Objective 1.01 Agriscience

Which is true of FFA extemporaneous speeches?
1. Delivered with little or no preparation
2. Never used in public speaking
3. Usually 20 to 30 minutes in length
4. Planned and practiced for days before delivery
Which activity is MOST helpful in developing poise, confidence, and leadership?
1. Cleaning up the school grounds
2. Identifying trees in a forestry class
3. Making an oral presentation or speech
4. Moving plants in a nursery
In which Career Development Event is a student given 30 minutes to prepare a speech
on an agricultural topic and then present that speech to a panel of judges?
1. Agricultural Sales
2. Extemporaneous Public Speaking
3. Prepared Public Speaking
4. The FFA Creed
A MAJOR purpose of FFA career development events is to encourage agriscience
students to develop leadership and:
1. Improve competitive attitudes.
2. Increase technical agricultural skills.
3. Earn their degrees.
4. Win scholarships.
Which FFA career development event requires participants to grade and evaluate egg
and chicken products?
1. Parliamentary procedure
2. Dairy Judging
3. Poultry judging
4. Public speaking
Many professional agricultural organizations require its members to:
1. Attend weekly meetings.
2. Give a percentage of their profits to the organization.
3. Pay membership dues.
4. Take an oath.
A goal of MOST professional agricultural organizations is to:
1. Create more paperwork.
2. Keep membership down by raising the amount of dues members have to pay.
3. Maintain the old methods of farming.
4. Update its members on new methods, products, and technology.