What are actions related to educational or social matters?

1.   ?    Program items
2.   ?    Business items
3.   ?    Agenda
4.   ?    Convention program

What is the purpose of an order of business?

1. To establish a stable sequence of business.
2. To ensure that the agenda can be readily constructed.
3. To ensure that the agenda is easily understood by the members.
4. To ensure that the bylaws are followed.

According to this book, what is the first item on a standard order of business?

1.   ?    Call to order
2.   ?    Invocation
3.   ?    Roll call
4.   ?    Adjournment

According to this book, what is the second item on a standard order of business?

1.   ?    Opening Ceremonies
2.   ?    Call to order
3.   ?    Officer reports
4.   ?    Adjournment

According to this book, what is the third item on a standard order of business?

1.   ?    Approval of the minutes
2.   ?    Opening Ceremonies
3.   ?    New business
4.   ?    Unfinished business

According to this book, what is the fourth item on a standard order of business?

1.   ?    Reports of officers
2.   ?    Approval of minutes
3.   ?    Call to order
4.   ?    New Business

According to this book, what is the fifth item on a standard order of business?

1.   ?    Reports of boards and committees
2.   ?    Report of officers
3.   ?    Call to order
4.   ?    Business carried forward

According to this book, what is the sixth item on a standard order of business?

1.   ?    Business carried forward
2.   ?    New business
3.   ?    Reports of boards and committees
4.   ?    Reports of officers

According to this book, what is the seventh item on a standard order of business?

1.   ?    New business
2.   ?    Announcements
3.   ?    Adjournment
4.   ?    Business carried forward

According to this book, what is the eighth item on a standard order of business?

1.   ?    Announcements and good of the order
2.   ?    Adjournment
3.   ?    Approval of the minutes
4.   ?    Business carried forward

According to this book, what is the ninth item on a standard order of business?

1.   ?    Adjournment
2.   ?    Announcements and good of the order
3.   ?    Call to order
4.   ?    Recess

Where should the rules about the order of business be located?

1.   ?    In a document that the body has control over
2.   ?    Only in the bylaws
3.   ?    In the standing rules of the regular members' assembly
4.   ?    No place in particular

What vote is needed to change the order of business?

1.   ?    Majority
2.   ?    Two-thirds
3.   ?    Four-fifths
4.   ?    Plurality

When can the order of business be altered?

1. When the agenda is adopted
2. During the meeting
3. At a pre-meeting session
4. Never

How is a meeting called to order?

1. By a single rap of the gavel by the chair
2. By the chair ordering everybody to be quiet
3. By the secretary calling the role
4. By the parliamentarian taking charge

Who establishes that a quorum is present?

1.   ?    The chair
2.   ?    The secretary
3.   ?    The parliamentarian
4.   ?    The membership chair

If a quorum is lost, _____.

1. no business can be transacted
2. a recess can be taken
3. an adjourned meeting can be set up
4. the meeting may adjourn

When do opening ceremonies occur?

1.   ?    Right after the meeting has been called to order.
2.   ?    Just before the meeting is called to order.
3.   ?    After it has been established that a quorum is present.
4.   ?    After the minutes have been approved.

The secretary reads the minutes _____.

1. unless they have been distributed ahead of time
2. after any opening ceremonies
3. and then asks for corrections
4. only if the members request it

Corrections to the minutes _____.

1. do not need a vote if nobody objects
2. need a formal vote if there is controversy about them
3. cannot be made if the secretary objects to them
4. are not that important