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UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
OCT/NOV 2024
APC2601
Political Change in Contemporary Africa
Total Marks: 100
Duration: 3 Hours
This paper consists of two (10) pages.
Instructions:
1. You are given a maximum of (3 hours) to write this examination
starting from the 12 NOV 2024 08:00 - 12 NOV 2024 11:00.
2. If you fail to upload your final examination script, you will be
registered as ‘absent from examination’.
3. This examination paper consists of forty (40) True or
False/Multiple Choice Questions and one short question which
must be answered.
4. Each question in section A is worth 2 marks – and the short
question in Section B is worth 20 marks.
5. Please answer the examination questions in a separate document
and upload on the Moodle platform.
6. Do not encrypt any answer files with a security code.
7. Scanned documents must be converted and saved in PDF
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format, only. Scanned documents must be saved as a single file.
8. Please check that you have uploaded the correct file/document.
9. Please ensure that you submit the examination script on the
scheduled date and time.
This is not an open-book examination, and there is no need to
use sources.
Instruction: Please ANSWER all the questions in Section A and B
SECTION A
QUESTION 1
Participation refers to the notion that elections must be held
regularly.
A. True
B. False
QUESTION 2
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The involvement of the military in politics may be considered
democratic when the military is by extension the government.
A. True
B. False
QUESTION 3
In the context of military coups, the contagion effect does not refer
to a situation where if a coup is successful in one country other
military formations will attempt to launch coups in their own
countries.
A. True
B. False
QUESTION 4
Parliamentary fragmentation takes place when a large number of
parties are registered.
A. True
B. False
QUESTION 5
Military coups are often a form of change that is not change
because.
A. Citizens are likely to give directives to the military
government.
B. Citizens are likely to find themselves in a situation that they
were still in before the coup took place.
C. Citizens are likely to not fully participate in the governance the
coup has taken place.
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UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
OCT/NOV 2024
APC2601
Political Change in Contemporary Africa
Total Marks: 100
Duration: 3 Hours
This paper consists of two (10) pages.
Instructions:
1. You are given a maximum of (3 hours) to write this examination
starting from the 12 NOV 2024 08:00 - 12 NOV 2024 11:00.
2. If you fail to upload your final examination script, you will be
registered as ‘absent from examination’.
3. This examination paper consists of forty (40) True or
False/Multiple Choice Questions and one short question which
must be answered.
4. Each question in section A is worth 2 marks – and the short
question in Section B is worth 20 marks.
5. Please answer the examination questions in a separate document
and upload on the Moodle platform.
6. Do not encrypt any answer files with a security code.
7. Scanned documents must be converted and saved in PDF
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format, only. Scanned documents must be saved as a single file.
8. Please check that you have uploaded the correct file/document.
9. Please ensure that you submit the examination script on the
scheduled date and time.
This is not an open-book examination, and there is no need to
use sources.
Instruction: Please ANSWER all the questions in Section A and B
SECTION A
QUESTION 1
Participation refers to the notion that elections must be held
regularly.
A. True
B. False
QUESTION 2
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The involvement of the military in politics may be considered
democratic when the military is by extension the government.
A. True
B. False
QUESTION 3
In the context of military coups, the contagion effect does not refer
to a situation where if a coup is successful in one country other
military formations will attempt to launch coups in their own
countries.
A. True
B. False
QUESTION 4
Parliamentary fragmentation takes place when a large number of
parties are registered.
A. True
B. False
QUESTION 5
Military coups are often a form of change that is not change
because.
A. Citizens are likely to give directives to the military
government.
B. Citizens are likely to find themselves in a situation that they
were still in before the coup took place.
C. Citizens are likely to not fully participate in the governance the
coup has taken place.
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