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DAT Exam Study Guide Questions and
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What is the sorority's most sacred trust? -Correct Answer ✔The induction of new
members into Delta Sigma Theta is the sorority's most sacred trust.
What convention was Grand Chapter created? -Correct Answer ✔1st National
Convention
What are the 5 components of the Minerva Circle of Identity? -Correct Answer
✔Sisterhood
Black
College
Women
Public Service
Name the 9 Jewels. -Correct Answer ✔Compassion
Courtesy
Dedication
Fellowship
Fidelity
Honesty
Justice
Purity
Temperance
Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in what year? -Correct Answer ✔1930
The Jewel of Courtesy is dedicated to what group? -Correct Answer ✔The Jewel of
Courtesy is dedicated to the mother of Delta members.
Which honorary member wrote the Delta Oath? -Correct Answer ✔Mary Church Terrell
At what convention was the Delta Hymn adopted? -Correct Answer ✔6th National
Convention
What is the meaning of the Jewel Dedication? -Correct Answer ✔Dedication to a noble
cause is one of humanity's highest callings and an act of
consecration.
10. Who designed the sorority crest? -Correct Answer ✔F. Ailene Marks and Jeannette
Triplett Jones
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On what university campus was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority founded? -Correct Answer
✔Howard University
Name the writers of the Delta National Hymn. -Correct Answer ✔Alice Dunbar-Nelson
and Florence Cole Talbert-McCleave
What were the first two graduates (now alumnae chapter) authorized by Delta Sigma
Theta? -Correct Answer ✔New York City and Washington D. C.
Write the mission statement of the Sorority. -Correct Answer ✔Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority Incorporated is an organization of college educated women
committed to the constructive development of its members and to public service with a
primary
focus on the Black community.
This Jewel is dedicated to the deceased sorors of Delta Sigma Theta. -Correct Answer
✔Purity
How many principles provide the overall framework for all of the initiation activities? -
Correct Answer ✔Nine
Name ONE of the first three honorary members of Delta Sigma Theta. -Correct Answer
✔Nannie H. Burroughs
Gabrielle Pelham
Mary Church Terrell
In what year was Mary McLeod Bethune initiated as an honorary member? -Correct
Answer ✔1923
The Jewels representing the Nine Cardinal Virtues are located on which Greek letter on
the Delta Pin? -Correct Answer ✔The Sigma
Write the Delta Oath. -Correct Answer ✔I will strive to reach the highest educational,
moral and spiritual efficiency which I can possibly
Attain.
I will never lower my aims for any temporary benefit which might be gained.
I will endeavor to preserve my health, for however great one's mental and moral
strength may
be, physical weakness prevents the accomplishment of much that otherwise might be
done.
I will close my ears and seal my lips to slanderous gossip.
I will labor to ennoble the ideals and purify the atmosphere of the home.
I will always protest against the double standard of morals.
I will take an active interest in the welfare of my country, using my influence toward the
DAT
DAT Exam Study Guide Questions and
Answers 2025
What is the sorority's most sacred trust? -Correct Answer ✔The induction of new
members into Delta Sigma Theta is the sorority's most sacred trust.
What convention was Grand Chapter created? -Correct Answer ✔1st National
Convention
What are the 5 components of the Minerva Circle of Identity? -Correct Answer
✔Sisterhood
Black
College
Women
Public Service
Name the 9 Jewels. -Correct Answer ✔Compassion
Courtesy
Dedication
Fellowship
Fidelity
Honesty
Justice
Purity
Temperance
Delta Sigma Theta was incorporated in what year? -Correct Answer ✔1930
The Jewel of Courtesy is dedicated to what group? -Correct Answer ✔The Jewel of
Courtesy is dedicated to the mother of Delta members.
Which honorary member wrote the Delta Oath? -Correct Answer ✔Mary Church Terrell
At what convention was the Delta Hymn adopted? -Correct Answer ✔6th National
Convention
What is the meaning of the Jewel Dedication? -Correct Answer ✔Dedication to a noble
cause is one of humanity's highest callings and an act of
consecration.
10. Who designed the sorority crest? -Correct Answer ✔F. Ailene Marks and Jeannette
Triplett Jones
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On what university campus was Delta Sigma Theta Sorority founded? -Correct Answer
✔Howard University
Name the writers of the Delta National Hymn. -Correct Answer ✔Alice Dunbar-Nelson
and Florence Cole Talbert-McCleave
What were the first two graduates (now alumnae chapter) authorized by Delta Sigma
Theta? -Correct Answer ✔New York City and Washington D. C.
Write the mission statement of the Sorority. -Correct Answer ✔Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority Incorporated is an organization of college educated women
committed to the constructive development of its members and to public service with a
primary
focus on the Black community.
This Jewel is dedicated to the deceased sorors of Delta Sigma Theta. -Correct Answer
✔Purity
How many principles provide the overall framework for all of the initiation activities? -
Correct Answer ✔Nine
Name ONE of the first three honorary members of Delta Sigma Theta. -Correct Answer
✔Nannie H. Burroughs
Gabrielle Pelham
Mary Church Terrell
In what year was Mary McLeod Bethune initiated as an honorary member? -Correct
Answer ✔1923
The Jewels representing the Nine Cardinal Virtues are located on which Greek letter on
the Delta Pin? -Correct Answer ✔The Sigma
Write the Delta Oath. -Correct Answer ✔I will strive to reach the highest educational,
moral and spiritual efficiency which I can possibly
Attain.
I will never lower my aims for any temporary benefit which might be gained.
I will endeavor to preserve my health, for however great one's mental and moral
strength may
be, physical weakness prevents the accomplishment of much that otherwise might be
done.
I will close my ears and seal my lips to slanderous gossip.
I will labor to ennoble the ideals and purify the atmosphere of the home.
I will always protest against the double standard of morals.
I will take an active interest in the welfare of my country, using my influence toward the
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