Previous Question

If a member obtained the floor and "called for the question" on a motion to Refer, what would you do as chairman?

Ask for a Second

If you were chairman, what would you do after the motion for the Previous Question was adopted on a primary amendment?

Call for a vote on the amendment.

The Previous Question is not allowed in

Committees

Which statement below is true regarding the subsidiary motion to Move the Previous Question?

It does not prevent the making of privileged or incidental motions.

The Previous Question can be used to close debate immediately and the making of all subsidiary motions except to

Lay on the Table

When the subsidiary motion for the Previous Question is made in its unqualified form such as "I move the previous question," this means that it

None of the Above

Which motion below would you use at a meeting to stop debate immediately and vote on a pending question?

Previous Question

The Previous Question is said to be exhausted when

all the motions on which it was ordered have been finally disposed of.

A vote that has ordered the Previous Question can be reconsidered

before any of the motions affected by the order have been voted on.

If adopted, the Previous Question is a motion that stops

debate and the making of amendments on the pending question.

If a motion for the Previous Question fails to gain the necessary votes,

debate continues on the pending motion as if this motion had not been made.

When the Previous Question is ordered on a series of pending motions, they are voted on in the

reverse order in which they were made.

To properly call for the Previous Question members should

say "I move the previous question" after obtaining the floor.

The unqualified form of the Previous Question can apply only to

the immediately pending question.