PHI BETA SIGMA CERTIFICATION PAPER
2026 FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+
● What are the types of chapters? Answer: Collegiate, Alumni,
Distinguished Service, and Omega
● What are the fraternity colors? Answer: Royal Blue and Pure White
● Who are the founders of Phi Beta Sigma? Answer: Abram Langston
Taylor, Leonard Francis Morse, Charles Ignatius Brown
● When and where was the fraternity founded? Answer: January 9, 1914
at Howard University
● What are the national programs? Answer: Bigger and Better Business,
Education, and Social Action
● What is the fraternity flower? Answer: White Carnation
● What is the fraternity motto? Answer: Culture for Service, Service for
Humanity
, ● What are the founding principles? Answer: Brotherhood, Scholarship,
and Service
● Who are the founders of Zeta Phi Beta? Answer: Arizona Cleaver,
Myrtle Tyler, Viola Tyler, Pearl Neal, and Fannie Pettie
● What organizations make up the National Pan-Hellenic Council
(NPHC)? Answer: Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Kappa Alpha
Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Delta Sigma Theta, Phi Beta Sigma, Zeta Phi Beta,
Sigma Gamma Rho, Iota Phi Theta
● Phi Beta Sigma's pledge club is symbolized by what? Answer:
Crescent
● What does the Crescent represent? Answer: New life and new blood
● What are Phi Beta Sigma's two annual observances? Answer: George
Washington Carver Day (January 5) and Founders' Day (January 9)
● Who are the charter members of Phi Beta Sigma? Answer: Samuel
Massie, Joe Franklin, Jacob Jones, Bennet Matthews, William Vincent, I.
L. Scruggs, Walter Tibbs, T. L. Austin, J. R. Howard
● When and where was the fraternity incorporated? Answer: January 31,
1920 in Washington, D.C.
2026 FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+
● What are the types of chapters? Answer: Collegiate, Alumni,
Distinguished Service, and Omega
● What are the fraternity colors? Answer: Royal Blue and Pure White
● Who are the founders of Phi Beta Sigma? Answer: Abram Langston
Taylor, Leonard Francis Morse, Charles Ignatius Brown
● When and where was the fraternity founded? Answer: January 9, 1914
at Howard University
● What are the national programs? Answer: Bigger and Better Business,
Education, and Social Action
● What is the fraternity flower? Answer: White Carnation
● What is the fraternity motto? Answer: Culture for Service, Service for
Humanity
, ● What are the founding principles? Answer: Brotherhood, Scholarship,
and Service
● Who are the founders of Zeta Phi Beta? Answer: Arizona Cleaver,
Myrtle Tyler, Viola Tyler, Pearl Neal, and Fannie Pettie
● What organizations make up the National Pan-Hellenic Council
(NPHC)? Answer: Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Kappa Alpha
Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Delta Sigma Theta, Phi Beta Sigma, Zeta Phi Beta,
Sigma Gamma Rho, Iota Phi Theta
● Phi Beta Sigma's pledge club is symbolized by what? Answer:
Crescent
● What does the Crescent represent? Answer: New life and new blood
● What are Phi Beta Sigma's two annual observances? Answer: George
Washington Carver Day (January 5) and Founders' Day (January 9)
● Who are the charter members of Phi Beta Sigma? Answer: Samuel
Massie, Joe Franklin, Jacob Jones, Bennet Matthews, William Vincent, I.
L. Scruggs, Walter Tibbs, T. L. Austin, J. R. Howard
● When and where was the fraternity incorporated? Answer: January 31,
1920 in Washington, D.C.
