Recess- Chapter 7 Flashcards
A Recess may be taken to
A. count ballots.
B. secure information.
C. allow for informal consultation.
D. All of the above.
D. All of the above.
When a motion to Recess is made while another motion is pending it is a (an)
A. incidental motion.
B. privileged motion.
C. incidental main motion.
D. main motion.
B. privileged motion.
The privileged motion to Recess is a motion that a recess begin
A. after the motion on the floor is disposed of.
B. immediately.
C. when the member who proposed the pending motion grants permission.
D. upon a decision of the chair.
B. immediately.
A motion to recess that is made when no business is pending is a
A. privileged motion
B. main motion.
C. incidental motion.
D. unclassified motion.
B. main motion.
Which of the following is true of the privileged motion to recess?
A. it may provide for a recess at a later time.
B. it requires that the duration of the recess be included in the motion.
C. the vote may be reconsidered.
D. it is “privileged” only when it is proposed while another question is pending.
D. it is “privileged” only when it is proposed while another question is pending.
The motion to take a recess at a future time may be proposed only
A. when no question is pending.
B. if the member who made the immediately pending motion agrees.
C. when another question is pending.
D. during the time before new business will be considered.
A. when no question is pending.
The privileged motion to Recess has precedence over the motion to
A. Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn.
B. Adjourn.
C. Refer to a committee.
D. All of the above.
C. Refer to a committee.
The privileged motion to Recess
A. requires a two-thirds vote to be adopted.
B. is amendable as to the length of the recess.
C. is debatable.
D. need not be seconded.
B. is amendable as to the length of the recess.
An amendment to the privileged motion to Recess
A. must relate to which members may take the recess.
B. is never allowed.
C. is not debatable.
D. requires a two-thirds vote to be adopted.
C. is not debatable.
How does the chair handle a recess if it is provided for in an adopted agenda?
A. The chair requests that a member make a motion to have a recess.
B. The chair appoints a committee to determine the proper procedure for announcing the recess.
C. The chair declares the recess at the specified time.
D. A member calls for the order of the day, it is seconded, and the chair conducts a voice vote.
C. The chair declares the recess at the specified time.
The gavel may be rapped to signal
A. a recess, an adjournment, and breach of order.
B. when a motion has been adopted, a division, and a point of information.
C. a question of privilege, the adoption of an amendment, and the start of debate on main motions.
D. when the chairman has cast the deciding vote on any motion.
A. a recess, an adjournment, and breach of order.
Assume a main motion is pending at a regular meeting. A member gains the floor and moves that the assembly recess for dinner after the vote on the pending motion. What would you do as chairman?
A. Declare the motion to recess out of order.
B. Take a voice vote on the motion to recess without a second.
C, Call for a second on the motion to recess and then take an immediate voice vote.
D. None of the above
A. Declare the motion to recess out of order.
If a prescheduled recess is not announced by the chair at the scheduled time, a member should
A. rise to a point of order.
B. move that a recess be taken.
C. call for the orders of the day.
D. rise and make an amendment of the recess time on the pending amendment.
C. call for the orders of the day.
The time for taking pre-scheduled recess can be postponed by a
A. two-thirds vote of the people attending.
B. two-thirds vote of the assembly.
C. majority vote of the quorum.
D. majority vote of officers.
B. two-thirds vote of the assembly.
Assume that your organization is debating a motion and you want to talk privately to several fellow members about the business at hand. What would you do?
A. Rise, and without obtaining the floor say, “I move we postpone the motion for ten minutes and take a recess.”
B. From your seat, and without obtaining the floor yell out, “Recess!”
C. Obtain the floor and say, “I move we lay the motion on the table and take a ten minute recess.”
D. Obtain the floor and say, “I move to recess for ten minutes.”
D. Obtain the floor and say, “I move to recess for ten minutes.”
