.

1. An FBLA state chapter shall have at least ______local chapters with all members holding national membership in FBLA and hold one annual meeting to elect state officers and conduct business in order to have a charter. B

/ a. 4 / b. 5 / c. 8

1. The minimum essential officers for the conduct of business are a

/ a. a presiding officer and secretary or clerk. / b. a president, secretary, and treasurer. / c. the president and the treasurer.

1. The official application for FBLA national office must be received by B

/ a. May 1. / b. May 15. / c. June 1.

1. With a very limited number of exceptions, and except in small boards and committees, a member never speaks c

/ a. until a motion has been seconded. / b. if he has already spoken once. / c. while seated.

1. No two FBLA national officers shall be elected from the same b

/ a. region. / b. state. / c. city.

1. If a member does not want an original main motion even discussed at a meeting, he can b

/ a. move to Postpone Indefinitely. / b. raise an Objection to the Consideration of the Question. / c. rise to a Question of Privilege.

1. A Request to be Excused from a Duty is a

/ a. an incidental motion. / b. a privileged motion. / c. a subsidiary motion.

1. The ______shall present an annual financial report to members of the NLC. c

/ a. CEO / b. Board of Directors / c. Treasurer

1. Members of the FBLA Board of Directors shall be elected for a ______-year term. c

/ a. 1 / b. 2 / c. 3

1. A ______shall be required for FBLA national officer elections. b

/ a. ¾ / b. majority vote / c. 2/3

1. The chair exercises his right to vote b

/ a. at all times. / b. only when the vote is by secret ballot or when his vote would affect the outcome. / c. only when he feels strongly about a question.

1. In putting a question to a vote, the chair should usually call for c

/ a. the affirmative and negative votes and then for any abstentions. / b. abstentions first. / c. the affirmative and negative votes.

1. The official emblem and insignia designs for FBLA are protected from infringement by the U.S. Patent Office under the Trademark Act of C

/ a. 1976. / b. 1956. / c. 1946.

1. The lack of a second has become immaterial b

/ a. after the chair has stated the question. / b. after debate has begun. / c. when the maker of the motion asks for permission to withdraw it.

1. When a member is unsure of the proper wording of a motion, he b

/ a. may ask another member for help. / b. may seek assistance from the chair. / c. will be asked to yield the floor while he composes the motion.

1. A subsidiary motion can be applied to any a

/ a. main motion. / b. privileged motion. / c. incidental motion.

1. Business of the FBLA National Executive Council may be conducted by mail at the discretion of the b

/ a. Association President. / b. FBLA President. / c. Board of Directors.

1. The main motion is one that a

/ a. brings business before the assembly. / b. can be made while another motion is pending. / c. has the highest rank.

1. A term used by the presiding officer in opening a meeting is: c

/ a. “Are you ready to begin?” / b. “The meeting has started.” / c. “The meeting will come to order.”

1. Meetings of the FBLA National Executive Council shall be called by the President or upon the written request of ______voting members of the Council. b

/ a. 5 / b. 3 / c. 4

1. Calling a meeting to order is a

/ a. not a part of the order of business. / b. the first item of business. / c. done by the secretary.

1. A member makes a motion, in simple cases, by saying a

/ a. “I move that . . .” / b. “I wish to move that . . .” / c. “This member moves that . . .”

1. In the standard order of business, new business comes c

/ a. at the discretion of the president / b. immediately after reports of officers. / c. after unfinished business and general orders.

1. Article ______identifies the emblem and colors of FBLA. b

/ a. X / b. XI / c. XII

1. As soon as a member has made a motion, he a

/ a. resumes his seat. / b. remains standing, knowing that he will be recognized first. / c. remains standing in case any member wishes to suggest a change in the motion.

1. A motion is recorded in the minutes as c

/ a. it was stated by the maker. / b. the wording was improved by the chairman. / c. it was put by the chair finally before being voted on by the assembly.

1. Proposed approved amendments must be given to the FBLA state chapter by c

/ a. April 15. / b. May 1. / c. May 15.

1. Subsidiary motions a

/ a. assist the assembly in disposing of a main motion. / b. are of higher rank than incidental motions. / c. are all debatable.

1. To delay consideration of the main motion until the next regular meeting, a member would move to b

/ a. lay on the table. / b. postpone to a certain time. / c. postpone indefinitely.

1. Incidental motions a

/ a. usually deal with questions of procedure arising out of another pending motion. / b. are not in order when another has the floor. / c. have rank.

1. Which of the following is not an incidental motion? c

/ a. Point of Order / b. Parliamentary Inquiry / c. Postpone Indefinitely

1. A motion to Lay on the Table takes precedence over a

/ a. all subsidiary motions. / b. the motion to Take from the Table. / c. all privileged motions.

1. To consider a motion later in the same meeting, a member may move to b

/ a. refer the matter to a committee. / b. postpone the matter to a certain time. / c. postpone the matter indefinitely.

1. When a count has been ordered on a motion, the secretary records in the minutes a

/ a. the number of votes on each side . / b. only whether the motion was adopted or lost. / c. the votes on each side and abstentions.

1. A single member can require a b

/ a. counted vote. / b. standing vote. / c. ballot vote.

