QUIZZES

Question 1

What is the name of the document that must be delivered to an employee to discuss their terms of employment?

Answer 1

Rice Notice

Question 2

What is one of the 10 exceptions to go into an executive session meeting?

Answer 2

To discuss property acquisition

Question 3

What is adequate notice?

Answer 3

Written advanced notice of at least 48 hours notice

Question 4

What is considered an open public meeting?

Answer 4

Environmental Commission Meeting

Question 6

Formal action taken by the Governing Body at a meeting is voidable if the meeting was not properly noticed.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Only 4 out of 7 Governing Body members are present for a meeting, does this make for a quorum? Yes or No?

Answer 7

Yes

Question 8

Mr. Jones comes into your office in the morning and demands to see a copy of that evening’s agenda, if its finalized, do you have to provide it? Yes or No?

Answer 8

Yes

Question 9

You do not need to make copies of the agenda available upon the beginning of a meeting for the public.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

You may change the order of business for the receipt of bids.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Agendas are a temporary record and may be destroyed after 7 years.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

A consent agenda provides for effective action on controversial items that require discussion.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

It is mandatory that a listing of all bills are approved prior to payment being made.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

A certification of available funds from the CFO is required by Governing Bodies before approving a bill list since over expenditures of a municipal appropriation is by law and indictable offense.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

A standard resolution requires two readings.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

An ordinance must be posted and published.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

A standard ordinance must be published in the legal newspaper at least ten days prior to the scheduled public hearing date

Answer 17

False
7 days

Question 18

Minutes are defined as a record of what is said at a meeting.

Answer 18

False

Question 19

If the municipality’s fiscal year begins January 1st, then the annual reorganization meeting must be conducted ______.

Answer 19

12 Noon on January 1st or some other hour on any day during the 1st 7 calendar days

Question 20

What resolution must appear on an annual reorganization agenda?

Answer 20

Authorizing Rules of Order

Question 21

When calculating the advertising date for an ordinance what timeline is counted.

Answer 21

Date of Hearing

Question 22

What is codification?

Answer 22

A systematic arrangement of a municipalitys adopted ordinances

Question 23

If the Mayor is selected annually by the Governing Body or has been elected the preceding November, who convenes the Reorganization meeting and presides until the Mayor is sworn into office?

Answer 23

The Municipal Clerk

Question 24

Would the Recreation Commission need to prepare minutes for their monthly meetings? Yes or No

Answer 24

Yes

Question 25

Are meetings required to be tape recorded? Yes or No

Answer 25

NO

Question 26

Does a tie vote defeat a motion. Yes or No

Answer 26

yes

Question 27

Is a Governing Body member required to explain their vote during the time of voting? Yes or No

Answer 27

No

Question 28

Counties, Municipalities, School Districts, and Special Districts are considered creatures of the state.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

In a Type II school district the members of the Board of Education are appointed by the Mayor.

Answer 29

False

Question 30

In a Type I school district, the tax levy is determined by the Board of Education.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

The re-appointment of an incumbent Municipal Clerk must be made within ______days of the expiration of the prior term.

Answer 31

60 Days

Question 32

Upon successful completion of the RMC examination, a new RMC certificate shall be issued for a fee of __________ payable to the NJ State Treasurer.

Answer 32

$50

Question 33

The position of Deputy Clerk is required for all municipalities in the state of New Jersey.

Answer 33

False

Question 34

A group of related records filed/used together as a unit and evaluated as a unit for retention purposes is called a ___________.

Answer 34

Record series

Question 35

What is a complete listing of records by record series together with necessary descriptions and supporting information?

Answer 35

Records Inventory

Question 36

What is defined as data about data that provides context or additional information about other data?

Answer 36

Metadata

Question 37

What refers to the process for gaining control of records and information?

Answer 37

Enterprise Content Management ECM

Question 38

Records that governments must keep permanently to meet fiscal, legal, or administrative needs of the government, or that the government retains because they contain historically significant information are known as __________.

Answer 38

Archival Records

Question 39

What agency regulates the retention and disposal of all state and local public records and promulgates related standards?

Answer 39

State Records COmmittee