Battle of the Chapters Study Guide 2016-2017 1. What is the official name of our organization? a. Future Business Leaders of America 2. What three words appear on our emblem excluding the name of our organization? a. Progress Service Education 3. What are the official colors of our organization? a. Blue and Gold 4. How many divisions are there in the FBLA-PBL organization? a. 4 5. Who proposed the FBLA concept? a. Hamden L. Forkner 6. What city was the first FBLA chapter chartered? a. Johnson City, Tennessee 7. What state became the first FBLA state chapter? a. Iowa 8. What are the divisions of our organization? a. FBLA PBL Middle Level Professional Division 9. What is DoDDS? a. Department of Defense Schools 10. Who is the current Illinois FBLA State President? a. Bradley Rozario
11. Who is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the national staff? a. Jean M. Buckley 12. What is the name of the national publication distributed four times a year, which provides association news, reports of economic education trends, national association policies and developments in FBLA-PBL chapters across the U.S.? a. Tomorrow s Business Leader 13. What is the national newsletter for advisers to be shared with officers and professional members published four times a year which provides association news, reports of economic education trends, national association policies and developments in FBLA-PBL chapters across the U.S.? a. Adviser Hotline 14. Who was the 2016-2017 Illinois FBLA Adviser of the Year? a. Brenda Stallard 15. When is American Enterprise Day? a. November 15 16. What conference is conducted annually in the spring where state competitions are held? a. State Leadership Conference 17. What conference concludes the year s activities, sets the stage for the upcoming school year, provides leadership development workshops and provides national competitive events? a. National Leadership Conference 18. What are the five administrative regions of our Association? a. North Central Eastern Western Southern Mountain Plains 19. Where was last year s Central Area Conference held? a. Normal Community High School 20. Where was last year s National Leadership Conference held?
a. Atlanta, Georgia 21. Name two of the three National Fall Leadership Conference locations for this year? a. Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Daytona Beach, Florida; Dallas, Texas 22. Competitive events fall into what three categories? a. Written Team Performance 23. What does the acronym NFLC stand for? a. National Fall Leadership Conference 24. What outside organization does FBLA-PBL help with fundraisers and volunteers in an effort to save babies? a. March of Dimes 25. What are the four offices that the Central Area holds elections for? a. President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer 26. What is the national high school organization open to college/high school students enrolled in business and/or business teacher education? a. FBLA-PBL 27. Name the college or university where the first PBL chapter was created? a. University of Northern Iowa 28. How is the FBLA-PBL organization primarily funded? a. Sponsorships dues donations 29. What are the dates for the FBLA-PBL fiscal year? a. July 1 June 30 30. FBLA-PBL chapter activities fall into five functional areas. What are those five areas? a. Professional Development Social Civic Financial Service
31. What is the official parliamentary authority for FBLA-PBL? a. Roberts New Rules of Order 11 th Edition 32. What is the comprehensive guide designed for advisers and officers which provided basic guidelines and tools of chapter growth and program development? a. Chapter Management Handbook 33. What supplier provides blazers, jewelry, trophies, and chapter management tools? a. Marketplace 34. FBLA membership is open to students in what grades? a. 9-12 35. What are the states in the North Central Region? a. Michigan Minnesota Missouri Illinois Indiana Iowa Ohio Wisconsin 36. Who is the Illinois FBLA Finance (fiscal) Director? a. Kristi Katcher 37. How does a FBLA or PBL member become National Parliamentarian? a. Place first on the Parliamentary Procedures Exam 38. If a local chapter has 51 members, the chapter is entitled to how many voting delegates? a. 3 39. How many times a year is Tomorrow s Business Leader published? a. 4 40. What United States President founded the March of Dimes? a. President Franklin D. Roosevelt 41. Who is the current Illinois Central Area President?
a. Pranati Bingi 42. What category are membership dues and fundraising projects under? a. Fundraising 43. What are the dates of the 2017 Illinois State Leadership Conference? a. March 24-25 44. Who is the Illinois FBLA-PBL state chairman? a. Darlene Shannon 45. Who is the Illinois FBLA State Adviser? a. Sandra Bronson 46. What does NAP stand for? a. National Award Program 47. What are the names of the three individual contests that require students to give speeches to judges? a. Impromptu Speaking, Public Speaking I and Public Speaking II 48. Who is the Illinois FBLA State Reporter? a. Adriana Feijoo 49. What is the 2016-2017 National FBLA-PBL theme? a. Legacy of Leadership 50. What does the acronym NBEA stand for? a. National Business Education Association 51. What disease was the March of Dimes founded to cure? a. Polio 52. What does the acronym USDE stand for? a. United States Department of Education
53. What region do the states Connecticut, Vermont and New Jersey fall under? a. Eastern 54. What region would Iowa, Ohio, and Missouri fall under? a. North Central 55. What region would Mississippi, Arkansas, and Kentucky fall under? a. Southern 56. Who is the current National President of FBLA? a. Niel Patel 57. What region would Texas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming fall under? a. Mountain Plains 58. What region would Oregon, Utah, and Idaho fall under? a. Western 59. What are the national dues for FBLA? a. $6.00 60. If a chapter had 101 members, how many voting delegates would that chapter have? a. 4 61. What is the parliamentary term to end a meeting? a. Adjourn 62. How many National FBLA and PBL officers are elected? a. 8 63. If the National President would be unable to serve his/her term in office, who becomes President?
a. Vice-President from their Region 64. What does ICCCTSO stand for? a. Illinois Coordinating Council for Career and Technical Student Organizations. 65. When installing the office of President, what is the color of the candle? a. Red 66. What is the URL (website address) of the Illinois FBLA website? a. http://www.fbla.gen.il.us/ 67. When installing the office of Secretary, what is the color of the candle? a. Yellow 68. What is the National Website Address? a. www.fbla-pbl.org 69. Who is the Illinois FBLA State Treasurer? a. Raj Patel 70. What is the address to the national headquarters? a. 1912 Association Drive, Reston, Virginia 71. How many times on a motion, in a debate, does each member have the right to speak? a. Twice 72. What is the first Stanza of the FBLA-PBL creed? a. I believe education is the right of every person. 73. What is the name of the program offered in conjunction with the National leadership Conference that is offered to national, state, and local FBLA-PBL officers, members, and advisers for Leadership Development and Training?
a. Institute for Leaders 74. In order to qualify for participation in the competitive events program for Illinois FBLA, dues must be received in the National Center by what date? a. March 1 75. How many areas is Illinois FBLA divided into? a. 7 76. Name all of the areas in Illinois. a. Northern, Southern, Southwestern, Central, Central Northern, Eastern, and Western. 77. Who is the current Illinois FBLA State Secretary? a. Bruna Tavares 78. In what city is the Illinois FBLA State Conference held? a. Springfield, Illinois 79. What school has the largest FBLA chapter in the state of Illinois? a. Warren Township High School