PCR261 EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

The growing nationalism that dominates the affairs of multi-ethnic societies like ______ can be linked to cultural bias and ethnocentric attitude

a. Nigeria

b. South Africa

c. Ghana

d. Adamawa

War saps _________, it involves mental, physical, and socio-economic strength

a. energy

b. power

c. moral

d. confidence

A __ is often used by sociologists to describe the way of life of a society.

a. tradition

b. culture

c. threat

d. conflict

Culture of _____ implies a set of norms, values and attitudes, which constitute a war behaviour among state and non-state actors.

a. dispute

b. conflict

c. crisi

d. war

Carl Von Clausewitz disagreed with the above notion, arguing that war is not only risky business but also coloured by _____

a. idea

b. confidence

c. uncertainty

d. proof

A___is the act of putting some power or faculty into vigorous action

a. exertion

b. production

c. strength

d. physically fit

There are ____major categories of warfare

a. five

b. four

c. three

d. two

________ usually involves the belief by an individual that his/her own culture and/or ethnic group is the best

a. ethnic group

b. ethnocentrism

c. people

d. society

This view was evident in the ____ in Rwanda in the 1990s

a. civil war

b. dispute

c. conflict

d. crisis

The incident of violent ___ and war has really bedeviled the entire global order with attendant litany of killings

a. dispute

b. conflict

c. war

d. crisis

A______ peace can easily aid the emergence of this violent conflict behaviour

a. positive

b. negative

c. crisis

d. conflict

introduction of professional ____ in modern theatre of war has really helped human race to address the Hobbesian nature of warfare i

a. land armies

b. armies

c. airforce

d. soldier

The beginning of prehistoric wars has remained a controversial discourse and great debate causing intellectual war between anthropologists and ____

a. criminologist

b. peacemakers

c. biology

d. historians

Civilians are now forcefully conscripted into_______ forces as well as national armies

a. soldier

b. boko haram

c. rebel

d. airforce

Peace has been a very desirable but costly element of international relations as well as intra-state ______

a. war

b. politics

c. conflict

d. crisis

This period was dominated by the Mediterranean nations, and notable among them were Greece and Roman Empire____

a. recent period

b. ancient Period

c. modern period

d. contemporary

The use of _____in warfare was also prominent in ancient period

a. elephants

b. animal

c. goat

d. caw

With recent development in the world, _______ relation amongst states has remained the platform to define which state is deviant and which is not

a. asymmetric

b. cooperative

c. love

d. force

UN ____in promoting the values, norms, attitude and behaviour that seek to transform violence to non-violence

a. idea

b. plan

c. Agenda

d. culture

The building of peaceful ____ system remains an activity, which requires all parties, both state and non-state actors

a.national

b.global

c. international

d.local

A___ peace-promoting ideals or principles, which include creating active and egalitarian civil society

a. love

b. conditional

c. negative

d. positive

Conflict____ is a very difficult task and relatively subjective

a. prevention

b. settlement

c. resolution

d. intervention

The culture of peace encourages new forms of __and democracy as the basic political structure

a. community

b. citizenship

c. country

d. society

Track two diplomacy theory informs us that state and non-state actors need to work assiduously in the resolution of conflict without resorting to the use of ____

a. coercive

b. tatics

c. involvement

d. action

Promoting the ___of peace has become an alternative strategy to promote global peace and security

a. tradition of peace

b. desire of peace

c. harmony

d. culture.

The goal is to transform their perceptions regarding the conflict from zero-sum to____

a. losswin

b. winwin

c. winloss

d. wingain