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TMA Quiz Questions
TMA: TMA1/ENG211
Matric Number: NOU144288595
ENG211 - History of the English Language
Dr. Oni Josephine F. (joni@noun.edu.ng )
1 The power of the Roman Empire began to decline due to series of attacks from _____
North America
Southern Europe
Northern Europe
Southern America
2 During the Norman Conquest, English became the language of the __________class.
middle
low
upper
ruling
3 Richard Mulcasters Elementaire published in 1582 focussed on solving the problem of ___________.
grammar
spelling
pronunciation
vocabulary
4 ________ is NOT a member of the Roman Language Family.
French
Italian
Spanish
German
5 The Great Vowel Shift introduced significant changes involving __________ vowels.
short
long
single
double
6 The general interest in the English of the Renaissance focused on_________.
vocabulary
grammar
semantics
phonetics
7 The period 1500-1650 in the history of English was also called the period of the_________.
Renaissance
Revolution
Revolt
Great Depression
8 The s plural marker was generally adopted during the __________.
Renaissance
Old English
Middle English
Late Modern English
9 English verbs ending in ate e.g. create, consolidate, eradicate, educate etc. are borrowed from _________.
French
German
Latin
Greek
10 The great vocabulary controversy of the early modern period was that of ___________.
affixation
dictionary terms
Language Academy
Inkhorn terms
11 Thomas More and ________ were sometimes referred to as makers of English because they introduced/helped
establish many new words in English.
Thomas Elyot
John Keats
John Wycliffe
Philip Sidney
12 The most lingering problem of the English language is _________.
pronunciation
spelling
grammar
vocabulary
13 Words such as anonymous, catastrophe, criterion, ephemeral, idiosyncrasy etc. have their origin from __________.
Greek
Latin
French
Anglo-Saxon
14 Old English verbs generally had _________forms depending on their conjugations.
long and short
strong and weak
fast and slow
now and then
15 The very first attempt to produce a comprehensive list of all the words in the English language was Nathaniel
Baileys _________ published in 1721.
A Table Alphabetical of Hard Words
Universal Etymological English Dictionary
English Lexicon
New World of Words
16 Printing technology which had a significant impact on the native languages of Europe was first developed in
_________ in the 15th century.
France
Germany
England
Italy
17 A conservative social force in Britain in the early modern period aimed at ________.
maintaining the sound system
preserving the status of the existing English grammar
educating more people
acquiring more vocabulary for English
18 __________ is NOT a writer of the early modern period.
John Wycliffe
Alexander Pope
Daniel Defoe
William Shakespeare
19 The King James Bible, said to be a major influence on the development of English, was published in _________.
1578
1611
1622
1701
20 The establishment of printing in London which aided the spread of Standard English took place in ___________.
1576
1476
1450
1486
TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA2/ENG211
1 The part of England that contributed most to the development of Standard English at the beginning of 15th
Century was the __________district.
East Midland
North
West Midland
Welsh
2 The first influence of religion on English came with the invasion of the _________.
Germanic tribes
Romans
Vikings
French
3 __________ is NOT a factor in the re-establishment of English in England in the 13th Century.
history and oral tradition
established literature
use of English in politics and law
works of Geoffrey Chaucer
4 One of the main factors that marked the re-established English in England around 1204 AD is the ____________.
fall of Normandy
decline of Celtic
the rise of the middle class
the Norman invasion
5 One common feature of Germanic languages including English is the existence of ________
full inflections
weak and strong stress patterns
scientific words
common phonemes
6 The Middle English period began with the invasion of the __________
French
Danes
Romans
Normans
7 ________ is the most dominant influence on the Middle English vocabulary.
French
Old English
Latin
Anglo-Saxon
8 _______ is not a dialect of the Old English.
Northumbrian
Mercian
Kentish
Frisian
9 _________is not a writer of the Middle English period.
Geoffrey Chaucer
William Langland
John Wycliffe
William Shakespeare
10 The grammar of the Old English took after the _________ grammar.
Latin
French
Greek
Anglo-Saxon
11 The old English period is also referred to as the period of __________
full inflection
standard of spelling
great vowel shift
new lexical items
12 In the early Modern English period, the Midland dialect was spoken in ________metropolis.
Oxford
Belfast
Glasgow
London
13 The West Germanic group developed into modern German and others EXCEPT ___________.
Dutch
Frisian
French
English
14 The impact of the Celtic language on modern English is mainly on_______.
human names
place names
Food names
names associated with religion
15 The Middle English period saw the introduction of _________ as the official language of England.
Latin
French
English
Celtic
16 The subject-verb-object (SVO) word order pattern was established during the _________ English period.
Old
Middle
Early Modern
Modern
17 The first inhabitants of England spoke ____________.
Celtic
English
Celts
Anglo-Saxon
18 A more stable system of spelling which began to appear in the 15th century was attributable to the works of
______.
Shakespeare
Goldsmith
Caxton
Poitiers
19 The language of the Jutes, Angles and Saxons when they invaded England was ______.
Old English
Celtic
Anglo-Saxon
Frisian
20 For about 200 years after the Norman Conquest, ______ was the language of communication of the upper class
in England.
Old English
French
Anglo-Saxon
Latin
TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA3/ENG211
1 One of those that was at the forefront of purifying the English language in the 18th century by writing the book A
Proposal for Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue was ____________.
Noam Chomsky
George Campbell
Zellig Harris
Jonathan Swift
2 Another name for the grammar that developed in the 18th century English language is _____________.
Traditional grammar
Transformational Grammar
Structural Grammar
Systemic Grammar
3 The two important things that it was believed that the English language lacked at this period were ___________.
phonetics and phonology
syntax and semantics
standard grammar and a dictionary
lexicon and correct grammar
4 Many writers that tried to build the English language standard usually had their previous training in _____________.
French and German
Greek and Latin

