FCCLA State Officer Knowledge Test
Study Guide Questions and Answers.
Who is the legal governing board of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America? -
Answer The National Board of Directors
Which two organizations endorse Family, Career and Community Leaders of America? - Answer
U.S. Department of Education (Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education) and the
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS).
What is the FCCLA tagline, and when was it introduced? - Answer "The Ultimate Leadership
Experience" in July 2003.
What are the four national FCCLA regions? - Answer North Atlantic, Southern, Central, Pacific
What is the mission of FCCLA? - Answer To promote personal growth and leadership
development through Family and Consumer Sciences education. Focusing on the multiple roles
of family member, wage earner, and community leader, members develop skills for life through
character development, creative and critical thinking, interpersonal communication, practical
knowledge, and career preparation.
What is FCCLA? - Answer Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is a
national Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) for students in Family and Consumer
Sciences (FCS) education in public and private school through grade 12. FCCLA offers intra-
curricular resources and opportunities for students to pursue careers that support families.
Since 1945, FCCLA members have been making a difference in their families, careers, and
communities by addressing important personal, work, and societal issues through Family and
Consumer Sciences education.
What is the planning process? - Answer A simple five-step method to help chapter members
and advisers plan individual, group, or chapter projects, and activities.
What are the eight purposes of FCCLA? - Answer 1. To provide opportunities for personal
development and preparation for adult life
2. To strengthen the function of the family as a basic unit of society
3. To encourage democracy through cooperative action in the home and community
4. To encourage individual and group involvement in helping achieve global cooperation and
harmony
5. To promote greater understanding between youth and adults
6. To provide opportunities for making decisions and for assuming responsibilities
, 7. To prepare for the multiple roles of society
8. To promote family and consumer sciences and related occupations
Who is the current executive director of FCCLA? - Answer Trent Misak
What are bylaws? - Answer Bylaws are the rules adopted by an organization for governing its
activities.
What does the FCCLA emblem represent? - Answer The FCCLA logotype stands in dominant
collegiate lettering and articulates a focus on education and student leadership. The FCCLA
emblem visually depicts a dynamic, active organization bound for the future, while the
swooping arrow embodies an active organization that moves toward new horizons.
What are the official FCCLA colors and what do they represent? - Answer Red suggests
strength, courage, and determination, personal qualities leading to happiness through a positive
self-image. White symbolizes sincerity of purpose and integrity of action
What is the FCCLA flower and what does it represent? - Answer The red rose represents the
organization because it gives joy through its beauty and fragrance. It symbolizes a desire for
beauty in everyday living.
What is the FCCLA motto? - Answer Toward New Horizons
What is the FCCLA creed? - Answer We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders of
America. We face the future with warm courage and high hope. For we have the clear
consciousness of seeking old and precious values. For we are the builders of homes, homes for
America's future, homes where living will be the expression of everything that is good and fair,
homes where truth and love and security and faith will be realities, not dreams. We are the
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America. We face the future with warm courage and
high hope.
Who is considered one of the most influential leaders in the founding of Future Homemakers of
America? - Answer Edna P. Amidon
When and where was Future Homemakers of America founded? - Answer June 11, 1945
Future Homemakers of America was founded at a convention in Chicago, Illinois
What is the name of the organization's magazine, when was it first published? - Answer TEEN
TIMES November 1945
Study Guide Questions and Answers.
Who is the legal governing board of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America? -
Answer The National Board of Directors
Which two organizations endorse Family, Career and Community Leaders of America? - Answer
U.S. Department of Education (Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education) and the
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS).
What is the FCCLA tagline, and when was it introduced? - Answer "The Ultimate Leadership
Experience" in July 2003.
What are the four national FCCLA regions? - Answer North Atlantic, Southern, Central, Pacific
What is the mission of FCCLA? - Answer To promote personal growth and leadership
development through Family and Consumer Sciences education. Focusing on the multiple roles
of family member, wage earner, and community leader, members develop skills for life through
character development, creative and critical thinking, interpersonal communication, practical
knowledge, and career preparation.
What is FCCLA? - Answer Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is a
national Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) for students in Family and Consumer
Sciences (FCS) education in public and private school through grade 12. FCCLA offers intra-
curricular resources and opportunities for students to pursue careers that support families.
Since 1945, FCCLA members have been making a difference in their families, careers, and
communities by addressing important personal, work, and societal issues through Family and
Consumer Sciences education.
What is the planning process? - Answer A simple five-step method to help chapter members
and advisers plan individual, group, or chapter projects, and activities.
What are the eight purposes of FCCLA? - Answer 1. To provide opportunities for personal
development and preparation for adult life
2. To strengthen the function of the family as a basic unit of society
3. To encourage democracy through cooperative action in the home and community
4. To encourage individual and group involvement in helping achieve global cooperation and
harmony
5. To promote greater understanding between youth and adults
6. To provide opportunities for making decisions and for assuming responsibilities
, 7. To prepare for the multiple roles of society
8. To promote family and consumer sciences and related occupations
Who is the current executive director of FCCLA? - Answer Trent Misak
What are bylaws? - Answer Bylaws are the rules adopted by an organization for governing its
activities.
What does the FCCLA emblem represent? - Answer The FCCLA logotype stands in dominant
collegiate lettering and articulates a focus on education and student leadership. The FCCLA
emblem visually depicts a dynamic, active organization bound for the future, while the
swooping arrow embodies an active organization that moves toward new horizons.
What are the official FCCLA colors and what do they represent? - Answer Red suggests
strength, courage, and determination, personal qualities leading to happiness through a positive
self-image. White symbolizes sincerity of purpose and integrity of action
What is the FCCLA flower and what does it represent? - Answer The red rose represents the
organization because it gives joy through its beauty and fragrance. It symbolizes a desire for
beauty in everyday living.
What is the FCCLA motto? - Answer Toward New Horizons
What is the FCCLA creed? - Answer We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders of
America. We face the future with warm courage and high hope. For we have the clear
consciousness of seeking old and precious values. For we are the builders of homes, homes for
America's future, homes where living will be the expression of everything that is good and fair,
homes where truth and love and security and faith will be realities, not dreams. We are the
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America. We face the future with warm courage and
high hope.
Who is considered one of the most influential leaders in the founding of Future Homemakers of
America? - Answer Edna P. Amidon
When and where was Future Homemakers of America founded? - Answer June 11, 1945
Future Homemakers of America was founded at a convention in Chicago, Illinois
What is the name of the organization's magazine, when was it first published? - Answer TEEN
TIMES November 1945
