CMCA 2026 Exam Questions
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Section 1: Meetings
Table a motion - ANSWER ✔✔Incomplete items on the agenda
should be rescheduled for another meeting.
Robert's Rules of Order - ANSWER ✔✔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
,Timed agenda - ANSWER ✔✔Limits the amount of time focused on
specific areas, so as to move the meeting along at a more thorough and
prompt pace
Second a motion - ANSWER ✔✔Once the motion has been
proposed, consideration by the assembly occurs only if another member
of the body immediately concurs with the motion
Amend a motion - ANSWER ✔✔A motion is used to modify another
motion. Takes three basic forms: inserting or adding words, striking out
words, striking out and inserting or substituting a paragraph for another
Ballot - ANSWER ✔✔Device used to record choices made by voters
Quorum - ANSWER ✔✔is the number of members required to be
present to transact business legally
Proxy - ANSWER ✔✔Function or power of a person authorized to act
or vote in place of another resident who could not be present
Plurality - ANSWER ✔✔Awards the election to the candidate with the
most votes, regardless of whether or not they received the majority
established in the association's by-laws
Committee report - ANSWER ✔✔Reports should highlight matters to
be decided and recommendations by the committee. Supporting
,research should be included in the reports. Committees need to clearly
state the actions they are asking the board.
Debate - ANSWER ✔✔During an elections, a formal discussion
involving opposing candidates vying for the same 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 fiscal
condition
Parliamentary procedure - ANSWER ✔✔The body of rules, ethics,
and customs governing meetings and other operations.
Minutes - ANSWER ✔✔Meeting document the decisions made during
the meeting. This provides a permanent public record of positions and
actions taken by the board.
Majority - ANSWER ✔✔Over 50% of the votes needed to win an
election. The majority vote can come from those owners who tend the
meeting, in person, or by proxy, to decide all matters except special
issues.
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, Motion - ANSWER ✔✔A formal proposal stating that the association
took a certain action.
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.
Management report - ANSWER ✔✔Report on the association's
current management and administrative activities.
Absentation - ANSWER ✔✔When a participant in a vote either does
not go to vote or, in parliamentary procedure, is present during the vote,
but does not cast ballot. May be used to indicate the voting individual's
ambivalence or mild disapproval. They do not count in tallying the vote
and attend the meeting to constitute a quorum.
Action item list - ANSWER ✔✔a documented event, task, activity, or
action that needs to take place. 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 the meeting
the facilitator will check the status of these items.
and Correct Answers | New
Update
Section 1: Meetings
Table a motion - ANSWER ✔✔Incomplete items on the agenda
should be rescheduled for another meeting.
Robert's Rules of Order - ANSWER ✔✔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
,Timed agenda - ANSWER ✔✔Limits the amount of time focused on
specific areas, so as to move the meeting along at a more thorough and
prompt pace
Second a motion - ANSWER ✔✔Once the motion has been
proposed, consideration by the assembly occurs only if another member
of the body immediately concurs with the motion
Amend a motion - ANSWER ✔✔A motion is used to modify another
motion. Takes three basic forms: inserting or adding words, striking out
words, striking out and inserting or substituting a paragraph for another
Ballot - ANSWER ✔✔Device used to record choices made by voters
Quorum - ANSWER ✔✔is the number of members required to be
present to transact business legally
Proxy - ANSWER ✔✔Function or power of a person authorized to act
or vote in place of another resident who could not be present
Plurality - ANSWER ✔✔Awards the election to the candidate with the
most votes, regardless of whether or not they received the majority
established in the association's by-laws
Committee report - ANSWER ✔✔Reports should highlight matters to
be decided and recommendations by the committee. Supporting
,research should be included in the reports. Committees need to clearly
state the actions they are asking the board.
Debate - ANSWER ✔✔During an elections, a formal discussion
involving opposing candidates vying for the same 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 fiscal
condition
Parliamentary procedure - ANSWER ✔✔The body of rules, ethics,
and customs governing meetings and other operations.
Minutes - ANSWER ✔✔Meeting document the decisions made during
the meeting. This provides a permanent public record of positions and
actions taken by the board.
Majority - ANSWER ✔✔Over 50% of the votes needed to win an
election. The majority vote can come from those owners who tend the
meeting, in person, or by proxy, to decide all matters except special
issues.
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Motion - ANSWER ✔✔A formal proposal stating that the association
took a certain action.
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.
Management report - ANSWER ✔✔Report on the association's
current management and administrative activities.
Absentation - ANSWER ✔✔When a participant in a vote either does
not go to vote or, in parliamentary procedure, is present during the vote,
but does not cast ballot. May be used to indicate the voting individual's
ambivalence or mild disapproval. They do not count in tallying the vote
and attend the meeting to constitute a quorum.
Action item list - ANSWER ✔✔a documented event, task, activity, or
action that needs to take place. 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 the meeting
the facilitator will check the status of these items.