Russian and Polish
French and English
5 The eighteenth century period in English literature was usually referred to as the ______________.
July Age
Augustan Age
Prose Age
Dramatic Age
6 A major link could be found between language and ____________ because linguistic elements tend to indicate a
particular period of events and activities in society.
development
society
population increase
acceptability
7 One of the main ways the grammarians of the 18th century went about their business of improving the English
language was to ______________.
prescribe rules of usage
allow freedom of usage
leave people to their discretion
slap those that use incorrect sentences
8 The main focus of those seeking for standard English in the 18th century was a drive towards _____________.
British English
spoken French
Latinised forms
correctness
9 Examples used as standard for the English language by the 18th century grammarians were usually _____________.
French and German
Yoruba and Igbo
Latin and Greek
Luganda and Swahili
10 The language that was regarded as the standard against which to measure literary works in the 18th century
was _________
Greeek
English
French
Latin
11 Some of the grammarians of the 18th century that attempted to standardise the English language were these
except _____________.
Dr. Robert Lowth
John Ash
John Wallis
Prof. Michael Halliday
12 Only this statement was not the focus of the 18th century English grammarians _____________.
codification of the English language
settling disputed points and deciding on cases of divided usage
insulting those that disagree with their point of view
pointing out common errors of usages and correcting them as necessary
13 The 18th century grammarians were actually more interested in a ___________ kind of grammar.
dynamic
demanding
inquisitive
static
14 The idea of an English Academy never came to reality because it was perceived by the English people that
languages are usually very ______________.
static
dynamic
impossible to change
inaccessible
15 The book that first presented these prescriptions on the usage of the English language was ___________.
Syntactic Structures
Grammar of the English Language
English Grammar
Systemic Functional Grammar
16 The first writer of a dictionary of English was _______________.
Dr. Johnson
Dr. Swift
Dr. Webster
Dr. Caxton
17 The growth of science and other areas of human activity greatly increased the _____________ of English in the
19th century.
human speakers
grammaticality
correctness
lexicon
18 One of the things that influenced the development of the English language in England include ___________.
the works of Shakespeare
Webster's works
Coleridge's works
Adam Smith's works
19 The attempt at writing a dictionary of the English language could be compared to the work normally done by
_____________ because it was an attempt at standardising the language.
The Royal Court of England
The Royal Society
an Academy
The University
20 The first English dictionary was published in _________________.
1770
1577
1557
1755
TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA4/ENG211
1 The need for a dictionary in English in the 18th century was met by ________
Swifts proposal
Johnsons dictionary
Websters dictionary
Shorts dictionary
2 ________ is NOT an English first language community.
South Africa
Canada
USA
Australia
3 Words such as 'Frigidaire', 'Kleenex', 'Xerox' or 'Zipper' are examples of ________
Portmanteau words
Clipped words
Trade names
Coinages
4 Though English remained the official language in Uganda, Zambia, Malawi and Kenya during independence in the
60s, ________ was used as the Lingua Franca.
Maori
Afrikaans
Swahili
Tamil
5 Words such as 'block-buster', 'dive-bombing' and 'crash landing' are associated with the __________
World War II
World War I
Renaissance
Lexical borrowing
6 ________ was NOT a focus of the 18th century grammarians.
prescribe a system of pronunciation
set up rules and standard for English usage
refine the language
fix the desired form permanently
7 In Britain, the spoken standard variety associated with educated people with a high degree of conformity to rules
is known as ________
Welsh
Scot
Received Pronunciation
Hackneyed pronunciation
8 Swifts proposal of 1712 sought to ________
Introduce Latin standards
Cleanse the English language
Protect new vocabulary
Encourage English writers
9 The first Diaspora of English resulted in the development of ________ varieties.

second language
Pidgin
new mother tongue
Creole
10 The rise of prescriptive grammar began substantially with the works of _________
John Wallis
Jonathan Swift
Joseph Priestly
Robert Lowth
11 English in the Caribbean countries functions as __________
Creole
Official language
First Language
Foreign language
12 Words like Kangaroo and boomerang are said to originate from _______
Canada
USA
England
Australia
13 All the options are responsible for speech variations in English EXCEPT __________
race
context
dialect
education
14 _______ is not a factor that had some linguistic consequences in New Zealand English in the 20th Century.
Strong historical relationship with Britain
Colonization by Britain
Deep sense of national identity
Deep sense of national identity
15 __________ is NOT a word creation process that became widespread in the 20th century.
Acronyms
Mnemonics
Clipping
Blending
16 English is the second language of the Philippines, while ________ is their official Lingua Franca.
Filipino
Mandarin
Chinese
Tamil
17 ________ is an example of a non-standard variety used mostly in informal contexts.
RP
Slang
American English
Nigerian English
18 The first signs of the progress of English as a world language began to manifest towards the latter part of the
______ century.
16th
15th
17th
18th
19 A Simplified Spelling Board was established in the United States in _________
1898
1915
1950
1906
20 Confusion' and 'pandemonium' are examples of ____________
antonyms
synonyms
hyponyms
homophones
TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA1/ENG221
ENG221 - Introduction to Syntactic Models

1 In the most general sense, ______ is synonymous with vocabulary.
semantics
syntax
lexicon
morphology
2 What is the relationship between two words that have different meanings and are spelled differently but are
pronounced the same way?
Homonymy
Polysemy
Synonym
Homophony
3 ______________ relationship holds between words that are opposite in meaning.
Contradiction
Antonymy
Homophony
Hyponymy
4 Multiple meaning also refers to _______________
Hyponymy
Polysemy
Synonym
Homophony
5 Can I get a cup of water' is an example of _____ sentence.
imperative
subjunctive
declarative
interrogative
6 How was your exam' is an example of _____ sentence.
interrogative
Conditional
imperative
Indicative
7 A simple sentence contains ___________ main clause(s).
one
two
three
zero
8 The minimum unit of the grammatical hierarchy in Tagmemic Theory is _______________
Tagmeme
Lexeme
Phoneme
Tagneme
9 For the phonological hierarchy of an utterance, the minimum unit is ________________
phonetics
phoneme
phone
phonology
10 _________________correlation is the combination of class and function.
predicate-class
Object-class
Slot-class
Subject-class
11 _______________ refer to the class of items which are grammatically acceptable in each slot.
Verb
Object
Subject
Fillers
12 The syntactic patterns which a language provides for are known as _____________.
Lexicon
Pragmemes
Syntagmemes
Phonemes
13 Rank, delicacy, and exponence are _____________.

Scales
Theories
Categories
Systems
14 The link between grammar and lexis is ____________
Phonology
Semantics
Morphology
Syntax
15 The meanings of lexical items are stated in terms of ____________
semantics
context of situation
pragmatics
condition of use
16 The tagmemic level is similar to Hallidays _______________
structure
rank
system
delicacy
17 Which of the scales relates form to substance?
Rank
Delicacy
Grammar
Exponence
18 Which of these gave structural grammarian trouble most in practical analysis?
Parts of speech
Semantics
Syntax
Phonology
19 The phonemic principle originated from _______________.
Structural grammar
Systemic grammar
Traditional grammar
Generative Grammar
20 Structural linguistics analyses language in line with __________ form.
Internal
Intermediate
Contextual
External
TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA2/ENG221
1 Structuralists reject definitions based in part on ___________
meaning
words
concepts
reference
2 The theory that propounds the idea that utterances can be analysed simultaneously according to three
hierarchies is called ____________.
Syntax
Tagmemics
Phonetics
Case Grammar
3 J. R. Firth was well known for his propagation of ___________ in his advocacy for functional linguistics.
syntactic approaches
phonological analysis
context of situation and prosodic analysis
grammatical approaches
4 The linguist that built his work on J. R. Firth's linguistic postulations is ___________.
Noam Chomsky
Leonard Bloomfield
Ferdinand de Saussure
Michael Halliday
5 When one moves within one level of analysis up or down in a description, one is said to be moving up or down the
_________.
rank scale
grammar scale
parameters
category
6 Another name for the Scale and Category Grammar is _________.
Generative Grammar
Systemic Grammar
Traditional Grammar
Structural Grammar
7 _________ introduced the concept of Immediate Constituent.
J. R. Firth
M. A. K. Halliday
Leonard Bloomfield
Noam Chomsky
8 Immediate constituent analysis could be related to ___________ in Traditional Grammar.
sentence structure
parts of speech
figures of speech
parsing
9 Immediate Constituent Analysis could be called the base of ____________ grammatical model.
Transformational Generative Grammar
Systemic Grammar
Structural Grammar
Traditional Grammar
10 Immediate Constituent Analysis test frame easily reveals the English speakers linguistic __________.
view of language
spoken English
usages
competence
11 The first major constituent division of a simple sentence in Immediate Constituent Analysis related to Traditional
Grammar is __________.
subject and predicate
noun and verb
adjective and adverb
sentence and phrase

