CMCA ACTUAL EXAMINATION TEST 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ Action item list. Answer: An action item is a documented event,
task, activity or action that needs to take place. Action items are
usually documented in the meeting minutes and are recorded in the
task list of the group. At the next meeting the action item list is
reviewed by the group and at that meeting the facilitator will check
the status of these items.
◉ Agenda. Answer: An agenda is a list of meeting activates in order
in which they are to be taken up, beginning with the call to order and
ending with adjournment.
◉ Amend a motion. Answer: Amend a motion is used to modify
another motion. The motion to amend takes three basics forms:
-Inserting or adding words or paragraphs
-Striking out words or paragraphs
,-Striking out words and inserting or adding others, or substituting
an entire paragraph or complete resolution of another.
◉ Ballot. Answer: a device used to record choices made by voters.
Each voter uses one ballot, which are not shared.
◉ Committee Report. Answer: These reports should highlight
matters to be decided and recommendations by the committee.
◉ Debate. Answer: During an election, a formal discussion involving
opposing candidates vying for the some position.
◉ Executive Session. Answer: When a board must hold a discussion
or make decisions of a sensitive nature.
◉ Financial Report. Answer: report on the community's financial
condition and activates, including general ledger, variance, accounts
payable, income statement, and balance sheet
◉ Majority. Answer: Over 50% of the votes needed to win an
election.
◉ Management Report. Answer: This is the manager's report on the
association's current management and administrative activates.
,◉ Minutes. Answer: minutes of a meeting document the decisions
made during the meeting. This provides a permanent public record
of positions and actions taken by the board.
◉ Notice of Meeting. Answer: An official announcement that a
meeting will take place, which should be sent in writing to board
members at least a week before a meeting.
◉ Motion. Answer: A formal proposal stating that the association
took certain action
◉ Parliamentary Procedure. Answer: The body of rules, ethics, and
customs governing meetings and other operations.
◉ Plurality. Answer: Awards the election to the candidate with the
most votes, regardless of whether or not they received the majority.
◉ Proxy. Answer: Proxy is the agency, function, or power of a person
authorized to act or vote in place of another resident who could not
be present.
◉ Quorum. Answer: Quorum is the number of residents required to
be present to transact business legally. That number is established in
the association's by-laws.
, ◉ Robert's Rules of Order. Answer: A book that provides common
rules and procedures for deliberation and debate in order to place
the whole membership on the same footing and speaking the
same language.
◉ Second a motion. Answer: Generally, once the motion has been
proposed, consideration by the assembly occurs only if another
member of the body immediately seconds the motion.
◉ Table a motion. Answer: Incomplete items on the agenda should
be rescheduled, or tabled, for another meeting.
◉ Timed Agenda. Answer: A more specific agenda that limits the
amount of time focused on specific areas, so as to move the meeting
along at a more thorough and prompt pace.
◉ Articles of Incorporation. Answer: Bring the corporation into
existence, define its basic purposes and powers, indicate whether
stock will be issued, and indicate whether there will be a board of
directors.
◉ Bylaws. Answer: Formally adopted governing regulations for the
administration and management of a community association.
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ Action item list. Answer: An action item is a documented event,
task, activity or action that needs to take place. Action items are
usually documented in the meeting minutes and are recorded in the
task list of the group. At the next meeting the action item list is
reviewed by the group and at that meeting the facilitator will check
the status of these items.
◉ Agenda. Answer: An agenda is a list of meeting activates in order
in which they are to be taken up, beginning with the call to order and
ending with adjournment.
◉ Amend a motion. Answer: Amend a motion is used to modify
another motion. The motion to amend takes three basics forms:
-Inserting or adding words or paragraphs
-Striking out words or paragraphs
,-Striking out words and inserting or adding others, or substituting
an entire paragraph or complete resolution of another.
◉ Ballot. Answer: a device used to record choices made by voters.
Each voter uses one ballot, which are not shared.
◉ Committee Report. Answer: These reports should highlight
matters to be decided and recommendations by the committee.
◉ Debate. Answer: During an election, a formal discussion involving
opposing candidates vying for the some position.
◉ Executive Session. Answer: When a board must hold a discussion
or make decisions of a sensitive nature.
◉ Financial Report. Answer: report on the community's financial
condition and activates, including general ledger, variance, accounts
payable, income statement, and balance sheet
◉ Majority. Answer: Over 50% of the votes needed to win an
election.
◉ Management Report. Answer: This is the manager's report on the
association's current management and administrative activates.
,◉ Minutes. Answer: minutes of a meeting document the decisions
made during the meeting. This provides a permanent public record
of positions and actions taken by the board.
◉ Notice of Meeting. Answer: An official announcement that a
meeting will take place, which should be sent in writing to board
members at least a week before a meeting.
◉ Motion. Answer: A formal proposal stating that the association
took certain action
◉ Parliamentary Procedure. Answer: The body of rules, ethics, and
customs governing meetings and other operations.
◉ Plurality. Answer: Awards the election to the candidate with the
most votes, regardless of whether or not they received the majority.
◉ Proxy. Answer: Proxy is the agency, function, or power of a person
authorized to act or vote in place of another resident who could not
be present.
◉ Quorum. Answer: Quorum is the number of residents required to
be present to transact business legally. That number is established in
the association's by-laws.
, ◉ Robert's Rules of Order. Answer: A book that provides common
rules and procedures for deliberation and debate in order to place
the whole membership on the same footing and speaking the
same language.
◉ Second a motion. Answer: Generally, once the motion has been
proposed, consideration by the assembly occurs only if another
member of the body immediately seconds the motion.
◉ Table a motion. Answer: Incomplete items on the agenda should
be rescheduled, or tabled, for another meeting.
◉ Timed Agenda. Answer: A more specific agenda that limits the
amount of time focused on specific areas, so as to move the meeting
along at a more thorough and prompt pace.
◉ Articles of Incorporation. Answer: Bring the corporation into
existence, define its basic purposes and powers, indicate whether
stock will be issued, and indicate whether there will be a board of
directors.
◉ Bylaws. Answer: Formally adopted governing regulations for the
administration and management of a community association.
