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Standard 1
1. The Arizona Nursery and Landscape Industry generated over ______ Billion in sales each
year
A. 1.6
B. 16
C. 20
D. 85
2. According to National FFA there are at least ________ unique careers in agriculture
A.732
B. 235
C. 100
D. 1000
3. __________ is considered to be the "Winter Lettuce Capital of the World" producing enough
lettuce annually for every person in the United States, Mexico and Canada to have their
own head of lettuce
A. Peoria, Arizona
B. Indianapolis, Indiana
C. Pollo, Illinois
D. Yuma, Arizona
4. Arizona farmers grow enough ________ each year to provide every person in the United
States of American with a pair of jeans
A. Lettuce
B. Wool
C. Cotton
D. Hemp
5. Arizona sends a total value of 4.2 billion dollars of goods to other countries each year.
These good are called
A. Food Security
B. Food Safety
C. Exports
D. Imports
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6. Famers account for about ___ % of the US population and have an average age in their
50's
A. 27
B. 46
C. 15
D. 1
7. ________ would be an example of a way to act more sustainably
A. All Answers are correct
B. B. Eat locally and seasonally
C. Use less refrigeration
D. Reduce Waste
8. About how many people are employed by the agriculture industry in the United States?
A. 32 Million
B. 22 million
C. 10 million
D. 5 Million
Standard 2
9. The cotton gin removes the cottonseed from the cotton fiber and was invented by
A. Edmund Quency
B. Benjamin Holt
C. Anna Baldwin
D. Eli Whitney
10. The suffix "cide" means to kill. Which of these kills weeds?
A. Insecticide
B. Fungicide
C. Pesticide
D. Rodenticide
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11. IPM stands for
A. Internal Pest Movement
B. Instate Pollution Movers
C. In-state Pest Managers
D. Integrated Pest Management
12. Combining biological, cultural, physical, and chemical tools to minimize risks
A. Integrated Pest Management
B. Pest Management
C. Insect Control
D. No answer is correct
13. Water drained from agriculture fields due to irrigation, rain, or melted snow is called?
A. Agricultural Flooding
B. Agricultural Irrigation
C. Agricultural Runoff
D. No answer is correct
14. Water run off from an agriculture use field can cause
A. Fertilizer pollution
B. B. Pesticide pollution
C. Animal waste pollution
D. All Answers Are Correct
15. Rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high-yield seeds and
fertilizers
A. Blue Revolution
B. Green Revolution
C. Smith Hughes Act
D. Tech Revolution
16. The process by which wind and/or water transport soil from one location to another.
A. erosion
B. wind transport
C. desertification
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D. soil conservation
Standard 3
17. The BEST term to describe the application of scientific principles and new technologies in
agriculture is
A. Agribusiness
B. Farming
C. Agriscience
D. Renewable natural resources
18. What word would best describe new products or tools made because of knowledge gained
through agriscience?
A. Observation
B. Technology
C. Inference(s)
D. Scientific Method(s)
19. What is it called if you use your senses to gather bits of information?
A. Science
B. Hypothesizing
C. Observation
D. Concluding
20. The step-by-step approach that should be used to solve problems called?
A. Science
B. Technology
C. Inference(s)
D. Scientific Method(s)
21. What is an educated statement that could be tested called?
A. Problem recognized
B. Perform experiment
C. Observation
D. Hypothesis
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22. What is a standard used for comparison called?
A. Problem recognized
B. Perform experiment
C. Controls
D. Observation
23. Which variable could be changed by the experimenter?
A. Dependent Variable
B. No Variable
C. The Who Variable
D. Independent Variable
24. Which variable could be measured during the experiment?
A. Independent Variable
B. Dependent Variable
C. Whovian Variable
D. Tardis Variable
Standard 4
25. Truck farming was a middle english word meaning bartering or exchange of commodities
A. All answers are correct
B. Farmers' Market
C. Street food vendor
D. Growing crops to sell on the street
26. Name two most popular biofuel crops grown in the U.S.?
A. Soybean and Palm Oil
B. Corn and Canola
C. Corn and Soybean
D. Sugar Cane and Jatropha
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27. Which biofuel crop is grown in all fifty states?
