Subsidiary
Privileged
Meetings
Bylaws
Wild Card
100

The vote required for the motion to postpone indefinitely.

What is a majority vote

100

Question of privilege

What is the permission to request to ask about the rights of the assembly

100

A main motion

What is a motion that brings a new item of business to an assembly and can only be made when no other motions are pending

100

This is the type of vote required to adopt a motion if the bylaws do not specify.

What is a majority vote

100

This is the minimum number of members who must be present for business to be legally transacted.

What is a quorum

200

The purpose of the motion to amend and its forms

What is to modify the wording of a pending motion by striking out, inserting, or substituting words

200

Call for the orders of the day

What is a privileged motion by which a member can require the assembly to confirm to its agenda, program, or order of business, or take up a general or special order that is due to come up at the time. 

200

The fundamental principles of parliamentary procedure

What are members have equal rights, majority rules, minority has the right to be heard, and only one question is to be pending at a time

200

This document is the highest governing authority of an organization and takes precedence over all other rules.

What are the bylaws

200

This is the first formal step a member must take to propose a new item of business.

What is making a motion

300

The order of subsidiary motions in ranking precedence

What is lay on the table, previous questions, limit or extend limits of debate, postpone to a certain time, refer to a committee, amend, postpone indefinitely 

300

Motions that take precedence over question of privilege

What are recess, adjourn, and fix time to which adjourn

300

The six standard steps to handle a motion

what is 1.) a member makes a motion, 2.) another seconds it, 3.) the chair states the motion, 4.) the motion is debated, 5.) it is voted on, 6.) the chair announces the results

300

Adopting or amending special rules of order that are separate from the bylaws requires either a two-thirds vote with notice or this alternative.

What is a majority of the entire membership

300

This group is a body of elected or appointed individuals authorized to act for the assembly between regular meetings.

What is the board

400
The three main variations of the motion to refer or commit

What is commit to a standing committee, commit to a special committee, and commit to a committee of the whole

400

When the motion to fix time to which adjourn is in order

what is if all the time it is offered there is no meeting scheduled for later within the same session

400

The rules ensuring fairness in debate

What is all members must first be seen and recognized by the chair, debate on only one motion at a time, and you are not allowed to target others during debate, only the motion at hand

400

This document outlines the fundamental principles and purposes of an organization, while the bylaws provide the detailed rules of operation.

What is a constitution

400

This method allows the assembly to take action without a formal vote when there is no objection.

What is unanimous consent

500

The subsidiary motions that require a 2/3 vote with reasoning

What are previous question and lay on the table; motions restrict the rights of members to debate and vote

500

The privileged motions that are debatable

What is fix time to which to adjourn

500

The difference between an assembly, a meeting, and a session

What is an assembly is a body of people, a meeting is a single event, and a session is a group of meetings or events

500

When a bylaw conflicts with a parliamentary authority such as Robert’s Rules, this governs.

What are the bylaws

500

The types of deliberative assembly

What are the different classifications of organized groups that meet to transact business, such as a mass meeting, a legislative assembly, or a convention.