Reports of Boards & Committees - PPTQ Sec 51

The form for a detailed report by a committee should consist of four parts. Which part is covered last?

• A. The facts uncovered or information obtained

• B. Recommendations

• C. A description of the way the committee undertook its charge

• D. The findings or conclusions derived from the facts or information

Who is allowed to make a report for a board if the chairman of the board is also the presiding officer?

• A. The committee co-chairman

• B. Any other member of the committee

• C. The secretary of the committee

• D. Any of the above

When an assembly receives a committee report, the assembly

• A. has ratified the report subject to approval of the committee.

• B. reviews the written report after hearing it.

• C. hears the report that is read.

• D. automatically reconsiders the report if it is adopted.

A motion arising out of a report of an officer, board, or committee is taken up

• A. under new business.

• B. immediately after the report is read.

• C. and decided by the Standing Committee that deals with the topic.

• D. after the chair asks for additions to the minutes.

A committee report is read which contains certain recommendations. The appropriate motion at the end of the report made by the reporting committee member would be to

• A. accept the report.

• B. adopt the report.

• C. implement the recommendations.

• D. receive the report.

A motion made to the assembly after a committee report

• A. may not be debated.

• B. has a higher precedence than the motion to amend.

• C. requires no second.

• D. can be proposed when another member is speaking.

A motion "to adopt the report" of a committee

• A. does not require a second.

• B. has the effect of endorsing every word of the report.

• C. should be made by the reporting member.

• D. is never appropriate.

If a motion "to accept" a committee report is adopted, it implies that the assembly has

• A. heard the report.

• B. endorsed the entire report.

• C. heard the report and agrees to part of it after an appropriate amendment.

• D. agreed to hear the report and vote on it.

Which of the following is false regarding committee reports?

• A. A written report is usually not addressed or dated.

• B. The report should begin with the identification of the committee that submitted it.

• C. The report generally should always be written in the first person.

• D. The report should be submitted in writing.

An acceptable way to begin a standing committee report is to start with the words

• A. "I report..."

• B. "Mr. Jones' report..."

• C. "We recommend..."

• D. "The committee on... reports that..."