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GES 102 The description of philosophy as a rational enterprise implies _______ Extreme thinking Knowledge in general Absolute ideology *d. Knowledge of essences e. Theoretical knowledge The relationship between knowledge and reality pr...

GES 102 The description of philosophy as a rational enterprise implies _______ Extreme thinking Knowledge in general Absolute ideology *d. Knowledge of essences e. Theoretical knowledge The relationship between knowledge and reality presupposes the relationship between ______ and ____ respectively Matter and form Philosophy and science Essence and existence Metaphysics and logic *e. Epistemology and metaphysics Socrates died by ____ Starving himself to death Hanging himself *c. Drinking hemlock d. Burning himself e. Committing suicide When we reason we carry out one of the following______ We create facts and truth We distill facts and truth We draw inference from our reason *d. We necessarily apprehend the truth e. We become logicians Metaphysically, Plato‟s idealism is opposed to Aristotle‟s ______ Idealism Concretism Rationalism *d. Materialism Empiricism Ethical principles differ from ordinary physical laws in that they are_____ *a. Laws of nature b. Laws of conscience Man-made laws Divine laws  e. Societal laws The history of ancient period is divided into _____ Pre-socratic & Medieval Socratic & Milesians Modern & Contemporary Socratic & Classical *e. Pre-socratic & Socratic The fallacy involved in begging the question is known in Latin as ______ Non Sepuitur Ignoratio Elenchi *c. Petitio principi d. Argumentum ad hominem e. None of the above Two famous existentialist thinkers are Immanuel Kant & Karl Marx Fredrick Nietzsche & Socrates Descartes & Kant Charles Darwin and Ludwig Wittgenstein *e. Soren Kierkegaard & Fredrick Nietzsche Truth value is a common expression in what branch of philosophy?____ Epistemology Metaphysics Ethics *d. Logic Aesthetics Human right is equivalent to which of these? Divine right *b. Natural right c. Social right d. Legal right e. Jurial right One who studies the nature, the origin and purpose of the universe is called a_____ Metaphysician Universalist Ontologist  Evolutionist *e. Cosmologist _______ defined philosophy as the logical clarification of thought by _______ Alfred North Whitehead Witgenstein *c. Wittgenstein d. Bertrand Russell Fittgenstein The contemporary philosophical movement concerned with the elimination of vagueness of ideas is _______ Existentialism Linguistic analysis *c. Analytic philosophy d. Logical positivism Pragmatism In which period of philosophy was emphasis first laid on reason, science and experimentation? *a. Modern period b. Classical period c. Medieval period d. Contemporary period e. Dark Age The process of moving from premises to conclusion is called_____ Deduction Induction Analytical Premises *e. Inference Philosopher who was well known for his dialectical method was _____ Plato Aristotle Rene Descartes Thales *e. Socrates 18. The _______ argue against innate ideas  Idealists *b. Empiricists Logical Positivists Rationalists Existentialists In the Ancient period, the problem of permanence and change was a controversy between philosophers _____ Parmenides & Cratylus Heraclitus & Zeno Parmenides & Socrates *d. Parmenides & Heraclitus e. Pythagoras & Parmenides The ontological argument for the existence of God is sometimes called ___ or ____ a. Aposteriori or a priori argument *b. Cause to effect argument or Apriori argument c. Effect to cause argument or Aposteriori argument d. A priori argument or effect to cause argument e. Cosmological argument or ontological argument Parmenidean philosophy is a reaction to _____ philosophy Rationalist Empiricist Democritean Zenoist *e. Heraclitean For a group of philosophers, atoms constituted all reality _____ Socrates and Plato Heraclitus and Sophists Socrates and Democritus *d. Democritus and Leucippus e. Aristotle and the atomists The famous Sophists in the ancient period who saw knowledge as relative or subjective were _____ Protagoras, Gorgias and Parmenides Pythagoras, Plato and Thrasymachus Socrates, Plato and Aristotle *d. Gorgias, Thrasymachus and Protagoras e. Protagoras, Gorgias and Pythagoras  The term “cogito ergo sum” is associated with which philosopher in what period of philosophy? *a. Rene Descartes, modern period b. John Locke, modern period c. Immanuel Kant, modern period d. Rene Descartes, medieval period e. Francis Minimah, contemporary period Baruch Spinoza and Rudolf Carnap belong to which periods in the history of philosophy? Ancient and medieval Medieval and contemporary Ancient and modern Contemporary and modern *e. Modern and contemporary The dictum “Might is right, Justice is in the interest of the stronger” is associated with _____ Pythagoras *b. Thrasymachus Protagoras Plato Aristotle Another name for Aesthetics as a branch of philosophy is _____ Theory of knowledge Theory of being *c. The beautiful in things d. The science of reasoning e. The science of morality The theory of knowledge is the alternative name for ____ Ethics Aesthetics *c. Epistemology Logic Metaphysics ________ philosophy was to show the quantitative basis of reality Thales *b. Pythagoras Epicurus Democritus Socrates 30. One of the major reasons why a man should be moral is because of _____ a. Natural equality of all *b. Peace and harmony in the society c. Legal punishment d. Reality of Hell fire e. Man is a moral being One consequence of pragmatism as a philosophical movement in the contemporary period is __ a. It leads to objectivity *b. It relativizes truth c. it produces good man d. It helps us to live harmoniously e. Conclusion gives rise to premises Who among the philosophers developed the “theory of permanence and the indeterminate boundless”? Anaximander and Heraclites Anaximenes and Democritus Thales and Parmenides *d. None of these e. Protagoras and Anaximander The rightness or wrongness of an action can be determined by the quantity of happiness or pain the action produce is associated with; a. Kantianism *b. Utilitarianism Situationism Formalism Intuition According to Kant, objective scientific knowledge is achievable if we limit ourselves to the realm of ____ Noumena *b. Phenomena Ideal Abstract Reason The problem that was foremost in the minds of the sophists was _____ The problem of permanence and change  b. The problem of appearance and reality c. Origin of the world d. The characteristics of the world *e. Moral questions about man and society Which of the following philosophers is the immediate predecessor of Aristotle Socrates Anaximander Sophists St. Augustine *e. Plato Philosophy is believed to have started in the city of _____ in ______ Crete in Greece Alexandra in Rome Crote in Egypt Miletus in Africa *e. Miletus in Greece Prior to the philosophical reflections of the Milesians the classical Greek minds had their source in the _____ Politics Society The first philosophers *d. Myths Socrates Phenomenic reality can give us an objective knowledge because our mental categories are universal, necessary conditions of knowledge is associated with _____ David Hume Ludwig Wittgenstein *c. Immanuel Kant d. Thomas Hobbes e. Rene Descartes 40. The philosophical movement that tried to make philosophy scientific in th the early 20 century was _____ Rationalism Empiricism *c. Vienna circle Idealism Logical Positivism  If an argument is sound, then _____ It cannot be valid All its statements most be false Mike is a tree cannot be part of it *d. Its conclusion must logically entail the premises e. The argument most be sound Which school of thought holds perceptual experience as the primary source of our knowledge of the world? *a. Empiricism Empiricism Materialism Pragmatism Idealism Choose the odd one among these options Soren Kierkegaard Martin Heidegger Jean Paul Sartre Frederick Nietzsche *e. None of the above Choose the odd one among these options Speculative Critical *c. Experimental Analytical Logical Choose the odd one among these options Existentialism and logical positivism Logical positivism and Analytic philosophy *c. Rationalism and Empiricism Analytic philosophy and Existentialism Pragmatism and Analytic philosophy Choose the odd one among these options Why something instead of nothing? *b. Is there any difference between spiritual or material? c. Does God exist? d. Is reality essentially spiritual or material?  e. What is the relationship between mind matter? Choose the odd one among these options Sophists Aristotle Plato Socrates *e. Protagoras Choose the odd one among these options Nicholas Copernicus Galileo Galilee Isaac Newton *d. Rene Descartes e. Francis Bacon Choose the odd one among these options Rudolf Carnap and Otto Neural A. J. Ayer and Moritz Schlick Frederick Nietzsche and Soren Kierkegaard *d. John Locke and William James Jean Paul Sartre and Martin Heidegger Choose the odd one among these options Bertrand Russell Soren Kierkegaard Moritz Schlick *d. George Berkeley e. Charles Sanders Pierce Which type of sentences is the logician‟s object of analysis? Exclamatory Imperative Deductive Inductive *e. Argumentative With the emergence of the Sophists and Socrates, Greek Philosophy shifted from cosmology and ontology to the development of_____ and _____ Man and the world Society and reality *c. Man and society  d. Philosophy and the world e. Study of Being The question of “why” and “how” are the major concerns of which branches of philosophy? Logic and Epistemology Aesthetics and Metaphysics Ethics and Metaphysics Epistemology and Logic *e. None of the above 54. The philosopher associated with the theory of innate ideas _____ *a. René Descartes Thales St. Augustine John Locke Thomas Hobbes From the philosophical perspective, morality derives from humankind's _____ Religious nature Political nature Economic nature *d. Social nature e. Sexual nature. Conceptualization of human rights in absolute terms is possible only within the sphere of________ Politics Democracy Philosophy *d. Law Science. The contents of human rights was first articulated globally in the year__________ 1947 1984 1960 1919 *e. 1948 58. A misconception of national development equates development with  a. Statistical growth b. Spiritual growth *c. Structural material growth d. Religious growth e. Human development The three famous individuals who stood in complete opposition to the teaching of the Sophists in the Ancient period were_______ Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes Plato, Pythagoras, Democritus Sophists, Jews, Heraclitus *d. Socrates, Plato, Aristotle e. Plato, Pythagoras, Democritus “Truth is what works” is the expression associated with the contemporary philosophical school of thought called Logical Positivism. True *b. False True. false None of the above All of the above Philosophy‟s contribution to the concept of national development is mainly on it emphasis on________ Population growth *b. Human/moral development, c. Economic development d. Political and social development e. Infrastructural development _______ are things in Aristotle's philosophy Particulars Essence Ideas *d. Substances Predicament _______ is often regarded as the founder of modern empiricism in Britain Fredrick Hegel *b. John Locke c. David Hume d. Rene Descartes e. Francis Minimah 64. The term metaphysics is derived from two Greek words_________ and______ a. Meta and Metaphysical *b. Meta and Physika c. Meta and Physical d. Episteme and Logos e. Mete and Logos Whose definition of philosophy as “criticism of criticisms” makes philosophy methodologically relevant to every branch of human endeavor? a. Karl Marx *b. John Dewey c. Francis Bacon d. Isaac Newton e. William James A statement is either true or false which law of thought does this statement express Law of contradiction Law of identity *c. Law of excluded middle d. All of the above e. None of the above 67. A Substance for Aristotle is a combination of _____ *a. Potentiality, actuality, form & matter b. Matter, form, ideas & potentiality c. Body, soul, potentiality & actuality d. Substance, matter, potentiality & actuality e. Substance, existence, form & matter “The end of a thing is its perfection. Death is the end of life. Therefore, death is the perfection of life.” This is an example of which fallacy? *a. Equivocation b. Circular reason Amphiboly Cartesian fallacy Begging the question The English equivalent of “Esse est percipi” is ______ while ______ is the philosopher associated with it. „I think, therefore I am‟ and Gorge Berkeley „Blank slate‟ and David Hume  *c. „To be is to be perceived‟ and George Berkeley d. „I believe in order that I may understand‟ and St. Augustine e. Rationalist and Rene Descartes The following attributes except ____ distinguishes natural rights from all other rights Inviolability Immutability legality *d. inalienability Morality The role of philosophy in Human Rights discourse is basically _____ To punish those that abuses them *b. To justify through reason the desirability of them c. To study the abuse of it d. To console those who suffer the abuse of them e. To compensate those who respect them A situation in which premises are affirmed, but the conclusion is negated is called____ An argument An inference A universality A dilemma *e. A counter example 73. A proposition can be valid or invalid True *b. False c. True and False d. All of the above e. None of the above The major distinguishing characteristics of medieval philosophy is its emphasis on_____ *a. Scientific method over faith b. Understanding God c. A Good understanding of the cosmos d. Love of Humanity e. Rational Method of inquiry A proposition in which the meaning of the predicate is not contained in the subject is called____  Synthetic *b. Analytic A posteriori A priori Syndicative Plato located reality in the world of ______ Matter *b. Universals Particular Material Heaven Empiricism as a school of thought in the modern period is inconsistent with_____ Sense experience *b. Innate ideas Realism Materialism Idealism Ethical principles differ from ordinary physical laws in that they are______ *a. Laws of nature b. Laws of conscience Man-made laws Divine laws Societal laws Another name for a premise is ____ Logic Affirmation Truth *d. Grounds Thoughts According to Aristotle, metaphysics before Socrates erroneous because it conceived reality in terms of ______ gods and goddess *b. Material principles Substances The one Universals  Man is entitled to the fundamental human rights by virtue of being _____ A Philosopher A social being *c. A political animal d. A rational being e. Religious being The earliest philosopher associated with the formal, material, efficient and final causes of a thing is ______ Thales Plato *c. Aristotle Socrates Pythagoras _____ moves from general to particular proposition Arguments Inductive argument *c. Deductive argument Inference None of the above Who among the following postulated „atoms‟ as the primary substance of reality? Thales Epicurus Anaximenes *d. Democritus Anaximander Neither John Dewey nor Charles Pierce is the father pragmatism True *b. False Unknown All of the above According to ____ economic rights should constitute the content of human rights Liberal Human right activist *c. The universal declaration of rights Marxist Sociologists  Prior to the philosophical reflections of the Milesians, the classical Greek minds had their source in _____ Polity Man *c. Mythology Society Socrates The pragmatists who insist that truth is what works are________ William James and John Locke John Locke and Immanuel Kant Karl Max and C. S. Peirce *d. John Dewey and William James e. Francis Bacon and Bertrand Russell The process of deriving one statement on the basis of others is _____ Consistency Logic *c. Inference Thinking Epistemology The cosmological argument for the existence of God is sometimes called_____ Cause to effect argument or A priori argument *b. Effect to cause argument or Aposteriori argument c. A priori argument d. Ontological argument e. All of the above ______ is the form of government mostly accepted within the context of human right philosophy Liberia socialism Marxian communism Totalitarianism *d. Democracy Platonism The evaluation of validity/soundness of an argument is applicable to______  *a. Deduction Induction Implication Conjunction Argument All the charters on human rights agree that ______ is a fundamental human right Right to free housing Right to vote and be voted for *c. Right to life d. Right to health and education e. Right to speech The principle of Logic that maintains that something cannot be said to be and at the same time said not to be is known as______ The doctrine of being The doctrine of being or not-being The principle of excluded middle The principle of being *e. None of the above The Ancient dictum “you cannot step twice into the same river” is credited to_____ Aristotle Plato Parmenides *d. Heraclitus Protagoras The informal fallacy resulting from the use of a word or term which is susceptible to more than one meaning is called______ *a. Equivocation Ambiguity Appeal to authority Attack the man Irrelevant conclusion An invalid argument can be sound? True or False True *b. False True/False Not determinate All of the above  Propositions which make straight forward assertions are called____ Logical Definite Hypothetical *d. Categorical Symbolic in logic _____ can be true or false Valid arguments Invalid arguments Sound arguments *d. Propositions Premises “Truth is what works”. Which philosophical school of thought and philosopher are associated with this expression? Idealism and Plato Materialism and Aristotle Existentialism and Soren Kierkegaard Pragmatism and Bertrand Russell *e. Pragmatism and John Dewey An argument with probable conclusion is called______ Deductive arguments Categorical argument Disjunctive argument *d. Inductive argument e. Valid argument P  P expresses which law of thought? Contradiction Excluded middle *c. Identity Sameness None of the above The phenomenon of sighting a pool of water afar while driving along the high way when there is actually no such a thing is a problem of appearance called_____ Reality Deception Metaphysics  *d. Mirage Epistemology The major characteristic of the medieval period of philosophy was the subordination of reason to ____ Reason and belief Mythology Experience Faith and reason *e. Faith Fallacies are broadly divided into_____ and _____ Sound and unsound Valid and invalid *c. Formal and Informal d. Fallacies of Relevance and Fallacies of Presumption Symbolic fallacies and Non-symbolic fallacies A argument that has a strong psychological appeal, but logically incorrect is______ Falsehood Lie *c. Fallacy Proposition syllogistic fallacy The earliest logician was____ while _____ was an existentialist Thales and Ludwig Wittgenstein Plato and martin Heidergaar *c. Aristotle and Gabriel Marcel d. Venn and C. S. Peirce e. Socrates and Francis Minimah An argument that premises the acceptance its conclusion on actual or latent force is called_______ *a. Ad Baculum b. Ad Hominem c. Ad Verecundiam d. Ad Populum e. Appeal to pity “No case, abuse the plaintiff‟s attorney” is a variety of the _____ fallacy  a. Reductio ad absurdum *b. Ad Hominem c. No case submission d. Tu quoque Solicitors' Employing argumentative devices aimed at appeal to a crowd mentality is an instance of_______ *a. Argumentum ad Populum b. Populum ad Argumentum c. Appeal to Vanity d. Mental Derangement e. Appeal to Pity An elephant is an animal. Therefore, a small elephant is a small animal. This argument commits the fallacy of _______ *a. Ae Quivocatio b. Figura Dictionis Amphibolia Transitivity None of the above A fallacy in which an arguer distorts the argument of an opponent in order to make it easier to debunk it is called______ *a. Straw man fallacy b. Red Herring Fallacy c. Ignoratio Elenchi Strategem Attack on the man If the conclusion of an inductive inference is based on a certain attribute of a