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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An amendment is improper when: | All of the above are correct |
| The standard descriptive characteristics of a motion contain: | All of the above |
| The privileged device, raising a question of privilege: | does not require a second |
| A member of an assembly, in the parliamentary sense, is a person having the right to: | make motions, speak in debate on them, and vote |
| A deliberative assembly that has not adopted any rules: | is bound by rules and customes of common parliamentary law. |
| The basic principle of decision in a deliberative assembly is that, to become the act or choice of the body, a proposition must be adopted: | by a majority vote |
| An assembly of delegates chosen, normally for one session only, as representatives of constituent units or subdivisions of a much larger body of people is: | a convention |
| Delegates to a convention are normally chosen for: | on session |
| The board of directors, managers, trustees, or governors is the supreme governing body of an institution, when: | it has no assembly constituting a general voting membership |
| A board, regardless of its size, can be described as having the character of: | a deliberative assembly |
| Which of the following is not classified as a deliberative assembly? | a committee |
| Boards areL | a form of assembly |
| in a meeting of a deliberative assembly: | there must be opportunity for simultaneous aural commincation among all participants |
| in a mass meeting, the quorum is: | those present |
| Unless it is one within a series, a mass meeting ususally needs no established order of business since: | there is nothing but new business to be brought up. |
| The order of business: | is separate and distinct from the procedure of calling a meeting to order |
| If the chair assigns the floor to the wrong person when preference in recognition was timely claimed by another member: | a point of order should be raised |
| The provisions of the call of a mass meeting specifying the purpose and those invited to attend have a force equivalent to: | bylaws of an organized society |
| The establishment of a resolutions committee in a convention: | represents a limitation on the ordiary right of members to propose any number of motions from the floor without notice |
| The proper procedure for claiming the floor in an assembly is to: | rise and address the chair |
| Under unfinished business, the order in which business will be taken up is: | the question that was pending when the previous meeting adjourned; questions that were unfinished business at the previous meeting, but not reached before it adjourned; questions that were set as general orders for the previous meeting, but not reached, |
| In some organizations in which it is customary to call the roll of members, this is placed in the order of business: | at the end of the opening ceremonies, unless a special rule of the organization assigns it a different position in the order of business |
| Conducting the deliberative process by mail, e-mail, fax or other electronic media must: | be authorized by the bylaws and should be supported by special rules of order |
| After a member has been assigned the floor, but before he has begun to speak, it is in order to: | give notice of intent to introduce a motion requiring notice |
| In agendas for sessions consisting of several meetings, most items are: | general orders |
| In local organizations that hold regular business meetings throughout the year, minutes of the annual meeting: | are read and approved at the next regular meeting. |
| A meeting of an assembly is: | a single official gathering of its members |
| A session of an assembly is: | a meeting or series of connected meetings with one agenda |
| Which term best defines a "session"? | a meeting, or series of connected meetings, devoted to a single order of business, program, or agenda |
| A recess of an assembly is: | a short intermission within a meeting |
| In a committee of the whole or ts variations, the quorum is: | the same as that of the assembly, unless the rules of the assembly or the organization specify otherwise |
| When a meeting adjourns without ending the session, this means: | another meeting to continue the same business or order of business has been set up for a definite time, or provided for. |
| One session cannot interfere with the freedom of each new session to choose its own chairman pro tem except by: | an election held with previous notice |
| The bylaws may authorize boards and committees to meet by videocongerence or teleconference if: | all persons participating are afforded the opportunity to simultaneously hear each other and, if a videoconference, to see each other as well |
| An adjourned meeting begins at the point of interruption except that, upon reconvening, the first business is: | reading and approval of the minutes of the preceding meeting. |
| Prior to a mass meeting, the sponsors should agree on all but the following: | who shall be chairman of the committee to write the initial bylaws. |
| Using the terms "Chair" or "Chairperson": | are acceptable variations on the term "Chairman". |
| At a convention, in the simplest arrangement, the resolutions committee has the following powers, except | making substantive alterations in a resolution. |
| Even in a small meeting, the presiding officer of an assembly should not be addressed or referred to by name, except: | in cases of a testimonial nature, such as the presentation of a gift. |
| In societies that hold regular meetings at least quarterly, business legally required to be done "at the annual meeting" that is taken up but not completed at the annual meeting: | can be postponed to the next regular meeting. |
| How should a society handle the minutes of its deliberations while in executive session? | have them read and approved in another executive session, unless that which would be reported in the minutes was not secret. |
| If an assembly has no bylaws provision or rule about the quorum of committees, what is the quorum of a standing committee or a special committee? | a majority of the committee members |
| To avoid a change of officers during the convention, the bylaws should provide that newly elected officers shall take up their duties: | at the close of the convention |
| In an assembly, to legally transact business, a quorum is the number of members: | entitled to vote who must be present. |
| A quorum: | should be stated as a number of members, rather than percentage, to avoid confusion |
| If not provided in the bylaws, the quorum in boards and ordinary committees is: | a majority of the members |
| A session consists of: | a meeting or a series of connected meetings devoted to a single order of business. |
| To fix the time to which to adjourn, adjourn, or recess are actions which can be taken: | in the absence of a quorum |
| If a convention is called to form a permanent organization: | after the adoption of bylaws, a nominating committee, selected in a manner as close as possible to that prescribed in the bylaws, nominated candidates for office. |
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