CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKING EXAM
KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
INSTITUTIONAL BASED PROGRAMME (APRIL SESSION)
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS, BACHELOR
OF EDUCATION BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND BACHELOR OF
COMMERCE
UCU 103: CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING
DATE:
Friday 3rd September 2010
TIME:
11.00a.m – 1.00p.m
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any THREE Questions.
1.
“Education without criticality and creativity undermines individual
transformation” Discuss.
2.
What factors should one consider in order to avoid mistakes in reasoning?
Exemplify your answer.
3.
“An unexamined life is not worth living”. Do you agree? Give reasons for your
answer.
4.
Use any FOUR tools of analysis (elements of thought) to analyse John Stuart
Mill’s essay: On individuality as one of the elements of well being.
5.
Discuss five common obstacles to autonomous thinking evident in Kenya today.
6.
In your option, what contribution can philosophy make towards good governance
in Africa?
KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2010/2011
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS,
EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, SCIENCE, COMMERCE AND
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
UCU 103: CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING
DATE: MONDAY, 22ND NOVEMBER 2010
TIME: 2.00 P.M – 4.00 P.M
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer ONE and any other TWO
1.
“ The reason why the World is embroiled in many problems is not because don’t think but because most people don’t think critically and creativity” . Discuss this statement with reference to Kenya today.
[ 30 marks]
2.
Analyse the reasoning in the following, clearly showing why each is an instance of fallacious reasoning; a)
A business women trying to win buyers for her perfume was heard arguing: “One thousand women have already bought this perfume; a thousand women cannot be wrong”. [ 5 marks]
b)
“ My pastor is insincere,
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
INSTITUTIONAL BASED PROGRAMME (APRIL SESSION)
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS, BACHELOR
OF EDUCATION BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND BACHELOR OF
COMMERCE
UCU 103: CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING
DATE:
Friday 3rd September 2010
TIME:
11.00a.m – 1.00p.m
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer any THREE Questions.
1.
“Education without criticality and creativity undermines individual
transformation” Discuss.
2.
What factors should one consider in order to avoid mistakes in reasoning?
Exemplify your answer.
3.
“An unexamined life is not worth living”. Do you agree? Give reasons for your
answer.
4.
Use any FOUR tools of analysis (elements of thought) to analyse John Stuart
Mill’s essay: On individuality as one of the elements of well being.
5.
Discuss five common obstacles to autonomous thinking evident in Kenya today.
6.
In your option, what contribution can philosophy make towards good governance
in Africa?
KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2010/2011
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS,
EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, SCIENCE, COMMERCE AND
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
UCU 103: CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING
DATE: MONDAY, 22ND NOVEMBER 2010
TIME: 2.00 P.M – 4.00 P.M
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer ONE and any other TWO
1.
“ The reason why the World is embroiled in many problems is not because don’t think but because most people don’t think critically and creativity” . Discuss this statement with reference to Kenya today.
[ 30 marks]
2.
Analyse the reasoning in the following, clearly showing why each is an instance of fallacious reasoning; a)
A business women trying to win buyers for her perfume was heard arguing: “One thousand women have already bought this perfume; a thousand women cannot be wrong”. [ 5 marks]
b)
“ My pastor is insincere,