Meetings CSEC

If members leave during the meeting so that there is no longer a quorum, what should the chairperson do?

• Continue the meeting

• Recall the members who left

• Adjourn the meeting

• Ask the secretary to fill in for the missing members

The term 'ad hoc' is used in connection with which of the following?

• Votes

• Agenda

• Committees

• Notices

If an equal number of members at a meeting are for and against a motion, what should the chairperson do?

• Ask the members to vote again

• Request that a member change their vote

• Suggest that they forget about the motion

• Cast a deciding vote

A word-for-word report of a speech is described as being which of the following?

• Verbatim

• Proxy

• Moving

• Oral

How much advance notice is typically required for AGMs?

• Seven days

• 21 days

• One week

• Six weeks

A formal step to introduce a matter for consideration by the group in a meeting is called?

• Proposal

• Ad hoc

• Resolution

• Motion

A meeting called by directors or shareholders to discuss and act on emergency situations:

• AGM

• Board meeting

• Emergency meeting

• Extraordinary General Meeting

The document which list items to be dealt with at a meeting is called:

• the action notes

• the agenda

• the minutes

• the AGM

1. Assume that you have been elected to be secretary of your school’s Thrift Society.

One of your duties will be the preparation of meeting agendas. Which of the following gives the correct sequence of items on an agenda?

I.

• Matters arising, new business, approval of the minutes, any other business

• New business, approval of the minutes, any other business, matters arising,

• Approval of minutes, matters arising, new business, any other business

• Approval of minutes, matters arising, any other business, new business

A public limited company:

• can only be owned by the government on behalf of the general public.

• can be owned by a few private individuals or one private individual.

• can be owned by members of the public who are called shareholders.

• cannot be owned by members of the public.