TUTOR AYO

COMPUTER-BASED EXAM

EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND TMA SOLUTIONS

GST101; USE OF ENGLISH AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS I

1.     ________ is a compulsory day-to-day activity of the program.

a.      Speaking

b.     Note-taking

c.      Earing

d.     Listening

2.     You need the skill of listening ________and comprehending what is conveyed to you as information.

a.      Professionally

b.     Sensitively

c.      Deeply

d.     Accurately

3.     A listener is anybody who can listen to ________ said.

a.      Most things

b.     Everything

c.      Anything

d.     Few things

4.     If you are deaf, you still listen to________language.

a.      Vocal

b.     Oral

c.      Written

d.     Sign

5.     There are mainly two types of listening, namely- listening in a general, social setting and listening for ________purposes.

a.      Niched

b.     Specific

c.      Generalized

d.     Social

6.     listening to ________ evaluate what a speaker is saying.

a.      Attentively

b.     Specially

c.      Critically

d.     Generally

7.     Anybody with a ________ ear can listen.

a.      Dysfunctional

b.     Impaired

c.      Functioning

d.     broken

8.     effective listening is difficult amid ________

a.      Fidgeting

b.     Discussion

c.      Reading

d.     interruption

9.     The third listening-enabling skill is ________

a.      Willingness

b.     Attentiveness

c.      Focus

d.     Ability

10. The fourth listening-enabling skill is ________

a.      Socialization

b.     Relationship

c.      Note-taking

d.     Reading

11. You listen to ________, and you ________, while listening.

a.      Comprehend, understand

b.     Understand, evaluate

c.      Evaluate, analyze

d.     Comprehend, comprehend

12. As you ________, you must always be ready to comprehend.

a.      Read

b.     Scan

c.      Listen

d.     Write

13. Comprehension is at different levels during the ________of listening.

a.      Science

b.     Art

c.      Philosophy

d.     Discipline

14. You need more than ________ to comprehend.

a.      Pictures

b.     Words

c.      Diagrams

d.     Chats

15. note-making as an activity done during ________

a.      Quite a time

b.     Speed reading

c.      Study time

d.     Scanning

16. Which of these is not the correct way to take Notes from Lectures

a.      Listen carefully to the lecture

b.     Understanding

c.      Put down the summary of the main point

d.     Do not use abbreviations

17. i.e.

a.      That is

b.     That was

c.      For example

d.     Illustrations

18. b/4

a.      believe

b.     before

c.      become

d.     became

19. Prep

a.      Preparation

b.     Preposition

c.      Presume

d.     Perform

20. i/c

a.      in charge

b.     in chance

c.      in form

d.     in jest

21. etc

a.      and so on

b.     furthermore

c.      illustration

d.     turn over

22. syn

a.      Synthetics

b.     Syndicates

c.      Synching

d.     Synonyms

23. sb

a.      Somebody

b.     Submerge

c.      Substitute

d.     Submerge

24. Listening for General Impression is the type of listening comprehension that is not restricted to instruction, directions, or ________.

a.      Symbols

b.     Fallacy

c.      Facts

d.     fables

25. Data can also be stored in the form of figures.

Ans. T / F

26. Figures or scores are representations of information.

Ans. T / F

27. You need the main idea to be able to determine the major points to be put down as notes.

Ans. T / F

28. Listening for interpretation and critical evaluation is the type of skill that can enable you to be the real master of what the speaker is saying.

Ans. T / F

29. high-order skills you need to perform creditably well while listening to a talk, a speech, or a lecture is the skill or ability to interpret the speaker’s ________

a.      Understanding

b.     Philosophy

c.      Viewpoints

d.     View

30. Interpretation involves ________ meaning out of what is said.

Ans. Deriving

31. ________ analysis and evaluation involve passing value judgments, generalizing, and drawing conclusions after careful analysis.

Ans. Critical

32. Listening ________ should go beyond comprehending what is heard

Ans. Comprehension

33. ________ enlighten you and make you intelligent.

Ans. Books

34. The slowest speed is what you may call ________ for proper understanding of what you read.

Ans. Study speed

35. fastest reading speed is otherwise known as ________

Ans. Skimming

36. Skimming and ________  are interchangeably used.

Ans. Scanning

37. You ________ to locate dates in a bulletin.

Ans. Scan

38. You ________ to determine whether or not the article favors our political party.

Ans. Skim

39. ________ will also be done to locate the names of lecturers in a prospectus.

