Take this quiz to see what you know and to learn more about the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech. You'll have many opportunities to link to information on our website at http://www.cals.vt.edu/ by following the information links (i) as you test your knowledge. Enjoy! Select one answer for each question, click on the submit button at the bottom of this page, and WhizQuiz will return your results to you immediately. While taking the quiz or reviewing the results, you can click the information buttons (i) to link to related information on individual questions -- just use your browser's "back" button to return to where you left off in the quiz.

Take the quiz as many times as you like. You'll find there are more questions waiting for you. Although you didn't score so high on this visit, we hope you'll keep coming to our web sites to learn more. You can take the quiz each time you visit to see your improvement. Here's how you scored in each topic: Very good knowledge of the College! Here's how you scored in each topic: Looks like you could have written the book on CALS! Here's how you scored in each topic: //img Great general knowledge of the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences! The College of Agriculture & Life Sciences has a very long, rich history at Virginia Tech, so there's lots to learn. Our mission and history page gives a general overview. //A1 The College of Agriculture & Life Sciences serves Virginia agriculture! CALS promotes agriculture and forestry in Virginia in all these ways except: Instruction Research Prevention Extension CALS's mission is to provide leadership for the vitality and sustainability of agriculture, the life sciences, natural resources, and the environment in Virginia, the nation, and the world through programs in instruction, research, and extension. //A2img Virginia Tech began as a military college and soon incorporated agriculture in its curriculum. Right, Tech began as an AGRICULTURAL college! In fact, Virginia Tech's first name was "Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College." Actually Virginia Tech's first name was "Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College." Tech began as an AGRICULTURAL college! //A3 The Smith Lever Act of May 8, 1914 led to Virginia Tech's formation of which division? (Feel free to peek at our history page by clicking the information button [i] if you are new to CALS!) Soil Physics Agricultural Research Veterinary Science Agricultural Extension //A4 CALS is concerned about agriculture in Virginia, the nation, and the world. Can you identify current current international agriculture-related programs of Virginia Tech?

  1. International 4-H Youth Exchange - IFYE
  2. Natural Resources Management InterCRSP Project in West Africa
  3. Norwegian Peanut Pesticide Program
  4. Support for Agricultural Restructuring in Albania
Choose the appropriate combination. 1 and 4 1 and 3 2 and 3 1, 2 and 4 IFYE is a 4-H exchange program to 33 different countries. The Natural Resources Management InterCRSP Project in West Africa, and Support for Agricultural Restructuring in Albania are programs of OIRD. //A5 Which of the following offices or resources could you use to help identify a household, crop or forest pest?
  1. Your local extension office.
  2. Your county sheriff's office.
  3. The Insect Identification Laboratory in Tech's Price Hall.
  4. The Entomology Department's web site "Bug Problems?"
Choose the appropriate combination. 1 and 2 1, 3 and 4 3 and 4 Make sure to try out the Entomology Department's "Bug Problems?" page! //A6 CALS is committed to serving Virginia's food, fiber, family and youth issues. You can find out how CALS intends to meet it's land-grant mission into the year 2000 by visiting Tech's "Plan to Serve Virginia Agriculture, Human, and Natural Resources." //A7 Every state has one "Land-Grant" university to address the individual state's agricultural needs. While most states have only one, Virginia actually has TWO land-grant institutions, Virginia Tech in Blacksburg and Virginia State in Petersburg. //A8 You could get an associate's degree in two years from CALS. The Agricultural Technology Program offers a number of two-year degrees. //A9 The idea of a Future Farmers of America (FFA) program was proposed at Virginia Tech in 1925. The formulation of FFA began in 1925 when the State Supervisor of Agriculture said at Virginia Tech: "... Let's form an organization that will give [farm boys] a greater opportunity for self-expression and for the development of leadership. In this way they will develop confidence in their own ability and pride in the fact that they are farm boys." FFA is now a national co-educational program. //A10 CALS helps organize vocational programs in public schools. Agricultural Education is an educational program which prepares and supports individuals for agricultural careers, builds agricultural literacy, and develops leaders for the food, fiber, and natural resource systems. //A11 Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science (PPWS) is a brand new department at Virginia Tech. A Department of Plant Pathology was first established in 1907. //img You know the Virginia Cooperative Extension like the back of your hand! We hope you'll become even more familiar with the Virginia Cooperative Extension by participating in some of VCE outreach programs in your area.... Virginia Cooperative Extension's web site highlights lots of interesting educational programs. //B12img The Virginia Cooperative Extension service could help you understand home mortgage procedures. Financial Management is just one of VCE's programs! //B13img 4-H is organized by which of the following? VVAC - Virtual Virginia Agricultural Community FFA - Future Farmers of America VAES - Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station VCE - Virginia Cooperative Extension AgNIS - Agricultural and Natural Resources Information Systems 4-H is a Virginia Cooperative Extension program for youth. //B14img A county extension office in Virginia probably could help you: Identify a crop pest Balance your diet Select a quality dishwasher Learn public speaking All of the above //B15 Virginia 4-H has the fifth largest camping program in the nation. Actually, Virginia's 4-H camping program is the THIRD largest in the nation! In 1996 there were 16,834 youth participating in camp, with 1,453 volunteers assisting. //img You really know Virginia's Agricultural Experiment Station! Have you visited one of our 12 experiment stations before? VAES probably has an Agricultural Research Experiment Station near you, researching ag issues specific to your area. Click "i" to find out where it is. //C16 Which federal policy granted funds for agricultural experiment stations? Incubation Act Future Farmers of America Federal Hatch Act Experimental Development Act In 1887, the HATCH ACT provided for the establishment of experiment stations at the land-grant colleges. //C17 Virginia has how many off-campus centers for agricultural research? 2 7 12 92 Since Virginia has a huge range of Agricultural Production Regions, Soil Associations, and Climatic Zones, the state hosts TWELVE Agricultural Research and Extension Centers (ARECs) which address diverse agricultural needs. //C18img All of these Virginia Tech colleges are involved with the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station except: Agriculture and Life Sciences Architecture and Urban Studies Forestry and Wildlife Resources Human Resources and Education Veterinary Medicine //C19img One of Virginia's Agricultural Experiment Stations is located on the farm where Cyrus McCormick invented the first successful reaper. The mechanical reaper opened a new era in agriculture, an age of mechanization that changed life on the farm, altered American advertizing, and made it possible for millions of people to leave the land and enter an industrial society. You can tour the McCormick farm at the Shenandoah Valley AREC. //img Your knowledge of computer services for the agricultural community is excellent! We hope you find these resources helpful. This quiz is just one of the ways you can learn about CALS programs via computer. We hope to reach more and more people around Virginia with easy-to-understand computer programs. //D20 CALS is one Biological Sciences Initiative project at Virginia Tech. CALS is one of the five Tech colleges collaborating in a relatively new program called BSI, which joins experts across the university who deal with biological science issues. //D21 ISIS has developed a computer program which you could use to make quizzes like this for the web. WhizQuiz is a collection of Perl-CGI modules developed by the ISIS group at Virginia Tech, for putting up interactive quizzes and tests on the WWW. It can be used for subject literacy tests as well as for informal tests for any course. Click "i" to learn how to get a licensed copy for yourself. //D23 VVAC helps get Virginia's ag community together via: A yearly camp The stock market A veterinary science class The web Despite being dispersed around the state, people involved in Virginia agriculture can stayed "linked" to each other through VVAC (the Virtual Virginia Agricultural Community).