Ag Apps Review-2

At which career development event (CDE) is a student given 30 minutes to prepare a speech on an agricultural topic and then present that speech to a panel of judges?

• Agricultural Sales
• Extemporaneous Public Speaking
• Prepared Public Speaking
• The FFA Creed

The floriculture Career Development Event (CDE) primarily allows students to:

• earn money while working.
• develop technical knowledge.
• develop confidence in giving a speech.
• identify trees used for pulpwood.

In addition to developing leadership, a major purpose of FFA career development events (CDEs) is to help students:

• win proficiency awards.
• increase technical agricultural skill
• write better English papers.
• raise their SAT scores.

Which FFA career development event (CDE) requires participants to grade and evaluate egg and chicken products?

• Parliamentary procedure
• Dairy judging
• Poultry judging
• Public speaking

Which is true of FFA extemporaneous speeches?

• Delivered with little or no preparation. 
• Never used in public speaking
• Usually 20 to 30 minutes in length
• Planned and practiced for days before delivery

Which activity is most helpful in developing poise, confidence, and leadership?

• Cleaning up the school grounds
• Identifying trees in a forestry class
• Making an oral presentation or speech
• Moving plants in a nursery

About what percent of the workforce is farming in the US?

• 2

• 7

• 10

• 12

Fewer exports of products to European countries is most likely an issue related to:

• local-food movements

• organic food production

• sustainability

• genetically modified organisms

the highest beef-cattle producing states are generally located near states that produce which crop?

• corn

• soft red winter wheat

• spearmint

• citrus

Which is the best provider of research-based information for individuals and families in agriculture?

• Cooperative Extension Service

• Corporate troubleshooting group

• Professional consultant

• Teamsters union