12 A major strength of the transformational generative grammar is its _____________ thrust.
scientific
conceited
acceptable
socially motivated
13 Structural Grammar could be said to be the first major step towards the ____________ study of language.
prescriptive
linguistic
scientific
emotive
14 Synchronic linguistics sees language as _________________.
a dead whole
multiple whole
a fragmented enterprise
a living whole
15 Langue and parole were terms introduced to the study of language by ______________.
Noam Chomsky
Michael Halliday
Lillian Haegeman
16 Rejection of meaning as part of linguistic study is a major _____________ of Structural Grammar.
strength
weakness
process
usefulness
17 The Phrase Structure Grammar is the ___________ level linguistic exposition of TGG by Noam Chomsky.
final
first
second
third
18 Chomsky's Transformational Generative Grammar is actually a development of _______________ theoretical
observations on language study.
M. A. K. Halliday
J. R. Firth
Zellig Harris
19 Phrase Structure Grammar could be classified as essentially about a series of _________.
rewrite rules
relativisation
passivisation
move- rule
20 One of the specific things that Phrase Structure Grammar does is to indicate _________
the necessary rules that can apply
the chunks that can be combined to form constituents
the elements that make up a phrase
the lexical output of a structure
TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA3/ENG221
1 The lexicon also refers to the __________________
dictionary
lexis
vocabulary
grammar
2 Which component caters for how sentences may be created on changed?
linguistic
semantic
phonological
syntactic
3 __________________ is the study of sounds that occur in a language.
phonetics
phonology
sound
rule
4 The smallest meaningful unit of grammatical description is___________.
Phoneme
Morpheme
Syllable
Phone
5 The knowledge a speaker his about his language is termed ________________
information
grammar
competence
lexicon
6 Sentences that sound correct to the native speaker are _______________
ambiguous
meaningful
grammatical
competent
7 The ability of the grammar of a language to devise rules which project from finite observed materials to an infinite
set of sentences is known as _______________________ power.
predictive
adequate
descriptive
transformation
8 Modern grammatical studies emphasize _____________ accuracy.
prescriptive
descriptive
dec isive
acceptable
9 If a word is defined based on our understanding of the relationship of the word to the actual, real-world
phenomena represented by the word, such a definition is __________________.
attention
notional
formal
synthectic
10 The class of word that is limited in number and its membership changes only very slowly is
______________________.
closed
finite
non-finite
systemic
11 ______________ makes an assertion or indicates action or being.
phrase
noun
verb
copula
12 An______________ modifies a noun.
adverb
adjective
adjunct
auxilliary
13 A word that joins other parts of speech is a _________________.
disjunct
adjunct
conjunct
conjunction
14 A verb is modified by _________________.
a preposition
a pronoun
an auxilliary
an adverb
15 _______________ means the description of sentences and word giving names to the grammatical categories of
various elements.
parsing
padding
synthesis
analysis
16 Which of the parts of speech cannot be parsed in relation to the part it plays in the building of a sentence?
interjection
conjunction
preposition
pronoun
17 What is the process of linking elements together by placng them in sequence to form strings?
analysis
synthesis
concatenation
parsing
18 An ordered arrangements of parts is called _________________.
syntax
syntagm
morpheme
phoneme
19 In traditional grammar, meaning is either lexical or ________________.
analytical
synthetic
grammatical
syntactic
20 Nouns and other nominals are ________________.
complement
objects
substantives
subjects
TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA4/ENG221
1 The evolution of language falls under ________ linguistics.
Diachronic
Synchronic
Synthetic
Analytics
2 The equivalence of parole in Chomskyan notion is ______________
Trace
Performance
Competence
Movement
3 Structural Grammar makes exactness a methodological requirements and insists that all definitions be verifiable
or refutable publicly; so it is _______________
Vague
Artificial
Empirical
Formulaic
4 A grammar which can generate an infinite number of sentences from a finite amount of apparatus is a
____________ grammar.
Systemic
Non-finite
Finite
Finite-state
5 Which of the following is a series of rewrite rules?
Phrase structure grammar
Immediate constituent grammar
Systemic grammar
Tagememic grammar
6 An asterisk placed before a sentence shows that sentence is _______________

fake
ambiguous
ungrammatical
grammatical
7 Det stands for _______________
determinant
determiner
dental
determine
8 The order in which the ultimate constituents of a sentence occur relative to one another is termed
________________ structure.
Deep
Linear
Surface
Basic
9 A set of simple, declarative, active sentences is called ______________sentences.
Basic
Kernel
Derived
Native
10 Conjoining and embedding exemplify _________________ transformations.
Generalized
Specific
Deep
Surface
11 Derived phrase marker represent the_____________ of a sentence.
Surface
Deep
Superficial
Initial
12 Derivation of the meaning of a sentence is through the rules of _________________ interpretation.
Phonological
Phonetic
Semantic
Logical
13 The left-most NP which is immediately dominated by (the top-most) S in the surface structure is called
_____________ subject.
Final
Logical
Initial
Grammatical
14 _______________ grammar produces terminal strings.

Syntactic
Tagmemic
Phrase-Structure
Sentence Structure
15 The _________________ component rewrites sentences into proper sequence of phonemes.
Phonological
Phonetics
Phonemic
Morphophonemic
16 Which of these focuses features and characteristics common to all languages?
Tagmemic grammar
Systemic grammar
Structural grammar
Transformational grammar
17 The speakers actual use of the knowledge of the language which he has is called ______________
Performance
Competence
Context
Language
18 One of the following is used in syntactic analysis.
Blending
Tree diagram
Tree cup
Marking
19 Which of these is not further analyzable at the syntactic level?