A. Soybean
B. Palm Oil
C. Corn
D. Sugarcane
28.The product that produces fuel from crops is known as
A. Biofuels
B.Gasoline
C. Seed oils
D. No answer is correct
29. Biofuels generally falls into two categories which are
A. Biofuels and Energy crops
B. Bioalcohol and biodiesel
C. Greenhouse gases and Carbon dioxide
D. No answer is correct
30. Biofuels burns
A. Dirter
B. Unclean
C. Cleaner
D. No answer is correct
31. Wind power has been used on agriculture operations to provide power for
A. Plow fields
B. Drying fields for planting
C. No answer is correct
D. Pumping water and producing electricity
32. Types of Biomass are
A. Crops
B. All answers are correct
C. Garbage
D. Animal waste
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Standard 5
33. Which of the following correctly identifies the composition of soil?
A. 25% Air, 25% Water, 48% Minerals, 2 % Organic Matter
B. 25% Minerals, 25% Water, 28% Air, 2% Organic Matter
C. 25% Air, 25% Organic Matter, 48% Minerals, 2% Water
D. 25% Minerals, 25% Organic Matter, 28% Water, 2% Air
34. The most common way to determine soil texture is by
A. Visual Inspection
B. Digital Scan
C. Feel
D. Smell
35. What is the ease at which water, air, and roots can move through soil called?
A. Porosity
B. Permeability
C. Water Holding Capacity
D. Gravitational
36. What are the rocks and minerals from which soil is formed called?
A. Parent material
B. Sand
C. Clay
D. Mottling
37. Which of the following is NOT a soil formation factor?
A. Parent material
B. Climate
C. Topography
D. Compaction
38. Which soil particle is the largest in size?
A. Organic Matter
B. Slit
C. Sand
D. Clay
39. Which of the following colors signifies the presence of organic matter?
A. Mottling
B. Dark Brown
C. Blue Tints
D. White
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40. What is the definition of organic matter?
A. Mixture of weathered minerals that cover the earth’s surface
B. Rocks and minerals from which soil is formed
C. Growing media that provides water to plants
D. Decayed plant and animal material in soil
Standard 7
41. Where is the terminal bud located?
A. On the main truck of the tree
B. At the end of the stem
C. At the beginning of the stem
D. On the side of the branch
42. What initiates the process of photosynthesis?
A. Energy from the sun being absorbed by the chloroplast
B. The plant sprouting from the soil
C. Carbon dioxide mixing with water
D. Leaves turning to face the sun
43. The primary function of the leaf is
A. To produce flowers
B. To produce fruit
C. To support other plant structure
D. To manufacture food for the plant
44. Which of the following correctly places the 7 levels of classification in order from most broad
to specific?
A. Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
B. Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom
C. Kingdom, Family, Class, Order, Phylum, Species, Genus
D. Species, Genus, Class, Family, Oder, Phylum, Kingdom
45. Pollen is produced in the stamen by the
A. Pistil
B. Stigma
C. Anther
D. Filament
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46. What is an undifferentiated mass of plant cells?
A. Callus
B. Clone
C. Division
D. Scion
47. The three parts of the seed are
A. Root, stemm, and flower
B. Seed coat, endosperm, and embryo
C. Root, seed coat, and endosperm
D. An embryo, cotyledon, and a new plant
48. What is the study of flowering plants
A. Horticulture
B. Agronomy
C. Floriculture
D. Soil science
Standard 8
49. What soil media component is not an organic material?
A. Saw Dust
B. Clay Beads
C. Bark
D. Coconut Fibers
50. Sulfur is used to lower soil pH so that the soil will become more
A. Acidic
B. Alkaline
C. Eroded
D. Porous
51. Permeability is the rate of movement of what through the soil
A. Water and fertilization
B. Air and fertilization
C. Water and microorganisms
D. Water and Air
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52. The three primary nutrients supplied in a complete fertilizer are
A. Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
B. Calcium, magnesium, and sulfur
C. Carbon, nitrogen and sulfur
D. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium
53. Sexual reproduction in plants is the propagation of plants by
A. Stem
B. Roots
C. Flowers
D. Seeds
54. What is a short piece of stem with two or more buds?
A. Micropropagation
B. Division
C. Scion
D. Air layering
55. What is another term for tissue culture?
A. Micropropagation
B. Division
C. Callus
D. Scion
56. What is genetically identical to the parent?
A. Callus
B. Clone
C. Air layering
D. Micropropagation
57. The branch of zoology concerned with the study of insects.
A. Agronomy
B. Floriculture
C. Horticulture
D. Entomology
58. Picking pests off the plant is known as what kind of control in IPM
A. Mechanical Control
B. Cultural Control
C. Biological Controls
D. Chemical controls
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59. In IPM _______ Control means we do these things to prevent a problem from starting
A. Chemical
B. Biological
C. Cultural
D. Mechanical
60. Any organism anyplace where it is not wanted is called a
A. An insect in a garden or yard
B. Any insect or animal anywhere
C. Pest
D. No Answer is correct
61. List the components of IPM
A. All the answers are correct
B. Prevention and Monitoring
C. Treatment and Evaluation
D. Decision Making
62. How do we prevent or manage pests?
A. Mechanical Controls
B. Cultural Controls
C. Biological and chemical controls
D. All answers are correct
63. The letters I.P.M. Stands for
A. Integrated Pest Mgt.
B. Internal Pest Movement
C. Innovative Internal Mgt.
D. No answer is correct
64. IPM is not:
A. Pest control
B. Pest eradication
C. Organic
D. All answers are correct
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Standard 12
65. The letters FNS for
A. Food and Nutrition Service
B. Fiber and Notice Service
C. Fiber and Nutrition Supply
D. Farm and Fish Supply
66. The letters USDA for
A. U.S. Dogs of America
B. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
C. U.S. Depending on America
D. No Answer is Correct
67. Which of these factors can cause foodborne illness
A. Improper hot/cold holding temperatures of potentially hazardous food.
B. Improper cooking temperatures of food.
C. Food from unsafe sources.
D. All answers are correct
68. United States Department of Agriculture
A. Not Known
B. Incorrect use
C. No Answer is Correct
D. USDA
69. Microbial activity thrives best in which type of environment?
A. warm and moist
B. cold and moist
C. warm and dry
D. cold and dry
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Standard 16
70. What is an example of precision agriculture?
A. Using GPS and lasers to make sure a field is even
B. Giving an animal the correct dose of a medication
C. Using ultrasound as a way to determine if an animal is pregnant
D. Using dogs to identify biosecurity threats
71. ___________ would be an example of a platform to host a digital meeting or conference
A. Microsoft Word
B. Facetime/Duo/Skype
C. Twitter
D. Apple Pages
72. The website used to track your SAE records is called the ________
A. azffa.org
B. ffa.org
C. theaet.com
D. saerecords.com
73. The National Resource Conservation Service Web Soil Survey (WSS) is used to
A. Collect data on animal size and growth rate
B. Update your SAE records
C. provides soil data and information produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey
D. Track plant growth
74. Commonly used to collect data for labs the handheld device sensors can be connected to is
called a
A. Microscope
B. Tablet
C. Labquest
D. Chromebook
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Standard 15
75. What does vertical integration provide a company with?
A. More room to promote and hire people within the company
B. More control over the entire production process
C. A company is able to eliminate its competition
D. A place to advertise and market to customers
76. What is meant by microeconomics?
A. Study of business and the environment
B. Large chunks of financial information
C. The part of economics concerned with single factors and the effects of individual
decisions.
D. Content that only you appears on the stock market
77. Profit and Loss Statement is also known as______
A. Debt Statement
B. Income Statement
C. Asset Sheet
D. Balance Sheet
78. By using the following formula Income – Expense = _________
A. Profit
B. Income
C. Expense
D. No Answer is Correct
79. If your business made $100,000.00 in sales during the same amount of time and your
expenses were 70,000.00 what would be your profit?