few members of a sampled populations, the argument smacks of _____ Non causa pro causa *b. Converse Accident c. Oversimplified cause Ignorantiam Accident A black cat ran across a driver on two different occasions and the driver had an accident on both occasions. If we conclude that the black cat was the cause of the accident, we commits the fallacy___ Non causa pro causa *b. Post hoc ergo propter hoc  c. Gambler‟s fallacy d. Slippery slope e. Straw man fallacy When an arguer selects one out of multiple “factors” responsible for an effect and represents the selected “cause” as if it were the sole cause of the effect, the arguer commits the fallacy of_____ Weak Induction Causal fallacy *c. Oversimplified cause d. Slippery slope e. Suppressed evidence When the conclusion of an argument rests on an alleged chain reaction that is not supported by sufficient evidence, the arguer commits the fallacy of_____ *a. Slippery slope Tautology Inductive generalization Inconclusivity Ad Baculum “Entity A has attributes w, x, y and z. Entity B has attributes w, x, y, therefore entity B probably has the attribute z”. The above argument depicts the structure of the fallacy of____ Geometry Probability *c. Weak Analogy d. Gambler‟s fallacy Equivocation “Immorality is a sin. Therefore, adultery is a sin” The missing premise in the above argument is ____ Sin is immorality *b. Adultery is a form of immorality c. Adultery is evil d. Sin is evil Accident The fallacy committed when an arguer uses a disjunctive to present two mutually inclusive options as if they were mutually exclusive is called ____ Disjunction Either/or *c. False Dichotomy d. Complex question  Ambiguity When an advertorial is constructed in such a way that crucial information is carefully left out, the fallacy committed is called______ Omission *b. Suppressed Evidence c. Circular reasoning Ambiguity Equivocation Equivocation, Amphiboly, Accent are fallacies of Relevance Weak induction *c. Ambiguity Emphasis Accent All fallacious statements are untrue and all untrue statements are untrue. This statement is_______ True *b. False c. Both true and false Valid Composition and Division are fallacies of ____ *a. Grammatical Analogy Emphasis Amphiboly Equivocation Ambiguity Among the pre-socratic philosophers who developed the theory of condensation? Anaximander Pythagoras *c. Anaximenes Heraclitus Parmenides Logic is not concerned with just „bare facts‟ but with the ______ of one fact to another Similarity  Resemblanc e *c. Relation Contiguity Flexibility Which part of the Ancient period witnessed the rise of ethical questions? Ancient period *b. Socratic period c. Modern period Pre-socratic period Contemporary period The Logical Positivist movement was founder under the leadership of_____ Rudolf Carnap Jean Paul Sartre Frederick Nietzsche *d. Moritz Schlick e. René Descartes The “indubitable truth” of Descartes must be_____ Factual and clear indubitable and concise Verifiable and systematic *d. Clear and distinct e. Systematic and coherent The quality of a categorical proposition refers to _____ Whether the assertion is true or false Whether the assertion is sound or unsound *c. Whether the assertion is affirmed or denied d. Whether the assertion is denied e. Whether the assertion is sound Epistemology does not answer one of the following questions What can we know? How do we know? How do we know that we know? *d. What can be thought of? e. is it possible for us to know at all? The term that acts as the predicate of the conclusion of a syllogism is called_____  a. Middle term *b. Major term c. Terminal term d. Minor term e. Conditional term In a standard form categorical syllogism, the premise in which the major and middle terms occur is called ____ *a. Major premise Major-middle premise Middle premise Minor premise None of the above What is the literal meaning of ignoratio Elenchi *a. Irrelevant conclusion b. Appeal to force c. Appeal to authority d. Exclusive disjunction e. Equivocation 134. Whatever is true is true. Which law of thought defined this way? a. The law of truth b. The law of contradiction c. The law of excluded middle *d. The law of identity e. The law of thought While Cosmology is the study of the origin of the world, ontology is the study of_____ The origin of the world The structure of the world The movement of the world The nature of the cosmos *e. The characteristics of the world The classical philosopher associated with the doctrine of potentiality and actuality as characteristics of substance is _____ Immanuel Kant Socrates Plato Heraclitus *e. Aristotle  The three basic laws of thought are _______, ______ and ______ Identity, validity and excluded middle Contradiction, excluded middle and laws of nature *c. Excluded middle, contradiction and identity d. Certainty, laws of thought and excluded middle e. Middle term, major term and minor term 138. ________ was the reason for Aristotelian rejection of Plato‟s philosophy Essences *b. Substances Materialism Idealism Instrument The home town of Protagoras was _____ Miletus Greece Egypt *d. Abdera Samos According to _________, virtue, truth and beauty are determined by human interest Socrates Plato Aristotle *d. Sophists e. St. Augustine Before the first philosophers, the classical Greek minds did not believe in a mythological explanation of reality True *b. False True or False Not sure None of the above Logic is a field of study that deals with______ Instrument *b. Reasoning Statement Truth Correctness  What are the two types of arguments in logic? Valid and True Positive and Negative *c. Deductive and Inductive d. Assertive and Corrective e. Sensible and insensible 144. To say that an argument is sound is to say that it is ______ Solid *b. True c. Sweet d. Valid e. Clear An argument is a collection of _____ where one is asserted on basis of the others. *a. Propositions Predicates Commands Sentences Conclusions Does the validity of arguments depend on the truth values of statements used? *a. No yes None of the above All of the above No & Yes Inductive arguments arrive at conclusions that are _____ Valid Sound Irrelevant *d. Probable Good The Critique of Pure Reason is the famous work of ______ Plato Rene Descartes William James  d. John Locke *e. Immanuel Kant The search for an absolute/comprehensive grasps of reality via critical and rational model is _____ Scientific Critical Rational *d. Pure philosophical Irrational The strict application of logic in philosophical analysis could be technically described as the principle of ____ Logic *b. Analysis Impartiality Consistency Completeness Which of the following is the odd one out *a. Knowledge Opinion Belief Rumour Hearsay John Locke‟s concept of “Tabula Rasa” is associated with ______ Minds with innate ideas *b. Minds with no previous ideas c. Minds and matter d. Substance with form and matter e. Human mind Which of the following is out of place? Existentialism Positivism Analytic philosophy Pragmatism *e. Empiricism The quantifier that refers to a determinate portion of the subject – term of a categorical proposition is ______  Partial Holistic *c. Particular Average Universal The least that philosophy does to people is to make them______ Creditable Skeptical *c. Dogmatic Irrational All of the above What branch of philosophy deals with the science of human actions? Psychology Sociology Logic *d. Ethics e. None of the above “Being is, nonbeing is not” is associated with which philosopher? Plato Democritus Pythagoras Aristotle *e. Parmenides One of these is a property of atoms Condensation Evolution Networking *d. Infinity e. None of the above 159. ____ gives a clear cut demarcation of the history of philosophy *a. Ideas Systems Moral issues Philosophers All of the above Who is Peseidon in Greek philosophy?  Philosopher Scientis t *c. god Politician King Skepticism is a philosophical position that accepts the possibility of knowledge _____ True True/False *c. False d. None of the above e. All of the above 162. The pursuit of philosophy is the pursuit________ *a. Of the love of wisdom b. Love of the wise c. Of science of wisdom and knowledge d. Of the wise individuals e. Of the lover of wisdom 163. The ought questions are not the distinctive features of ethics True *b. False True/False None of the above All of the above The following are the main branches of philosophy except The Science of Being *b. The method of correct reasoning c. Philosophy of Science d. None of the above e. All of the above The strict application of logic in philosophical discourse could be technically describe as the principle of ______ *a. Analysis Impartiality Ethics Philosophy Logic  Which characteristic of the fundamental human right depicts its timelessness? *a. Inviolability Immutability Trans-culturality Inalienability Acceptability Among the famous Sophists were ______, ______ and ______ Thrasymachus, Plato and Aristotle Thales, Protagoras and Gorgias Thales, Anaximander and Anaximenes Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz *e. Thrasymachus, Gorgias and Protagoras The two main theories concerning the origin of ethics are _____ and _____ The contract theory and cosmological theory The ontological and Greco-Christian theory The cause-effect theory and evolutionary theory *d. The contract theory and the Greco-Christian theory e. The contractor theory of Business and Creationism Ethical objectivism_____ Sees morality as derived from society Argues that is concerned with the analysis of objective propositions *c. Sees morality as an objective value Sees morality as subjective values Sees the universe as created by an objective God One of these is not a contemporary ethical theory Ethical Skepticism Intuitive theories Metaphysical theories of value Psychological value theories *e. Epistemological theories of value Morality is founded on the very nature of _______ Things Animals God World and man *e. Man  ______ was taken by pre-philosophic Greeks as the reason for every event Poets Mortal beings Philosophers Homer & Hesiod *e. gods One of these is not a type of logical proposition Disjunctive Proposition Categorical proposition Conjunctive proposition Conditional proposition *e. Hypothetical proposition A proposition in which the truth value of one part is determined by the truth value of the other is called _____ Conjunctive proposition Categorical proposition *c. Conditional Proposition d. Congruent proposition e. Composite proposition _____ proposition is always expressed in indicative m ood, a particular sense and the predicate is separated from the subject by a copula At least one hypothetical proposition Every conditional proposition All conjunctive proposition *d. Every categorical proposition e. Every inductive proposition The affirmation or denial of a predicate to the subject of a proposition is a condition for the determination of the _____ of the proposition Truth Falsity Truth and Falsity Quantity *e. Quality When a predicate is denied or affirmed of all members of the subject class, then the subject term is said to be_____ Universal Particular *c. Distributed  Undistributed Open to all ____ is a type of inference in which a conclusion is drawn from one premise alone. Emergency inference Direct inference *c. Immediate inference d. Mediate inference e. Singular inference The opposition of the A and the E proposition having the same subject and predicate terms give rise to _______ Contrarieties Contradictories *c. Contraries Alternation Contradiction “Some UNIPORT students are brilliant persons” and “some UNIPORT students are not brilliant persona” taken together give rise to_______ Contraties Subaltern *c. Subcontraries Altern Super altern Given that the O proposition is True; A is false; E is undetermined, what is the value of the I proposition? False True *c. Undetermined Determined None of the above What is the converse of “some unicorns are not mammals?” Some unicorns are mammals All unicorns are mammals No unicorns are mammals Some unicorns are not mammals *e. None of the above A deductive argument consisting of three propositions and a conclusion is called _____  a. Categorical argument b. Disjunctive argument *c. Syllogism Obversion Square of opposition The verification principle is famous with which group of philosophers_____ Rationalists Empiricists Analytic school *d. Vienna circle Existentialists Which historical epoch shifted the concern of philosophy to the supernatural? _____ Ancient Contemporary *c. Medieval Modern All of the above Which of the following options best describes the philosophical method?_______ Criticality Systematic Logicality Analytical *e. All of the above Which of these philosophers belongs to the existentialist school of philosophizing?___ Rudolf Carnap Morntz Schlick Bertrand Russell Rene Descartes *e. Gabriel Marcel Immanuel Kant and Bertrand Russell belong to which periods in the history of philosophy?____ Ancient and modern Contemporary and modern Medieval and modern Modern and medieval  *e. Modern and contemporary 189. The philosopher that announced the „obituary‟ of God is ___ a. Charles Darwin *b. Frederick Nietzsche c. St. Augustine d. Bishop George Berkeley e. William James _____, _____ and _____ were contemporaries Socrates, Plato and Thales Descartes, Locke and Aristotle Hume, Berkeley and Socrates *d. Plato, Socrates and Aristotle e. Bacon, Galileo and Spinoza Whereas the criterion of truth in the natural science is empirical possibility, in metaphysics, the criterion of truth is ______ _ Scientific verifiability Systematic coherency *c. Rationally defensibility Methodological Logicality and experimentalism According to Aristotle, a substance is a composite of ____, _____,______ and _____ Form, matter, actuality and ideas *b. Actuality, potentiality, matter and ideas c. Form, matter, potentiality and ideas d. Matter, form, ideas and actuality e. Spirit, matter, form and particulars _____ brought human problems of society to the realm of philosophy Socrates Plato Aristotle *d. The Sophists e. Thales of Miletus 194. ______ is not an abuse of human right a. Unemployment *b. Beating of children by parents  c. Lack of educational facilities d. Judicial murder e. Denial of voting rights Skepticism is a philosophical position that upholds the possibility of knowledge ______ True *b. False True/False None of the above All of the above The classification of essential and accidental change is associated with which philosopher?___ Parmenides Zeno Heraclitus *d. Aristotle Plato René Descartes, Baruch Spinoza and John Locke are rationalists True *b. False True/False None of the above All of the above One major problem of pragmatism is____ It leads to objectivity *b. It destroys objectivity c. It is not a very good theory d. It doesn‟t works e. It is not a practical truth The focus of the existentialist philosophy is the return to the concrete existence of God and the individual True *b. False c. True/False d. None of the above e. All of the above For Plato, the particular world are those eternal non-material essences of which the objects of experiences are the originals  True *b. False True/False None of the above All of the above For Aristotle, something is possible when its existence is conceivable while it is impossible when its existence is________ A reality It undergoes change True Conceivable *e. Inconceivable The ultimate stuff or primary substance to which everything in the universe could be traced is described by the following philosophers. Choose the odd one out. a. Thales water *b. Anaximenes' Apeiron c. Pythagoras number d. Democritus' Atoms e. Anaximander's the indeterminate boundless _____ was the first to propound the doctrine of Being Anaximander Anaximenes *c. Parmenides Thales Heraclitus The theory that considers truth in terms of its cash value Phenomenology Existentialism Logical positivism Analytic philosophy *e. Pragmatism Which Ancient Philosopher is credited with the maxim “Nothing exists. If anything exists, we cannot know it, and even if we can know it, we cannot communicate it” ____ Gorgias Aristotle Protagoras Socrates  *e. Thrasymachus Contemporary history of philosophy is remarkable for its shift from _____ to ____ Rationalism to materialism Religion to science Idealism to Positivism *d. Idealism to materialism e. Materialism to Idealism The noumena and phenomena are the pillars of whose philosophy? ________ David John Locke Isaac Newton David Hume *d. Immanuel Kant e. Rene Descartes In contrast to the speculative approach of philosophy, the approach of the physical sciences to knowledge could be described as_____ a. Absolutist, universal and logical *b. Descriptive and methodical c. Foundational and systematic d. Newtonian and calculus e. Normative and descriptive GES 100 1. Studying can be described as _______ *a. Going seriously through text to obtain material and information b. Choosing study venues and discussion groups c. Taking notes during lectures d. Reading aloud in class The methods of accomplishing one‟s aims of studying is known as _______ Reading technique Lecture technique *c. Study technique Audio-visual equipment An effective study involves one _______ Making good friends *b. Choosing a regular venue c. Buying recommended textbooks d. Being a teacher in the study group A good study venue has the following characteristics EXCEPT _______ is located in a noiseless area has seats *c. has lying facilities d. must not be lonely The following definitions fit a study group EXCEPT _______ A group of not more than six people of like interest for the purpose of helping one another academically *b. A group with amorous friends so that they can read and understand A group in which each member participates actively A group in which members are not expected to sit together during exam The ability of one to listen to, speak, read and write a language in an efficient or effective manner is called _______ Communication *b. Competence Language skills Listening, reading, speaking and writing are referred to as _______  a. micro skills *b. language skills c. teaching skills d. learning skills 8. Writing and speaking are the _______ *a. encoding skills b. decoding skills c. expressive skills d. impressive skills 9. Listening and reading are called the _______ a. encoding skills *b. decoding skills c. expressive skills d. impressive skills The art of recording graphically the main points or issues raised in a lecture is called _______ listening recording studying *d. note-taking A long talk given to people or a class on a particular subject is called a _______ *a. Lecture teaching Preaching note-taking The three major stages in note-taking are _______ *a. Preparatory, note-taking proper and re-organization Listening, note-taking proper and reading Coming to class, listening and taking note None of the above Note-taking involves _______ *a. receptive skills of listening b. productive skill of listening c. getting every word of your lecturer d. reading from textbooks 14. Good notes should be _______ *a. accurate, clear and concise b. detailed, clear and reflective c. long, clear and receptive d. concise, verbose and automatic 15. _________is to reading what ________ is to speaking. Note-taking/note-making *b. Note-making/note-taking Production/reception Eye/brain Pre-note-taking activities involve _______ mental, physical and emotional preparedness *b. mental, physical and psychological readiness financial & emotional readiness muscular and cognitive preparedness A good note-taker prepares himself/herself _______ Psychologically, socially and mentally *b. Physically, mentally and psychologically c. Culturally, beautifully and psychologically d. Physically, socially and mentally Proper physical preparation for note-taking requires that you do all of the following, EXCEPT dress and sit comfortably during lectures sit near enough to be able to see and hear the lecturer *c. have loose sheets and pencil for jotting down d. have good biro and notebook while in class When you are in a good emotional state, you are ________ prepared for note-taking. physically socially *c. psychologically mentally Clear understanding of lecture comes from _______  a. teachers line of argument *b. attentive and intensive listening c. Positive attitude d. Use of Abbreviations When you must have read, tackled and familiarized yourself with the topic prior to the lecture, you are _______ Socially ready physically ready psychologically ready *d. mentally ready The orderly arranged list of books and other materials in a library is called _______ references *b. catalogue c. electronic formatting d. card set In every library, there are both _______ *a. online and offline resources b. softline and online resources c. books and offline resources d. online and catalogue resources The commonest type of catalogue is the _______ book catalogue online public access catalogue *c. card catalogue d. subject catalogue Where the library stock records are held in form of printed books is referred to as _______ *a. book catalogue b. online public access catalogue c. card catalogue d. subject catalogue 26. Where, on the main entry card, is the call number of a book located? a. Right bottom corner *b. top left corner c. top right corner  d. bottom left corner Another name for a call number is _______ call location call identity *c. call mark d. call index 28. On the same line with a call number could be seen a/an _______ a. location symbol *b. accession number c. call mark d. author‟s name ISBN stands for _______ Internal Straight Book Number International Standing Bibliography Number *c. International Standard Book Number Indent Series Book Names ISSN means _______ *a. International Standard Serial Number b. International Standing Subject Number c. International Standard Source Number d. Indent Series Standard Names 31. Added entries in a catalogue are entered in _______ *a. Arabic numerals b. Roman Numerals figures words The set of numbers at the spine of a book is called _______ Number mark *b. Call c. show symbol d. shelf location _______ contains a generalized body of information on various subjects *a. Reference material  dictionary cataloguing Abstracts During shelving of books, collections are put to correspond with their location symbol accession number *c. call mark d. author‟s name ________ are periodic publications arranged in volumes and numbers and having specific dates of publication? a. Books *b. Journals Almanacs Indexes When books have “REF” written on top of their call marks, that means _______ Referred volume Reservation reference general reference *d. reference material A book of list of names and facts arranged in alphabetical order is called a _______ gazette dictionary handbook *d. Directory A list of names of places printed as a dictionary or as a list at the end of a book of maps is known as a _______ map directory handbook *d. gazette When information in the library is not stored in print and microform and is accessible by computers, it is said to be in a _______ *a. digital library b. store  networking public library Browsing the internet can also be referred to as _______ *a. surfing the internet b. snuffing the internet c. visiting the internet facebooking The part of a book where you can find information about the publisher and copyright date is the _______ glossary index *c. title page d. table of contents 42. The publication location of a book is _______ *a. the place where the book was printed b. the location/address of the author c. the place where the dealer lives d. the home of the distributor 43. The centre of a community information service is known as a/an _______ a. academic library *b. public library c. digital library d. community library A library established in an institution of higher learning is an example of a/an _______ *a. academic library b. public library c. digital library d. community library Libraries often located in hospitals are called _______ hospital libraries special libraries *c. medical libraries d. health libraries  Types of libraries include all EXCEPT Public libraries Medical libraries Academic libraries *d. Recovery libraries Libraries established in organizations, companies and establishments are known as _______ organizational libraries libraries of establishment *c. special libraries d. Scholarly libraries A library-on-wheels, driven from place to place is a _______ Vehicular library Book library *c. Book mobile d. Wheels library The part of a book found near the front of the book which lists the chapters and their titles is the _______ Index Title Copyright section *d. Table of Contents 50. The outer covering that protects the book from dust or harm is _______ *a. Dust jacket cover False page Bastard page The page where all the information about the copyrighting is located is the _______ *a. Verso page b. Content page Index Abstract One major social difference between animals and human beings is_______  a. the use of legs b. the use of hands *c. the use of language d. The use of power The levels of language are _______ phonetics, word, morphology, semantics and morpheme Syllable, phonology, morphology, sentence and pragmatics word, phonology, syllable, semantics and pragmatics *d. phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics The task or purpose for which language is used in conversation is referred to as _______ a. language form, *b. language function c. language code communication The four language skills are _______ *a. listening, speaking, reading, writing b. reading, fluency, writing, memorizing c. fact finding, abbreviation, speaking and writing d. reading, memorizing speaking and writing 56. There are _________ letters in the English alphabet. *a. twenty-six twenty forty-four twenty-four Which of these expressions is correct? I couldn‟t eat much of the food because it too pepperish *b. I couldn‟t eat much the food because it too peppery I liked the meal because it was very sweet It is high time we unite to fight corruption in this country ________ and _________ are the output skills. Listening/speaking Speaking/reading *c. Speaking/writing d. Listening/reading  ________ and _________ are the input skills. Listening and speaking Speaking and reading Speaking and writing *d. Listening and reading The forms of language will include all of these EXCEPT sentence types speech writing *d. question mark 61. ________ is a way by which words are connected to meaning *a. Form in language Phrase Clause Code The form of language could be viewed from two dimensions ________ and ________ *a. typologically and structurally b. systematically and vertically c. hierarchically and horizontally d. none of the above 63. The typological forms of language include all of these EXCEPT a. spoken language *b. reading c. written language d. body language 64. Another name for encoder is message *b. sender receiver channel Another name for decoder is message sender  *c. receiver channel _______ and _______ are basic to oral communication. Reading/writing Viewing/reading *c. Listening/speaking d. Viewing and visual representation 67. ________ and _________ are basic to written communication. *a. Reading/writing Viewing/reading Listening/speaking Viewing/visual representation _________ and ______ are basic to visual communication. Reading/writing viewing/reading Listening/speaking *d. Viewing/visual representation 69. Ways of receiving information include all of these except *a. Speaking Listening Reading Viewing Ways of conveying information include all of the following, EXCEPT *a. Listening Speaking Writing Visual representation The paralinguistic activities that sometimes accompany spoken language can be called _______ spoken language *b. body language c. sign language face movement callisthenics Which of the following is the correct order?  *a. word, phrase, clause, sentence b. phrase, clause, word, sentence c. sentence, word, clause, phrase d. clause, word, phrase, sentence Which of these is NOT true? Forms are the tools for creating the organizational patterns of language used to communicate. Mastery of forms allows full participation in communication by enabling someone put words together and express himself in a wide range of ways. The same form may be used to convey multiple linguistic functions. *d. The language function plays no role in determining the grammatical forms and sentence structures. The three basic functions of language are _______ causal, alternative, emotional *b. expressive, directive, informational c. invitational, opinion, permissive d. causal, representational, talking 75. Scanning entails looking over a text quickly for specific information. Thus, it is a/an skill. *a. locational recreational vocational enumerational is done to get an overview of a book. Scanning Speed reading Sub-vocalizing *d. Skimming Which is NOT an outcome of recreational reading? proficiency in English gaining general knowledge getting an insight into human conditions *d. developing faulty eye sweep The following are non-verbal components of speaking skills except  a. proxemics *b. vocalization c. eye contact d. facial expression Which of these is NOT a verbal component of speaking skills? volume pronunciation pitch *d. posture 80. Language that is used in a ritual way can be said to be performing a *a. ceremonial function b. performative function c. phatic function d. conative Function The language function that engages the addressee and is illustrated by imperatives, vocatives and apostrophes is the ceremonial function performative function phatic function *d. conative Function Which function of language is for interaction, greetings and casual discussion? Ceremonial function Performative function *c. Phatic function d. Conative Function When language is used to discuss or describe itself, it is said to be performing a a. ceremonial function *b. metalingual function c. phatic function d. conative Function The ________ function of language affirms or denies propositions, and is used to describe the world or reason about it, and also has truth value. *a. informative