Parli Pro Chairman Questions And Answers With Verified Study Solutions
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Parli Pro Chairman Questions And Answers With Verified Study Solutions
Name three methods, other than nodding, that the chair can use to recognize a member who wishes to obtain the floor. ANS The chair may state the member's:
1. Name
2. Title
3. The place or unit that the member represents
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Parli Pro Chairman Questions And Answers With
Verified Study Solutions
Name three methods, other than nodding, that the chair can use to recognize a member who wishes to
obtain the floor. ANS The chair may state the member's:
1. Name
2. Title
3. The place or unit that the member represents
What are the three steps used to bring a Main Motion before the assembly? ANS 1. A motion is
made
2. The motion is seconded by another member
3. The chair states the question on the motion
What are the three steps in the consideration of a Main Motion before the assembly? ANS 1. The
motion is debated
2. The chair puts the question
3. The chair announces the result of the vote
1. How long should the chair allow a member to speak on a motion at a regular meeting?
2. Should the chair allow a member to transfer unused debate time to another member?
3. How many times should the chair allow a memver to speak on the same motion at another regular
meeting? ANS 1. 10 minutes each time the member speaks
2. No
3. Twice
What are three methods that the chair could use to take a vote on a motion? ANS 1. Voice
2. Rising
3. Show of hands
4. Ballot
,5. Roll call
6. Standing counted vote
1. Name the minimum essential officers needed to conduct a meeting
2. What is the name of the presiding officer's official place or station?
3. What is the presiding officer called who has no title or is temporary? ANS 1. Presiding officer
and secretary or clerk
2. "The chair"
3. "The chair" (or "chairman" or "chairperson")
1. If the chair cannot determine which member should have the floor, how is it decided?
2. If the chair makes a mistake and assigns the floor to the wrong member, how can it be corrected?
3. If the ruling on a Point of Order regarding who is assigned the floor is questioned, how can the
ruling be changed? ANS 1. The assembly decides by a vote
2. A member can call a Point of Order
3. The ruling on the assignment can be appealed
The presiding officer can be addressed by several titles at a regular meeting. Name three of them.
ANS 1. Chairman
2. Chair
3. Chairperson
4. President
An organization has 75 members and is conducting a regular meeting with 60 of its members present.
Thirty members abstain on a vote on the motion to recess:
1. What is a majority vote of the members present?
2. How many members voted?
3. What is the minimum affirmative vote required to adopt the motion? ANS 1. 31
2. 30
3. 16
,An organization has 30 members and is conducting a regular meeting with 21 of its members present.
Six abstain on a vote on the motion previous question:
1. What is a two-thirds vote of the members present?
2. How many members voted?
3. What is the minimum affirmative vote required to adopt the motion? ANS 1. 14
2. 15
3. 10
Assume you are the chairman at a regular meeting. What are the three items that would be included
when you announce the results of a vote on the motion to Postpone to a Certain Time (or
Definately)? ANS 1. The results of the vote
2. Whether the motion was adopted of lost
3. The effect of the vote or ordering its execution
At each meeting, the presiding officer should have four items at hand. Name those four items. ANS
1. A copy of the bylaws and other rules of the organization
2. A copy of the parliamentary authority
3. A list of all standing and special committees and their members
4. The agenda or a memorandum of the complete order of business listing all known matters that are
to come up
Assume you are the chair at a regular meeting and an inconclusive voice vote has been taken on the
motion to Postpone to a Certain Time.
1. How can a member obtain an accurate vote?
2. How would the chair handle the vote if a member does not demand a standing vote?
3. How would the chair handle a standing vote if it appears too close to call? ANS 1. The
member can demand a standing vote.
2. The chair should retake the vote by having the members rise.
3. The chair would take a rising vote and require a count.
, Assume you are the chair at a regular meeting, and the assembly's vote on the motion to Postpone to
a Certain Time (or Definitely) is 20 in the affirmative and 20 in the negative.
1. If you decided to abstain would the motion be adopted or lost?
2. Explain your answer to #1.
3. What is the only way you can vote that would affect the outcome? ANS 1. Lost.
2. A tie vote is not a majority, which is required to adopt this motion.
3. The affirmative.
Assume you are the chair at a regular meeting
and there was no opposition to the motion to
Postpone to a Certain Time (or Definitely).
1. How would you take a vote?
2. Explain your answer to question #1.
3. How would you handle the motion if there
was an objection? ANS 1. The vote would be taken by unanimous
consent.
2. The chair would state that "if there is no
objection to the motion to Postpone to a
Certain Time (or Definitely), it is adopted."
3. The chair would put the motion to a vote in
the regular manner.
Answer the three questions assuming that you
are the chair at a regular meeting.
Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised
(abbrev. RONR) lists three steps in bringing
a motion before the assembly. Name them in
their proper order as they apply to the motion
to Postpone to a Certain Time (or Definitely). ANS 1. The member makes the motion to Postpone
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