Parliamentary Procedure Test

1 The conference begins with roll call. What do you say and do when your country is called?
2 The next step is formal debate, which begins with the opening of the speakers list.
a. What is the speakers list?
b. Why do you want to be on the speakers list?
c. How do you get on the speakers list?
3 After the speakers list is set, we are ready to begin formal debate.
a. How much time do you have to speak?
b. Do you have your speech prepared before the conference? What do you talk about?
c. What happens if you do not use the full amount if speaking time?
d. What should you do while other delegates are speaking? Circle the correct answer.
Talk to your friends
Take a little siesta
Pay attention and take notes about the countrys policies and recommendations
Draw pictures on your placard
4 After a few speeches, a delegate motions to suspend debate for a moderated caucus.
a. Explain what happens during a moderated caucus.
b. Can you speak during a moderated caucus if you are not on the speakers list?
c. Do you have your moderated caucus speech prepared before the conference?
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5 A few minutes later, a delegate motions to suspend debate for an unmoderated caucus.
a. Explain what happens during an unmoderated caucus.
b. Who should you talk to during this time? Circle all appropriate choices.
No one; your country doesnt want to make any friends
Your boyfriend/girlfriend, even though he/she is a delegate of a country that disagrees
with your country
Countries with similar interests and goals to your country
6 After an exciting day of debate, you feel prepared to propose a solution. A delegate motions to suspend
debate for an unmoderated caucus for the purpose of drafting resolutions. What should you talk about in
your resolution?
7 Match the following words with the appropriate definition.
Placard Used to ask a question to a delegate after the speech,
only after he/she has yielded
Yield to questions used to ask the chair a question regarding the rules
of procedure
Point of personal privilege Used to express physical discomfort, such as the inability to
hear a speech
Yield to another delegate Used when delegates believe that the chair has made an error
in running the committee
Point of order A request made by delegate to give remaining speaking time
for questions
Yield to chair A request made by a delegate to open remaining speaking
time for questions
Point of inquiry A request made my delegate to give remaining speaking time
to another delegate who is prepared to speak
Point of information A piece of paper with the countrys name the delegate
must raise this paper to signal that he/she wants to speak
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