b. referential  expressive directive When language is used to express mental states, report feelings or attitudes or evoke these feelings in the reader/listener, it is said to be performing a/an function. informative referential *c. expressive directive The ________ function of language corresponds to the factor of context and describes a situation, object or mental state. ceremonial metalingual *c. referential conative The _________ function of language is used to direct other people and to cause or prevent actions, such as in commands or requests. informative referential expressive *d. Directive When a language does the action it reports, it is said to be carrying out a _____________ function. ceremonial *b. performative phatic conative The first acquired language skill is reading speaking *c. listening writing ______ is a complex process that is learnt consciously reading speaking *c. listening  writing The type of listening that requires the listener to understand what is being said is called political listening aesthetic listening hypothetical listening *d. critical listening When children are taught to differentiate between sounds in the language, they are engaging in *a. discriminative listening b. aesthetic listening c. hypothetical listening d. critical listening The four main types of listening are aesthetic, gist, attention and critical listening hypothetical, reflective, critical and powerful listening discriminative, comprehensive, empathic and gist listening *d. critical, empathic, appreciative and reflective listening A listener who can interact with the speaker, and negotiate the content of the interaction is said to be involved in discriminative listening *b. reciprocal listening non-reciprocal listening critical listening The type of listening that involves tasks such as listening to the radio or formal lectures where the transfer of information is in one direction only, that is, from the speaker to the listener is called discriminative listening reciprocal listening *c. non-reciprocal listening d. critical listening Listening comprehension involves the vocal cords and the oral cavity the nose and olfactory nerves *c. the optic nerves, tongue and mouth d. Nasal cavity and pulmonary veins  __ is the process of giving thoughtful attention to another person's speech and comprehending what is heard. *a. Listening Speaking Reading Writing Two major skills employed in listening comprehension are *a. tuning in and switching off b. tuning in and insulation c. thinking and evaluation d. insulation and devaluation 99. refers to the vibration of sound waves on the eardrums and the impulses that are then sent to the brain. Speaking *b. Hearing c. Comprehension d. Composition Two major skills employed in listening comprehension are *a. tuning in and switching off b. tuning in and insulation c. thinking and evaluation d. insulation and devaluation The type of listening that is otherwise known as divided attention is _______ Intermittent listening Biased listening Uncritical listening *d. Half listening 102. One of these is not an example of non-verbal cues in communication *a. Word of mouth b. Manner of speaking c. Attitude of speaking d. Frown  A person involved in an extensive listening is ______________ listening for an interview fully interested in the subject matter *c. not fully involved in the speech d. very attentive to the speech 104. All these are purposes of listening except ________ *a. for symbol and prominence b. for retaining information c. to understand ideas d. to construct meaning 105. The approaches to listening are dependent on the _______ of listening. context *b. purpose understanding logic The ability to identify and correctly interpret words which the printed symbols represent is called Listening speaking *c. reading writing ________ is the third of the four language skills listening speaking *c. reading speaking A complex cognitive process of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning is ________ *a. reading comprehension reading listening comprehension listening The essential means by which we can access, process, understand, decode or decipher information from books, graphs, journals, diagrams, illustrations and charts is called  Listening speaking *c. reading writing The two kinds of reading are *a. intensive and extensive b. print and spoken c. reading aloud and reading silently d. print and recreational reading 111. One of these is not a type of reading a. Skimming *b. Researching Scanning Extensive reading A detailed reading in your disciplines for information is known as _____________ critical reading disciplinary reading *c. intensive reading d. extensive reading A quick glance through a text in order to locate specific information (say, a date, name, person or character) is called reading *b. scanning c. skimming d. eyeing Reading comprehension can be seriously affected by *a. poor eyesight b. impaired hearing c. poor acoustics d. poor environment Context clues help to define reading purpose identify sentence structure *c. infer meaning of words read and write legibly  Being flexible as a reader means adjusting your reading speed to match your reading ________ calculatio n *b. purpose intuition process Pick out the odd item from this list: skimming *b. star-gazing scanning speed reading The following factors affect reading comprehension except vocalization *b. comprehending c. finger pointing d. faulty eye sweep ____ has to do with going back over words and phrases already read. vocalization *b. regression c. eye fixation d. finger pointing Scanning entails looking over a text quickly for specific information. Thus, it is a skill. *a. locational recreational vocational enumerational is done to get an overview of a book. scanning speed reading sub-vocalizing *d. skimming 122. Which is NOT an outcome of recreational reading?  a. proficiency in English b. gaining general knowledge c. getting an insight into human conditions *d. developing faulty eye sweep Reading involves the following skills except the ability to decode unfamiliar words having the motivation to read *c. subvocalization d. the skills to understand phonemes and speech sounds When you seek to gather the most important information/main ideas of a text, you are *a. skimming b. doing an intensive reading c. doing an extensive reading scanning _______ is used to find a particular/specific piece of information. skimming doing an intensive reading doing an extensive reading *d. scanning The following are reading faults except regression pointing at words recognition span *d. fluency The reading deficiency that has to do with the number of words a reader can apprehend while his eyes are fixed at a point is known as *a. regression b. pointing at words c. recognition span fluency “Decoding”, “fluency”, “vocabulary” and “comprehension” are examples of which of the following? components of writing components of listening  *c. components of reading d. components of speaking The timing of a reading activity and the pace at which a reader accomplishes a given task is known as a. reading task *b. Reading rate c. reading activity d. reading comprehension When there are variations in the speed with which you read different parts of the same material, there is said to be a/an partial adjustment overall adjustment skimming *d. internal adjustment The basic rate at which an entire article is read is known as partial adjustment internal adjustment skimming *d. overall adjustment 132. What determines a reading speed is ______ *a. reading purpose and difficulty of material b. reading rate and number of words c. intensive and extensive reading d. extensive and critical reading 133. The appropriate reading rate for adults is *a. 150-800wpm 2000wpm 100wpm 200-500wpm Reading for learning is done at the rate of 200-400wpm *b. 100-200wpm c. fewer than 100wpm d. 400-700wpm 135. The rate for reading for memorization is *a. 200-400wpm 100-200wpm fewer than 100wpm 400-700wpm The reading rate for skimming is 200-400wpm 100-200wpm fewer than 100wpm *d. 400-700wpm A skilled reader should adjust reading rate to suit the material understand the purpose of reading *c. all of the above d. none of the above Another name for reading rate is Adjustment reading goal *c. reading speed d. scan reading The defining factors that enable readers to fine-tune their thoughts before, during and after reading is reading task Reading rate reading activity *d. reading purposes The two broad categories of reading purposes are reading for gist and reading for learning reading for general and specific purposes reading for enjoyment and scanning *d. reading for literary and informational purposes 141. The three stages of reading are a. critical, intensive and casual reading *b. pre-reading, active reading and post-reading c. previewing, skimming and post-reading  pre-reading, scanning and extensive reading Two important skills at the pre-reading stage are scanning and skimming *b. previewing and skimming pre-reading and scanning none of the above The reader is expected to do all these at the pre-reading stage except examine the title and cover look at chapter headings and graphic support *c. read some chapters d. read the book blurb Critical reading means reading with pleasure silent reading *c. active reading d. passive reading When you mark your text, take notes and discuss as you read, you are doing one of these reading with pleasure silent reading *c. active reading d. passive reading What reading strategy will you use when reading a newspaper/magazine quickly to get the general idea? *a. Skimming Scanning Intensive reading Extensive reading When you say or write something that has been read or heard using different words, you are ________ *a. paraphrasing b. doing intensive reading c. reading for gist/global understanding d. guessing meaning from context  When you read to understand the general meaning of a text, without paying attention to specific details, you are ________ paraphrasing doing intensive