MAC116

Category: MAC116

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MAC116

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The worship of departed relatives who are believed to have become powerful
spirit beings is called? ________

A. Ancestral worship

B. Divination

C. Consultation

D. Paganism

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2. The way a person deals with another is a manifestation of the person’s _________

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3. One of these is true about myths_______

A. None of the above

B. Gives account of actions by supernatural beings

C. Gives account of human beings

D. Reminds people of their ancestors

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4. In the Tiv communities in Nigeria, the ‘Bam’ forum is_______

A. None of the above

B. Where widows come together to help one another

C. Where people come together to contribute money to help one another

D. A group of people who share a common goal

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5. The position of the ‘gbohungbohun’ in Yoruba land is in most cases?_________

A. Inherited

B. Rewarded

C. Appointed

D. None of the above

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In some literature, venueoriented communication is also referred to as?
________

A. Organized channels

B. Unstructured channels

C. Rigid channels

D. Unstructured channels

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7. How is information in Folk media transmitted from generation to generation?________

A. Undiluted form

B. None of the above

C. Ritualized pattern

D. Hierarchical manner

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8. Each particular language in the world is a ____________ of a particular group of people

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According to Mede (1998) the information or messages from the diviners
help in?________

A. Regulating the activities of cultists

B. Regulating behavioural pattern of community members

C. Regulating message dissemination

D. None of the above

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10. In Nigeria, Courier chiefs serves as _______

A. In Nigeria, Courier chiefs serves as……

B. None of the above

C. Lesser chiefs assisting palace chiefs

D. Assistant kings

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11. What role do the traditional announcers play in the traditional communication system?_________

A. They are gatekeepers

B. They serve as the newspapers

C. They are the voice of the people

D. They serve as ‘broadcasting stations’

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12. In indigenous communication, other than human beings what else communicates?_________

A. Ghosts

B. Dead beings

C. Natural phenomena

D. Non-living things

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13.

__is a series of adjustments by indigenous people to new ideas from immediate
localities

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14. Venue oriented communication is?_________

A. Structured

B. Spontaneous

C. None of the above

D. Organized

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15. Africans rely more on informal networks of kinship structure and sectional interest when what happens?_________

A. Political post

B. Changing status

C. Contesting for a political post

D. Changing occupation

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16. An institutionalized activity occurring at a definite place and involving the meeting people there at a particular is known as__________according Hodder (1964)

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17. According to Akpabio(2003) Extra-mundane communication can be divided into how many groups?_______

A. 2

B. 1

C. 3

D. 4

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18.

All these are components of Folk media, except?
________

A. March-past

B. Folk drama

C. Carnivals

D. Parades

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19. The mode in which communication is between two or more minds are affected through other means apart from the known channel of senses is called?_______

A. Disappearing

B. Dreams

C. Telepathy

D. Teleporting

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20. When a supernatural being through its agents communicates directives to its priests, this is known as ?________

A. Bottom-up communication

B. Superficial communication

C. Top-down communication

D. Flat communication

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21.

In Africa, arts provides a_____
function

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22. From a contemporary perspective, what is responsible for the adoption of foreign pop culture?_________

A. Exposure to foreign media content

B. Exposure to peer groups

C. None of the above

D. Exposure to foreign media independence

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23. The traditional media is __________oriented

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24.

__is a communication
strategy used to bring
people together to sensitize
them on particular issues
affecting their societies

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25. What is considered as a ‘memory’ of a collective people?________

A. Fairytales

B. Bible

C. Traditional media

D. Folk media

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26. According to Ibagere (1994) modernization affects about what percentage of the African people?_________

A. 0.32

B. 0.2

C. 0.3

D. 0.25

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27. One of the following is an example of top-down communication______

A. Ancestral worship

B. Divination

C. Dreams

D. Festivals

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28. Folklores, parables and proverbs are considered as what in Nigeria?________

A. None of the above

B. Traditional media

C. Traditionalsocial media

D. Folk media

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29. Akpan (1977) described the traders in a market place as_

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30. Drama in the colonial period was used along ordered and_____________processes

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31.

___________title among the Igbos admits a mature, industrious and capable
adult male to the folds of elders?

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32. In a village, who is considered to be the most dependable source of information?_________

A. Chief priest

B. Courier chiefs

C. Traditional announcer

D. Diviner

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33. _communicate and tell stories about people and events at the same time at christening?

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34. Chiejina (1981) discovered that people depended heavily on traditional information sources like the village gong-man, the drum and ______?

A. The kings

B. Village chiefs

C. High priest

D. Village square

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35.

The festival of Isis and
Osiris is celebrated in what
country ?________

A. South Africa

B. Italy

C. Ethiopia

D. Egypt

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36. The three types of names are personal name, family name and

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37. The public realm is regarded as the_______of men

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38. Stories from a particular place that was originally passed on to people in spoken from are called?________

A. Folklores

B. Fairytales

C. Parables

D. Proverbs

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39. All over the world, names function as ?_______

A. Beautification

B. Identification

C. None of the above

D. Authority

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40. Okigbo in 2004 identified two publics as civic and primordial. This means that_________

A. There are two types of publics

B. There are two sides of Africans

C. Publics can be subdivided into two groups

D. There are different types of the African publics

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41. According to Oreh (1980) myths are usually?__________

A. Fictitious stories

B. Fairytales

C. Ancient stories

D. Forgotten stories

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42.

The __________
was effectively used in
revenue generation for the
Lagos State Government in
1971?

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43. the beneficiaries of the media in Nigeria are mostly the elites and ___________

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44. Information from Town criers are disseminated in what way?________

A. Horizontally

B. Physically

C. Vertically

D. Horizontally and vertically

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45. _________is a process of bringing together all feasible inter-sectoral and social partners to identify needs and raise awareness of a particular development objective

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46. Stories from ancient times about people and events which may be true or untrue are called?________

A. Folklores

B. Legends

C. Folktales

D. Myths

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47. A short story that teaches a moral lesson is known as ?_________

A. Fairytale

B. Proverb

C. Parable

D. Folktale

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48. The following are examples of community based organizations, except_______

A. Association of hair dressers

B. Village meetings

C. Men’s meeting

D. Age grade

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49.

In looking at communication for development in Africa, conception, __________design and implementation
must begin with Africans

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50.

From a historical
perspective, the reason for
adoption of foreign culture
is attributed to_____

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