What this guide covers
- Opportunity recognition
- Business planning
- Finance for a new venture
- Marketing a new offer
- Operations
Where this exam shows up
- Role-play and case-study events that DECA pairs with a career cluster exam.
- Confirm the exact exam for your event code in the current DECA Guide.
Drill your cluster exam in PriloTimed questions from your cluster. Miss one and see why the right answer is right.
Start practicing A practice plan before districts
- Review Opportunity recognition from a current textbook or the instructional areas in your event’s exam blueprint.
- Review Business planning from a current textbook or the instructional areas in your event’s exam blueprint.
- Review Finance for a new venture from a current textbook or the instructional areas in your event’s exam blueprint.
- Review Marketing a new offer from a current textbook or the instructional areas in your event’s exam blueprint.
- Review Operations from a current textbook or the instructional areas in your event’s exam blueprint.
Sources checked
- DECA competitive events · accessed 11 November 2026
Confirm the event list and exam blueprint for your association on deca.org/compete.