AEWIA - T2.2_Discussion Forum_Final Competence Assessment

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Question 1. What is the main purpose of intercultural dialogue?

A. To make different cultures become identical

B. To enable respectful exchange, mutual understanding and learning between people with different cultural backgrounds

C. To decide which culture has the strongest traditions

D. To avoid discussing differences between communities

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Question 2. Which behaviour best supports constructive dialogue?

A. Listening carefully and responding respectfully to different perspectives

B. Interrupting when another person has a different opinion

C. Trying to convince everyone to adopt the same viewpoint

D. Avoiding questions about unfamiliar experiences

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Question 3. Why is active listening important in an international discussion?

A. It allows participants to speak for longer

B. It prevents disagreement from emerging

C. It helps participants understand the meaning, experience and perspective behind another person's contribution

D. It ensures that all participants reach the same conclusion

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Question 4. What does mutual respect mean during a discussion?

A. Agreeing with every opinion expressed

B. Allowing only experts to challenge ideas

C. Never discussing sensitive issues

D. Recognising the dignity and right of others to express different perspectives

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Question 5. What is a stereotype?

A. A simplified generalisation applied to a group of people

B. A verified description of every person in a community

C. A traditional practice transmitted between generations

D. A method for evaluating a discussion

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Question 6. What is one effective way to challenge stereotypes?

A. Avoiding contact with people from different backgrounds

B. Listening to diverse experiences and questioning generalisations

C. Using a single example to describe an entire community

D. Assuming that cultural differences never change

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Question 7. Why can personal stories be valuable in intercultural dialogue?

A. They prove that everyone from the same community has the same experience

B. They eliminate the need for evidence or reflection

C. They can make different lived experiences visible and encourage empathy and understanding

D. They should replace all other forms of discussion

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Question 8. Which approach is most appropriate when cultural perspectives differ?

A. Identify which culture is correct

B. Ignore the difference and change the subject

C. Listen, ask respectful questions and explore the reasons behind different perspectives

D. Ask participants to abandon their cultural viewpoints

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Question 9. What is cultural diversity?

A. The presence of different cultural identities, practices, experiences and perspectives within or between communities

B. A situation in which everyone follows the same traditions

C. A system for ranking cultures

D. A barrier that prevents cooperation

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Question 10. What is a likely benefit of dialogue between people from different countries?

A. It can create mutual learning, new connections and a broader understanding of shared and different experiences

B. It guarantees that cultural differences disappear

C. It prevents participants from discussing local issues

D. It makes national perspectives irrelevant

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Question 11. What is intangible cultural heritage?

A. Only historic buildings and monuments

B. Practices, knowledge, expressions, skills and traditions that communities recognise and transmit

C. Any object that is more than one hundred years old

D. Only traditions formally registered by governments

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Question 12. Why is cultural heritage described as 'living'?

A. Because it exists only in natural environments

B. Because it must remain exactly as it was in the past

C. Because people continue to practise, transmit, interpret and sometimes adapt it

D. Because only living people can visit museums

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Question 13. What role can women play in transmitting cultural heritage?

A. They can carry, practise, teach, reinterpret and share knowledge, stories, skills and traditions across generations

B. They can participate only when a tradition is officially recognised

C. They should preserve traditions without ever questioning them

D. The transmission of heritage is unrelated to women's experiences

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Question 14. Why is intergenerational dialogue important for living heritage?

A. It allows knowledge and practices to be shared, discussed and reinterpreted between generations

B. It ensures that younger generations copy every tradition without change

C. It prevents older generations from participating in cultural life

D. It replaces community participation with formal education

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Question 15. Which statement best reflects a balanced approach to tradition?

A. Every tradition must be preserved exactly as it is

B. All traditions should be abandoned when society changes

C. Traditions can be valued while also being questioned or adapted when they conflict with equality and dignity

D. Cultural traditions should never be discussed publicly

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Question 16. How can cultural heritage strengthen community identity?