A. $100,000.00
B. $30,000.00
C. $70,000.00
D. $170,000.00
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80. This document an employer is required to send to each of their employees and the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) at the end of the year. The form reports the employee's annual
wages and the amount of taxes withheld from his or her paychecks.
A. W-4
B. W-2
C. 1099
D. ZUR 20 Current Year
81. _________ is the process of identifying and analyzing potential issues that could negatively
impact key business initiatives or critical projects in order to help organizations avoid or
mitigate those risks.
A. Tax Audit
B. Bank Statement
C. Health Insurance
D. Risk Analysis
82. How is net worth calculated?
A. Assets plus liabilities
B. Assets minus liabilities
C. Liabilities minus assets
D. Liabilities times assets
83. What is a schedule of expected returns and costs?
A. Net worth
B. Inventory
C. Budget
D. Ledger
84. What is an asset?
A. A bill a person or business owes
B. Something a person or business owns
C. A list of property owned by a person/business
D. A list of debts owed by a person/business
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Standard 13
85. A 40’ long boat is being represented on a drawing with a 1/8" = 1' scale. How long will the
drawing be?
A. 320”
B. 5”
C. 5’
D. 320’
86. On a scale drawing an item is represented as 4”. If the scale is 1/8" = 1', how long is the
actual item?
A. 14’
B. 12’
C. 32’
D. 32”
87. What is a bill of materials?
A. List of only the materials with specifications that are needed in a project. No cost is
associated with it.
B. List of materials by cost only, includes delivery costs and estimated time of arrival, and
no size specifications are mentioned.
C. List of materials with specifications that are needed in a project. This includes size,
dimension and cost.
D. List of materials by date of arrival, includes specifications on size and cost of materials.
88. Which is NOT a part of a Bill of Materials?
A. Description of Parts
B. Cost
C. Item or Part Name
D. Delivery Date
89. Why is a Bill of Materials important?
A. To know if you have the time to build the project
B. To figure out a delivery date
C. They are not important ever
D. To know if you can afford the project at hand
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Standard 14
90. Where can the safe operating instructions and procedures for a new piece of equipment
can be found?
A. Owners Manual
B. The label on the side of the equipment
C. From your friend
D. Safe operation is unnecessary
91. In order to maintain a warranty on a new piece of equipment, what is the best practice for
maintenance?
A. Servicing the equipment as needed
B. Servicing the equipment every six months
C. Servicing the equipment outlined by the owner’s manual
D. Servicing the equipment according to the old equipment’s schedule
92. Which of the following is used to join copper pipe?
A. Primer
B. Solder
C. Cement
D. Flux
93. The most important step in sharpening a lawn mower blade is __________
A. setting the cutting edge
B. Lawn mower blades do not need to be sharpened
C. Balancing the blade
D. All answers are correct
94. Which part of the chainsaw chain do you sharpen
A. Teeth
B. Raker
C. Both
D. Neither
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Professional Skills
95. A MAJOR purpose of FFA Career Development Events (CDE) is to encourage agriscience
students to develop leadership and:
A. Improve competitive attitudes
B. Earn their degrees
C. Increase technical agricultural skills
D. Win scholarships
96. The first line of the FFA motto is
A. Doing to learn
B. Learning to do
C. Living to serve
D. Earning to live
97. What is the three circle model?
A. There isn’t a 3 circle model
B. Incorporating SAE, Classroom curriculum, and FFA in making a successful ag program
C. Incorporating SAE, CDE, and FFA to make a successful ag program
D. Incorporating animals, FFA, and judging to make a successful ag program
98. Who wrote the National FFA Creed?
A. Abe Lincoln
B. E.M. Tiffany
C. Henry Groseclose
D. Bill Gates
99. Why did the Future Farmers of America change their name to The National FFA
Organization?
A. To differentiate between themselves and the Future Farmers of Japan
B. To allow states to form state associations
C. To have a more formal sounding name
D. To better reflect the amount of diversity in agriculture
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100. Women were allowed into the National FFA Organization in what year?
