MAC116 List of eExam Questions in the Bank

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Q1 The beneficiaries of the media in Nigeria are mostly the elites and the

Q2 Each particular language in the world is a of a particular group of people

Q3 The traditional media is oriented

Q4 Drama in the colonial period was used along ordered and processes

Q5 In Africa, arts provides a function

Q6 __is a communication strategy used to bring people together to sensitize them on particular issues affecting their societies

Q7 The exchange of information between two or more people with the ultimate aim of reaching agreement over issues is known as

Q8 is a process of bringing together all feasible inter-sectoral and social partners to identify needs and raise awareness of a particular development objective

Q9 The way a person deals with another is a manifestation of the person’s

Q10 __is a series of adjustments by indigenous people to new ideas from immediate localities

Q11 The was effectively used in revenue generation for the Lagos State Government in 1971?

Q12 In modern times traditional media of communication exist mainly in

Q13 In looking at communication for development in Africa, conception, design and implementation must begin with Africans

Q14 The public realm is regarded as the of men

Q15 From a historical perspective, the reason for adoption of foreign culture is attributed to

Q16 Strong men who are known for their remarkable contributions to the community are known as

Q17 are told to describe how people lived, their culture, belief and consequences of actions

Q18 According to Dobb(1966) communication does not have to be to take place

Q19 _are channels by which ‘our creator’ contact and contact activities to men

Q20 __in Bauchi state is strictly given to personalities due to be offered titles?

Q21 title among the Igbos admits a mature, industrious and capable adult male to the folds of elders?

Q22 Chieftancy installation can be traced to as far back as the origin of

Q23 The ‘aga’ worn in the Eyo festival is made up of plywood and

Q24 The Eyo festival originated from in Ogun state

Q25 The Eyo festival in Lagos Island is also known as the

Q26 In Eastern Nigeria, the New Yam festival is declared open by the announcement of the

Q27 During the New Yam festival, the is the most interesting part of all activities

Q28 The ‘Asi Oge’ festival in associated with which state in Nigeria

Q29 In Nigeria, festivals are mainly of two types and

Q30 Communication with gods in order to reveal information about the future is known as

Q31 _involves human beings seeking and getting attention for supernatural forces for various reasons

Q32 ‘The itching of the palm’ is classified into

Q33 According to Wilson in 1998, the ‘esoteric’ mode involves processes

Q34 _communicate time tested truths about human endeavours, life situations, morals and values

Q35 In many parts of Africa, and long stories are types of folk stories

Q36 The importance of lies in the fact that they are an effective means of teaching morals

Q37 The presentations of animal characters in folklores that have human traits are known as

Q38 A folktale is a story that is purely

Q39 Folklores and constitute a common feature in most African traditional societies

Q40 Folkmedia are primarily used for

Q41 Folkmedia is mainly transmitted

Q42 _are intangible artifact of a culture made up of customs, traditions, stories, songs, religion and superstition?

Q43 Masquerades are essentially impersonation of

Q44 The Town crier interprets his culture to fit the of his society

Q45 The Town crier is used as the information disseminator

Q46 A Hausa traditional announcer is known as

Q47 Most of the information disseminated from the town crier are usually from

Q48 Control exercised by traditional rulers over dissemination of information is referred to as

Q49 Information is relayed through the town crier both publicly and

Q50 Among the Igbos, the age grades are part of the

Q51 The Ohaneze N’digbo group is a typical example of groupings

Q52 There are basically groups of institutional structures for effective communication

Q53 According to Nwuneli in 1983, channels represent only the hardware in the information transfer process, while the software aspect represents information which originates from

Q54 Social gatherings can either be organized or

Q55 Akpan (1977) described the traders in a market place as

Q56 In African societies, the market place is an effective __of information dissemination

Q57 An institutionalized activity occurring at a definite place and involving the meeting people there at a particular is known as according Hodder (1964)

Q58 Wang in 1982 stated that some venue oriented communication media involve

Q59 The three types of names are personal name, family name and

Q60 __communicate and tell stories about people and events at the same time at christening?