Ans. Scanning

40.  ________ be used in looking for the telephone number and e-mail address of a company.

Ans. Scanning

41. Skimming and ________ are regarded at the fastest speed.

Ans. Scanning

42. According to ________a good reader achieves 50% comprehension while skimming.

Ans. Edward Fry

43. Note-making from books is not the same as ________ from lectures.

Ans. Taking notes

44. You need words in mostly every type of ________.

Ans. Communication

Choose the alternative you think best gives the meaning of the underlined word and fits into the context.

45. The man was sure of his acuity

a. keenness

b. bitterness

c. dishonesty

d. skilfulness

46. He calls the boy a mere fritter

a. shatter

b. Waste bag

c. foolish talker

d. bungle

47. Currently, all talk of a defensive nuclear war is preposterous since nobody is going to survive it.

a. unreasonable

b. coincidental

c. realistic

d. wasteful

48. Politicians are often cautioned to avoid making provocative statements. a. Talkative

b. inciting

c. contradictory

d. persuasive

49. Bala invariably turns in good assignments but he procrastinates a lot.

a. delays

b. tells lies

c. argues

d. tries to persuade

50. Many people consider celibacy unsuited to African culture.

a. profligacy

b. promiscuity

c. remaining unmarried

d. drunkenness

51. Danladi is a rather loquacious fellow

a. smooth and pleasant

b. good at languages

c. talkative

d. uninspiring

52. Our strategy is to adapt to the new situation.

a. adopts

b. adhere

c. adjust

d. admit

53. Some local brewers used to describe it as illicit.

a. illegitimate

b. unlawful

c. prohibited

d. unlicensed.

54. The prospects are rather ominous: there is no joking about it.

a. gloomy

b. attractive

c. tragic

d. promising

55.  The death of Musa is admonitory to drug addicts.

a. tricky

b. fearful

c. high-handed

d. a warning

56. The Nigerian economy has been most resilient in the context of international economic fluctuation.

a. vulnerable

b. enduring

c. fragmented

d. dynamic

57. Investment in uranium exploitation can be hazardous.

a. doubtful

b. handy

c. unprotected

d. risky

58. Prefixes are the ________  part of a word.

a.      Second

b.     Third

c.      First

d.     Last

59. Suffixes are the ________ part of a word

Ans. last

60. ________ student’s approach to always turn to the dictionary for any meaning of a word

Ans. Lazy

61. Dictionary slows down your reading ________

Ans. Speed

62. ________  are central to all academic fields

Ans. Word

63. 1st Categories of words that cut across all fields these are called ________ word

Ans. Common-core

64. ________  Texts Perhaps the most common of all the texts; tell stories, informal style, full of slang and colloquialisms, etc.

a.      Narrative

b.     Scientific

c.      SExpository

d.     Descriptive

65. Expository texts are more formal than ________ texts.

Ans. Narrative

66. Science has dominated all spheres of life

a.      Populated

b.     Dominated

c.      Permeates

d.     Circulates

67. The bulk of ________ activities are science-based.

Ans. academic

68. Reading for ________  and critical evaluation demands a thorough understanding of the passages you are reading.

Ans. Interpretation

69. Reading for interpretation is in ________

Ans. Stages

70. A ________ mind is an intelligent mind.

Ans. Critical

71. The more familiar you are with the topic, the better the ________

Ans. Comprehension

72. Comprehension is at different levels- superficial and ________ comprehension

Ans. deep

73. ________ in listening activities is important.

Ans. Flexibility

74. ________ to mean taking notes from lectures or speeches.

Ans. note-taking

75. Reading becomes also more interesting if the knowledge of the ________ of scientific texts is known

Ans. Characteristics

76. This age is popularly referred to as a ________ age

Ans. Scientific

75. Reading comprehension may involve all ________ forms

Ans. Verbal

76. ________ texts are organized in logical, sequential order.

Ans. Expository

77. ________ texts are common because they tell stories and many people like interesting stories.

Ans. Narrative

78. You need to read stories to increase your reading ________and

comprehension rate.

Ans. Speed

79. Words and their meanings are ________.

Ans. Powerful

80. The slowest speed is what you may call ________ speed

Ans. Study