2021-2022 Georgia Area Test

A member of an assembly, in a parliamentary sense, is a person having the right to

• examine all the records of the organization

• attend the executive sessions

• participate fully in its proceedings

• debate a motion in detail before it is proposed.

   

The bylaws of an organized local society usually provide that it shall hold

• biannual adjourned meetings

• regular meetings at stated intervals

• a specific number of meetings each year

• special meetings every month

Rules of order that supplement or modify the rules contained in an organization's parliamentary authority are called

• a corporate charter

• special rules of order

• the secondary parliamentary authority

• secondary amendments

An appropriate phrase to use by the presiding officer to call a meeting to order is

• Order, order, the meeting has started!"

• Order, please."

• Could I have your attention, please

• Could I have your attention, please

What specifies the sequence in which certain general types or classes of business are brought up or permitted to be introduced at a meeting?

• Order of business

• Bylaws

• Standing rules

• Charter

If you were the presiding officer and several members addressed the chair at about the same time after a motion was made, you should call on the member who

• has already debated twice

• has the same opinions as all the other previous speakers.

• has debated once.

• made the motion and has not debated.

   

The purpose of a second to a motion is to

• establish the fact that at least two members are willing to speak in favor of the motion.

• prevent time from being consumed by the assembly having to dispose of a motion that only one member wants introduced

• prevent time from being consumed by the assembly having to dispose of a motion that only one member wants introduced

• indicate to the chairman that members must debate the motion before it is voted on.

   

A motion is recorded in the minutes

• as the wording was improved by the secretary after the meeting.

• as it was stated by the maker.

• as it was stated by the chair just before being voted on by the assembly.

• after the secretary changes the motion to make certain it satisfies the needs of the organization.

Members have the right to change their vote

• anytime

• up to the time the result is announced.

• if permission is given by the chairman.

• when the minutes are read at the next regular meeting.

The basic form of motion by which business is introduced is a (an)

• main motion

• incidental main motion

• privileged motion

• subsidiary motion