CCA EXAM QUESTIONS FOR JSS3 FIRST TERM

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FIRST TERM EXAMINATION

Examination malpractices may lead to a repeat of the subject or suspensions don’t be involved.

SUBJECT: CREATIVE AND CULTURAL ARTS 

CLASS: JSS  3  

  TIME APPROVED: 1HR 30MINS

Section A (answer all questions from this section)

1)  Which of these art materials is in one colour  a) Colour  b) Crayon c) Charcoal d) Chalk.

2)  Motif is _______ a) A unit or singular part of a design   b)  dominant theme in art. c). 

     Main colour used in Textile d) Harmony.

3)  The most important function of a poster is to ________ a) Show picture on board b) Show 

    directional  c) Communicate some information to the public c) Show direction to     

    read users d) Advertise shoe & bag.

4)  Pots are fired in______ a) an oven b) a furnaces  c).   a kiln.  d).   The Kitchen.

5)  Which of these elements of art stimulate the sense of touch.  a).   Line.   b).   Colour.  c). 

    Form.   d).   Texture.

6)  Drama is a part of performing art that deals with _______ a)Sound and body movement. 

    b) Sleeping &performing. c). Drumming & dancing d) Drawing & painting.

7)  The following are materials for crocheting EXCEPT ________ a).  Ball of wool. b) A tape

    measure c).Crochet hook d) Caustic soda.

8)  Another name for ABSTRACT ART is ________ a). Regular shapes b).  Nonrepresentational

    shapes c). Geometric shapes d). Nonfigurative shapes.

9)  The painting of sea and ocean is known as _________ a).  Landscape. b). Ocean scape   c)

    Seascape.  d). River scape.

10)  Another name for calligraphy is ____________ a) typeface b). Pen lettering. c). Handwriting. 

     d). Hieroglyphics.

11)  What category of people is called artist a) Everybody b) Painters and sculpture c) Nobody at all

     d) Creative writers only.

12)  The letters that represent the musical note are _____ a) First 10 letters b) First 4 letters c)

     First 7 letters d) First 12 letters

13)  A branch of Art that is connected with appealing to man’s sense of beauty and emotion is

    ______a) Graphics art b) Applied art c)Fine art d) Literary art

14)  The following are example of crafts products EXCEPT ______ a) Embroidery  b) Drawing c).

     Basket d). Cane chair.

15)  A large hall where art works are display and sold to the public is called _____ a) Studio b)

    Museum c) Gallery d) Market.

16)  Educative is one of the function of _____ a). Drama b). Music c). Drawing d). Dance.

17)  The study of cultural and creative art deals with . a) Animals b) Teaching c) Painting d) Humans.

18)  The early man wrote and drew on ______a ) His palm b). Paper c). Outside his cave d). At the

     wall of his cave.

19)  Letters can be classified into______ a). Romans and Gothic b). Egyptian and Romans c). Block

     and Scripts d). Cap and low.

20)  Both capital and small letters are otherwise known as______ respectively. a). Long and short

     case b). Oriental and continental c). Upper and lower case d). Bold & narrow.

21)  Good spellings is essential in lettering for ________ a). Structure design b). Economy of paper

    c). Judicious use of space d) Legibility.

22)  The oldest of all Cultural art in Nigeria is ______a). Nok  b). Benin c). Ife d). Igbo-ukwu.

23)  The method by which fabric are decorated with thread is _______ a). Stitches b). Knitting c)

     Embroidery d). Macramé.

24)  Which of the following is an example of complementary colour? ______ a). Blue & purple b)

     Yellow & purple c). Red& yellow d) Red & purple.

25)  A drawing which a human being poses for an artist to draw is called ________ drawing a)

     Nature b). Posing c). Life d). Still life.

26)  Water colour painting is best rendered with________ a). Marker b). Sable brush c). Painting

     brush d). Bristle brush.

27)  If one primary colour is mixed with one secondary colour , it forms _______ colour a). Tried

    b). Tertiary c). Complementary _d). Monochrome.

28)  What material is best in painting? a).   Clay.  b).   Water  c).  Oil.  d).  Colour.

29)  _______ lettering are drawn or constructed.  a).  Pen lettering.  b).  Script lettering d)

     Block lettering d) Constructed.

30)  The drawing of house utensils is called ______  a).  General drawing.  b).  Still life

      drawing.  c).  Nature drawing.  d).  Life drawing.

31)  The arrangement of colour on a chart is called ___________  a).  Colour wheel.  b)

     Format. c).  Shapes of colour.  d).  Sphere.

