WorksheetsThe Deliberative Assembly - PPTQ Sec 1
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 16mins
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a deliberative assembly?
The size of the group is less than six.
Members can participate and act on their own judgment.
The group meets and after full and free discussion decides action to be taken.
Each member's vote has equal weight.
The questions acted upon in a deliberative assembly are normally decided by the
officers of the organization.
members who are present at a regular meeting.
members who vote by mail.
entire membership of the organization.
An assembly is a
session of an executive board of a larger organization.
special meeting of the members of an organization.
body of people who come together as a group.
series of meetings.
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.
Members of a deliberative assembly
must debate all motions.
may vote only if their dues are paid.
have the right to make motions, participate in debate, and vote.
can stop debate on any motion by yelling out "Question!"
A deliberative assembly that has not adopted rules to govern its organization is bound by the rules and customs
of the constitution of its State Legislature.
that were drafted by the officers prior to the first meeting.
of common parliamentary law.
as prescribed by the chairman.
The actions of any deliberative assembly are subject to
only the rules of the parent organization.
change by a majority vote of the members without notice.
the bylaws and other rules of its organization and all applicable local, state, and national laws.
change by the president and secretary of the organization.
The basic principle of decision in a deliberative assembly is that
propositions must be adopted by a majority vote.
it takes two members to demand a rising vote.
a two-thirds vote is required for all amendments.
all the decisions of the presiding officer may be reversed by a two-thirds vote.
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.
When an organization needs to make a decision that requires more than a majority vote, common requirements are a
rising vote.
ballot vote.
two-thirds vote and possibly previous notice.
three-fourths vote and previous notice.
The call of a meeting is a
notice of a special meeting.
demand by the presiding officer for the meeting to begin.
written notice of the time and place of the meeting which is sent to all members in advance.
verbal notice of the time and place of the meeting at least one year prior to the date of the meeting.
Which of the following would not be classified as a principal type of deliberative assembly?
Legislative body
Convention
Board
Committee
When an unorganized group meets to discuss a specific problem and anyone may attend who is interested, it is called a
convention.
mass meeting.
legislative body.
board meeting.
Admittance to a mass meeting
is always limited.
may not be limited.
may be limited.
is determined by membership to the society that is conducting the meeting.
Membership in a local assembly of an organized society is limited to persons who are
listed in the rolls of the society as voting members in good standing.
in attendance at meetings.
always chosen by its president.
charter members.
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.
Which type of deliberative assembly below is characterized by having each meeting normally serve as a separate session?
Convention
Legislative body
Organized local societies
Mass meetings
An assembly of delegates normally chosen for one session is called a
mass meeting.
board.
convention.
standing committee.
Which one of the following statements is true regarding a convention?
A convention is never called to form an association.
The voting membership of a convention usually consists of delegates.
Ordinary conventions last a month.
The Credentials Committee certifies all non-delegates.
When a convention concludes,
official delegates must meet to elect new officers.
the assembly is normally dissolved.
alternate delegates begin their own convention.
all of the officers may meet to adopt new bylaws.
Law-making groups such as Congress are called
mass meetings.
legislative bodies.
congressional boards.
conventions.
A board is an administrative body that is
always elected in executive session.
appointed at a general meeting by the chairman.
elected or appointed.
never appointed.
A board generally has the same character of a
special committee.
deliberative assembly.
large committee.
legislative body.
The minimum size of a board is
A board within an organized society
such as a board of education may be assigned a particular function.
has responsibilities that are conferred on it by authority outside itself.
is subordinate to the society's full assembly.
All of the above
Large boards follow parliamentary procedure
in the same way as any assembly.
to a lesser degree than other deliberative assemblies.
only for items that are brought from the previous meeting.
when the presiding officer feels it will benefit the organization.
