1. You are an employee in your county's Department of Planning. Next week, you want to meet with four co-workers in the Department to discuss the county's infrastructure needs. Will the five of you be a public body subject to the Act?

a) Yes.
b) No.

2. Which of the following is not a public body?

a) A task force appointed by the Governor to study pollution in the Chesapeake Bay; it is comprised of 5 state employees and 5 private citizens.
b) An advisory body consisting entirely of municipal employees appointed by the mayor pursuant to an executive order.
c) An advisory committee of healthcare professionals, created by a State health occupations regulatory board.
d) The Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation bowling team.

3. You are a member of the County Council. You would like to create and appoint a committee of ten citizens to advise you on how public transportation in your district could be improved. Would such a committee be a public body?

a) Yes, because the committee will discuss public business and its meetings must be open.
b) No, because it wasn't created by the Maryland Constitution or any other legal instrument and will not function as the Council.
c) No, because the members would be appointed by you, and you are not the Governor, nor the County Executive, and you are not a person subject to their direction or the direction of an entity appointed by them.
d) No, for the reasons in b) and c) together.