32)  Embroidery is made on __________  a)  Drawing board. b) Leather c) Canvas d)

      Cloth.

33)  The symbol of Sango deity is identified with ______ a) Cutlass. b). Hammer.  c). Axe d). Rod.

34)  An artist who either models an object or carves wood is called a ________ a).  Curator. b)

     Sculptor.  c) Module. d) Carpenter.

35)  An object placed in a way to see the top is _________ a) Below the eye level b) On the eye

      level c) Beside the eye level d) Above the eye level.

36)  Reading, movement , acting and expression are the activities involved in ______ a)

     Playing  b) Rehearsal  c) Singing  d) drama.

37)  Which of the following is not a painter’s tool. a). Brush. b). Pallet c) colour. d) Squeegee.

38)  Which of the following is associated with BATIK.  a) Developer b) Tool c) Thread d)

      Wax.

39)  Paper Marche is a medium for _____ a) Sculpture  b). Painting. c). Construction. d) Drama.

40)  Canvas is mostly used in _______ a) Textile b) Ceramics c) Sculpture d) Painting.

41)  Soap stone carvings were discovered in the following towns in Nigeria a) Ekoi and Esie b) Ife

     and Benin c) Ibadan and Ogoja d) Lagos and Jos.

42)  Nature drawing refers to _______a) Drawing of Table b) Drawing of Land c)Plant and animal

     drawing d) Person drawing.

43)  The art of Modelling and Carving is known as _______ a) Graphics b) Ceramics c) Drawing

     d0 Sculpture.

44)  _______ is used to preserve wet clay. a) Basket b) Plate c) Polythene d) Paper.

45)  Clay is to sculpture as Chisel is to _______ a) Drawing b) Sculpture c) Painting d) Drama.

46)  _____ and _______ are the main types of Perspective. a) Linear and Upper   b) Angular

     and parallel c) Linear and Arial d) Angular and Horizontal.

47)  Carving involves a) Adding b) Chipping and Adding c) Subtracting d) None of the above.

48)  The pre-historic people lived in ______ a) House b) Store c) Hot d) cave.

49)  The word CRAFT simply means _______ a) Portraite b) Hand work c) Machine product

     d)Industrial arts.

50)  Ife Art culture is located in ____ state. a)Oyo state b) Osun state c) Ogun state d) Ibadan.

51)  Aina Onabolu was born in which year? A) 1890 b) 1882 c) 1950 d) 1960.

52)  The earliest form of music was ____ a) Nature base b) Drum base c) Sound base d) Record.

53)  Theatre Design is otherwise known as ______ a) Beauty De) sign b) Photo Design c)
 

     Scenography Design d) Light Design.

54)  _____ is the movement of human body, typically and rhythmic to a musical sound a) Music b)

     Sound c) Drama d) Dance.   

55)  Classical music is rooted in a country called ____ a) Egypt b) Rome c) Greece d) Nigeria

56)  All of these are the component of colour EXCEPT a) Hue b) Water c) Intensity d) Value.

57)  In psychology self control is sometimes called _____ a) Self- regulation b) self confidence c)

      Self control d) self evaluation.

58)  Which of the following is not a drawing instrument ?a) Charcoal b) squeegee c) Pen d) Pencil.

59)  An object placed in a way to see the top is _________ a) Below the eye level b) On the eye

     level c) Beside the eye level d) Above the eye level.

60)  A large hall where art works are display and sold to the public is called _____ a) Studio b)

     Museum c) Gallery d) Market.

Section B (answer 3 questions only)

1)  What is Paper Mache

b)  Explain the process involved in tie dye.

2)  List and explain any two types of motifs.

b)  List any five (5) materials needed for knitting and crocheting.

3)  Define Art Terminologies ?

b)  Discuss any three way of generating income through arts.

4)  Construct any 10 ten letters of alphabet.

b)  List five contemporary Nigerian Artist with their areas of specialization.

5)  Define the concept of Dance.

b)  Explain any two activities involved in rehearsal.

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1…….. is a dominant raw material or medium of Esie art culture. (a) Wood (b)

Soapstone (c) Bronze (d) Brass

• Bronze traditional works of Benin were formed through the……(a) saved wax method (b) cireperdue lost wax process (c) etching method (d) modeling method
• Which of these art traditions in Nigeria is the oldest? (a) Nok art (b) Igbo Ukwu art (c) Tsoede art (d) Benin art
• Clay works of Nok were fired which suggest what term in art. (a) Green ware (b) Terracotta (c) Slip (d) Glaze
• Benin art and Ife art are both called …………………..….(a) royal art (b) court art (c) symbolic art (d) folk art

6………. is the process of showcasing visual artworks to the public in the exhibition

hall.