A. By connecting people with shared memories, practices, stories and meanings

B. By preventing contact with other cultures

C. By making every member of a community identical

D. By replacing individual identity

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Question 17. What is an inclusive way to document a community tradition?

A. Describe it without speaking to the people who practise it

B. Involve community members and recognise the voices and knowledge of those who keep the tradition alive

C. Allow only external experts to define its meaning

D. Focus only on its commercial value

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Question 18. Why can intercultural exchange help safeguard heritage?

A. It forces communities to change their traditions

B. It allows people to share knowledge, increase visibility and learn different approaches to preservation and transmission

C. It makes local knowledge unnecessary

D. It requires traditions to become internationally identical

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Question 19. Which question best encourages reflection about women's cultural heritage?

A. Which culture is more important?

B. Who keeps this knowledge or practice alive, how is it transmitted, and whose contribution may be overlooked?

C. How can every tradition be turned into a commercial product?

D. How can cultural differences be removed?

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Question 20. When discussing traditions connected with women's roles, participants should:

A. Assume that traditional roles are always positive

B. Assume that traditions are always discriminatory

C. Explore their cultural meaning while also considering women's agency, equality and changing experiences

D. Avoid discussing gender because it may create disagreement

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Question 21. What does meaningful participation in a discussion mean?

A. Being present even if participants have no opportunity to contribute

B. Having genuine opportunities to express perspectives, listen, influence the conversation and engage with others

C. Speaking more frequently than other participants

D. Agreeing with the facilitator

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Question 22. Which facilitation practice best supports inclusion?

A. Giving most speaking time to the most confident participants

B. Using only one language regardless of participants' needs

C. Creating clear ground rules and opportunities for different voices to contribute

D. Avoiding contributions that challenge the majority view

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Question 23. What should a participant do when they do not understand another person's perspective?

A. Make an assumption based on the person's country

B. Ask a respectful clarifying question and listen to the explanation

C. Ignore the contribution

D. Explain why their own perspective is more accurate

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Question 24. Why is a safe and respectful discussion space important?

A. It enables participants to share ideas and experiences without fear of humiliation or hostility

B. It prevents participants from disagreeing

C. It ensures that only positive experiences are discussed

D. It allows facilitators to control every opinion

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Question 25. What is the difference between participation and influence?

A. There is no difference

B. Participation means being involved, while influence means having a real possibility to shape ideas, priorities or decisions

C. Influence means speaking first

D. Participation is possible only in formal institutions

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Question 26. Which response best demonstrates empathy?

A. I understand your experience is different from mine, and I want to understand how you see the issue

B. Your experience cannot be correct because mine was different

C. Everyone in your country probably feels the same way

D. We should avoid personal experiences and discuss only statistics

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Question 27. How can dialogue contribute to women's empowerment?

A. By giving women spaces to exchange experiences, strengthen their voices, build connections and contribute to collective reflection and action

B. By encouraging women to avoid controversial topics

C. By ensuring that women share the same opinions

D. By limiting discussions to personal issues

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Question 28. What can turn an international discussion into continued cooperation?

A. Ending communication once the meeting finishes

B. Building relationships, identifying shared interests and creating opportunities for future exchange or action

C. Avoiding contact between participants with different opinions

D. Keeping all knowledge within the original discussion group

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Question 29. A discussion includes participants with very different experiences of gender roles. What is the best approach?

A. Choose one experience as representative of all women

B. Encourage participants to compare experiences respectfully and recognise both differences and possible shared challenges

C. Avoid gender roles because experiences are too different

D. Ask participants to reach a single common opinion

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Question 30. What is the strongest outcome of a constructive international discussion forum?

A. Everyone leaves with exactly the same opinion

B. Participants exchange perspectives, develop understanding, strengthen connections and identify ideas that can inform future action

C. The facilitator speaks for most of the session

D. Participants avoid difficult questions

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