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Order of Business: Orders of the Day: Agenda - PPTQ Sec 41

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 36mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following terms or phrases deal with the order in which business is taken up in a session?

a)

Agenda

b)

Order of Business

c)

Orders of the Day

d)

All of the above

2.

Any established sequence that prescribes that business will be taken up at a session is called an

a)

order of business.

b)

adjournment sine die.

c)

order of the day.

d)

All of the above

3.

Which one of the following is not a subdivision of a "standard" order of business?

a)

Reading and Approval of Minutes

b)

Roll Call

c)

New Business

d)

Reports of Officers, Boards, and Standing Committees

4.

The agenda for a regular business meeting calls for unfinished business to be taken up

a)

before committee reports.

b)

before new business.

c)

immediately after the call to order.

d)

immediately after the reading of the minutes.

5.

The actual reading of the minutes by a society's secretary may be waived if

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6.

It is generally more efficient to approve and to handle the correction of the minutes by

a)

conducting a rising vote after the chair offers a formal motion.

b)

a member proposing a formal motion.

c)

the chair stating "they are correct as read" immediately after they are read.

d)

unanimous consent.

7.

The minutes do not become the official record of a society's proceedings until they are

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8.

In most societies it is customary to hear reports from all officers, boards, and standing committees

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9.

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

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10.

Special committees are called on to report

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11.

For items of business that have been made a special order for a specific time, the chair should

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12.

A club which meets monthly adjourned in January while a motion was still pending. At the February meeting, the motion that was left pending at the end of the January meeting became

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13.

Which term below refers to questions that are carried over from a previous meeting because the meeting adjourned before they could be completed?

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14.

The chair should announce the heading of Unfinished Business and General Orders

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15.

If a topic is discussed informally at a meeting and a member suggested that it be "brought up at the next meeting," the chair should announce that the topic be

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16.

In the standard order of business, new business is considered

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17.

After New Business is announced by the chairman, members can

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18.

Opening Ceremonies or Exercises include items such as

a)

The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.

b)

roll call.

c)

announcements.

d)

an open forum.

19.

Which of the following is an optional heading for an order of business?

a)

Announcements

b)

Roll call

c)

Opening ceremonies

d)

All of the above

20.

Which procedure below is often used by assemblies such as city councils which have to deal with a large number of routine matters?

a)

Open forum

b)

Good of the order

c)

Open agenda

d)

Consent calendar

21.

The Program is usually presented

a)

after the meeting is adjourned.

b)

before new business.

c)

during roll call.

d)

just before the meeting is adjourned.

22.

If you were chairman and a guest speaker had to leave before roll call, what would you do?

a)

Ask the assembly (by unanimous consent) if the guest can speak early.

b)

Tell the guest that the speech cannot be presented.

c)

Conduct a voice vote on whether the guest speaker may make an earlier presentation.

d)

Allow the speaker to make the presentation at any time he or she wishes.

23.

How can an item of business be taken out of its proper order?

a)

The chair simply makes an announcement.

b)

A recess is called, and it is handled during that time.

c)

Adopt a motion to suspend the rules.

d)

Postpone the pending motion indefinitely, and then take up the necessary business.

24.

To take a motion out of its proper order at a meeting requires

a)

a two-thirds vote in the affirmative.

b)

a majority vote in the affirmative.

c)

the chairman's approval.

d)

a three-fourths affirmative vote by ballot.

25.

An Order of the Day is a specific item of business that

a)

has been amended and ordered to be completed immediately by the chairman.

b)

must be incorporated into the bylaws by a majority vote.

c)

is set in advance to be taken up at a given session.

d)

lists in detail all the standing committees in the bylaws.

26.

Orders of the Day are divided into two classes called

a)

general orders and special orders.

b)

points of order and good of the order.

c)

rules of order and call to order.

d)

order of business and order of precedence.

27.

Which one of the following has a unique feature of being able to interrupt most business that is pending when the specified time arrives to consider it?

a)

Rules of order

b)

General orders

c)

Business orders

d)

Special orders

28.

Which motion below is used to make a pending question an order of the day for a future time?

a)

Lay on the Table

b)

Amend

c)

Postpone

d)

Reconsider

29.

Orders of the day that are not set for particular hours are taken up under the heading of

a)

General Orders.

b)

Unfinished Business.

c)

Special Orders.

d)

Any of the above

30.

A general order that has been set for a particular hour cannot be considered before that hour unless the

a)

chairman makes a ruling.

b)

rules are suspended by a two-thirds vote.

c)

the member who made the general order grants permission.

d)

a committee is formed and they give permission.

31.

If several general orders are made for the same time, they are taken up in

a)

alphabetical order.

b)

an order as decided by the chairman.

c)

the order in which they were made.

d)

random order so that no one order will be given an advantage.

32.

Which of the following postponed questions would be the first to be considered?

a)

Unfinished special order

b)

Special order for the same hour made later

c)

Special order for a particular time

d)

Special order

33.

A special order automatically interrupts any business that is pending except a

a)

motion to adjourn.

b)

motion to recess.

c)

question of privilege.

d)

All of the above

34.

Assume a special order was made for 2 p.m. Later, another was made for 1 p.m. If the 1 p.m. special order is pending at 2 p.m., what would you do as chairman?

a)

Allow the 1 p.m. pending order to be completed.

b)

Stop the 1 p.m. pending motion and allow the 2 p.m. special order to begin.

c)

Declare the 2 p.m. special order lost.

d)

None of the above

35.

If a special order is pending and the time for a pre-scheduled recess arrives, what would you do as chairman?

a)

Allow the pending business to continue.

b)

Call for an immediate vote on the pending business and then call the recess.

c)

Declare the assembly in recess.

d)

Any of the above

36.

An order of business that is specially adopted for a given session is called a (an)

a)

Agenda.

b)

Special meeting.

c)

Assembly.

d)

Program.