• Painting (b) Sculpting (c) Exhibition (d) Marketing

7. The process of arranging artworks into sections within the exhibition hall is called………..(a) fixing (b) framing (c) categorizing (d) mounting of artworks on walls.

8………………….. is the process of cutting coloured or white paper into a window

format (Mat) and placing the artwork on it for a better display.(a) Fixing (b) Framing (c) Mounting (d) Labeling

• The process of sticking a piece of paper with details about the artwork is what way of preparing artworks for display.(a) Labeling (b)Fixing (c) Framing (d) Mounting of artworks on walls.
• Which of the following apart from wall is required for hanging artworks for a number of days during display? (a) Display stand board (b) Easel (c) Flat wooden board (d) None of the above.

11………. are decorativestitches made on fabric using needle and thread.

1. Embroidery (b) Macramé (c) Cloth weaving (d) Needle  craft
2. Embroidery is a local craft practiced in Nigeria. (a) True (b) False (c) Maybe (d) Not sure
3. is embroidery transfer method that requires the use of a water soluble pen to

draw beautiful designs on fabric directly. (a) Pricking (b) Direct drawing (c) Tracing (d) Tailor’s tacking

1. involves the use of a light weight tracing that is marked with a pattern to

transfer the embroidery design to fabric.(a) Tracing (b) Direct drawing (c) Pricking (d) Tailor’s tacking

1. Handmade embroidery and machine made embroidery are……….. of embroidery.
   1. types (b) functions (c) crafts (d) motifs

1. ……….…is a skilled drama personnel who creatively writes plays. (a) Playwright (b) Poet (c) Novelist (d) Journalist
2. Who among these playwrights in Nigeria won a noble prize in 1986 as an outstanding playwright of dramatic literature?                            (a) Chinua Achebe (b) Prof. Wole Soyinka (c) Ola Rotimi (d) Ola Olugoke
3. Written works of a playwright or dramatist are solely based on …….and……………….. (a)

fiction and non-fiction (b) religion and politics (c) None of the above (d) All of the above.

• ‘The gods are Not to Blame’ is a written work by……….. (a) Ola Rotimi (b) Ola

Olugoke (c) Prof. Wole Soyinka (d) HurbertOgunde

• Written plays that are invented or imagined without being relevant to real life situations are based on ……….….(a) fiction (b) non-fiction (c) All of the above (d) None of the above

22….. refers to three or more notes that are played at the same time. (a) Chord

• Triad (c) Melody (d) Tune
  • A group of three notes usually the first, third and fifth in music is called ……………
    • Chord (b) Triad (c) Brace (d) Clef
• The inversion of the tonic triad in C major is………………… (a) C E G (b) C G E (c) E

C G (d) None of the above

• The primary chords or triads are built in the…………………………………….. (a) I,IV,V
  • II,III,VI,VII (c) II,III,VI          (d) I,V,VIII
• The secondary chords or triads are built in the………………………………………..
  • (a) II,III,VI,VII       (b)  I,III,V (c) III,IV,VI    (d) II,III,VI

27…….. championed the course for the introduction of art into Nigerian schools.

• AinaOnabolu(b) Yusuf Grillo(c) Demas Nwoko(d)LadiKwali
• Which one of the following is the father of contemporary Nigerian arts and artists?
  • LadiKwali (b) Yusuf Grillo (c) AinaOnabolu (d) Ben Enwonwu

29. A popular Potter who was skillful in the modeling of earthen wares on the throwing wheel is…… (a) Yusuf Grillo (b) Ben Enwonwu (c) LadiKwali (d) Dele Jegede

• Who sculpted a free standing statue of a man holding an axe in one hand at the front of NEPA headquarters, Lagos State? (a) Ben Enwonwu (b) Yusuf Grillo (c) AinaOnabolu (d) Yusuf Grillo
• The life and death of Chief Pa AinaOnabolu is between ………….and………… (a)

1987-1990 (b) 1882-1963 (c) 1756- 1897 (d) 1985-1997

THEORY

1. Define contemporary art.
2. State two outstanding works of Ben Enwonwu.

THEORY

1. What are the tonic solfas of the triad in the root position?
2. Define inversion of triads.

THEORY

1. Mention the name of two popular drama directors in Nigeria.
2. State one renowned designer in Nigeria.

THEORY

1.         Define pattern.

Mention two sources of embroidery design

THEORY

1. List two ways of preparing artworks for display.
2. State three display techniques in exhibition.

1. State two features of Nok Art Culture.
2. Why is Ife art referred to as court art?

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