Ultimate constituents
Phrases
Clauses
Sentences
20 The right facing arrow means_____________ in syntactic analysis.
Boundary
Go to
Arrow
Rewrite
TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA1/ENG223
ENG223 - Advanced English Composition 1
1 The core part of a word is usually the of the word.
base
prefix
suffix
affix
2 The use of phrasal verbs should be .by anyone who wishes to write well
cultivated
avoided
discarded
annihilated
3 The topic "Women are better leaders" is an example of ..
expository essay
narrative essay
argumentative essay
repository essay
4 When a combination of words is controlled by their field of reference, it is known as.
a point of reference
an idiom
an unfixed collocation
a fixed collocation
5 A fixed collocation when used in English behaves like.
a sentence
an individual word
a clause
a proverb.
6 The changes that occur in words may make their meanings shrink, expand or even .
elongated
bloated
escavated
discarded
7 It has been observed that
there is no logical link between words and what they stand for
the link between words and what they stand for is very minimal
the link between words and their representation is more real than imagined.
most English words derive their meaning from abstract terms.
8 The largest unit of a written composition is the .. .
sentence
clause
paragraph
word
9 When writing, it is important to remember not to misuse or --------------- punctuation marks.
avoid
overuse
ignore
omit
10 When using either single or double quotation marks in your work, remember to be
carefull
consistent
conscientious
extemporaneous
11 When you write "inorder" instead of "In order", you have made an error called ".".
concord and agreement
wrong transposition
wrong parallel structures
faulty amalgamation
12 A good understanding of the title of your essay can help you prepare your well.
conclusion
arguments
introduction
analysis
13 A student is able to recall what s/he has read through ............
note taking
memorising
cramming
drafting
14 It is necessary to write legible to make your work ................
inaccessible
accessible
coherent
incoherent
15 She go to school everyday' is an error of ..............
misuse of modal
wrong tense
ambiguity
omission of article
16 In " The grandmother told the children a story," ' a story' is ...........
indirect object
direct object
subject of sentence
pronominal reference
17 In "She is good," 'good' is ..
object complement
subject complement
predicator
adverbial
18 There is too many salt in the food' contains an error of ............
countable noun
uncountable noun
quantifier
misuse of modal
19 When the predicator comes before the subject, the movement results in the formation of ...
a declarative sentence
an imperative sentence
an exclamatory sentence
an interrogative sentence
20 I am more beautiful than .....
him
her
them
they
TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA2/ENG223
1 ________is an example of proper noun.
girl
goat
many
Milo
2 The sentence, 'Haruna chased the thief when he sighted him' is a ______
simple sentence
compound sentence
complex sentence
compound complex sentence
3 The sentence, 'Janet met her husband ' is a __________
simple
compound
complex
compound complex
4 The sentence, 'The muscians played their instruments and the people danced to the music' is a ___________
sentence
simple
compound
complex
compound complex
5 The sentence, 'The muscians played their instruments' is a ___________ sentence

simple
compound
complex
compound complex
6 The old man has __________ ewe lamb.
a
an
much
plenty
7 I have _____ European friend.
a
an
many
much
8 Pronouns belong to _______ class.
a closed
an open
an open-closed
a closed-open
9 All that glitters ______ not gold.
are
is
was
were
10 ______ is an obligatory element in a typical English sentence structure
Verb
Adverbial
Preposition
Conjunction
11 Sour' oranges and 'rotten' eggs are examples of ______
fixed collocation
cliche
unfixed collocation
idiom
12 They are my kith and kin' is an example of a ________
fixed collocation
cliche
unfixed collocation
idiom
13 All things being equal' is an example of a _________
fixed collocation
cliche
unfixed collocation
idiom
14 Revising your work helps you to check for all except one of the following________
spelling errors
grammatical errors
punctuation errors
pronunciation errors
15 One of the following describes the strategy of building your topic in essay writing ______
helps you remember the key points of your essay
helps you structure the key points of your essay into paragraphs
helps you break down your titlefor better understanding
helps you develop ideas for your essay
16 One of the following describes the strategy of organising in essay writing ______
17 One of the following describes the strategy of analysing in essay writing ______
18 One of the following describes the strategy of Note taking in essay writing ______

19 The main aim of composition writing is __________
ability to use English as a means of communication
ability to write effectively in English
ability to communicate effectively in English
ability to use English as an effective means of communication in specific situations
20 The first stage of essay writing is ________
Note taking
planning
organising
selecting a topic
TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA3/ENG223
1 A word that has lost its meaning as a result of overuse is known as.........
metaphor
cliche
anaphora
ellipsis
2 Dis' in 'disregard' is a/an ..........
infix
affix
prefix
suffix
3 Ed' in 'laughed' is a/an ............
infix
affix
prefix
suffix
4 S' in 'establishments' is a/an ...........
prefix
suffix
infix
affix
5 In 'secondhand' the base is ..........
second
hand
cond
secondhand
6 In nbearable' the base is ............
un
able
bear
unbearable
7 The word 'biro' originates from ..........
Italy
Hungary
Mexico
Nigeria
8 The word 'guaze' originates from ........
Italy
Gera
Gaza
Britain
9 Bouquet' originates from ..........
Mexico
France
Scadinavia
Bulgaria
10 Borrowing results from ............
language separation
language contact
language almagamation
language marriage
11 Identify what type of collocation each of the sentences below belongs to: Stale bread
free
fixed
bound
loose
12 Identify what type of collocation each of the sentences below belongs to: Making a mountain out of a mole hill
free
fixed
bound
loose
13 In a sentence, the subject is usually ..........

noun/adverb
noun/adjective
noun/preposition
noun/pronoun
14 In the sentence, 'The girl spoke fluently', 'fluently' is ............
an adjective
an adverb
a noun
a conjunction
15 In the sentence, 'She is friendly', 'friendly' is ..........
an adjective
an adverb
a noun
a conjunction
16 In the sentence, 'They often go home early', 'often' is ............
an adjective
an adverb
a noun
a conjunction
17 Sit' is a .................
simple sentence
complex sentence
compound sentence
compoun-complex sentence
18 In the sentence, 'I bought a tin of Milo from the market', the proper noun is ............
tin
market
Milo
bought
19 Select the appropriate punctuation mark indicated ( ) in this sentence: No one died in the accident ( ) only the
driver sustained minor injuries
Semi-colon
Colon
Dash
Bracket
20 Select the appropriate punctuation mark indicated ( ) in this sentence: There are 12 office spaces in the building
( ) six upstairs and six downstairs
Semi-colon
Colon
Dash
Bracket
TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA4/ENG223
1 .......... gives our writing meaningful interpretation.

Concord
Punctuation
Parts of speech
Metaphor
2 The use of phrasal verbs should be .by anyone who wishes to write well
cultivated
avoided
discarded
annihilated
3 Disposed of' is an example of ...........
verb phrase
prepositional phrase
phrasal verb
conjunction
4 When a combination of words is controlled by their field of reference, it is known as.
a point of reference
an idiom
an unfixed collocation
a fixed collocation
5 A fixed collocation when used in English behaves like.
a sentence
an individual word
a clause
a proverb.
6 The changes that occur in words may make their meanings shrink, expand or even .
elongated
bloated
escavated
discarded
7 It has been observed that
there is no logical link between words and what they stand for
the link between words and what they stand for is very minimal
the link between words and their representation is more real than imagined.
most English words derive their meaning from abstract terms.

8 The largest unit of a written composition is the .. .
sentence
clause
paragraph
word
9 When writing, it is important to remember not to misuse or ............. punctuation marks.
avoid
overuse
ignore
omit
10 One should be .......... In one's use of single or double quotation marks.
consitent
careful
conscientious
extemporaneous
11 The boy stood up and left' is an example of ...............

