2022-2023 Georgia Area Test

The minutes of a meeting should be signed by the

• secretary

• treasurer

• secretary and parliamentarian if there are points of order

• vice-president

In a deliberative assembly, a proposition may be adopted by a majority vote, which means that a motion must be approved by

• all the members present who vote.

• two-thirds of the voting members.

• more than half of the members present and voting.

• exactly half of the members in the organization.

The written rules of parliamentary procedure formally adopted by an assembly or an organization are known as the

•             rules of order.

• certificate of endorsement.

• minutes

• charter

The minimum affirmative vote necessary to adopt or amend special rules of order that are separate from the bylaws is

• a majority of those present.

• two-thirds without previous notice.

• a majority of the entire membership with notice.

• two-thirds with previous notice or a vote of a majority of the entire membership.

During a regular meeting, the presiding officer refers to himself/herself as

• "I."

• "the presiding officer."

• "the chair."

• "the president."

If an assembly decides not to do what a motion proposes, the motion is rejected or

• not carried.

• failed

• lost

• not passed.

Which motion listed below has the lowest precedence or rank?

• Amend

• Main

• Adjourn

• Commit (or Refer)

Motions that assist the assembly in treating or disposing of a main motion are called

• main motions.

• subsidiary motions

• incidental motions

• privileged motions.

All of the following subsidiary motions can be amended except

• Postpone Indefinitely.

• Amend

• Postpone to a Certain Time.

• Commit (or Refer).

How many standard characteristics are used to describe motions?

    

• 4

• 8

• 12

• 16

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