Parliamentary Procedure Multiple Choice Questions

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

• before committee reports.

• before new business.

• immediately after the call to order.

• immediately after the reading of the minutes

If neither the president or vice-president is present, the meeting should be called to order by the

• secretary.

• officer with the most seniority.

• parliamentarian.

• sergeant-at-arms

At an adjourned meeting, everything is taken up from the point at which the previous meeting adjourned except

• unfinished business is called first.

• special committee reports are presented after roll call.

• the minutes are read first.

• primary amendments must be made immediately after the minutes are read.

If a meeting is restricted to members only, which officer checks credentials as people arrive at a meeting?

• Doorkeeper

• Curator

• Sergeant-at-arms

• Vice-president

Which officer advises the president and other officers, committees, and members on matters of parliamentary procedure?

• Librarian

• Vice President

• Secretary

• Parliamentarian

Motions that seek to obstruct or thwart the will of the assembly are called

• Incidental motions.

• Secondary motions.

• Dilatory motions.

• Privileged motions

After a motion is made and seconded, it is placed before the assembly by the

• chairman stating the question.

• member debating who made the motion.

• secretary reading the motion aloud.

• member who made the motion to put the question.

The presiding officer, if a member of the assembly,

• should only vote by ballot upon the permission of the assembly.

• may vote by ballot to break a tie.

• can always vote by ballot with other members.

• can vote by ballot after the polls are closed without permission of the assembly.

Business is brought before an assembly by a member making a formal proposal called a (an)

• agenda.

• motion.

• order.

• memorandum.

An assembly is a

• body of people who come together as a group.

• special meeting of the members of an organization

• session of an executive board of a larger organization.

• series of meetings.