National Association of Parliamentarians (NAP) Registered Parlimentarian (RP) Exam: Part TWO - ALL Questions With Complete Solutions Graded A+

National Association of Parliamentarians (NAP) Registered Parlimentarian (RP) Exam: Part TWO - ALL Questions With Complete Solutions Graded A+ Which of the following are classified as secondary motions? Incidental motions. Incidental motions are classified as secondary motions Subsidiary, privileged, and incidental motions are secondary motions. Which of the following is a secondary motion Limit or extend limits of debate Which of the following are secondary motions Privileged motions Before any other business can be brought up, a motion must be disposed of with the exception of: certain privileged questions Secondary motions must be acted upon or disposed of before direct consideration of the main question can be continued When a secondary motion is placed before the assembly, it: becomes the immediately pending question Which statement is true More than one secondary motion may be pending at a time All of the following are true of a secondary motion except only one secondary motion can be pending at a time The motion to lay on the table should be used to interrupt consideration of a main motion temporarily until a majority wishes to consider it again. The motion to amend takes precedence over the motion to postpone to a certain time if it is a motion to amend the motion to postpone while it is immediately pending Which of the four lowest ranking subsidiary motions may be undebatable Amend Which of these subsidiary motions has no corresponding incidental main motion Previous question A motion to postpone a matter that is not pending is: an incidental main motion Which subsidiary motions may also be made as incidental main motions when no other motion is pending Postpone indefinitely, amend, commit, postpone to a certain time, and limit or extend limits of debate Which of the following motions is never a main motion Lay on the table Which of the following motions is never an incidental main motion Previous Question The motion to limit or extend limits of debate, moved when no motion is pending is: an incidental main motion Privileged motions as a class are distinguished by which of the following conditions? They do not relate to pending business 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 main motion The effect of making a point of order is to require the chair to make a ruling on the question involved The chair responds or directs a member to respond to which of the following requests and inquiries Request for information Which of the following motions is not a motion to bring a question again before the assembly? Ratify The introduction of which of the following motions always brings business before the assembly Amend something previously adopted The standard descriptive characteristics of a motion contain "A. the motions over which it takes precedence. B. to what motions it yields. C. what motions are applicable to it. D. All of the above are correct." What kind of motion introduces a substantive question as a new subject Original main motion An incidental main motion is a main motion that relates to the business of the assembly, or its past or future action An example of an incidental main motion would be the motion to: ratify emergency action taken at a meeting when no quorum was present The motion to recess made when no business is pending is an incidental main motion The chief difference in the rules governing original and incidental main motions is objection to consideration of a question can be applied only to an original main motion A main motion yields to all applicable secondary motions Which of the following can be applied to a main motion Lay on the table. A main motion if adopted, becomes the official recorded statement of an action taken by the assembly A properly framed motion should be concise, unambiguous and complete in form A motion that the assembly refrain from doing something is out of order if the motion is equivalent to adopting no motion at all Which of the following is a proper main motion "Ordered, That the steward obtain impoundment of all unauthorized vehicles found parked on the club premises." Voting down a motion that would express a particular opinion "A. is not the same as adopting a motion expressing the opposite opinion. B. means that no opinion has been expressed. C. means that a member feels his organization should be silent on the matter. D. All of the above are correct." A motion "that the assembly support Mr. Jones in next Tuesday's election" is being debated. A member who also supports Mr. Jones, but feels that the assembly should support no candidate for public office should vote against the motion The motion "that the assembly oppose the proposed bond issue" is pending. What should a member do if he favors supporting the bond issue? "A. object to the consideration of the question. B. move to postpone the question until next month's business meeting. C. vote against the motion. D. All of the above are correct." In preparing a written motion or resolution, it is often advisable to: consult with members who can be of assistance in perfecting it A preamble which is placed before the resolving clauses of a resolution should state the background and reasons for the resolving clauses In considering a resolution which has a preamble, the preamble is amended last Which of the following statements is true in the consideration of a resolution having a preamble? The previous question, when ordered before consideration of the preamble, does not apply to debate and amendment of the preamble The following resolution contains one or more errors in format. The error(s) occur(s) in which clause Whereas, There is a Dunkin' Donuts shop near the study site, now therefore be it When a series of independent resolutions or main motions dealing with different subjects is offered in one motion the request of a single member allows for one or more of them to be considered separately No main motion is in order which: presents the same question as one that has not been finally disposed of A main motion can be improved before action is taken "A. by a motion to substitute an entire new text of the main motion in place of the pending version. B. before it is stated by the chair, any member can suggest a modification in the motion, which the maker can accept or reject. C. after it is stated by the chair, the maker can request unanimous consent to modify the motion. If there is an objection, the modification must be