Q61 In what years did Chief Melford Okilo use Pidgin English in his campaigns?_____





Q62 Pidgin English as a medium of communication has been criticized for one of these reasons_______





Q63 The origin of Pidgin English in Nigeria dates back to?__________





Q64 Which among the following are potent channels to reach the non-literate members of the society?_________





Q65 In what year did the then Federal Commissioner for Information say that ‘the role of the media is to give full enlightenment to the people of the country_______





Q66 All back African Countries are ex-colonial territories except?________





Q67 For a language to become a national language, it needs to be__________





Q68 The language which a group of people, considered to be the inhabitants of an area , acquired in their early years which normally becomes their natural instrument of thought and commerce is known as?________





Q69 The effective of the traditional media can be traced back to what time?_________





Q70 A social process designed to seek a common understanding among an initiative is called?________





Q71 In the youth culture, tape recorders serve as an appropriate channel to ______?





Q72 The success of an edutainment broadcast depends largely on?_____





Q73 What is one of the major characteristics of edutainment?_______





Q74 What is known as the ‘mirror of life’ with everything therein?________





Q75 What is the major tool used for edutainment?________





Q76 The following are channels for networking, excluding_______





Q77 A research based consultative process of addressing knowledge, attitudes and practices through identifying, analyzing, and segmenting audiences and participants by providing them information through well defined strategies using a mix of interpersonal and other media channels is known as ?________





Q78 The three main communication strategies adopted by development agencies are programme communications, advocacy and which of these below?_____





Q79 According to Ibagere (1994) modernization affects about what percentage of the African people?_________





Q80 Chiejina (1981) discovered that people depended heavily on traditional information sources like the village gong-man, the drum and ______?





Q81 In a village, who is considered to be the most dependable source of information?_________





Q82 Africans rely more on informal networks of kinship structure and sectional interest when what happens?_________





Q83 The operations of natural and assumed kinship grouping is referred to as?_________





Q84 Okigbo in 2004 identified two publics as civic and primordial. This means that_________





Q85 From a contemporary perspective, what is responsible for the adoption of foreign pop culture?_________





Q86 People in Legends in most cases seem to have _________





Q87 Stories from ancient times about people and events which may be true or untrue are called?________





Q88 According to Oreh (1980) myths are usually?__________





Q89 One of these is true about myths_______





Q90 In indigenous communication, other than human beings what else communicates?_________





Q91 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?_______





Q92 Ibagere in 1994 described dreams as ?_________





Q93 For ‘Ozo’ title holders in Igbo land, the most important symbol of the ancestors is?__________





Q94 When a supernatural being through its agents communicates directives to its priests, this is known as ?________





Q95 The festival of Isis and Osiris is celebrated in what country ?________





Q96 The worship of departed relatives who are believed to have become powerful spirit beings is called?________





Q97 According to Mede (1998) the information or messages from the diviners help in?________





Q98 One of the following is an example of top-down communication______





Q99 According to Akpabio(2003) Extra-mundane communication can be divided into how many groups?_______





Q100 Extra-mundane communication can also be referred to as ?_______





Q101 A short story that teaches a moral lesson is known as ?_________





Q102 Witty sayings said in verses that are meant to deliver strong messages are known as?__________





Q103 Stories from a particular place that was originally passed on to people in spoken from are called?________





Q104 How is information in Folk media transmitted from generation to generation?________





Q105 All these are components of Folk media, except?________





Q106 What is considered as a ‘memory’ of a collective people?________





Q107 Folklores, parables and proverbs are considered as what in Nigeria?________





Q108 Nwuneli in 1983 stated that the only aspect the traditional announcer can influence the disseminated information is the _________





Q109 The position of the ‘gbohungbohun’ in Yoruba land is in most cases?_________





Q110 According to Ogwezzy (1983), the quickest and widest way of relaying news in the traditional way is through?________





Q111 What role do the traditional announcers play in the traditional communication system?_________





Q112 In Nigeria, Courier chiefs serves as _______





Q113 Information from Town criers are disseminated in what way?________





Q114 In the Tiv communities in Nigeria, the ‘Bam’ forum is ________





Q115 The following are examples of community based organizations, except_______





Q116 Nigeria is made of how many ethnic groups?________





Q117 Venue oriented communication is?_________





Q118 In some literature, venue-oriented communication is also referred to as?________





Q119 Olusanya and Olorude (1994) also stated that names function as?_______





Q120 All over the world, names function as ?_______