Agriscience Applications Review 1.00

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

Public Law 740 passed by Congress in 1950 granted the FFA:

• a new purpose.
• a federal charter.
• unlimited money.
• a new name.

In what year did agriculture teachers network across the United States in a team effort to form the National FFA Organization?

• 1970
• 1890
• 1928
• 1958

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 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

Girls were allowed in the FFA in:

• 1929.
• 1943
• 1951.
• 1969.

Developing students’ potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success is the FFA:

• Creed.
• Mission.
• Motto.
• Slogan.

Which leadership career development event (CDE) is a basic statement of beliefs about FFA and agriculture?

• FFA Creed
• Prepared Public Speaking
• Extemporaneous Public Speaking
• Parliamentary Procedure