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Featherston 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When the chair has been authorized to appoint committee members, what action by the chair is required to enable the committee to act? | the names of the committee members must be announced to the assembly. |
| The chairman of a special committee appointed by the chair is automatically the first person named, unless: | he or she declines the position. |
| When a committee report concludes with a recommendation, the proper course to be followed is for: | the reporting member to move that the recommendation be adopted. |
| If the existance of an error or material omission in the minutes becomes reasonably established after their approval--even many years later--the minutes can then be corrected by means of the motion to: | amend something previously adopted. |
| In a board meeting where there are not more than about a dozen members present, some of the formality that is necessary in a large assembly would hinder buisness. Which of the following rules governing such meetings applies to their procedure? | Motions need not be seconded. |
| A board report should be signed by: | the president of chairman of the board and its secretary. |
| The report of the nominating committee: | is not adopted. |
| The bylaws provide that no officer shall serve more than two consecutive terms in office. The vice-president became president on the death..then was elected and served a term on his own. Would he then be eligible to be elected to another consecutive term? | Yes, if he served less than half of the earlier term. |
| If the bylaws are silent as to the method of filling a vacancy in the specific case of the presidency, which of the following officers automatically becomes president for the remainder of the term? | Vice-president. |
| Each new session may slect a chairman pro tem without previous notice for: | the current session. |
| If any of the following consitions apply, a committee must be established by the bylaws or a special rule of order: | All of the above are correct. |
| A member should not object merely for dilatory purposes. If a member is uncertian of the effect of an action proposed for unanimous consent, he can: | call out, "I reserve the right to object. |
| Which statement is true about elections by mail ballot? | Preferential voting is a method preferred over plurality voting. |
| If a member is elected to an office and declines the election: | The election is incomplete and another vote can be taken immediately. |
| When preferential voting is used, which of the following statements is correct? | The tellers' report consists of a table listing all candidates with the number of ballots contained in each count after each successive distribution. |
| Which of the following is not required to be in the minutes? | The names of those seconding motions. |
| The committee which examinees the financial records of an organization is the: | auditing committee. |
| The chair must always call for the negative vote: | on nearly unanimous votes. |
| "Are you ready for the question?" is the phrase that should be: | used after pausing to allow the maker of the motion to claim the floor. |
| If the president and all vice-presidents are absent when a meeting is supposed to start, who normally calls the meeting to order? | Secretary. |
| IF the bylaws do not require election by ballot, and if there is more than one nominee for a given office: | the vote may be by viva voce, a rising vote, or a show of hands. |
| Minutes and records of the assembly are available to members: | upon request of the secretary, but only at a reasonable time and place. |
| To accept the report of the committee: | is the same as adopting it. |
| Special committees of the assembly: | may make a partial report. |
| What right does "privileges of the floor" convey? | Admittance to the assembly. |
| The nominating committee has submitted a list of nominees for president and the chairman has asked for additional nominations.When non one responds, the chairman should: | declare the nominations closed. |
| As a general principle, a board cannot: | Delegate its authority. |
| Power is delegated to the executive board of the organization by: | a provision in the bylaws. |
| A standing committee that has the power to act for a society may be created apart from the bylaws by: | a two-thirds vote with previous notice. |
| When a special committee is appointed to implement an order of the assembly, it should be: | small and composed of members in favor of the action taken. |
| Discussion without a motion: | violates one of parliamentary procedure's most powerful tools for expediting buisness. |
| In a committee of the whole, a member may: | serve as chairman. |
| One difference between the committee of the whole and informal consideration is: | informal consideration permits impostion of regular limitations of debate. |
| To second a motion: | the word "support." may be used. |
| A second is not required: | after the chair states the question and debate has begun. |
| In the election process, it is recommended practice to: | require that the names of all nominees remain on each repeated balloting. |
| When announcing the result of a vote on which a count has been ordered, the chair should say: | "There are 29 in the affirmative and 33 in the negative. The negative has it and the motion is lost." |
| The division of the assembly is a: | rising vote. |
| Unanimous consent: | may mean that the opposition acquiesces. |
| To verify a voice vote, the chair: | should retake it as a rising vote. |
| When an assembly votes to adopt a committee report, which of the following is true? | It endorses every word of the report, including the committee's reasoning, as the organization's own statement. |
| If two members of a nominating committee disagreed with the report of the majority of the nominating committee for some or all of the offices, these members: | could, as a group, propose other nominees if nominations from the floor are permitted. |
| Under what circumstances should the president read a communication? | When the content or source is especially important. |
| In a small board or committee: | All of the above are correct. |
| Which of the following statements in regard to proxy voting is incorrect? | Proxy voting is compatible with the essential characteristics of a deliberative assembly. |
| A rising vote should be used: | in verifying the result of a voice vote. |
| Honorary office or membership: | is perpetual, unless rescinded or qualified in the bylaws. |
| The minutes should contain: | all notices of motions. |
| A withdrawn motion does not appear in the minutes unless: | the motion had been postponed from a previous meeting. |
| The minutes of an adjourned meeting are approved: | at the next regular or adjourned meeting, whichever comes first. |
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