What term describes the prescribed arrangement of items to be addressed in meetings for organizations using Robert's Rules of Order as their parliamentary authority?

• A. Agenda
• B. Program
• C. Order of business
• D. Schedule

Answer: (C)

Under Robert’s Rules of Order, the prescribed arrangement of items to be addressed in a meeting is called the order of business. This term refers to the formal sequence that guides how the meeting proceeds—calls to order, minutes, reports, unfinished business, new business, and other items—so work is handled in a consistent, orderly way. The agenda covers what topics will be discussed, but the term that names the prepared order in which those topics must be addressed is order of business. A program or schedule describes a timetable or sequence of events, not the formal parliamentary ordering of items.