simple sentence
compound sentence
complex sentence
12 I jumped when I heard the news' is an example of ...............
simple sentence
compound sentence
complex sentence
13 She jumped and shouted when she heard she got a scholarship' is an example of .............
simple sentence
compound sentence
complex sentence
14 When we listen to a lecture and write down important points,we are . .
taking notes
making notes
writing down notes
composing notes
15 .is what we do when we read and jots down important points from what we have read.
Note-taking
Note-making
Note-planning
Note-jotting
16 A compound sentence is usually formed by the conjunction ...........
because
when
and
if
17 Invaluable' means to be .........
worthless
valueless
useless
priceless
18 The specific kinds of materials and resources you will need to write your composition is often determined by
your
topic
depth of planning
how creative you are
the time you choose to write.
19 ... is a very important stage in composition writing.
Clarifications
Planning
Writing quickly
Thinking over the topic in the second paragraph of the composition
20 The basic simple sentence patterns in English are ............
four
six
two
nine
TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA1/ENG241
ENG241 - Introduction to Phonetics & Phonology of English
MR. Iyere T. O. (tiyere@noun.edu.ng )
1 Two major components of language are----------.
high and low
speech and writing
good and bad
simple and complex
2 In the English language, letters and sounds do not usually -------.
agree
used
correspond
occur
3 The most basic of language use is the ------- medium.
written
tactile
aural
visual
4 Phonetics and phonology normally studies data from ---------- language.
superficial
natural
artificial
important
5 Arbitrariness and conventionality are some of the --------- of language.
features
problems
unreliability
innateness
6 The vocal tract could be described as the ---------.
speech production passage
food intake passage

vocal cords passage
uvula passage
7 /d/, /n/, /v/ could be described as:
oral sounds
voiced sounds
nasal sounds
alveolar sounds
8 /p/, /b/, /m/ could be described as:
nasal sounds
oral sounds
voiceless sounds
bilabial sounds
9 Another name for sound production is:
sound release
sound system
sound articulation
sound reproduction
10 When there is a vibration in the vocal cords, the resultant sound is usually ----------.
minute
voiced
voiceless
loud
11 The place where sound production is usually initiated is --------.
lungs
mouth
glottis
vocal cords
12 The acquisition of a first language could be described as usually ---------.
difficult
serious
frequent
effortless
13 Speech sounds could be described as the ----------.
graphic substance of a language

phonic substance of a language
tactile substance of a language
visual substance of a language
14 . branch of phonetic study will give the information about the place and manner in which a sound is
produced.
articulatory
acoustic
auditory
visionary
15 Auditory phonetics usually focus on the ----------speaker
writer
hearer
reader
16 Physical realisation of sounds is the concern of --------.

phonology
phonetics
syntax
behaviour
17 Phonetics could best be described as the one that provides --------- for phonological analysis
raw materials
determinant issues
basic studies
important leverage
18 The description of the behavioural patterns of sounds within a particular context of their occurence is described
as ---------.
phonetics
phonology
syntax
semantics
19 Three major branches of phonetics include:
writing and reading phonetics
articulatory auditory acoustics phonetics
articulation auditory phonetics

acoustic auditory articulatory phonetics
20 Natural language could be described as the language that -----------.
Nigerians use
Britons use
human beings use
machines use
TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA2/ENG241
1 Two major components of language are----------.
high and low
speech and writing
good and bad
simple and complex
2 In the English language, letters and sounds do not usually -------.
agree
used
correspond
occur
3 The most basic of language use is the ------- medium.
written
tactile
aural
visual
4 Phonetics and phonology normally studies data from ---------- language.
superficial
natural
artificial
important
5 Arbitrariness and conventionality are some of the --------- of language.

features
problems
unreliability
innateness
6 The vocal tract could be described as the ---------.
speech production passage
food intake passage
vocal cords passage
uvula passage
7 /d/, /n/, /v/ could be described as:
oral sounds
voiced sounds
nasal sounds
alveolar sounds
8 /p/, /b/, /m/ could be described as:
nasal sounds
oral sounds
voiceless sounds
bilabial sounds
9 Another name for sound production is:
sound release
sound system
sound articulation
sound reproduction
10 When there is a vibration in the vocal cords, the resultant sound is usually ----------.
minute
voiced
voiceless
loud
11 The place where sound production is usually initiated is --------.
lungs
mouth
glottis
vocal cords
12 The acquisition of a first language could be described as usually ---------.
difficult
serious
frequent
effortless
13 Speech sounds could be described as the ----------.
graphic substance of a language
phonic substance of a language
tactile substance of a language
visual substance of a language
14 . branch of phonetic study will give the information about the place and manner in which a sound is
produced.
articulatory
acoustic
auditory
visionary
15 Auditory phonetics usually focus on the ----------speaker
writer
hearer
reader
16 Physical realisation of sounds is the concern of --------.
phonology
phonetics
syntax
behaviour
17 Phonetics could best be described as the one that provides --------- for phonological analysis
raw materials
determinant issues
basic studies
important leverage
18 The description of the behavioural patterns of sounds within a particular context of their occurence is described
as ---------.
phonetics
phonology
syntax
semantics
19 Three major branches of phonetics include:
writing and reading phonetics
articulatory auditory acoustics phonetics
articulation auditory phonetics
acoustic auditory articulatory phonetics
20 Natural language could be described as the language that -----------.
Nigerians use
Britons use
human beings use
machines use
TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA3/ENG241
1 Nasal sounds are so called because their route of coming out of the vocal tract in the speech production process
is through the _________.
lungs
nostrils
mouth
ears
2 The central vowels of English include the following:
/ e a:/
/ :/
/ : u/
/ e /
3 The long vowels of English are all these:
/i: : : u: :/
/a e u i o/
/i: u: e: o: /
/: : u: i:/
4 Give two sounds in English that you may call liquids.
/f v/
/m n/
/l k/
/l r/
5 Palato-alveolar sounds in English include:
/n m w b/
/k t d f/
/ /
/ t d/
6 One important feature of fricative sounds in English is that the airstream normally escapes between the
articulators with noticeable ___________.
flexibility
dexterity
hissing sound
force
7 'Alveolar,dental,labial,palatal' are all terms used to determine a sound's ____________ in the process of articulation.
place of articulation
source of air stream
obstruction of the airstream
manner of articulation
8 The term 'double sound', used in the labelling of some English sounds is a borrowing from the _________ language.
French
Latin
Anglo-Saxon
Greek
9 The terms 'plosive, fricative, nasal' are used to describe the __________ in the articulatory process.
duration of articulation
source of articulation
10 Close, front, unrounded vowel actually describes:

/e/
/u/
/i:/
//
11 The graphical representation of the consonant sounds of the English language in this course is described
as_________.
English Consonant Graph
English Consonant Charts
English Consonant Chart
English Consonant Graphic
12 Voiceless sounds are created through the _______.

