Which term describes the item of business scheduled to be taken up at a specific meeting?

• A. Order of Business
• B. Order of the Day
• C. Agenda Item
• D. Schedule

Answer: (B)

Think about how meetings are guided by formal rules. The idea being tested is the term used for the specific piece of business the assembly has scheduled to consider at that meeting. The correct term is the order of the day. When the presiding officer announces the order of the day, the group proceeds to that particular item to discuss or act on it at that time. This differs from an agenda item, which can be any item listed on the meeting’s agenda; the order of the day designates the item to be taken up at the scheduled moment. It also differs from the general order of business, which is the overall sequence of proceedings, and from a schedule, which isn’t a formal Robert’s Rules term for a meeting’s item. So the term matches exactly the description: the item of business scheduled to be taken up at a specific meeting.