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MO DECA State Officer Test Study Guide
Solutions
DECA Descriptor - Ans:✔✔-DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing,
finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.
Formation of National DECA - Ans:✔✔-The first interstate conference occurred in Memphis, TN, in 1947
where the first national officer team was elected.
National Headquarters - Ans:✔✔-Located in Reston, VA - opened in 1976
MO DECA contributed $10,000 to the opening of the headquarters and was recognized with the MO
room.
Charter States - Ans:✔✔-MO was one of the 17 states which adopted the National constitution and the
official name in 1948.
National Membership - Ans:✔✔-More than 200,000 members in all 50 US states, the District of
Columbia, Canada, China, Germany, Guam, Hong Kong, Korea, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.
MO DECA Eligiability - Ans:✔✔-Students must be currently enrolled in a marketing or
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cooperative education course in order to hold membership in DECA. Students enrolled in other courses
taught by a certified marketing teacher currently teaching at least one approved marketing course and
serving as a DECA advisor also are eligible for DECA membership. The course content must align with a
state approved DECA competitive event for the student to be eligible for membership.
Advisors - Ans:✔✔-Adults charged with the responsibilities for giving guidance to the chapter and state
associations.
Delegates - Ans:✔✔-The term which refers to any DECA member, including
advisors, attending DECA approved activities.
DECA Incorporated - Ans:✔✔-The legal identity of the adult group responsible for DECA.
Chapter Level - Ans:✔✔--Marketing Education students and Cooperative Education
students make up the school chapter of DECA.
-Chapters elect student officers for local leadership positions.
-Chapter members participate in school and community based projects.
State Association Level - Ans:✔✔--Chapter members join the State Association of DECA.
-Representatives of local chapters provide recommendations for the State Association of DECA.
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-Chapter members run for state office at an annual election conference. State Officers provide leadership
for the organization.
-One or more designated individuals serve as the State
Advisor(s) of the Missouri Association of DECA. They
provide leadership and coordination of state level activities and programs.
-Six local chapter advisors comprise the Missouri DECA
Board of Directors.
-Outstanding chapter members represent their chapters in state sponsored activities, competitive
events, and
leadership/career development events.
Regional Association Level - Ans:✔✔--State and Provincial Associations comprise four regions:
Western, Central, Southern, North Atlantic.
-Each region has 13 or more State/Provincial Associations.
-Missouri is one of 13 associations in the Central Region.
-The State Advisors from each Central Region association
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MO DECA State Officer Test Study Guide
Solutions
DECA Descriptor - Ans:✔✔-DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing,
finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.
Formation of National DECA - Ans:✔✔-The first interstate conference occurred in Memphis, TN, in 1947
where the first national officer team was elected.
National Headquarters - Ans:✔✔-Located in Reston, VA - opened in 1976
MO DECA contributed $10,000 to the opening of the headquarters and was recognized with the MO
room.
Charter States - Ans:✔✔-MO was one of the 17 states which adopted the National constitution and the
official name in 1948.
National Membership - Ans:✔✔-More than 200,000 members in all 50 US states, the District of
Columbia, Canada, China, Germany, Guam, Hong Kong, Korea, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.
MO DECA Eligiability - Ans:✔✔-Students must be currently enrolled in a marketing or
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cooperative education course in order to hold membership in DECA. Students enrolled in other courses
taught by a certified marketing teacher currently teaching at least one approved marketing course and
serving as a DECA advisor also are eligible for DECA membership. The course content must align with a
state approved DECA competitive event for the student to be eligible for membership.
Advisors - Ans:✔✔-Adults charged with the responsibilities for giving guidance to the chapter and state
associations.
Delegates - Ans:✔✔-The term which refers to any DECA member, including
advisors, attending DECA approved activities.
DECA Incorporated - Ans:✔✔-The legal identity of the adult group responsible for DECA.
Chapter Level - Ans:✔✔--Marketing Education students and Cooperative Education
students make up the school chapter of DECA.
-Chapters elect student officers for local leadership positions.
-Chapter members participate in school and community based projects.
State Association Level - Ans:✔✔--Chapter members join the State Association of DECA.
-Representatives of local chapters provide recommendations for the State Association of DECA.
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-Chapter members run for state office at an annual election conference. State Officers provide leadership
for the organization.
-One or more designated individuals serve as the State
Advisor(s) of the Missouri Association of DECA. They
provide leadership and coordination of state level activities and programs.
-Six local chapter advisors comprise the Missouri DECA
Board of Directors.
-Outstanding chapter members represent their chapters in state sponsored activities, competitive
events, and
leadership/career development events.
Regional Association Level - Ans:✔✔--State and Provincial Associations comprise four regions:
Western, Central, Southern, North Atlantic.
-Each region has 13 or more State/Provincial Associations.
-Missouri is one of 13 associations in the Central Region.
-The State Advisors from each Central Region association
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