introduced in the form of an amendment. D. All of the above are correct." Some assemblies provide in their rules for the automatic referral of all main motions to specified standing committees dealing with certain classes of subjects If a main motion, an amendment to the main motion and the motion to postpone to a certain time are pending, which of the following motions should be voted on first A motion to recess for fifteen minutes In organizations that meet less often than quarterly time intervals, or that meet as a convention of delegates, the bylaws should require which individuals to issue a call of each meeting Secretary Previous notice may properly be given in the following way by oral announcement of the general purport of the proposal at the previous meeting If previous notice is given at a meeting it is in order even after it has been voted to adjourn In parliamentary terminology, which of the following words means "accept Adopt The motion to ratify is an incidental main motion What acts of an organization can be ratified Such action as the assembly has the power to authorize in advance A motion to ratify may apply to all of the following except it can make valid a voice vote election when the bylaws require elections by ballot A motion to censure the action of an officer: opens the entire question to debate. The motion to ratify is debatable The motion to ratify opens the entire question to debate If the assembly wishes to decline to take a position on a main motion that cannot be either adopted or expressly rejected without possibly undesirable consequences, it should postpone the motion indefinitely The adoption of the motion to postpone indefinitely kills the main motion for the duration of the session Postpone indefinitely opens debate on the main motion An original main motion and a primary amendment to add are pending. What motion is not in order Postpone indefinitely A member who has exhausted his right to debate a question may however, debate the merits of the main question during debate on which of the following motions? Postpone indefinitely The motion to postpone indefinitely is a secondary motion The motion to postpone indefinitely can be reconsidered when it has received an affirmative vote Postpone indefinitely remains with the main motion when the main motion is laid on the table The affirmative vote can be reconsidered on postpone indefinitely Which of the following prevents action on a motion at an annual convention Postpone indefinitely. A main motion and the motion to postpone indefinitely are pending. A motion to refer the main motion to a committee is adopted. What happens to the motion to postpone indefinitely? It is ignored and does not go to the committee When a main motion is pending and a member who opposes it wants to test the strength of the opposition, what is the recommended motion Postpone the main motion indefinitely The motion to postpone indefinitely tests the strength of the opposition Strictly speaking, who makes an amendment The assembly. In ordinary societies, an amendment to a motion which introduces an independent question not related to the motion is declared out of order as not germane An amendment must always be germane, therefore no new subject can be introduced under the pretext of being an amendment A primary amendment is in order when a main motion is pending The motion to amend can be applied to itself Debate on a primary amendment is confined to the merits of the amendment When is the motion to amend undebatable When applied to an undebatable motion An amendment to an amendment may not be amended What vote is required to amend a proposed set of special rules of order while they are pending? A majority vote A motion to strike out a paragraph from one place and insert it into another place is similar in type to a motion to strike out and insert words What is the preferred terminology for amendments Primary and secondary amendments An amendment of the third degree is not permitted Secondary amendments must be germane to the primary amendment An amendment is improper when "A. it would change one form of amendment into another form. B. it is not germane to the question to be amended. C. it would have the effect of converting one parliamentary motion into another. D. All of the above are correct." When presenting a resolution, amendments are considered in the following order: resolving clauses and preamble for amendment and debate, followed by a single vote on the adoption of the entire resolution After an amendment has been adopted, it may be amended again through reconsideration After words have been inserted or added, they can be changed or struck out by a motion to strike out the entire paragraph into which the words were inserted The amendment to add or insert a paragraph may be amended after adoption by adding words not in c When a motion to strike out certain words is made "A. it can be applied only to consecutive words. B. it is necessary to specify the location if not otherwise clear. C. a secondary amendment may separate the words. D. All of the above are correct." The effect of striking out words from a primary amendment to strike out words is to leave the words in the main motion When it is moved to amend by striking out an entire paragraph, the paragraph that would be struck out is amendable by any of the three forms relating to words The two parts of a motion to strike out and insert: must be germane to each other The amendment to strike out and insert words prohibits striking out words in one place and inserting different words in another place except by unanimous consent To strike and insert the same words in another place, the maker must be careful not to materially change the words Which of the following applies when the amendment to strike out and insert words is pending? secondary amendment of each element is in order A substitute offered for a main motion of only one sentence must Be moved as a primary amendment When the part of a paragraph to be amended consists of several complete sentences, which of the following is true? Either striking out and inserting or substituting may be used, but the effect of each is different as to permissible secondary amendment A substitute amendment has been offered. What cannot be done Assume an affirmative vote on the main motion if the substitute is adopted After a paragraph has been substituted for another, it may be amended only by adding. A resolution with primary and secondary amendments has been referred to a committee. The committee recommends a substitute. The chair