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Worksheets(AG) Unit 1 VoCat Review (2017)
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 33mins
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
What are the three most common ways Seth can amend a motion?
Adding, striking out, or substituting
Combining, blending, or referring
Delaying, avoiding, or defeating
Withdrawing, rescinding, or conferring
Before presenting a prepared speech to an audience, the best way a speaker can improve the presentation is by:
drinking plenty of water to prevent thirst during speaking.
practicing the speech before a mirror to observe posture, gestures, and facial expressions.
making a copy of the manuscript to place in a personal file.
listening to the sounds of the ocean waves and seagulls.
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 five paragraphs of the FFA Creed were written by:
Henry C. Groseclose
Leslie Applegate
E.M. Tiffany
Wesley Barefoot
If Deanna has several enterprises as part of her SAE, she most likely has:
a job watering shrubs.
participated in the extemporaneous public speaking event.
several types of animals or plants in her project.
visited several agribusinesses.
Stage presence is important for a good speech because it shows the speaker’s:
ability to write a manuscript.
confidence and ease before the audience.
correct use of grammatical structure.
skill in researching the Internet for references.
Business that was started but not completed in the last meeting is referred to as:
Committee Reports
New Business
Old Business
Order of Business
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
What item of business should occur immediately after the reading of the minutes, and before the group begins unfinished business?
Degree Ceremonies
Guest speakers
Treasurer’s Report as well as other officer reports
Adjournment
Many professional agricultural organizations require their members to:
attend weekly meetings.
give a percentage of their profits to the organization.
pay membership dues.
take an oath.
The secretary is the officer most responsible for:
keeping financial records for the group.
keeping records of the meetings.
making certain the public is informed about the club’s activities.
presiding over the meetings.
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
Gradie has records for exploratory, entrepreneurship, and placement SAE activites. How can he best keep up with what he has done?
Ask the teacher to keep the records in a class roll book
Keep a shoe box with scraps of paper to remind him of activities
Maintain an up-to-date record book or computer file
Throw receipts in the glove compartment of his car or truck
Which organization is most likely agricultural related?
Boy Scouts
The Grange
Hot Rod Association
Red Hat Society
In addition to developing leadership, a major purpose of FFA career development events (CDEs) is to help students:
win proficiency awards.
increase technical agricultural skills.
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 belief is most reflected in the FFA Creed?
Decline of agriculture
Importance of getting the upper hand by any means possible
Need to put others down in order to succeed
Value of life and work in agriculture and fair play in dealings
What symbol on the FFA emblem represents the progressive nature of agriscience, and the need for workers in agriscience to cooperate and work toward common goals?
American flag
Plow
Rising sun
Owl
If Jenny wants to have an entrepreneurship project, she needs to know that it:
involves ownership or partial ownership and she assumes financial risk.
is the same as an improvement project.
may also be recorded as a supplementary skill.
must be done without pay or profit of any kind whether cash or bartered items.
Which value is regularly taught with leadership skills learned through FFA participation?
Greed
Isolationism
Patriotism
Selfishness
What part of the agenda is the President responsible for?
Reading of the Minutes
Financial Report
Providing of Refreshments
Call to Order
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
Sybal has performed several supplementary, improvement, and exploratory activities that count toward her agricultural education grade. The activities will be graded as:
extra credit.
FFA participation.
recreation.
supervised agricultural experience.
Of the many hands-on experiences Sandy has through SAE and FFA, which is most helpful in teaching her learn to identify plants?
Grading products in the Poultry Evaluation CDE
Preparing and delivering an extemporaneous speech
Reciting the FFA Creed
Working as an intern at a nursery
Which ensures a meeting keeps moving through steps from start to finish?
Order of business
Recess
Adjournment
Opening ceremony
The symbol that signifies that FFA is a national organization is the:
corn.
eagle.
owl.
rising sun.
Aaron makes a motion to have a cookout. What is the most acceptable way for him to state the motion?
"I believe we should have a cookout."
"I make a motion that we have a cookout."
"I move we have a cookout."
"I think that we should have a cookout."
Lucas moved to amend the motion to have refreshments after all meetings by substituting "once per quarter" in the place of "after all meetings." The amendment must pass by a:
majority vote
roll call vote
secret ballot vote
two–thirds majority vote
The official colors of the National FFA Organization are:
national red, white, and blue.
blue and yellow.
navy blue and corn yellow.
national blue and corn gold.
Freshmen members are asked to learn the FFA Creed because it:
gives the teacher time to relax.
helps students develop the skills necessary to compete in the Tool Identification Career Development Event (CDE).
is used by FFA in the place of saying the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag.
represents the beliefs and values that the FFA stands for and members need to know.
John is conducting activities to make the appearance, convenience, and safety of his home better. Which SAE project is he most likely involved in?
