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GST 111 & GST 112 Revision Questions by Toni Engine
GST 111 & GST 112 Revision Questions by Toni Engine
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A STUDY GUIDE TOWARDS ACHIEVING SUCCESS ……………….
The term paper is a mini research/ project/report which involve selection of topic, research for
facts and evidence, a logical presentation of the facts and a proper documentation of sources
of information tapped for the purpose of the report. The difference between the ordinary
essay and the term paper lies in the crucial fact that a term paper is a product of research
based on verifiable facts, it also lies in the unique documentation, not desirable in ordinary
essay. USE OF ENGLISH VOL II( Luke Eyoh)
1) One of these involves investigation_________ a) reading b) term paper c) minutes
d) bibliography Ans: Term Paper
2) Which of these is not associated with term paper a) reading b) Plagiarism c) bibliography
d) None Ans : None as all these stated above are associated with the Term Paper
3) The entire content of the term paper is summarized in the __________ Ans: Abstract
4) ____ is the documentation style in which the year of publication comes last a) APA b) MLA c)
MPA d) APPA Ans: MLA
5) The term paper may also be called periodic paper TRUE or FALSE Ans: FALSE
6) Proper recording of sources of information in the term paper is called_____ Ans:
Documentation
7) The three types of documentation are _____,_______&_______ Ans: End Notes, Foot Notes
& In-Text Citation.
8) The term paper like the ordinary essay, is a mini research TRUE or FALSE Ans: FALSE(N/B;
The ordinary essay is not a mini research it is a story, a report, an explanation of a process,
a protest etc.
9) The abbreviation “et al” means “and so on” TRUE or FALSE Ans: FALSE
“et al” means “and others”
10) One of these is a research aid a) Term paper b) dictionary c) references d) abstract
Ans: Dictionary
11) ____________is a précis of about 200 words that precedes the body of a research essay
a) documentation b)introduction c) abstract d) term paper Ans: Abstract
12) The term is not an essay a)True b)False c) none of the above Ans: TRUE
13) ______ is the first step in writing the term paper a) Bibliography b) choices of topic c)reading
d) writing the draft Ans: Choice of topics is the first step in writing a term paper
Below are the following steps towards writing an effective term paper
*The writer has to choose a topic for the paper
*He/she has to build up a working bibliography
*He/she has to read, take notes and formulate a thesis to serve as an organizing principle for
the paper
* The writer must make a realistic outline
*The writer must then do a first draft of the paper
*He /she must read through the draft to eliminate blemishes
*The writer must, finally write and proofread the final draft
14) Bibliography covers works cited and references TRUE or FALSE Ans: TRUE
15) _______refers to a list of works cited in a text where the MLA documentation style is used
a) Bibliography b)references c) work cited d) all of the above Ans: WORK CITED
16) _____ refers to only list of books and related materials cited in a text where APA style is used
a) Bibliography b) references c)work cited d) citation Ans: REFERENCES
17) MLA stands for___________ Ans: Modern Language Association of America
18) APA stands for___________Ans: American Psychology Association
19) _______________ denotes a full list of all books and related material consulted in the course
of research Ans: Bibliography
20) The two popular styles of writing the Bibliography are _____________&______________
Ans: MLA & APA___________ is the documentation style in which the year of publication
comes in brackets before the titles a) APP b) MLA c) APA d) PPA Ans: APA
21) Failure to acknowledge a source of information in research is called__________ Ans:
PLAGIARISM
22) Plagiarism is often associated with a) note-taking b) research c) lectures d) language
Ans: Research
23) Bibliography is the same as________ a) references b) works cited c) front note d) none of the
above Ans: None of the above (as references and works cited are types of bibliography)
24) The term paper is an essay TRUE or FALSE Ans:
25) a précis of about 200 words that precedes the body of a research essay is called_______ Ans:
Abstract
26) Arrangement of author’s name on the reference page of a term paper follows____ order
Ans: Alphabetical Order
27) ____________ is the documentation style in which the date comes immediately after the
author’s name Ans: APA
28) The abbreviation “et al” means eternal a) True b) False c) No idea Ans: FALSE
29) The term paper is a product of findings a) True b) False c) No idea Ans: TRUE
30) The brief information that presents a term paper in about 200 words is technically called
INTRODUCTION a) True b) False c) No idea Ans: FALSE * It is called the abstract
31) In the term paper “works cited” is related to a) APA b) MLA c) In-Text Citations Ans: MLA
32) __________ is a categorical proposition on the topic of research Ans: Thesis Statement
1. Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the study of being as being
2. Sovereignty is derived from the Latin word Superanus meaning Supreme
3. The Cynics maintained that Virtue was the only thing men should pursue
4. The question of being was first put forward by Parmenides in the Pre-Socratic period
5. Fallacies are broadly classified into Formal & Informal fallacies
6. Analytic philosophy is another way of referring to Philosophical analysis
7. Another name for value theory is Axiology
8. The term Philosophy is derived from two Greek words Philein(to love) & Sophia(wisdom)
9. Pragmatism is derived from the Greek word Pragma which means “deed” or ” something that is
done”
10. The founding fathers of Pragmatism are Charles Sanders Peirce(1839-1914),