reading *c. reading for gist/global understanding d. guessing meaning from context When you read or listen by focusing only on how language is used in the text, you are a. paraphrasing *b. doing intensive reading c. reading for gist/global understanding d. guessing meaning from context When you try to work out the meaning of an unknown/difficult word by using the other words around the word to help, you are ________ paraphrasing doing intensive reading reading for gist/global understanding *d. guessing meaning from context 151. When you read a text quickly to get a general idea o f what it is about, you are. *a. skimming predicting scanning summarizing When you use clues such as headlines or pictures or general knowledge about the text or topic to make it easier to understand what you read, you are ________ skimming *b. predicting scanning summarizing When you read a text quickly in order to pick out specific information, e.g. finding a phone number in a phone book, you are skimming predicting *c. scanning d. summarizing  When you take out the main points of a long text, and rewrite or retell them in a short, clear way, you are ________ skimming predicting scanning *d. summarizing When you try to decipher how a writer or speaker feels about something from the way that they speak or write, rather than from what they openly say or the words they use, you are *a. inferring attitude/feeling/mood predicting reading for detail summarizing When you read a text in order to understand most of what it says or particular information well, you are _______ inferring attitude/feeling/mood predicting *c. reading for detail summarizing When reading material is structured from A-Z it is said to be textual information *b. alphabetical information non-alphabetical information chronological information 158._________ is information arranged in time or numerical order. A. Textual information B. Alphabetical information Non-alphabetical information *D. Chronological information Television listing and auto parts catalogue can be said to be arranged in a a. textual information b. alphabetical information *c. non-alphabetical information d. chronological information The reading fault whereby the reader reads and re-reads is known as a. head movement  sub-vocalization inattentive reading *d. regression When a reader hears the sounds of the words he is reading, the reading fault is called head movement *b. sub-vocalization c. inattentive reading regression The following are reading comprehension strategies except *a. S3QR OK4R 3S3R SQ3R SQ3R stands for *a. survey, question, read, revise, review b. study, question, speed read, review c. select, quest, question review and reflect d. none of the above English has __________ speech sounds. 36 26 *c. 44 20 The pure vowels of English are known as diphthongs triphthongs *c. monophthongs monosyllabic /ʧ/ is the sound found in *a. machine measure stomach thief  There are _________consonant sounds in English 18 20 26 *d. 24 /eɪ, aɪ, ɔɪ/ are examples of monosyllabic bithongs monophthongs *d. diphthongs The following are active articulators except the lips tongue *c. hard palate d. vocal cord 169. The airstream necessary for speech production is known as *a. pulmonic egressive b. pulmonic ingressive non-egressive lung-ingressive Phonatory system explains the manner of articulation *b. the state of the glottis the place of articulation nasal sounds /m, n, ŋ/ are known as fricative sounds affricate sounds *c. nasal sounds d. plosive sounds When there is the vibration of the vocal cords _______ sounds are produced. palato-alveolar *b. voiced c. voiceless  alveolar Sounds accompanied by no vibration of the vocal cords are said to be _____. stops voiced *c. voiceless alveolar The sounds known as approximants in English are *a. /w/ and /j/, b. /r/ and /l), c. /d/ and /g/ d. /w/ and /r/ 175. The nasal sounds are a. /m, n, w/ *b. /m, n, ŋ/ c. /h, w, n/ d. /f, m, t/ The sounds whose pronunciations are accompanied by the vibration of the vocal cords are said to be Vocalic sounds Vibration sounds *c. Voiced sounds d. Voiceless sounds The three branches of phonetics are instrumental phonetics, auditory phonetics, speaking phonetics *b. articulatory phonetics, acoustic phonetics, auditory phonetics phoneme, acoustic phonetics, voiced sounds experimental phonetics, vocal tract, auditory phonetics Sounds produced without friction in the vocal tract are known as vocalic sounds *b. voiceless sounds c. voiced sounds d. voiced vibration 179. The following are non-verbal components of speaking skills except  a. proxemics *b. vocalization c. eye contact d. facial expression 180. The English alphabet comprises letters. *a. twenty-six forty-four twenty-four forty-six Which of these is NOT a verbal component of speaking skills? volume pronunciation pitch *d. posture 182. Vowel sounds are categorized into *a. monophthongs and diphthongs b. pure vowels and monophthongs c. vowel glides and diphthongs d. diphthongs and consonants The vowel /ə/ is technically referred to as the oblique ash *c. schwa diacritic _________ is the breath-force with which a syllable is pronounced. Articulation *b. Stress Syllable Intonation Which is the sound represented by the underlined letter in the word Corn? /j/ *b. /k/ /ʤ/ /θ/  Which is the sound represented by the underlined letter in the word Yacht? *a. /j/ /k/ /ʤ/ /θ/ Which is the sound represented by the underlined letters in the word Suggest? /j/ /k/ *c. /ʤ/ /θ/ Which is the sound represented by the underlined letters in the word Mouth? /j/ /k/ /ʤ/ *d. /θ/ 189. The sounds /p, b, t, d, k, g/ are referred to as Nasals *b. Plosives Fricative Affricates A collective name for the lips, teeth, tongue, and teeth ridge in speech production is articulation *b. organs of speech obstructions passive articulators IPA stands for Internal Phonetic Alphabets International Phonological Alphabet *c. International Phonetic Alphabet none of the above  /I:, I, e, æ/ are called diphthongs central vowels back vowels *d. front vowels 193. A common name for the vowels /ǝ:, ǝ, Λ/ is a. diphthongs *b. central vowels c. back vowels d. front vowels 194. The diphthongs are divided into two, namely. a. front and closing b. back and centring *c. centring and closing d. front and back Another name for impure vowels is monophthongs front vowels *c. diphthongs d. back vowels All diphthongs that glide to / ǝ/ are called closing diphthongs back diphthongs *c. centring diphthongs d. front diphthongs 197. All diphthongs that glide to /I/ or /ʊ/ are called *a. closing diphthongs b. back diphthongs c. centring diphthongs d. front diphthongs Which sound represents the underlined letters in the words A ir and Care? /eI/ / ᴐI/ /ǝʊ/ *d. /eǝ/  Which sound represents the underlined letters in the words Home and Go? /eI/ / ᴐI/ *c. /ǝʊ/ /eǝ/ Which sound represents the underlined letters in the words C oin and Boy? /eI/ *b. / ᴐI/ / ᴐ/ /eǝ/ Which sound represents the underlined letters in the words Tape and Same? *a. /eI/ /e/ / ǝʊ /eǝ/ Lateral, nasal and plosive describe place of articulation state of the glottis Phonetic alphabet *d. Manner of articulation How does the Chambers English Dictionary define words? a. a combination of sentences *b. a unit of spoken language c. a unit of sound d. a combination of sounds A word can be seen as the action of pronouncing correctly the action of speaking correctly *c. the basic unit of expression that is assigned to a specific class and has some semantic implication d. none of the above 205. The parts of a word include:  a. morpheme, prefix, infix b. prefix, circumcircle, infix c. prefix, affix, suffix *d. prefix, infix, suffix 206. The basic meaningful unit of any grammatical analysis is called *a. a morpheme b. a root c. a syllable d. a word 207. The underlined part of the word “disappointment” is an example of a. a syllable *b. a prefix c. a root d. a word The underlined part of the word “happiness” is an example of a syllable a prefix *c. a suffix d. a word The root of the word “naturalization” is natural naturalize -ization *d. nature The dictionary meaning of a word can be called its associated meaning realistic meaning figurative meaning *d. denotative meaning 211. How many grammatical categories do we have in English? 10 *b. 7 c. 8 d. 5 212. The open class items include *a. noun, adjective, verb, adverb b. conjunction, preposition, pronouns, determiners c. prepositions, adjective, pronouns, quantifiers d. conjunctions, proper nouns, preposition, interjection 213. The closed class items include a. noun, adjective, verb, adverb *b. conjunction, preposition, pronouns, determiners c. prepositions, adjective, pronouns, quantifiers d. conjunctions, proper nouns, preposition, interjection 214. Identify the clause elements (SVOCA) in the sentence - “Beauty fades.” SVC *b. SV c. SO d. SVO Identify the clause elements (SVOCA) in the sentence - “The judge found Obi guilty.” *a. SVOC SV SO SVO Identify the clause elements (SVOCA) in the sentence - “Ojo ate the meal quickly.” SVC SV SO *d. SVOA A Statement is a/an imperative sentence *b. declarative sentence interrogative sentence none of the above ________ expresses emotion or strong feelings. A polar sentence An imperative sentence  *c. An exclamatory sentence d. An emotional sentence Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence “I bought a beautiful dress at the mall.” prepositio n *b. adjective noun pronoun Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence “What did she ask you to do?” preposition adjective noun *d. pronoun Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence “I left my shoes under the kitchen table.” *a. preposition adjective noun pronoun Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence “If we finish our work quickly, we can go to the movies.” preposition *b. adverb noun adjective Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence “On Sundays, I work from ten to four.” preposition adjective adverb *d. verb Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence “University education is very expensive.”  