Category: MAC116 0 MAC116 1 / 50 Witty sayings said in verses that are meant to deliver strong messages are known as?__________ Proverbs All of the above Fairytales Prodigies 2 / 50 Olusanya and Olorude (1994) also stated that names function as?_______ Links with origin Links with town names Links with departed family members Links with town names 3 / 50 According to Akpabio(2003) Extra-mundane communication can be divided into how many groups?_______ 3 1 2 4 4 / 50 Nigeria is made of how many ethnic groups? ________ Less than 220 Less than 250 280 More than 250 5 / 50 _communicate and tell stories about people and events at the same time at christening? Check 6 / 50 ___________title among the Igbos admits a mature, industrious and capable adult male to the folds of elders? Check 7 / 50 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?_______ Telepathy Disappearing Dreams Teleporting 8 / 50 Chiejina (1981) discovered that people depended heavily on traditional information sources like the village gong-man, the drum and ______? Village chiefs The kings Village square High priest 9 / 50 From a historical perspective, the reason for adoption of foreign culture is attributed to_____ Check 10 / 50 The festival of Isis and Osiris is celebrated in what country ?________ Egypt Italy Ethiopia South Africa 11 / 50 One of these is true about myths_______ Gives account of human beings Reminds people of their ancestors None of the above Gives account of actions by supernatural beings 12 / 50 Information from Town criers are disseminated in what way?________ Horizontally Physically Vertically Horizontally and vertically 13 / 50 All these are components of Folk media, except? ________ Folk drama March-past Carnivals Parades 14 / 50 __is a series of adjustments by indigenous people to new ideas from immediate localities Check 15 / 50 In a village, who is considered to be the most dependable source of information?_________ Traditional announcer Diviner Courier chiefs Chief priest 16 / 50 People in Legends in most cases seem to have _________ Muscular strength Talents Supernatural powers Inner beauty 17 / 50 What is considered as a ‘memory’ of a collective people?________ Fairytales Traditional media Bible Folk media 18 / 50 Strong men who are known for their remarkable contributions to the community are known as_________ Check 19 / 50 All over the world, names function as ?_______ Identification Beautification Authority None of the above 20 / 50 What role do the traditional announcers play in the traditional communication system?_________ They are the voice of the people They serve as ‘broadcasting stations’ They are gatekeepers They serve as the newspapers 21 / 50 In some literature, venueoriented communication is also referred to as? ________ Rigid channels Unstructured channels Organized channels Unstructured channels 22 / 50 In modern times traditional media of communication exist mainly in Check 23 / 50 the beneficiaries of the media in Nigeria are mostly the elites and ___________ Check 24 / 50 Venue oriented communication is?_________ Structured Spontaneous Organized None of the above 25 / 50 According to Mede (1998) the information or messages from the diviners help in?________ None of the above Regulating behavioural pattern of community members Regulating message dissemination Regulating the activities of cultists 26 / 50 From a contemporary perspective, what is responsible for the adoption of foreign pop culture?_________ Exposure to foreign media independence None of the above Exposure to foreign media content Exposure to peer groups 27 / 50 The exchange of information between two or more people with the ultimate aim of reaching agreement over issues is known as_____________ Check 28 / 50 Stories from ancient times about people and events which may be true or untrue are called?________ Folklores Folktales Myths Legends 29 / 50 Folklores, parables and proverbs are considered as what in Nigeria?________ Traditionalsocial media Traditional media None of the above Folk media 30 / 50 The operations of natural and assumed kinship grouping is referred to as? _________ The public realm The Civic realm The people realm The primordial realm 31 / 50 __in Bauchi state is strictly given to personalities due to be offered titles? Check 32 / 50 The three types of names are personal name, family name and Check 33 / 50 Drama in the colonial period was used along ordered and_____________processes Check 34 / 50 In Africa, arts provides a_____ function Check 35 / 50 According to Ibagere (1994) modernization affects about what percentage of the African people?_________ 0.32 0.2 0.3 0.25 36 / 50 One of the following is an example of top-down communication______ Ancestral worship Dreams Divination Festivals 37 / 50 Stories from a particular place that was originally passed on to people in spoken from are called?________ Proverbs Fairytales Folklores Parables 38 / 50 For ‘Ozo’ title holders in Igbo land, the most important symbol of the ancestors is?__________ Fofor Mpaka Ofo None of the above 39 / 50 In the Tiv communities in Nigeria, the ‘Bam’ forum is_______ A group of people who share a common goal Where widows come together to help one another None of the above Where people come together to contribute money to help one another 40 / 50 A short story that teaches a moral lesson is known as ?_________ Parable Folktale Fairytale Proverb 41 / 50 In looking at communication for development in Africa, conception, __________design and implementation must begin with Africans Check 42 / 50 _________is a process of bringing together all feasible inter-sectoral and social partners to identify needs and raise awareness of a particular development objective Check 43 / 50 Nwuneli in 1983 stated that the only aspect the traditional announcer can influence the disseminated information is the _________ Speech strategy None of the above Mode of delivery Length of speech 44 / 50 In Nigeria, Courier chiefs serves as _______ Lesser chiefs assisting palace chiefs In Nigeria, Courier chiefs serves as…… Assistant kings None of the above 45 / 50 An institutionalized activity occurring at a definite place and involving the meeting people there at a particular is known as__________according Hodder (1964) Check 46 / 50 Each particular language in the world is a ____________ of a particular group of people Check 47 / 50 The way a person deals with another is a manifestation of the person’s _________ Check 48 / 50 The public realm is regarded as the_______of men Check 49 / 50 In indigenous communication, other than human beings what else communicates?_________ Natural phenomena Ghosts Non-living things Dead beings 50 / 50 Okigbo in 2004 identified two publics as civic and primordial. This means that_________ There are two sides of Africans Publics can be subdivided into two groups There are two types of publics There are different types of the African publics Restart quiz Rate this quiz Send feedback