free flow of air through the vocal cords
vibration of the lips
vibration of the vocal cords
obstruction of the vocal cords
13 The sound /h/ is usually described as:
voiceless glottal fricative
voiced glottal fricative
voiceless velar fricative
voiced velar fricative
14 A sound described as a voiceless bilabial plosive in English is usually represented by ________ symbol.
/m/
/w/
/b/
/p/
15 The following sounds of English /u/, /i/, /u/, /au/, /ai/, /ei/, /i/ are usually referred to as _________.
monothongs
diphthongs
triphthongs
dipthongs
6 The following words 'bread, read, led, shed, mend, tent, said' all have this _____ sound in common.
/a/
/n/
/e/
/i/
17 Essentially, the source of the air stream used for the production of the English sounds is basically from _______.
mouth
pharynx
lungs
larynx
18 Examples of words that contain this sound /u/ include:
phonetics
faithful
son
cow
19 This sound /a:/ can be found in the following words:
bat, rat, cat,
father, bard, heart
man, can, fan
shirt, bird, fat
20 Such letters as 'ph', 'f', 'ff','gh', 'fe' are used to represent the sound:
/f/
/g/
/p/
/d/
TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA4/ENG241
1 Nasal sounds are so called because their route of coming out of the vocal tract in the speech production process
is through the _________.
lungs
nostrils
mouth
ears
2 The central vowels of English include the following:
/ e a:/
/ :/
/ : u/
/ e /
3 The long vowels of English are all these:
/i: : : u: :/
/a e u i o/
/i: u: e: o: :/
/: : u: i:/
4 Give two sounds in English that you may call liquids.
/f v/
/m n/
/l k/
/l r/
5 Palato-alveolar sounds in English include:
/n m w b/
/k t d f/
/ /
/ t d/
6 One important feature of fricative sounds in English is that the airstream normally escapes between the
articulators with noceable ___________.
flexibility
dexterity
hissing sound
force
7 'Alveolar,dental,labial,palatal' are all terms used to determine a sound's ____________ in the process of articulation.
source of air stream
obstruction of the airstream
8 The term 'double sound', used in the labelling of some English sounds is a borrowing from the _________ language.
French
Latin
Anglo-Saxon
Greek
9 The terms 'plosive, fricative, nasal' are used to describe the __________ in the articulatory process.
duration of articulation
source of articulation
10 Close, front, unrounded vowel actually describes:

/e/
/u/
/i:/
//
11 The graphical representation of the consonant sounds of the English language in this course is described
as_________.
English Consonant Graph
English Consonant Charts
English Consonant Chart
English Consonant Graphic
12 Voiceless sounds are created through the _______.
free flow of air through the vocal cords
vibration of the lips
vibration of the vocal cords
obstruction of the vocal cords
13 The sound /h/ is usually described as:
voiceless glottal fricative
voiced glottal fricative
voiceless velar fricative
voiced velar fricative
14 A sound described as a voiceless bilabial plosive in English is usually represented by ________ symbol.
/m/
/w/
/b/
/p/
15 The following sounds of English /u/, /i/, /u/, /au/, /ai/, /ei/, /i/ are usually referred to as _________.
monothongs
diphthongs
triphthongs
dipthongs
16 The following words 'bread, read, led, shed, mend, tent, said' all have this _____ sound in common.
/a/
/n/
/e/
/i/
17 Essentially, the source of the air stream used for the production of the English sounds is basically from _______.
mouth
pharynx
lungs
larynx
18 Examples of words that contain this sound /u/ include:
phonetics
faithful
son
cow
19 This sound /a:/ can be found in the following words:
bat, rat, cat,
fatherbard, heart
man, can, fan
shirt, bird, fat
20 Such letters as 'ph', 'f', 'ff','gh', 'fe' are used to represent the sound:
/f/
/g/
/p/
/d/
TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA1/ENG251
ENG251 - Language and Society
1 A -------------------- bilingual is able to speak two different languages and understand them well
co-ordinate
subordinate
incipient
dominant
2 describes the belief that groups of people are bound together by territorial, cultural
and (sometimes) ethnic links.
Nationalism
Nationism
Naturalisation
Nationalisation
3 A ------------------ language is the language chosen in order to achieve the goal of nationism,
nation
national
nationalistic
common
4 The lexifier is the main source of a -------------------creole
Pidgin
language
code
5 Language shift can also be called --------------language change
language transfer
language displacement
language hijack
6 Language death means language ---------------demise
expiration
extinction
pegging out
7 A ---------------------------- variety is the variety used by the original speakers of the language
mother tongue
father tongue
native
standard
8 One of the major characteristics of male talk is -------------difference
dominance
variation
preliminary
9 .. refers to the features of grammar and vocabulary, which convey information about a persons
geographical origin
dialect
accent
idiolect
sociolect
10 is the language spoken by a social group, social class or subculture
Dialect
Accent
Idiolect
Sociolect
11 .. refers to the features of speech peculiar to individuals in the society
Dialect
Accent
Idiolect
Sociolect
12 The word minor is found in the ------------------------- register
police
legal
medical
professional
13 One of these is not a register variable.

field
texture
mode
tenor
14 . is the way individuals use language to reflect their unique environment.
Context
Style
Register
Idiolect
15 One way to analyse narrative discourse is to consider the -------------perspective

point of view
point of dissonance
style
16 Foregrounding differs from automatisation because of its (foregroundings) ------seriousness
unexpectedness
expectedness
conspicuousness
17 The word placebo belongs to the register of -----------------medicine
law
business
politics
18 CMC acronymises -------------------------------Computers Mediated Communication
Computer Multiple Communication
Computer Media Communicate
Computer Message Communication
19 SMS refers to ------------------------------------------
short message sending

short message scrutiny
short message sent
short messaging services
20 One of these is not used in text messages.
homophones
tenor
numeric characters
abbreviations
TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA2/ENG251
1 Meanings of linguistic expressions are impossible without recourse to ------------culture
context
contact
situation
2 The Hallidayian metafunctions of language do not include one of the following:
ideational
personal
interpersonal
textual
3 . refers to the roles humans take up in different speech situations.
social status
status
power
tenor
4 One of the major characteristics of male talk is -------------difference
dominance
variation
preliminary
5 .. refers to the features of grammar and vocabulary, which convey information about a persons
geographical origin
dialect
accent
idiolect
sociolect
6 is the language spoken by a social group, social class or subculture
Dialect
Accent
Idiolect
Sociolect
7 refers to the features of pronunciation, which indicate the regional or social identity of a speaker
Dialect
Accent
Idiolect
Sociolect
8 .. refers to the features of speech peculiar to individuals in the society
Dialect
Accent
Idiolect
Sociolect
9 The word minor is found in the ------------------------- register
police
legal
medical
professional
10 One of these is not a register variable.
field
texture
mode
tenor
11 A ---------------------------- variety is the variety used by the original speakers of the language
mother tongue
father tongue
native
standard
12 ..is a system of signals, including voice sound, gestures or written symbols which encodes and decodes
information.
Language
Symbolism
Symbiosis
Linguistics
13 .is regarded as the way of life of a people