pronoun *b. noun c. adjective d. verb Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence “I‟m sure I have met your girlfriend before.” *a. verb Preposition interjection adverb Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence “Andy knocked on the door, but nobody answered.” *a. conjunction interjection preposition adverb Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence “Well, all I‟m saying is that I‟m tired of your interference.” conjunction *b. interjection preposition adverb Identify the part of speech of the underlined word in the sentence “After launch, let‟s go visit her at the hospital.” adverb adjective *c. preposition conjunction The underlined word in the sentence “Swimming is a good exercise” is an example of A pronoun *b. a gerund c. an Infinitive d. verb  The underlined words in the sentence “To err is human and to forgive is divine” represent A pronoun a gerund *c. an infinitive verb Identify the structure of the expression “before the storm” Dependent clause Independent clause *c. Phrase Subject Identify the structure of the expression “while she was playing golf” *a. Dependent clause b. Independent clause Phrase Subject Identify the structure of the expression “Henry who is a sailor” *a. Dependent clause b. Independent clause Phrase Subject Identify the structure of the expression “He gave a dazzling performance” Dependent clause *b. Independent clause Phrase Subject Identify the structure of the expression “Millions have cable television” Dependent clause *b. Independent clause Phrase Subject Identify the structure of the expression “Over the rainbow”  a. Dependent clause b. independent clause *c. phrase subject Identify the structure of the expression “He completed his work” Dependent clause *b. Independent clause Phrase Subject Which of the following is NOT a word formation process? Back formation *b. Word division Affixation Compounding Compound words are usually formed by joining which of the following components? One word and one bound morpheme *b. Two words with/without hyphen c. Two words with the hyphen d. Two words without the hyphen “Motel”, “brunch” “infotainment” and “informatics” are examples of which of the following? *a. blended words b. compounded words c. converted words d. coined words “T-shirt”, “V-neck”, and “A-student” are examples of which of the following? a. Blended words *b. Compounded words c. Converted words d. Coined words 242. Which of the following is a complex word? *a. Descry Humid Chide  Maimed Pick out the odd item from the following list of words: exam *b. degree plane lab Pick out the odd item from the following list of words: network *b. luckily gridlock D. cupboard “Matricide” means a. to gain admission b. to lose admission *c. to kill one‟s own mother d. to destroy material with chemical “Infantilism” means the study of childhood child soldiers *c. childish behaviour d. the study of infantry “Regicide” means chemical that kills regi insect killers to kill many people in a region *d. to kill someone of royalty “Edutainment” means attain maturity higher qualification make the audience to laugh *d. entertain people while teaching “Ambidextrous” means a. giving out ambience  b. ambitious skills c. having dual ambitions *d. skilled in the use of both hands 250. Pick out the odd item from the following list of words: a. In addition *b. However also Moreover The period (.), the question mark (?) and the exclamation mark (!) are jointly known as: common punctuation marks punctuation marks that show pause *c. terminal punctuation marks d. punctuation marks with dots Which one of options A-D best completes the sentence “What aboutbooks you promised me?” *a. those this that them Which one of options A-D best completes the sentence “Everybody in this class books.” have is having have had *d. has Which one of options A-D best completes the sentence “Neither the coaches nor the team captains here for training.” is *b. are c. showed d. their Which one of options A-D best completes the sentence “Every university celebratesoutstanding staff and students.” *a. her b. their  his some of Which one of options A-D best completes the sentence “The students sat quietly and watched ________ teaching.” himself him *c. his hisself Which one of options A-D best completes the sentence “Former President Jonathan and President Buhari contested the 2015 election before defeated him.” a. he b. he/she c. one *d. the latter Which one of options A-D best completes the sentence “The public image of a firm may be boosted bycommunity development projects.” their *b. its c. a d. his Which one of options A-D best completes the sentence “Since the government administered the vaccines, no one _______ contracted the Ebola virus again.” *a. has have hasn‟t haven‟t Which one of options A-D best completes the sentence “My sister ______injections while I prefer oral drugs.” *a. prefers prefer want like Which one of options A-D best completes the sentence “The University Council members divided on where to site the hostel project.”  was *b. were have have been Which one of options A-D best completes the sentence “Mary started the course before us, ______ she earned the lowest score.” since and if *d. yet Which one of options A-D best completes the sentence “He promised to marry her _________ he fulfilled his promise.” althoug h *b. and c. but d. only Which one of options A-D best completes the sentence “Every student ________ a school bag.” *a. has b. had her have have their Which one of options A-D best completes the sentence “Neither Ahmed nor the other students ________ completed the assignment.” has *b. have c. will not had Which one of options A-D best completes the sentence “Roasted corn and pear ______ now common in our townships.” *a. is are were was Which one of options A-D best completes the sentence “Donald smokes and drinks more than __________ in the family.”  any another *c. anyone else d. other families Which one of options A-D best completes the sentence “Everybody in the class _________ the correct answer.” *a. knows know understand understanding Which one of options A-D best completes the sentence “The jury _____ divided on what verdict to give the accused.” have had *c. was were Which one of options A-D best completes the sentence “A majority of the students _________ term papers to spot tests and quizzes.” want like prefers *d. prefer 271. The pronoun that expresses a two-way relationship is called *a. reciprocal pronoun b. reflexive pronoun c. demonstrative pronoun d. interrogative pronoun 272. Which of the following is NOT a word formation process? a. Back formation *b. Hyphenation Affixation Compounding Complex words are usually formed through which of the following processes? Clipping  Borrowing *c. Affixation Blending “Gas”, “Fan”, “phone” and “plane” are examples of which of the following? blended words *b. clipped words c. converted words d. coined words “Brunch”, “motel”, and “telecast” are examples of which of the following? *a. Blended words b. Compounded words c. Converted words d. Coined words Which of the following word formation process combines two independent words to form a new word? a. Blending *b. Compounding Affixation Abbreviation Which of the following is NOT a word formation process? Back formation *b. Word division Affixation Compounding Compound words are usually formed by joining which of the following components? One word and one bound morpheme *b. Two words with/without hyphen c. Two words with the hyphen d. Two words without the hyphen 279. Pick out the odd item from the following list of words: network *b. luckily c. gridlock  cupboard Which one of options A-D best completes the sentence “The jury _____ divided on what verdict to give the accused.” have had *c. was were Pick out the odd item from the following list of words: landlord headstrong *c. freedom bookworm Pick out the odd item from the following list of words: unarmed luckily freedom *d. cupboard Pick out the odd item from the following list of words: within before *c. they into Pick out the odd item from the following list of words: lady girlfriend *c. people sister Pick out the odd item from the following list of words: *a. cat tiger cheetah jackal What kind of error is present in the sentence “He was hunted, caught, and they sent him to jail.”?  *a. shift in voice b. shift in tense c. shift in pronoun d. shift in aspect What kind of error is present in the sentence “They ran after the criminal, caught him and was sentenced to death.”? *a. shift in voice b. shift in tense c. shift in pronoun d. Shift in aspect What kind of error is present in the sentence “The man called the girl, and she was killed.”? *a. shift in voice b. shift in tense c. shift in pronoun d. shift in aspect What kind of error is present in the sentence “We were warned, scolded, and they starved us.”? *a. shift in voice b. shift in tense c. shift in pronoun d. shift in aspect What kind of error is present in the sentence “When the battle is over, we should wear a crown.”? a. shift in voice *b. shift in tense c. shift in pronoun d. shift in aspect What kind of error is present in the sentence “He told me then that he is my father.”? a. shift in voice *b. shift in tense c. shift in pronoun d. shift in aspect Jane and Janice were discussing their pets, and Jane said, “My pet is the best of the two”. She should have rather said,  *a. “… better than yours” b. “… best than yours” c. “… the best of all” d. “… more better than yours” Which of the following is errant? I must excel in this examination. I hate continuous writing. *c. I love English language. d. I prefer tests to examinations. Which of the following is NOT errant? Late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe is great nationalist. When we looked at sky, we saw earoplane. *c. The University of Lagos is in West Africa. d. I was at the bookshop to buy book. Which one of options A-D best fills the gap in the sentence “He makes comments.”?