Basic Provesions And Procedures- Chapter 2

Question 1

The quorum of an assembly is
A. two- thirds of the members present at a meeting.
B. the largest number that can be depended on to attend any meeting.
C. the number of members who must be present for business to be legally transacted.
D. the number of members who always vote on motions before assembly.

Answer 1

C. the number of members who must be present for business to be legally transacted.

Question 2

In the absence of a provision in the bylaws, the quorum of an organized society is
A. two-third of the registered members.
B. a majority of the entire membership.
C. a majority of the members who answer roll call.
D. two-thirds of its officers in attendance

Answer 2

B. a majority of the entire membership

Question 3

The minimum essential officers that must be present to conduct business in a deliberative assembly are
A. presiding officer and the vice president.
B. presiding officer and treasure.
C. presiding officer and secretary or clerk
D. presiding officer and a clerk

Answer 3

C. presiding officer and secretary or clerk

Question 4

Which phase below applies both to the presiding officer and to the station in the place where he/she presides?
A. "The president"
B. "The podium"
C. "The moderator"
D. "The chair"

Answer 4

D. “The chair”

Question 5

The president of chief officer of an organized society who normally presides at its meetings is addressed as
A. “Mr. or Madam Vice President”
B.”Mr. or Madam President”
C. “Mr. or Madam Presiding Officer”
D. “Mr. or Madam President pro tem” or “Mr. or Madam Chairmember”

Answer 5

B.”Mr. or Madam President”

Question 6

How should a vice-president be addressed while actually presiding if the president is not on the platform
A. "Mr. or Madam Vice President"
B."Mr. or Madam President"
C. "Mr or Madam Acting President"
D. "Mr. or Madam Presiding Officer"

Answer 6

B.”Mr. or Madam President

Question 7

With very few exceptions, a member never speaks
A. while seated
B. more than once on a main motion
C. unless permission is granted by the maker of the motion
D. longer than five minutes.

Answer 7

A. while seated

Question 8

During a regular meeting, the presiding officer refers to himself/herself as 
A."I"
B. "your presiding officer"
C. "the chair"
D. "the president"

Answer 8

C. “the chair”

Question 9

An appropriate phrase to use by the presiding officer to call a meeting to order is
A. “Order, order, the meeting has started!”
B. “Order please”
C. “Could I have you attention, Please”
D. “The meeting will come to order”

Answer 9

D. “The meeting will come to order”

Question 10

What specifies the sequence in which certain general types or classes of business are brought up or permitted to be introduced at a meeting?
A. Order of Business
B. Bylaws
C. Standing Rules
D. Charter

Answer 10

A. Order of Business

Question 11

A society which has adopted Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised as its parliamentary authority
A. may use a new parliamentary authority at each meeting
B. must follow the order of business given in the parliamentary manual.
C. may adopt its own particular order of business.
D. may change any item in the parliamentary authority by a majority vote without notice.

Answer 11

C. may adopt its own particular order of business.

Question 12

After the presiding officer calls a meeting to order, the next order of business is usually
A. new business
B. reports of officers
C. Unfinished business
D. reading and approval of the minutes

Answer 12

D. reading and approval of the minutes

Question 13

In the standard order of business, the reports of officers are presented
A. only as time allows
B. immediately before new business
C. immediately after approval of the minutes
D. just before the program begins

Answer 13

C. immediately after approval of the minutes

Question 14

In the standard order of business, what follows special orders?
A. The treasure's report 
B. Standing committee reports
C. Unfinished business and general order
D. New Business

Answer 14

C. Unfinished business and general order

Question 15

In the standard order of business, new business is taken up
A. after unfinished business and general order
B. immediately after reports of officers
C. at the discretion of the president
D. whenever members wish to propose main motions

Answer 15

A. after unfinished business and general order

Question 16

A mass meeting usually does not need an order of business because
A. unfinished business is taken up first
B. the chair determines the agenda by asking the officers to draft one after the meeting begins
C. only new business can be brought up
D. the committee that was assigned the problem for the meeting conducts a panel discussion