Code
Culture
Language
Linguistics
14 Language use is necessarily situated in -----------------social life
Culture
society
system
15 There are -------------------- basic functions of language
4
3
2
5
16 The referential function of language is also called -------------representative
expressive
depressive
repressive
17 . is the way individuals use language to reflect their unique environment.
Context
Style
Register
Idiolect
18 One way to analyse narrative discourse is to consider the -------------perspective
point of view
point of dissonance
style
19 Foregrounding differs from automatisation because of its (foregroundings) ------seriousness
unexpectedness
expectedness
conspicuousness
20 The standard variety of a language is the one used for -------------------- purposes
relational
official
academic
interactive
TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA3/ENG251
1 Nigerian languages would be considered ____________.
less developed than the English language
of equal value to its L1 speakers like the English language
less systematic than the English language
impossible to master by foreign learners
2 ____________ medium of language use would constrain the user to be a bit more explicit.
Spoken
Television
Written
Conversation
3 Nigerian languages would properly be referred to as __________.
prestigious languages
indigenous languages
vernaculars
colloqual languages
4 Creative writers using the English language would normally be regarded as ___________ because of the creative
operations of their language usage.
deviating
deviants
slangers
mobbing
5 Jargon would be considered as the language of ___________.
area boys
intellectually low people in the society
NLC
specialised or professional group
6 An example of a technologically mediated discourse would be ___________.
emails
town crier's message
talking with your friend in the room
kissing your spouse on the bed
7 When you make calls to your friend on the GSM phone, you are actually making use of ____________ to
communicate.
your cell phone
technology
pen and paper
face to face discourse
8 The stylistic choices of a group of medical doctors on duty would constitute their ___________.
profession
indiosycracies
register
ability
9 The linguists usually interested in studying style in the conversational form are called __________.
stylisticians
linguists
conversationalists
discourse analysts
10 Language use by a writer that brings some linguistic elements into particular focus for specific communicative
effect is known as ____________.
focused elements
foregrounding
backgrounding
implicature
11 Automatization describes a situation in which the linguistic elements used are actually ____________.
of common usage
pointedly identified
specially brought into focus
important to the user
12 The linguistic analysis and inquiries about style is called ________.
stylistics
style sheet
style investigation
style analysis
13 One of the things that a stystician may use as the basis of their inquiry is the __________.
name of the author of the discourse
associates of the author of the discourse
origin of the author of the discourse
syntax of the discourse
14 The stylistic choices of a group of medical doctors on duty would constitute their ___________.
profession
indiosycracies
register
ability
15 The standard variety of English is called ____________.
Renounced form
Received Grammar
Received Pronunciation
Cockney English
16 A factor that sometimes determines varieties of a language could be all these except _______.
its history
its speakers professions
the speakers geographical location
the relevance of the language to the speakers
17 Language use by a writer that brings some linguistic elements into particular focus for specific communicative
effect is known as ____________.
focused elements
foregrounding
backgrounding
implicature
18 Automatization describes a situation in which the linguistic elements used are actually ____________.
of common usage
pointedly identified
specially brought into focus
important to the user
19 One of the things you would consider as a factor in language use is _____________.
origin of the language used
physical environment of the language use
history of the language used
things that can be bought to learn the language used
20 One of the ways to define the social status of a speaker is through ________.
the dress worn
the house of the person
the education level
size of the bank account
TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA4/ENG251

1 A -------------------- bilingual is able to speak two different languages and understand them well
co-ordinate
subordinate
incipient
dominant
2 describes the belief that groups of people are bound together by territorial, cultural and
(sometimes) ethnic links.
Nationalism
Nationism
Naturalisation
Nationalisation
3 A ------------------ language is the language chosen in order to achieve the goal of nationism,
nation
national
nationalistic
common
4 Fishmans three types of language policy hinge on the concept of -----------------Extended Tradition
Nationalistic Tradition
Great Tradition
Historic Tradition'
5 One of the following is a task of government agencies that are involved in language planning -----------------legislating on literacy criticism
prescribing orthographies for existing languages
clipping new words
revising spelling systems
6 Language shift can also be called --------------language change
language transfer
language displacement
language hijack
7 Language death means language ---------------demise
expiration
extinction
pegging out
8 A --------------------- is any instance of language use, spoken or written.
discussion
discourse
texture
textere
9 Discourse analysis studies language above the ------------------ level.
word
group
clause
sentence
10 One of these is not a discourse feature:
turn taking
overlaps
clauses
adjacency pairs
11 . refers to the use of two languages simultaneously.
Code switching
Code switcher
Code mixing
Code mixture
12 There are -------------- types of interference.
2
3
4
5
13 Borrowing occurs as a result of a ---------------- in a language.
space
gap
limit
limitation
14 .. is the dispersal of a language as a result of the movement of its speakers to different parts of
the world.
Linguistic dispersal
Linguistic spread
Linguistic heterogeneity
Linguistic dislocation
15 Linguistic imperialism has a --------------- root.
dominant
dominance
British
historical
16 Linguistic power is supported with the -------------law
society
legalism
people
17 There are about -------------------- languages in Nigeria.
510
450
600
350
18 The expression I am hearing you is a ------------------------- English statement.
British
American
Nigerian
Scottish
19 A strong link between Sociolinguistics and Sociology is ------------------methodology
ethomethodology
society
ethnography
20 The relationship between Linguistics and Anthropology has resulted in the development of -------------------- field.
2
3
4
5
TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA1/GST203
GST203 - Introduction to Philosophy and Logic
Mr. Amusa Jamiu Oluwadamilare (jamusa@noun.edu.ng )
1 Despite the breaking away of natural and social sciences, does philosophy still remain the parent discipline of
other discipline? _____
Indifferent
Yes
None of the above
No
2 Etymologically, philosophy means _____
philo and sophia
love of wisdom
love of knowledge
atom and molecules agrees in numbers
3 ____ is the study of the method and principles used in distinguishing correct from incorrect reasoning
Ethics
philosophy
logic
theorem
4 An argument in which the premises do not lead to conclusion and certainty and is based on probabiltiy is called
_____
inductive
seductive
deductive
implied
5 ______ is the study of the first principle or ultimate reality
metaphysics
logic
philosophy
ethics
6 The coinage of the word metaphysics can be credited to _____
andronides
anaximanda
Aristotle
anaximenes
7 The branch of philosophy which deals with the theory of knowledge is called
ethics
epistemology
logic
Metaphysics
8 The questions "what is mind" Does God exist" can be linked to branch of philosophy called
Ethics
epistemology
metaphysics
Logic
9 Which of these statement is having problem
I think that God exist but I am not sure
it is possible to believe something you are not sure of
Believing can be seen as a pre-condition for knowledge
You can say you know something you are not sure of
10 The statement in option _______ is false
To know is to know that you know
we have knowledge only when we can provide reason and evidence
knowledge is subjective, non communicable and non-verifiable
Belief or opinion is based on inner, personal certainty and conviction
11 The relationship and difference between knowledge, opinion and belief depend on the person's ________
background
position
age
philosophy
12 When a philosopher possess information that is beyond doubt, we can use the term ______
know
belief
opinion
acquaintted
13 If we know X, all the following are correct except __________
X must be true
X must have evidence
X must have counter evidence
we must have reason to belief X
14 From the understanding of a layman_____ is the general theory or principle about how we ought to conduct our
lives
syllogism
psychology
philosophy
Logic
15 The origin of philosophy can be traced to the _____
Ancient Greek
Roman Empire
West Africa
Red indians
16 The first man to make a standard comment about the nature and definition of philosophy was ____
Socrates
Plato
Pythagoras
Aristotle
17 ____ was credited with the prediction of the eclipse of 585 B.C.
Newton
Lenin
Cornpenicus
Thales
18 _____ made an ingenious guess that man was originally born from animals of another species
Socrates
Anaximander
Coplestone
Roberk Hook
19 Once upon a time, philosophy was pregnant and gave birth to many children. _____ is the oldest child of
philosophy
Science
History
Logic
Economy
20 The statement that philosophy is the first and the last science can be credited to _____
Plato
Socrates
Aristotle
Austin
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TMA: TMA2/GST203
1 Which of these aspect of knowledge is not intereseted in the ontic but in the ontelogical questions
Ethic
metaphysics
epistemology
None of the above
2 An average scientist always seek for explanation while the philosopher basically seek for ______
justification
experimentation
validation
conclusion
3 Which of the following is not a source of knowledge
reason
sense experience
intuition
permutation
4 The theory which believes that human beings can acquire knowledge of reality by the use of mind or pure reason
is called____
rationalism
realism
idealism
constructivism
5 All the following are part of logical processes except____
simple apprehension
judgement
reasoning
digitizing
6 Which of these list is not a conclusion-indicator
consequently
thus
because
so
7 Etymologically, philosophy means _____
philo and sophia

love of wisdom
love of knowledge
atom and molecules agrees in numbers
8 A logical proposition is valid only when it can both be _________ and _________
denied and asserted

dedductive and inductive
philosophised and contextualized
accepted and reframed
9 ____ argument is the argument that involves general to specific
inductive
deductive
conclusive
valid
10 An argument in which the premises do not lead to conclusion and certainty and is based on probabiltiy is called
_____
inductive
seductive
deductive
implied
11 Talking about the source of knowledge, which of these is out of place
mysticism
revealation
authority
intuition
12 Which of these is associated with the rationalist
intuition
sense experience
reason
mysticsm
13 Who among the earliest philosopher described man as a rational animal
Aristotle
Plato
Socrates
Emmanuel Kant
14 Perceptual experience is not sufficient to acquire knowledge except with _______
sense experience
Authority
reason
inspiration
15 _________ is considered as the prima -matrix of human knowledge
intuition
reason
mysticism
sense experience
16 Who are primary proponent of sense experience
scientists
socialists
capitalists
empiricists
17 The questions "what is mind" Does God exist" can be linked to branch of philosophy called
Ethics
epistemology
metaphysics
Logic
18 The questions such as "what is the relation between knowledge and reality" Is human mind capable of knowing?
Are most likely from
theology
epistemology
pathology
metaphysics
19 Which of these components of philosophy deals with the study of morality of human action in society
civic
ethic
ethnic
epics
20 The assertion "The only thing I know is that I know nothing" can be credited to _____
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
lenins
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TMA: TMA3/GST203
1 The word "Magister dixit" simply mean__________
Magistrate dichotomy
Master said
Autocracy
Magistrate autonomy
2 _________ can be described as "immediacy of apprehension"
experience
sense experience
revealation
intuition
3 Deductive argument is valid if only if ______
the premises implies the conclusion

the conclusion follows from premises
the premises necessitates the
all the options
4 An argument whose premises is true while its conclusion is false could be said to be ______
valid
invalid
sound
unsound
5 ______ is the name we give to the way awareness apprehends when awareness apprehends appearance directly
authority
intuition
revealation
experience
6 if I say I know "X" but "X" is not true, my statement is therefore_______
self supportin
ambigous
self contradicting
unambigous
7 Philosophy is different from religion because ______
it often questions the assumptions of religion

philosopher hates religion
religion is opposed to philosophy
all the options
8 Philosopher says he knows somebody only when ______
the person is not known to him

he/she possessed sufficient information about the person
he/she has met the person on some occasion
the person belongs to member of his/her family
9 The term " simple apprehension, judgement, reasoning and argument" constitute what is called
metaphysical processes
logical processes
philosophical processes
etymological processes
10 In philosophy, authority is the ______ of knowledge
end
source
ultimate
hallmark
11 ______ can be seen as a pre-condition for knowledge
experiment
hypothesis
theory
belief
12 According to Balm (1995:5), intuition is ______
sense of human
intelligent quotient
reasoning faculties
immediacy of apprehension
13 Of the following, _____ is not a source of knowledge
reason
sense experience
intuition
internet
14 _________ is the act by which the mind forms the concept of something without affirming or denying anything
about it
argumentation
judgementation
simple apprehension
reasoning
15 Mathematics is to the science, ______ is to philosophy
physics
logic
metaphysics
law
16 In logic, to infer means ______
to assume a position from the trend of argument

to forecast an event from the premises of the phenomenon
to derive a conclusion of an argument from the premises of that argument
none of the options
17 The premise in the statement As soon as Dr. Ofotokun comes, he marks his scripts is _______
As soon as
he marks his scripts
None of the options
Dr Ofotokun comes
18 ________ can be refered to as the Queen of all subjects acording to Otakpor
Anthropology
Metaphysics
Logic
Epistemology
19 Syllogism is an argument, which contains ______ propositions, two of which are called the premise and the
conclusion
four
three
six
five
20 Inductive argument proceeds from the experienced to the ______
particular
incongruous
inexperienced
determined
TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA4/GST203
1 One of the aim of the the laws of thought is ______________
to enable us calculate well in logic and mathematics

to reduce tautology when some logicians are speaking
to set patterns for anyone who want to think and speak correctly
to create a base for deductive argument
2 The errors in reasoning that tend to be psychologically persuasive is regarded by logicians as ______
persuasion
fallacy
factual
sentimental
3 According to Otakpor (2000), fallacies is classified into the followings except one _____
formal
verbal
informal
elastic
4 An argument to attack the person who advances it rather than providing a rational critique of the argument itself
is called _____
Ad Hominen fallacy
Ad valorem argument
Ultra patem fallacy
non sequitor
5 Statements evoking pity in the audience even though its logically unrelated to the conclusion is called ______
Ad ignorantian fallacy
fallacious statement
Ad misericordian fallacy
none of the options
6 If the conclusion of an argument seems to be proven simply because nobody has contradicted it means ______
it is the truth
it appears to be ignorant
the argument is powerful

the oratory influence
7 Which of the following is not an example of syllogism__________
hypothetical
disjunctive
constructive
referential
8 The informative function of language could be performed through ______
poetry
religion
All the options
none of the options
9 When language is used to evoke or propagate feeling for attitudes in human being is said to be _______
expressive
emotive
comissive
directive
10 The author of the book how to do things with words (1962) is ______
Henry Carr
Thomas Watts
Austin J.L
Wole Soyinka
11 Before the year 2000, the anticipatory movements people commonly make when they nearly collide with some
person is called
collision
tran-collision
double-dodge
anticipatory collision
12 The type of definition that specifies and unambiguously distinguishes the object in question from other object in
a given domain is
speculative definition
real definition
genus definition
logical definition
13 Fallacy of equivocation occurs when ______
speaker equivocates
somebody speaks with tongue in cheek
words are used to deceive audience
word is used in a manner that implies different meanings within the same context
14 The Latin phrase petition principia means ______
begging the principle

petition principle
principal
begging the
15 A question is complex if________
it is difficult to answer
it answers the intended reply
the questioner presupposes some conclusion alluded to in the question
none of the options
16 A conventional or established meaning of a term is called ________
Analysis
Lexical definition
theoretical definition
All the options
17 _______is an intentional definition that attempts to provide an adequate understanding of the things to which the
term applies (2000:100)
theoretical definition
classical definition
theoretical frame work
hypothetical definition
18 Which of these is not a function of Language_______________
informative
emotive
democratic
declarative
19 Language acquisition Device is used to ________________
discover grammatical rule of a language

correct gramatical law
translate into different language
teach different languages
20 The type of fallacy where the arguer attacks a misrepresentation of the opponent's view is ______________ fallacy
Ad Baculum
Ad Populum
Strawman
Ad Hominem

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6 Which of these list is not a conclusion-indicator

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philo and sophia

denied and asserted

9 ____ argument is the argument that involves general to specific

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