A. 1969
B. 1965
C. 1928
D. 1998
Standard 1
1. The Arizona Nursery and Landscape Industry generated over ______ Billion in sales each
year
A. 1.6
B. 16
C. 20
D. 85
2. According to National FFA there are at least ________ unique careers in agriculture
A.732
B. 235
C. 100
D. 1000
3. __________ is considered to be the "Winter Lettuce Capital of the World" producing enough
lettuce annually for every person in the United States, Mexico and Canada to have their
own head of lettuce
A. Peoria, Arizona
B. Indianapolis, Indiana
C. Pollo, Illinois
D. Yuma, Arizona
4. Arizona farmers grow enough ________ each year to provide every person in the United
States of American with a pair of jeans
A. Lettuce
B. Wool
C. Cotton
D. Hemp
5. Arizona sends a total value of 4.2 billion dollars of goods to other countries each year.
These good are called
A. Food Security
B. Food Safety
C. Exports
D. Imports
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6. Famers account for about ___ % of the US population and have an average age in their
50's
A. 27
B. 46
C. 15
D. 1
7. ________ would be an example of a way to act more sustainably
A. All Answers are correct
B. B. Eat locally and seasonally
C. Use less refrigeration
D. Reduce Waste
8. About how many people are employed by the agriculture industry in the United States?
A. 32 Million
B. 22 million
C. 10 million
D. 5 Million
Standard 2
9. The cotton gin removes the cottonseed from the cotton fiber and was invented by
A. Edmund Quency
B. Benjamin Holt
C. Anna Baldwin
D. Eli Whitney
10. The suffix "cide" means to kill. Which of these kills weeds?
A. Insecticide
B. Fungicide
C. Pesticide
D. Rodenticide
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11. IPM stands for
A. Internal Pest Movement
B. Instate Pollution Movers
C. In-state Pest Managers
D. Integrated Pest Management
12. Combining biological, cultural, physical, and chemical tools to minimize risks
A. Integrated Pest Management
B. Pest Management
C. Insect Control
D. No answer is correct
13. Water drained from agriculture fields due to irrigation, rain, or melted snow is called?
A. Agricultural Flooding
B. Agricultural Irrigation
C. Agricultural Runoff
D. No answer is correct
14. Water run off from an agriculture use field can cause
A. Fertilizer pollution
B. B. Pesticide pollution
C. Animal waste pollution
D. All Answers Are Correct
15. Rapid diffusion of new agricultural technology, especially new high-yield seeds and
fertilizers
A. Blue Revolution
B. Green Revolution
C. Smith Hughes Act
D. Tech Revolution
16. The process by which wind and/or water transport soil from one location to another.
A. erosion
B. wind transport
C. desertification
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D. soil conservation
Standard 3
17. The BEST term to describe the application of scientific principles and new technologies in
agriculture is
A. Agribusiness
B. Farming
C. Agriscience
D. Renewable natural resources
18. What word would best describe new products or tools made because of knowledge gained
through agriscience?
A. Observation
B. Technology
C. Inference(s)
D. Scientific Method(s)
19. What is it called if you use your senses to gather bits of information?
A. Science
B. Hypothesizing
C. Observation
D. Concluding
20. The step-by-step approach that should be used to solve problems called?
A. Science
B. Technology
C. Inference(s)
D. Scientific Method(s)
21. What is an educated statement that could be tested called?
A. Problem recognized
B. Perform experiment
C. Observation
D. Hypothesis
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22. What is a standard used for comparison called?
A. Problem recognized
B. Perform experiment
C. Controls
D. Observation
23. Which variable could be changed by the experimenter?
A. Dependent Variable
B. No Variable
C. The Who Variable
D. Independent Variable
24. Which variable could be measured during the experiment?
A. Independent Variable
B. Dependent Variable
C. Whovian Variable
D. Tardis Variable
Standard 4
25. Truck farming was a middle english word meaning bartering or exchange of commodities
A. All answers are correct
B. Farmers' Market
C. Street food vendor
D. Growing crops to sell on the street
26. Name two most popular biofuel crops grown in the U.S.?
A. Soybean and Palm Oil
B. Corn and Canola
C. Corn and Soybean
D. Sugar Cane and Jatropha
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27. Which biofuel crop is grown in all fifty states?
