The person in charge of the meeting. _________ _______ and chair are interchangeable terms.

• A. Presiding Officer
• B. President
• C. Moderator
• D. Chair

Answer: (A)

Under parliamentary procedure, the person who leads the meeting is called the presiding officer, and this title is interchangeable with the more casual term chair. The presiding officer is the official who conducts the proceedings—calling the meeting to order, recognizing speakers, and ruling on points of order to keep the process running smoothly. The two-word designation presiding officer fits the sentence exactly and conveys the formal role that is treated as equivalent to chair in Robert’s Rules. The other terms listed don’t carry the same formal, interchangeable meaning: president is not the standard procedural label, moderator is used in different contexts, and chair itself is merely the common name for the role rather than the formal two-word title that pairs with it.