The National FFA Organization is dedicated to organizing experiences that will meet the current needs of students while accomplishing the future purposes of agricultural education.

Proficiency awards encourage members to develop specialized skills that will apply toward a future career.

A member can select from four proficiency award categories.

FFA was established in 1928 as the Future Farmers of America; however, the name was changed to the National FFA Organization in 1978 to reflect the growing diversity of agriculture.

FFA is structured on four levels- local, state, regional, and national.

More new members were admitted in 1965 when the delegates voted to allow girls to become members of the national organization.

Bush became president in 1986.

In 1996, the FFA announced its decision to move the National FFA Center from Alexandria, Virginia, to Indianapolis, Indiana.

FFA New Horizons added online feature- FFAnewhorizons.org in 2007.

Labor and tillage of the soil is the backbone of agriculture and the historic foundation of our country’s strength.

The FFA motto consists of 12 words.

The last line of the FFA motto is “Living to serve”

The second paragraph of The FFA creed ends with “… the product of our soil.”

All FFA functions and paraphernalia should proudly display the colors.

The incidental motion to make a nomination can be reconsidered.

The motion, which brings an item back before the assembly, to take from the table does not require a second.

The motion to take from the table is debatable.

The motion, to take from the table, which brings an item back before the assembly, does not require a vote.

The motion to rescind may interrupt a speaker.

The motion to lay on the table is debatable.

A previous question is debatable.

The motion to refer to a committee does not require a second.

The motion to amend can interrupt a speaker.

A point of order is not debatable.

The motion to appeal can interrupt a speaker.

The incidental motion to suspend the rules is amendable.

A division of the assembly is amendable as to time only.

The incidental motion to close nominations requires a second.

The incidental motion to reopen nominations requires a second.

Proficiency awards encourage members to develop specialized skills that will apply toward a future career.

FFA is one of ___

essential components of this integrated system, which work

together to provide personal, academic, and career experiences that help you build success. FFA Manual Page 2

School-based agricultural education consists of three integral core components one of which is classroom and laboratory instruction that is

_, inquiry-based and

interactive. FFA Manual Page 2

FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for ___, personal growth and ___ through agricultural education. FFA manual page 6

FFA is the premier

organization for school-based agricultural education students

that provides life-changing experiences for its members. FFA Manual Page 7

Within the National FFA Structure the State Associations include all of the following except: FFA Manual Page 10

There are

types of SAEs, some of which may be subdivided in your chapter or

state.

In which of the following type of SAEs do you work for someone?

Which of the following is open for all FFA members and chapters, including those in middle school?

Which of the following was passed by congress in 1950?

Active participation in career and leadership development events, chapter meetings, award and recognition programs, committees and ___

and community projects provide FFA

members with opportunities to develop personal leadership skills

When was the first state new farmers of Virginia meeting held?

When was the official FFA creed adopted?

The blue corduroy jacket was adopted as official dress in ___.

In which of the following years was World War II occurring?

In ___ President Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first president to speak at a national FFFA convention.

A tap of the gavel should follow the announcements of the ___.

Motions are voted upon ___.

The acceptable methods of voting are rising (show of hands or standing), ballot, and unanimous (general) consent.

A ___

does not go into effect until the announcement is made.

The ___ should be called upon by the president if he/she has been absent from the meeting for a period of time and if the vice-president did not inform the president of the business transacted during his/her absence.

___ are secondary motions (not main motions) that assist the group in addressing items

of business that need revision or further consideration.

Which of the following is a Privileged Motion?

Which of the following motions requires a 2/3 vote?

Which of the following is a subsidiary motion?

Which of the following do not require a second, is not amendable and cannot be reconsidered?

Whenever groups of people come together, there is usually the matter of conducting discussions and ___.

The right to ___ must also be free to those so entitled.

To live and work in a democratic society such as ours,



When may the chair merely bow when recognizing a member?



___, but are not limited to, unfounded appeals, irrelevant points of order, divisions without

merit and inappropriate or even ridiculous amendments; it the chair's duty to prevent these types of motions.