A. Soybean
B. Palm Oil
C. Corn
D. Sugarcane
28.The product that produces fuel from crops is known as
A. Biofuels
B.Gasoline
C. Seed oils
D. No answer is correct
29. Biofuels generally falls into two categories which are
A. Biofuels and Energy crops
B. Bioalcohol and biodiesel
C. Greenhouse gases and Carbon dioxide
D. No answer is correct
30. Biofuels burns
A. Dirter
B. Unclean
C. Cleaner
D. No answer is correct
31. Wind power has been used on agriculture operations to provide power for
A. Plow fields
B. Drying fields for planting
C. No answer is correct
D. Pumping water and producing electricity
32. Types of Biomass are
A. Crops
B. All answers are correct
C. Garbage
D. Animal waste
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Standard 5
33. Which of the following correctly identifies the composition of soil?
A. 25% Air, 25% Water, 48% Minerals, 2 % Organic Matter
B. 25% Minerals, 25% Water, 28% Air, 2% Organic Matter
C. 25% Air, 25% Organic Matter, 48% Minerals, 2% Water
D. 25% Minerals, 25% Organic Matter, 28% Water, 2% Air
34. The most common way to determine soil texture is by
A. Visual Inspection
B. Digital Scan
C. Feel
D. Smell
35. What is the ease at which water, air, and roots can move through soil called?
A. Porosity
B. Permeability
C. Water Holding Capacity
D. Gravitational
36. What are the rocks and minerals from which soil is formed called?
A. Parent material
B. Sand
C. Clay
D. Mottling
37. Which of the following is NOT a soil formation factor?
A. Parent material
B. Climate
C. Topography
D. Compaction
38. Which soil particle is the largest in size?
A. Organic Matter
B. Slit
C. Sand
D. Clay
39. Which of the following colors signifies the presence of organic matter?
A. Mottling
B. Dark Brown
C. Blue Tints
D. White
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40. What is the definition of organic matter?
A. Mixture of weathered minerals that cover the earth’s surface
B. Rocks and minerals from which soil is formed
C. Growing media that provides water to plants
D. Decayed plant and animal material in soil
Standard 7
41. Where is the terminal bud located?
A. On the main truck of the tree
B. At the end of the stem
C. At the beginning of the stem
D. On the side of the branch
42. What initiates the process of photosynthesis?
A. Energy from the sun being absorbed by the chloroplast
B. The plant sprouting from the soil
C. Carbon dioxide mixing with water
D. Leaves turning to face the sun
43. The primary function of the leaf is
A. To produce flowers
B. To produce fruit
C. To support other plant structure
D. To manufacture food for the plant
44. Which of the following correctly places the 7 levels of classification in order from most broad
to specific?
A. Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
B. Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom
C. Kingdom, Family, Class, Order, Phylum, Species, Genus
D. Species, Genus, Class, Family, Oder, Phylum, Kingdom
45. Pollen is produced in the stamen by the
A. Pistil
B. Stigma
C. Anther
D. Filament
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46. What is an undifferentiated mass of plant cells?
A. Callus
B. Clone
C. Division
D. Scion
47. The three parts of the seed are
A. Root, stemm, and flower
B. Seed coat, endosperm, and embryo
C. Root, seed coat, and endosperm
D. An embryo, cotyledon, and a new plant
48. What is the study of flowering plants
A. Horticulture
B. Agronomy
C. Floriculture
D. Soil science
Standard 8
49. What soil media component is not an organic material?
A. Saw Dust
B. Clay Beads
C. Bark
D. Coconut Fibers
50. Sulfur is used to lower soil pH so that the soil will become more
A. Acidic
B. Alkaline
C. Eroded
D. Porous
51. Permeability is the rate of movement of what through the soil
A. Water and fertilization
B. Air and fertilization
C. Water and microorganisms
D. Water and Air
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52. The three primary nutrients supplied in a complete fertilizer are
A. Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
B. Calcium, magnesium, and sulfur
C. Carbon, nitrogen and sulfur
D. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium
53. Sexual reproduction in plants is the propagation of plants by
A. Stem
B. Roots
C. Flowers
D. Seeds
54. What is a short piece of stem with two or more buds?
A. Micropropagation
B. Division
C. Scion
D. Air layering
55. What is another term for tissue culture?
A. Micropropagation
B. Division
C. Callus
D. Scion
56. What is genetically identical to the parent?
A. Callus
B. Clone
C. Air layering
D. Micropropagation
57. The branch of zoology concerned with the study of insects.
A. Agronomy
B. Floriculture
C. Horticulture
D. Entomology
58. Picking pests off the plant is known as what kind of control in IPM
A. Mechanical Control
B. Cultural Control
C. Biological Controls
D. Chemical controls
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59. In IPM _______ Control means we do these things to prevent a problem from starting
A. Chemical
B. Biological
C. Cultural
D. Mechanical
60. Any organism anyplace where it is not wanted is called a
A. An insect in a garden or yard
B. Any insect or animal anywhere
C. Pest
D. No Answer is correct
61. List the components of IPM
A. All the answers are correct
B. Prevention and Monitoring
C. Treatment and Evaluation
D. Decision Making
62. How do we prevent or manage pests?
A. Mechanical Controls
B. Cultural Controls
C. Biological and chemical controls
D. All answers are correct
63. The letters I.P.M. Stands for
A. Integrated Pest Mgt.
B. Internal Pest Movement
C. Innovative Internal Mgt.
D. No answer is correct
64. IPM is not:
A. Pest control
B. Pest eradication
C. Organic
D. All answers are correct
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Standard 12
65. The letters FNS for
A. Food and Nutrition Service
B. Fiber and Notice Service
C. Fiber and Nutrition Supply
D. Farm and Fish Supply
66. The letters USDA for
A. U.S. Dogs of America
B. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
C. U.S. Depending on America
D. No Answer is Correct
67. Which of these factors can cause foodborne illness
A. Improper hot/cold holding temperatures of potentially hazardous food.
B. Improper cooking temperatures of food.
C. Food from unsafe sources.
D. All answers are correct
68. United States Department of Agriculture
A. Not Known
B. Incorrect use
C. No Answer is Correct
D. USDA
69. Microbial activity thrives best in which type of environment?
A. warm and moist
B. cold and moist
C. warm and dry
D. cold and dry
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Standard 16
70. What is an example of precision agriculture?
A. Using GPS and lasers to make sure a field is even
B. Giving an animal the correct dose of a medication
C. Using ultrasound as a way to determine if an animal is pregnant
D. Using dogs to identify biosecurity threats
71. ___________ would be an example of a platform to host a digital meeting or conference
A. Microsoft Word
B. Facetime/Duo/Skype
C. Twitter
D. Apple Pages
72. The website used to track your SAE records is called the ________
A. azffa.org
B. ffa.org
C. theaet.com
D. saerecords.com
73. The National Resource Conservation Service Web Soil Survey (WSS) is used to
A. Collect data on animal size and growth rate
B. Update your SAE records
C. provides soil data and information produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey
D. Track plant growth
74. Commonly used to collect data for labs the handheld device sensors can be connected to is
called a
A. Microscope
B. Tablet
C. Labquest
D. Chromebook
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Standard 15
75. What does vertical integration provide a company with?
A. More room to promote and hire people within the company
B. More control over the entire production process
C. A company is able to eliminate its competition
D. A place to advertise and market to customers
76. What is meant by microeconomics?
A. Study of business and the environment
B. Large chunks of financial information
C. The part of economics concerned with single factors and the effects of individual
decisions.
D. Content that only you appears on the stock market
77. Profit and Loss Statement is also known as______
A. Debt Statement
B. Income Statement
C. Asset Sheet
D. Balance Sheet
78. By using the following formula Income – Expense = _________
A. Profit
B. Income
C. Expense
D. No Answer is Correct
79. If your business made $100,000.00 in sales during the same amount of time and your
expenses were 70,000.00 what would be your profit?
