Meeting Terminology Quiz

What is the role of the chair in a meeting?

• To take detailed notes about what happened at the meeting

• To lead the meeting

• To accept something

• To discuss current issues

What are minutes in a meeting?

• Issues that weren't decided at the last meeting

• Detailed notes about what happened at a meeting

• The current issues to be discussed at the meeting

• A group that is a permanent part of the organization

What does it mean to adopt something in a meeting?

• To take a break during the meeting

• To end a meeting that happens regularly

• To accept something

• To put an issue aside to talk about something more important

What is the purpose of a standing committee in an organization?

• To take detailed notes about what happened at the meeting

• To lead the meeting

• To accept something

• To be a permanent part of the organization

What does it mean to table a motion in a meeting?

• To take a break during the meeting

• To end a meeting that happens regularly

• To put an issue aside to talk about something more important

• To accept something

What are the current issues being discussed?

• Motion

• Minutes

• New Business

• Old Business

How does the Chair begin the meeting?

• Adopting

• Opening

• Call to Order

• Adjourning

How do we know what happened at the last meeting?

• Reading of the Notes

• Reading of the Motions

• Reading of the Old Business

• Reading of the Minutes

A passed motion is

Issues that were left undecided at the last meeting

• Table Business

• Unfinished Business

• Old Business

• New Business