A proposal that the body take a specific action, often made by a committee, board, or officer is called a:

• A. Recommendation
• B. Quorum
• C. Question
• D. Ratify

Answer: (A)

When a committee, board, or officer completes its work and suggests a specific course of action for the group, that suggested action is called a recommendation. The body can choose to adopt, modify, or reject the recommendation, usually by making a motion to adopt after the report is presented. This distinguishes it from other terms: a quorum is the minimum number needed to conduct business, a question refers to a matter before the assembly or a parliamentary inquiry, and to ratify means to confirm something already done. The key idea is that a recommendation is the proposed action the group considers accepting or denying based on the presenting body’s findings.