RIFT VALLEY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT Of DISTANCE AND CONTINUING

EDUCATION
/Degree Program/

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WORK SHEET FOR CIVIC AND ETHICAL EDUCATION (Phil- 103)

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This work sheet is prepared for you to do by your own. It carries 30 %. The worksheet
should be completed and mailed to the Office of Distance and Continuing Education,
Adama Head Office.

Do not try to complete the worksheet until you have covered all the lessons and exercises
in the course material.

If you have any questions in the module that you have not been able to understand, please
state on a separate sheet of paper and attach it to this worksheet, otherwise, your tutor
will clarify them for you.

After completing this worksheet, be sure that you write your Name, ID. No, Address on
the first page and Your Name and ID. No on the other pages.

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Part I: Choose your best answer among the alternatives given and put your answer
on the space provided. (15Pts)
______1. Which of the following is wrong match?
A. Aesthetics/beauty B. Epistemology/knowledge
C. Ethics/conduct D. Logic/thinking E. None of the above
______2. Why are vigilant, informed, responsible and active citizens needed in a
democratic society? Because

A. In the system citizens administer themselves

B. They control the activity and behavior of their government
C. They can properly enjoy their rights and discharge their duties and
responsibility
D. All of the above
______3. As citizen is to civis ______ to civitas
A. State B. Political community C. Citizenship D. None
______4. Identify the one that best describes the Marxian theory of the state.
A. The state came in to existence when society is divided in to the antagonistic
social classes. The purpose of the state is to defend the interest of the
economically dominant class.
B. The authority of political leaders emanate from the will of God. No authority
exists with out Gods permission. The state emerges from consent of God.
C. The state came in to existence due to contractual agreement between the
people and the governing body.
D. The state exists for the purpose of defending the people from external
invasion and any injury in the territory of the state.
______5. The fundamental value of studying and understanding of the ethical theories
lies in
A. Obtaining definitive guides to moral conduct
B. Becoming aware of the moral options available to us for dealing with
complex moral decisions on a personal and collective level.
C. Protecting immoral actions against us
D. Providing particular skills of doing business E. None of the above

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______6. Which of the following is an example of normative statements?
A. Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia. B. Kenenisa is an athletic hero.
C. Alcoholism should be made illegal. D. All of the above
E. None of the above
______7. Civic education does not borrow ideas or theories from one of the following
science. Which one is that?
A. Economics C. Anthropology
B. Sociology D. Philosophy
______8. Concerning its structure one of the following is different from the others
A. Unitary state B. Federal state
C. Amalgamation state D. Confederal state
______9. Which of these is not included in a constitution?
A. government structure and functions
B. powers and functions of the legislative organ of the state
C. The socio-economic policy of the country
D. Rights, duties and responsibilities of citizens
E. None of these
______10. The philosophy of the Sophists was characterized by
A. Relativism B. Skepticism C. Objectivism D. All of the above
E. A and B are correct answers

Part II: Write True if the statement is True and False if the statement is False on the
space provided. (10Pts)
1. The concern of the Sophists was discovering genuine knowledge.
2. Citizens are individuals who are found in a dictatorial political system that enjoy their
rights and discharge their duties
3. The 1931 constitution of Ethiopian did not include the Universal Human right.
4. Constitutionalism refers to that public officials and ordinary citizens act and behave
according to the law
5. All human rights are for all human beings.

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Part III: Match items under column A with items with under column B (5Pts)
A B
______1. Free people A. self-governance
______2. Democracy B. Civics
______3. Civic education C. Political community
______4. State D. Civics
______5. The Greek city states E. Civitas
F. minority rule
G. multi-disciplinary study
H. government