A. $100,000.00
B. $30,000.00
C. $70,000.00
D. $170,000.00
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80. This document an employer is required to send to each of their employees and the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) at the end of the year. The form reports the employee's annual
wages and the amount of taxes withheld from his or her paychecks.
A. W-4
B. W-2
C. 1099
D. ZUR 20 Current Year
81. _________ is the process of identifying and analyzing potential issues that could negatively
impact key business initiatives or critical projects in order to help organizations avoid or
mitigate those risks.
A. Tax Audit
B. Bank Statement
C. Health Insurance
D. Risk Analysis
82. How is net worth calculated?
A. Assets plus liabilities
B. Assets minus liabilities
C. Liabilities minus assets
D. Liabilities times assets
83. What is a schedule of expected returns and costs?
A. Net worth
B. Inventory
C. Budget
D. Ledger
84. What is an asset?
A. A bill a person or business owes
B. Something a person or business owns
C. A list of property owned by a person/business
D. A list of debts owed by a person/business
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Standard 13
85. A 40’ long boat is being represented on a drawing with a 1/8" = 1' scale. How long will the
drawing be?
A. 320”
B. 5”
C. 5’
D. 320’
86. On a scale drawing an item is represented as 4”. If the scale is 1/8" = 1', how long is the
actual item?
A. 14’
B. 12’
C. 32’
D. 32”
87. What is a bill of materials?
A. List of only the materials with specifications that are needed in a project. No cost is
associated with it.
B. List of materials by cost only, includes delivery costs and estimated time of arrival, and
no size specifications are mentioned.
C. List of materials with specifications that are needed in a project. This includes size,
dimension and cost.
D. List of materials by date of arrival, includes specifications on size and cost of materials.
88. Which is NOT a part of a Bill of Materials?
A. Description of Parts
B. Cost
C. Item or Part Name
D. Delivery Date
89. Why is a Bill of Materials important?
A. To know if you have the time to build the project
B. To figure out a delivery date
C. They are not important ever
D. To know if you can afford the project at hand
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Standard 14
90. Where can the safe operating instructions and procedures for a new piece of equipment
can be found?
A. Owners Manual
B. The label on the side of the equipment
C. From your friend
D. Safe operation is unnecessary
91. In order to maintain a warranty on a new piece of equipment, what is the best practice for
maintenance?
A. Servicing the equipment as needed
B. Servicing the equipment every six months
C. Servicing the equipment outlined by the owner’s manual
D. Servicing the equipment according to the old equipment’s schedule
92. Which of the following is used to join copper pipe?
A. Primer
B. Solder
C. Cement
D. Flux
93. The most important step in sharpening a lawn mower blade is __________
A. setting the cutting edge
B. Lawn mower blades do not need to be sharpened
C. Balancing the blade
D. All answers are correct
94. Which part of the chainsaw chain do you sharpen
A. Teeth
B. Raker
C. Both
D. Neither
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Professional Skills
95. A MAJOR purpose of FFA Career Development Events (CDE) is to encourage agriscience
students to develop leadership and:
A. Improve competitive attitudes
B. Earn their degrees
C. Increase technical agricultural skills
D. Win scholarships
96. The first line of the FFA motto is
A. Doing to learn
B. Learning to do
C. Living to serve
D. Earning to live
97. What is the three circle model?
A. There isn’t a 3 circle model
B. Incorporating SAE, Classroom curriculum, and FFA in making a successful ag program
C. Incorporating SAE, CDE, and FFA to make a successful ag program
D. Incorporating animals, FFA, and judging to make a successful ag program
98. Who wrote the National FFA Creed?
A. Abe Lincoln
B. E.M. Tiffany
C. Henry Groseclose
D. Bill Gates
99. Why did the Future Farmers of America change their name to The National FFA
Organization?
A. To differentiate between themselves and the Future Farmers of Japan
B. To allow states to form state associations
C. To have a more formal sounding name
D. To better reflect the amount of diversity in agriculture
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100. Women were allowed into the National FFA Organization in what year?
A. 1969
B. 1965
C. 1928
D. 1998