Williams James(1842-1910) and John Dewey(1859-1952), all of them were Americans
11. Socrates was notable for Good Moral Life, he was a Moralist
12. In argumentum ad populum, appeal is made to the People
13. Ethnophilosophy stresses the point that the corpus of African Philosophy consists of Proverbs,
Folklores, Wise sayings, Myths and other materials of Philosophical relevance
14. The subject matter of Aesthetics is Beauty
15. The good life for man according to Aristotle is the life of happiness
16. The philosophical origin of the problem of knowledge can be located in Plato’s conception of
knowledge as “justified true belief”. This conception of knowledge formed the basis for the
traditional conception of knowledge from antiquity and scholars have tended to put forward
conditions which lead to justified knowledge. i.e. the traditional definition of knowledge is
defined as a justified true belief
17. Empiricist; these philosophers were empiricists, John Locke, George Berkeley,& David Hume
18. Rationalist; these philosophers were rationalist, Rene Descartes, Benedict Spinoza & Gottfried
Leibniz
19. Plato is regarded as the founder of IDEALISM
20. Aristotle is regarded as the founder of REALISM
21. Pragmatism was initiated by Charles Sanders Peirce, generalized by Williams James and and
popularized by John Dewey
22. Equality is a leveling process according to Laski
23. Metaphysics concerns itself with the true nature of the real(Reality)
24. The problem of being can be classified as NECESSARY & CONTIGENT
25. John Dewey is the philosopher who proposed the Instrumental theory of Arts
26. Logical Positivism may also be called Logical Empiricism
27. Value theory has Ethics & Aesthetics as its sub division
28. Phenomenology as a philosophical movement was made popular by Edmund Husserl in his effort
to build an absolute knowledge in the fashion of Rene Descartes
TONI ORBOT ®
GST 112; PHILOSOPHY AND HUMAN EXISTENCE ENGINE SPINES
1. Metaphysics deals with the fundamental aspect of (a)Reality (b) Being (c) Question (d) Corruption
2. For----------------- political philosophy reflects on how to arrange our collective life
(a) St. Augustine (b) Plato (c) George (d) None of the above
3. The object of reality for Physicists is (a)Accidents(b)Matter(c)Metals(d)Freedom
4. ---------------------model of bioethics focuses on the entire ecosystem
(a) Ecofeminism (b) Ecocentricism (c) Environmentalism (d)Biocentricism
5. Which of the following is not a philosophical foundation of knowledge? (a)Scientism (b)Skeptism
(c)Rationalism (d)Empiricism
6. SUPERANUS the root word for Sovereignty means (a)Authority (b)Power (c)Supreme (d)None of
the above
7. Knowledge derived within moments of insight is
(a)Revealed Knowledge (b)Rational Knowledge (c)Empirical Knowledge (d)Intuitive Knowledge
8. For --------------- equality is a leveling process (a) Laski (b) Alaska (c) Palisky (d) Plato
9. For -------------- law and duty forms the basis of morality (a) Deontologists (b) Utilitarians (c)
Consequentialists (d) Teleologists
10. --------------------- sees knowledge as a justified true belief (a) Aristotle (b) Plato (c) Heraclitus (d)
kant
11. Which of these is not a metaphysical Problem? (a) Mind-body (b)Universals (c) The good (d) One
and many
12. The two dimensions of being are--------------- (a) Necessity & Contingency
(b)Contingent & autonomous (c )Necessary & Contingent (d) Congenial & Automated
13. --------------- is legitimate and backed by law (a) Power (b) Authority (c) Legislation (d)Right
14. Broadly speaking Logic is divided into ---------------------- & -----------------
(a) Formal & Informal (b) Inductive & Deductive
15. Aristotle’s work on logic is called ------------------
(a) Prior analytics (b) Topics (c) Organon (d) Posterior
16. ------------------------- analyses, arguments in ordinary language (a) Deductive logic (b) Inductive
logic (c) Formal logic (d) Informal logic
17. Arguments are constituted basically by (a) Sentences (b) Premises & Conclusion (c) Propositions
(d) None of the above
18. --------------- fallacy is committed because the premises are negative (a) Illicit negative (b)
Exclusive Premise (c) Existential fallacy (d) four terms
19. --------------- fallacy appeals to people’s desire to be valued (a) Appeal to the people (b) Appeal to
the gallery (c) Appeal to popular prejudice (d) All of the above
20. ---------------------------------------- school of African Philosophy believes that philosophy should be
localized (a) Universalist (b) Particularist (c) Ecclectic (d) Ethnophilosophy
21. The new humanist philosophy is (a) Atheistic (b)Pantheistic (C) Theistic (d) Polytheistic
22. …………………….. is not a theme in existentialist (a) Despair (b) Fear (c) Death (d) Alienation
23. ………………………….. is not associated with pragmatism (a) C.S Peirce (b) Bertrand Russell (c) John
Dewey (d) Williams James
24. ………………………….. lays emphasis on bracketing our beliefs (a) Pragmatism (b) Existentialism (c)
Phemenology (d) Humanism
25. Values that are valuable in themselves are …………………. (a) Extrinsic (b) Intrinsic (c) Instrumental
(d) None
26. For ………………………, human actions are morally indifferent (a) Cyrenaics (b) Stoics (c) Cyrincs (d)
Epicureans
27. For…………………….., actions are good when they produce greatest for greater number of people
(a) Hedonists (b) Situationist (c) Altruists (d) Utilitarians
28. ……………………………. Fallacy does not involve conditional statement (a) Affirming a disjunction (b)
Affirming the Consequent (c) Denying the antecedent (d) None of the above
29. Identify the odd term in the following (a) Human bioethics (b) Plant Bioethics (c)
Animal Bioethics (d) Environmental bioethics
30. Environmental ethics is a reaction against anthropocentric ethics (a) True (b) False (c) Neither
true nor false (d) None of the above.