The concept being tested is which degrees are officially recognized by FFA. The officially listed degrees are Discovery, Greenhand, Chapter, and American FFA Degree. Discovery is for new members, Greenhand for first-year high school members, Chapter for active members who meet specific leadership and participation requirements, and the American FFA Degree is the highest level for senior members with extensive involvement in agriculture education and SAE activities. Bronze Degree does not appear as an official FFA degree in the material, so it isn’t an official recognition.

The key idea is how the vice president participates in planning and governance around the Plan of Activities (POA). In many organizations, the POA is the yearly plan that outlines events, programs, and actions the group intends to undertake. The vice president typically helps develop this plan so there’s a clear path for the year and so the organization has leadership continuity if the president isn’t available. Being an ex-officio, nonvoting member of the POA committees means the vice president is on those committees by virtue of holding the office, and can contribute ideas and coordinate across committees, but does not have voting authority in committee decisions. This setup allows active participation and oversight without shifting the voting balance. Leading all meetings is generally the role of the president or the designated chair, not the vice president. Approving all committee budgets and maintaining the organization’s finances are typically the responsibilities of the treasurer or a budget/finance committee, rather than the vice president.

Special committees are temporary by design. They exist only as long as the task they were created to perform remains unfinished. Once the assigned work is completed, the committee is disbanded and no longer exists. This makes the duration specifically tied to finishing the assigned task, rather than following a set calendar like two years or a single session, or remaining indefinitely or until someone replaces it. So the duration is determined by the completion of the assigned task.

In parliamentary procedure, a motion to adopt a committee’s report is a main motion, and normally it needs a second to move forward so there’s clear support to discuss and act on it. The exception is when the committee has only one member—the chair. If there’s just a single person in the committee, there’s no one else to second the motion, so a second isn’t required. If the committee has more than one member, the chair’s motion to adopt still needs a second from another member to proceed.