YARDISTIC INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE

UNDER GRADUATE STUDIES PROGRAM

Name______________________________________Id.No___________________________

Department_______________________________Signiture_________________________

General Instructions
 Read the instructions carefully before you start to answer
 Your exam booklet contains five parts.
 Give your answer for all questions only on the answer sheet provided.
 Clear and neat work is rewarding.
 Don’t use mobile and any electronic device during exam.
 Don’t hand any material related with the course during exam.
 Don’t disturb others in any means.
 If you face any problem or have question, please call the invigilator quietly.
 Leaving the exam room before 30 minutes is not allowed.
 Any attempt to cheat has no excuse and nullifies your result.
 Don’t turn the page until you are told to do so.

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 Part I: Read the following statements and write ‘True’ if the statement is correct and write ‘False’
if the statement is incorrect. (1point each)
1. The overt characteristics of culture comprises of the intangible non-physical aspects like
language, belief, ideas, knowledge, attitude, values.
2. In traditional, simple societies, marriage is often more of a relationship between
individuals/couples than groups.
3. A minority in a certain place may stand as a majority in another place.
4. Vulnerability cannot be minimized and managed though inclusiveness are achieved and
maintained.
5. According to the instrumentalist approach ethnicity is fixed at birth.
Part II. Matching
Given below are special features of indigenous knowledge listed under column “A”. Match
them with their respective explanations that are provided under column “B”. (1point each)
“A” “B”
6. Local A. Experience and trial and error.
7. Tacit knowledge B. Aids in the retention and
reinforcement of IK.
8. Transmitted orally C. Not easily codifiable.
9. Experiential rather than theoretical knowledge D. Produced, reproduced and
discovered.
10. Learned through repetition E. Through imitation and demonstration.
F. Rooted in a particular community and
situated within broader cultural traditions
Part III: Multiple Choices
Choose the best answer among the given alternatives for each question and write the letter
which possesses the answer. (1 point each)
11. Shared ideas of a groups or a society as to what is right or wrong, correct or incorrect, desirable
or undesirable, acceptable or unacceptable, ethical or unethical, etc., regarding something is
known as_________
A. Norm C. Ethics
B. Value D. Tradition
12. Berket is an anthropologist who is conducting a research on Kinship system of Hamer
community. During his first immersion in the community to collect data, he saw strange beliefs and
practices of the community. Due to this reason, he feels disoriented, uncertain, out of place, and
fearful. Which anthropological concept best explain Berekt’s situation?
A. Ethnocentrism C. Cultural shock
B. Cultural relativism D. Xenocentrism
13. A minimal social unit that cooperated economically and assumes responsibilities for rearing
children is____________
A. Marriage C. Family
B. Kinship D. Descent
14. One of the following is true about social identity
A. It is an ongoing and open-ended process of identification
B. It does determine in a mechanistic or causal sense of what individuals do
C. It is a fact than process
D. It only focused on the present status of an individual

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15. Which one is correct about attitudes in cultural diversity?
A. Cultural relativists appreciate cultural diversity.
B. Ethnocentric people consider their own culture inferior to others.
C. Cultural relativists are more exposed to culture shock than ethno-centrists.
D. Ethno centric people appreciate cultural diversity
16. Adolf Hitler’s view that the German people are superior race was believed to be a contributing
cause for the massacre of millions of Jews. In Anthropology, this type of thinking is
A .Cultural relativism B. Ethnocentrism C. Culture shock D. Objectivism
17. Which one of the following is a good example of spatial marginalization when it comes to
the marginalization of craft-workers?
A. Craft-workers settle/live on the outskirts of villages.
B. Craft-workers are excluded from certain economic activities including production and
exchanges.
C. Craft-workers are excluded from intermarriage and they do not share burial places
with others.
D. Occupational minorities are labeled as impure and polluting.

18. Mr. Abebe is living with his three wives (Saba, Makida and Lelise). Based on this
information, it can be said that he had involved in ___________marriage.
A. Monogamy C. Polygyny
B. Polygamy D. B and C
19. Mr. Mohammed has formed a family which consists of his wife, son, and grandchildren.
This form of family is described as_______.
A. Nuclear C. Female headed
B. Extended D. Single parent
20. Angelina Jolie (an American celebrity) adopted Zehara (an Ethiopian girl) in 2017. What
kind of kinship was formed in this relationship?
A. Consanguineal
B. Affineal
C. Fictitious
D. All
21. Which approach claims that ethnic membership could not be changed over time?
A. Primordiallism C. Social Constructivism
B. Instrumentalism D. All
22. Assume that X is a political party and mobilizes an ethnic group called X to form new
regional administration in Ethiopia. However, the motive is to hold political power in the
new region not to benefit that ethnic group. which approach of ethnicity would best
explain the situation?
A. Primordiallism C. Social Constructivism
B. Instrumentalism D. All
23. Which model views ethnic identity as an “individualistic strategy”?
A. Primordiallism C. Social Constructivism
B. Instrumentalism D. All

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24. Which one is responsible for the erosion of Indigenous Knowledge Systems?
A. Rapid population growth C. Urbanization
B. Mechanized agriculture D. All
25. ______ necessarily involves actual exclusion of certain group of people from the social,
cultural, political and economic privileges.
A. Marginalization C. Prejudice
B. Stereotype D. All
26. _________may need special attention, protection and support in government policies?
A. Vulnerable groups C. Minority groups
B. Marginalized groups D. All
27. One is not a marginalized occupation group in most rural parts of Ethiopia?
A. Tanners C. Farmers
B. Potters D. None
28. In _________ system, the newly married couple live independently of their parents.
A. Patrilocal C. Neolocal
B. Matrilocal D. Bilocal
29. _________may need special attention, protection and support in government policies?
A. Vulnerable groups
B. Marginalized groups
C. Minority groups
D. All
30. A child who associates his line of descent with his mother’s line follows descent system?
A. Patrilineal
B. Matrilineal
C. Bilateral
D. Ambilineal

Part IV. Fill the blank spaces

31. ________refers to the state of being exposed to physical or emotional injuries. (2 pts)

32. ________refers to the knowledge and practices used in the management of socio-
economic, ecological and spiritual facets of life.(2 pts)

Part V. Give short answer for the following questions

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 Answer sheet
Name____________________Department_________________ID _______________
Part I: True/False

1. ________
2. ________ 4. ________
3. ________ 5. ________
Part II: Matching

6. ____________ 9. ____________
7. ____________ 10. ____________
8. ____________
Part III: Multiple Choices

11. _____________21._____________
12. _____________22._____________
13. _____________ 23.____________
14. _____________24._____________
15. _____________25._____________
16. _____________26._____________
17. _____________27._____________
18. _____________28._____________
19. _____________29._____________
20. _____________30_____________
Part 4: Fill Blank Spaces

31________________________________

32.______________________________

PART V. Short answers

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