1. In cases where the next session will not be held until after more than a quarterly time interval has elapsed, the only means by which a question an go over to another session is by doing a

/ a. referred to a committee. / b. postponed to a certain time. / c. laid on the table.

1. An incidental main motion A

/ a. relates to the business of the assembly, or its past or future action. / b. is incidental to the pending question. / c. must be germane to the original main motion.

1. When the privileged motion to Adjourn is pending, the motion to C

/ a. Lay on the Table is in order. / b. Limit or Extend Limits of Debate is in order. / c. Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn is in order.

1. If it appears that a motion will require time or study to perfect, it would be appropriate for a member to make a motion to B

/ a. postpone indefinitely. / b. commit. / c. postpone definitely.

1. When a main motion, an amendment, and a motion to postpone the pending question to a certain time are pending, the first vote is taken on A

/ a. the motion to Postpone to a Certain Time. / b. the amendment. / c. the main motion.

1. An executive session is any meeting or portion of a meeting B

/ a. open only to the officers of the organization. / b. at which the proceedings are secret. / c. presided over by the secretary of the organization.

1. The chair asks for approval of the minutes in the following manner: A

/ a. “Are there any corrections to the minutes?” / b. “Are there any additions or corrections?” / c. “Are there any additions or deletions?”

1. Any vacancy occurring on a committee is filled by C

/ a. the president. / b. the committee itself. / c. the appointing power.

1. A committee can appoint subcommittees, which report to the B

/ a. assembly. / b. committee. / c. board.

1. Subsidiary, privileged, and incidental motions are c

/ a. ranking motions. / b. privileged motions. / c. secondary motions.

1. The motion which must be voted on first is b

/ a. an amendment to the motion to recess. / b. the previous question. / c. to postpone to a certain time.

1. Proper handling of a substitute amendment tends to ensure b

/ a. a fairer means of debate on an issue by creating alternatives. / b. that the provisions of the version first offered receive appropriate consideration without the impeding free debate of the proposal to substitute. / c. the matter will be resolved at the meeting.

1. The motions to Rescind and to Amend Something Previously Adopted c

/ a. only require a majority vote in committee. / b. can have the affirmative vote reconsidered. / c. can be applied to a policy which has continuing force.

1. All of the following are misuses of Lay on the Table except a

/ a. the laying of intervening matters on the table in succession to bring another matter up out of its’ order. / b. moving to lay a pending question on the table if there is evidently no other matter urgently requiring immediate attention. / c. suppressing a question with debate.

1. A motion to censure the action of an office c

/ a. is not debatable. / b. is not amendable. / c. opens the entire question to debate.

1. The motion to ratify a

/ a. is an incidental main motion. / b. requires a two-thirds vote for adoption. / c. is usually undebatable.

1. What is the correct procedure in handling a substitute motion? b

/ a. Perfect the motion, perfect the substitute, vote on the substitution, and proceed to the next item of business. / b. Perfect the motion, perfect the substitute, vote on the substitution, vote on the adoption of the remaining motion, and proceed to the next item of business. / c. Perfect the substitute, perfect the motion, vote on the substitution, vote on the adoption of the remaining motion, and proceed to the next item of business.

1. The motion to discharge a committee b

/ a. is necessary when the committee’s final report has been received. / b. is debatable, and debate can go into the merits of the question in the hands of the committee. / c. if adopted, can be reconsidered.

1. The following motions usually require a two-thirds vote. c

/ a. Suspend the rules, previous questions, point of order / b. Limit or extend limits of debate, point of information, point of order / c. Previous questions, suspend the rules, limit or extend limits of debate

1. A general order of the day set for a specified hour b

/ a. can interrupt pending questions. / b. cannot come up before that time except by a two-thirds vote to suspend rules or reconsideration. / c. is taken up before any other orders of the day for the same time that were made before this general order was made.

1. The previous question c

/ a. takes precedence over the motion to lay on the table. / b. pertains to the last questions previously considered. / c. does not prevent the making of privileged or incidental motions as applicable.

1. The motion to fix the time to which to adjourn is b

/ a. in order when another has the floor. / b. the highest ranking privileged motion. / c. not a privileged motion.

1. After an agenda or program has been adopted it may be changed by c

/ a. a majority vote. / b. a vote to reconsider. / c. a vote of a majority of the entire membership.

1. After an agenda or program has been adopted it may be changed by a

/ a. a vote of a majority of the entire membership. / b. a majority vote. / c. a vote to reconsider.

1. A point of order a

/ a. is debatable when referred to the assembly the chair. / b. may not interrupt a person reading a report. / c. does not yield to privileged motions.

1. A motion to go into executive session b

/ a. yields to a question of personal privilege. / b. is a question of privilege of the assembly. / c. requires a two-thirds vote.

1. When a secondary motion is placed before the assembly, it a

/ a. becomes the immediately pending question. / b. becomes the pending question. / c. must be voted on before another motion can be made.

1. Privileged motions as a class are distinguished by which one of the following conditions? a

/ a. They do not relate to pending business. / b. Unlike subsidiary motions, they do not fit into an order of precedence. / c. They are identical to “questions of privilege.”

2004 FBLA Answer Key

INTRODUCTION TO PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE