Parliamentary Procedure Exam 2025
Questions and Answers
An original main motion is a main motion that
A. Amends another motion
B. Introduces a substantive question as a new subject
C. Is related to the business of the assembly or its past or future action
D. Allows the maker of the motion to serve as a chairman if it's referred to a
committee - ANSWER-B
An incidental main motion
A. Can be made only with the permission of the assembly
B. Is in order if an original main motion is the immediate pending question
C. Proposes an action that is defined under parliamentary law and described by a
particular parliamentary term
D. Is the same as a main motion, except it only can be proposed when an
incidental motion is pending - ANSWER-C
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,The main motion is a motion that
A. Takes precedence over everything
B. Can be applied to no other motion
C. Can be moved at any time
D. Always requires a majority vote - ANSWER-B
All subsidiary motions can be applied to
A. An original main motion
B. A point of order
C. Themselves
D. Third degree amendments - ANSWER-A
Main motions
A. Take precedence over all motions
B. Are not debatable
C. Always require a two-thirds vote to be adopted
D. Are out of order when another member has the floor - ANSWER-D
Main motions are not in order which
A. Conflict with national laws
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,B. Conflict with or present the same question as one which has been temporarily
but not finally disposed of
C. Propose action outside the scope of the organization's bylaws or charter unless
authorized by a two-thirds vote
D. All of the above - ANSWER-D
The motion to Postpone Indefinitely is used by
A. The chair to place a main motion on the agenda at the next regular meeting
B. A member to send a main motion to a standing committee
C. Members wish to change the pending main motion
D. The assembly to show that it does not wish to take a position on the main
motion - ANSWER-D
If the motion to Postpone Indefinitely is adopted, what happens to the pending
main motion?
A. An ad hoc committee studies it and reports back at the next regular meeting
B. It is brought back under the heading of Unfinished Business at the next regular
meeting
C. It is killed for the duration of the session
D. It is automatically passed without debate - ANSWER-C
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, The subsidiary motion to Postpone Indefinitely takes precedence over
A. All other subsidiary motions
B. A secondary amendment
C. Nothing except the main question to which it is applied
D. The privileged motion to adjourn - ANSWER-C
The primary purpose of using the subsidiary motion to Amend is to
A. Eliminate the main purpose of the main motion
B. Alter the original main motion
C. Lengthen the debate time on the main motion
D. Call for an immediate vote on the original main motion - ANSWER-B
When an amendment to a main motion is adopted, the motion that was amended
A. Is also adopted
B. Is voted on immediately
C. Remains pending
D. Is postponed to the next regular meeting or until the adopted amendment is
acted on - ANSWER-C
Rejection of the subsidiary motion to Amend leaves the pending motion
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Questions and Answers
An original main motion is a main motion that
A. Amends another motion
B. Introduces a substantive question as a new subject
C. Is related to the business of the assembly or its past or future action
D. Allows the maker of the motion to serve as a chairman if it's referred to a
committee - ANSWER-B
An incidental main motion
A. Can be made only with the permission of the assembly
B. Is in order if an original main motion is the immediate pending question
C. Proposes an action that is defined under parliamentary law and described by a
particular parliamentary term
D. Is the same as a main motion, except it only can be proposed when an
incidental motion is pending - ANSWER-C
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,The main motion is a motion that
A. Takes precedence over everything
B. Can be applied to no other motion
C. Can be moved at any time
D. Always requires a majority vote - ANSWER-B
All subsidiary motions can be applied to
A. An original main motion
B. A point of order
C. Themselves
D. Third degree amendments - ANSWER-A
Main motions
A. Take precedence over all motions
B. Are not debatable
C. Always require a two-thirds vote to be adopted
D. Are out of order when another member has the floor - ANSWER-D
Main motions are not in order which
A. Conflict with national laws
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,B. Conflict with or present the same question as one which has been temporarily
but not finally disposed of
C. Propose action outside the scope of the organization's bylaws or charter unless
authorized by a two-thirds vote
D. All of the above - ANSWER-D
The motion to Postpone Indefinitely is used by
A. The chair to place a main motion on the agenda at the next regular meeting
B. A member to send a main motion to a standing committee
C. Members wish to change the pending main motion
D. The assembly to show that it does not wish to take a position on the main
motion - ANSWER-D
If the motion to Postpone Indefinitely is adopted, what happens to the pending
main motion?
A. An ad hoc committee studies it and reports back at the next regular meeting
B. It is brought back under the heading of Unfinished Business at the next regular
meeting
C. It is killed for the duration of the session
D. It is automatically passed without debate - ANSWER-C
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, The subsidiary motion to Postpone Indefinitely takes precedence over
A. All other subsidiary motions
B. A secondary amendment
C. Nothing except the main question to which it is applied
D. The privileged motion to adjourn - ANSWER-C
The primary purpose of using the subsidiary motion to Amend is to
A. Eliminate the main purpose of the main motion
B. Alter the original main motion
C. Lengthen the debate time on the main motion
D. Call for an immediate vote on the original main motion - ANSWER-B
When an amendment to a main motion is adopted, the motion that was amended
A. Is also adopted
B. Is voted on immediately
C. Remains pending
D. Is postponed to the next regular meeting or until the adopted amendment is
acted on - ANSWER-C
Rejection of the subsidiary motion to Amend leaves the pending motion
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