Exploratory
Improvement
Supplementary
Planning
Mozambic wants to study a problem in agriculture that is not easily tested by experimentation. His study will best be considered as what type of SAE?
Analytical
Easy
Placement
Production
What symbol in the FFA emblem represents knowledge and wisdom?
Owl
Eagle
Plow
Cross section of the ear of corn
What is the most likely result when a chapter FFA Officer team presents a parliamentary procedure demonstration to the local Lions Club?
Creates conflict with parents because students are out of class
Develops the team’s confidence and skill in conducting business meetings
Eliminates the need for practicing good parliamentary procedure
Makes Lions Club members jealous of the FFA Officer team
Public Law 740 passed by Congress in 1950 granted the FFA:
a new purpose
a federal charter.
unlimited money.
a new name.
Courses in vocational agriculture were established in 1917 by the:
Smith-Hughes Act.
Smith-Jones Act.
Mary Smith Act.
John Smith Act.
A goal of most professional agricultural organizations is to:
create more paperwork.
keep membership down by raising the amount of dues members have to pay.
maintain the old methods of farming.
update its members on new methods, products, and technology.
Hawan is part-owner of a greenhouse that grows tomatoes for the local market. What type of SAE is she involved in?
Protective
Placement
Exploratory
Entrepreneurship
The presiding officer keeps the meeting in order by requiring members who want to speak to be:
ascertained
confirmed
registered
recognized
Adjournment means that:
the floor is open for business.
the group must move to a new location.
the group will no longer conduct official business in the meeting.
recreation is not allowed after meetings.
Hope makes a motion to have a dance, but before discussion from the floor can occur on the motion, it must be:
amended
seconded
tabled
voted on
Which organization most likely has as its primary purpose the support of the student organization for agricultural education?
FFA Alumni Association
National Agricultural Teachers Association
National Agricultural Education Council
Teamsters Union
Hannah moves to amend the motion to have the banquet at the school cafeteria. What is she most likely trying to do to the motion?
Change it
Kill it
Preserve it
Restore it
The first line of the FFA motto is:
"Doing to learn."
"Earning to live."
"Learning to do."
"Living to serve."
Tamara wants to conduct an SAE that is appropriate for students who want to use the scientific method. Which SAE is best for her to use?
Supplementary
Experimental
Improvememt
Placement
An agenda forms the framework of a good meeting and is also known as the:
Officer Reports
Order of Business
Reading of the Minutes
Treasurers Report
Developing students’ potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success is the FFA:
Creed
Mission
Motto
Slogan
Girls were allowed in the FFA in:
1929
1943
1951
1969
The FFA Creed was adopted by members at the:
third National FFA Convention
thirty-third National FFA Convention
one hundred sixty-third National FFA Convention
ninety-third National FFA Convention
Which symbol in the FFA emblem represents labor and tillage of the soil?
Owl
Eagle
Plow
Cross section of the ear of corn
Howard records a short-term supplementary skill in his SAE record book. What did he most likely do?
Change a spark plug
Conduct an experiment on the effects of fertilizer on corn
Raise Christmas trees
Work in a florist shop
Clint works for an hourly wage in a SAE enterprise involved in production. What activity is he most likely involved in?
Landscaping HIS home
Learning to weld
Raising beef cattle
Visiting a supply store
Which is the first degree of membership for high school FFA members?
Greenhand Degree
Chapter FFA Degree
State FFA Degree
American FFA Degree
What do professional agricultural organizations often provide for their members?
Trade shows
Free equipment
Medical care
Transportation
As a beginning agriculture student, Millie wants to learn about a lot of different career options. What SAE is best for her to conduct?
Exploratory
Improvement
Placement
Supplemental
Silas is unsure if the motion is in order. The parliamentarian instructs him that the maximum number of main motions that can be on the floor at any one time is:
6
4
2
1
If a main motion is made to have refreshments after all meetings, it must pass by a:
majority vote
roll call vote.
secret ballot vote
two-thirds majority vote
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
The FFA Creed was written and adopted in 1928 to:
give members a theme song
help members understand the importance of the organization
provide a jingle for advertisement
raise money for the support of contests held at the national level
What item on the agenda reminds members of what happened at the last meeting?
Reading of the Minutes
Financial Report
Adjournment
Call to Order
Haley learned that part of her grade in agricultural education was given for activities outside of the regular classroom time. She learned the grade was for:
becoming established in an agriscience occupation
early graduation
FFA participation
supervised agricultural experience
Kim is working part-time at the Green Thumb Garden Center. What type of SAE is she involved in?
Protective
Placement
Exploratory
Entrepreneurship
Ginger wants to obtain the floor. In order to be recognized, she should address the presiding officer by saying:
I desire to speak
Your Honor
I call for recognition
Madame/Mr. Chairperson
Professional agricultural organizations are often related to a:
piece of equipment
commodity
legislator
specific company
