The Standard Code #5
Exercise to help with using The Standard Code
Choose the best answer for each question.
The motion to ratify ______.
- needs to be discussed so members know what they are ratifying
- should not be discussed as it is old business
- should be discussed so that the officers can prove they did right
- cannot be discussed as the matter is closed
How many motions have restricted debate?
- 5
- 6
- 4
- 2
Restricted debate means ______.
- a brief discussion relating to the purpose of the motion
- no more than 10 minutes of debate
- discussion is controlled by the chair
- the discussion only talks of the main question that is pending
What is characteristic of motions with restricted debate?
- They do not open the main motion to debate.
- They cannot be debated.
- They open the main motion to some debate.
- Debate is absolutely forbidden.
Undebatable motions are undebatable because ___.
- they are simple procedural motions
- they involve complex questions that should not be debated
- the chair rules them undebatable
- None of the other answers is correct.
A motion can be amended if ______.
- if put another way, it can be very different
- if put another way, it means exactly the same thing
- if put another way, it is no longer logical
- if put another way, there is no change in substance
If a change of wording makes a motion into another type of motion, _____.
- it is not amendable
- it is not debatable
- it must be changed
- it must be debated
What types of motions can be amended freely?
- Main motions and Amendments
- Only Main Motions
- Only Amendments
- No motion
How many motions can only be amended in a limited fashion?
- 4
- 5
- 3
- 6
What is the usual vote for passing a motion?
- Majority
- 2/3rds
- Plurality
- There is no usual vote
What type of motion requires a 2/3rds vote?
- One that limits rights of members
- One proposed by an officer.
- One proposed by a committee.
- None of the other answers is correct.
What may determine the type of vote needed?
- The bylaws
- Statutory law
- The parliamentary authority
- All the other answers are correct.
One motion applies to another when ______.
- it alters the original motion
- it disposes of the original motion
- it affects the original motion
- All of the other answers are correct.
Which types of motions do not apply to other motions?
- Main motions and Privileged motions
- Incidental motions and Privileged motions
- Only Main motions
- Restorative motions and Subsidiary motions
The motion to withdraw can be applied to _____.
- all motions
- only Main motions
- Main motions and Amendments
- Main motions and Subsidiary motions
The motion to close debate can be applied to _____.
- all debatable motions
- only Main Motions
- all motions requiring a vote
- only Restorative Motions
If a motion can be worded in more than one way with different results, it can be ____.
- Amended
- Limited in Debate
- Restored
- Appealed
A Restorative Motion can _____.
- have no other motion applied to it
- always be amended
- always have close debate applied
- None of the other answers is correct.
Most incidental motions can _____.
- have no other motion applied to them
- always be amended
- always have close debate applied
- None of the other answers is correct.
When a body wants to reconsider its decision on a main motion, it is said to _____ the motion.
- Reconsider
- Amend
- Table
- Restore