Answer 16

C. only new business can be brought up

Question 17

Calling a meeting to order is
A. always completed after the minutes are read
B. the first item of business
C. not part of the order of business
D. always done by the vice-president

Answer 17

C. not part of the order of business

Question 18

A convention commonly
A. uses the same order of business prescribed for regular quarterly
B. accepts and uses the order of business recommended by the officers
C. adopts its own order of business
D. does not follow an order of business

Answer 18

C. adopts its own order of business

Question 19

Business is brought before an assembly by a member making a formal proposal called a (an)
A. agenda
B. Motion
C. order
D. memorandum

Answer 19

B. Motion

Question 20

A communication addressed to the organization is normally read aloud at a meeting by the 
A. President 
B. vice-president
C. committee chairman
D. secretary

Answer 20

D. secretary

Question 21

The reading of a communication at a meeting means that
A. a motion is not formally before the assembly
B. the communication must be debated and voted on
C. a committee should be appointed to investigate the communication
D. the member who originally read the communication is the only one who may amend it.

Answer 21

A. a motion is not formally before the assembly

Question 22

The formal parliamentary name given to any form of discussion of the merits of a motion is called
A. a discussion
B. an argument 
C. a debate
D. speaking

Answer 22

C. a debate

Question 23

The chair must recognize any
A. officer who seeks the floor, in preference to a member
B. member who seeks the floor while entitled to it
C. person in the assembly who seeks the floor
D. member of the board in preferences to any regular member

Answer 23

B. member who seeks the floor while entitled to it

Question 24

Before member in a large assembly can debate or propose motions, they must 
A. rise and address the chairman
B. address the chairman
C. raise a hand
D. rise

Answer 24

A. rise and address the chairman

Question 25

Before a member of an assembly is allowed to speak or propose a motion, he or she must “obtain the floor.” This means that the member must
A. rise and come before the assembly before speaking
B. obtain permission from the assembly before addressing the chairman and speaking
C. rise, address the chairman, and wait to be recognized before speaking
D. address the chairman then speak

Answer 25

C. rise, address the chairman, and wait to be recognized before speaking

Question 26

When a member “has the floor,” this means that
A. anyone else in the assembly may speak from their seats.
B. a main motion need not be seconded
C. another member may also stand and make a motion
D. recognition has been received from the chair

Answer 26

D. recognition has been received from the chair

Question 27

The expression “privilege of the floor” means that
A. a person is permitted to enter the room in which the meeting is being held
B. a member may debate motions as many times as desired
C. certain members must be recognized and given the floor at any time
D. anyone present at a meeting may have the floor

Answer 27

A. a person is permitted to enter the room in which the meeting is being held

Question 28

A member addressing the chair to claim the floor when the names of the members are not known should
A.. raise his/her hand
B. State his/her name and appropriate identifying information
C. wait until the presiding officer asks his/her name
D. wait until the secretary notifies the presiding officers of his/her name before speacking

Answer 28

B. State his/her name and appropriate identifying information

Question 29

When a member yields the floor by sitting, this means that
A. any other member is allowed to speak immediately
B. there is an immediate vote on the pending motion
C. the member is finished speaking
D. the member may name another member to debate

Answer 29

C. the member is finished speaking

Question 30

Generally, if two members rise at the same time, the chairman should recognize the member who
A. is an officer of the organization
B. raised a hand and stood up
C. has the most seniority
D. rose and addressed the chair first after the floor yielded

Answer 30

D. rose and addressed the chair first after the floor yielded

Question 31

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
A. has already debated twice
B. has the same opinions as all the other previous speakers
C. has debated once
D. made the motion and has not debated

Answer 31

D. made the motion and has not debated

Question 32

If the chairman makes a mistake and calls on the wrong member, attention to correct the error can be called by a member immediately
A. yelling out the word "mistake"
B. raising a Point of Order
C. raising a Question of Privilege
D. calling out "Question"

Answer 32

B. raising a Point of Order