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Difficulty: MediumLiteral Comprehension and Fact Retrieval

Read the passage below carefully and evaluate the statement that follows:

The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) was established by Decree No. 85 of 1993 as the official regulatory body for the Nigerian film and video industry. Headquartered in Abuja, the Board is statutorily empowered to license all classification centers, censor films, and register film distribution outlets throughout Nigeria. Funding for the Board's operational expenses is derived primarily from federal budgetary allocations, supplemented by licensing fees collected from registered distributors. Unlike private trade associations, the NFVCB possesses exclusive authority to ban films deemed harmful to public morals. In 2018, the Board established digital verification portals to combat unauthorized film duplication.

Statement: The National Film and Video Censors Board derives its operational funding exclusively from licensing fees collected from registered film distributors.

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False. The passage explicitly states that operational funding is derived primarily from federal budgetary allocations, supplemented by licensing fees.
The evaluated statement asserts that the Board relies exclusively on licensing fees for operational funding. However, explicit text evidence confirms that federal budgetary allocations serve as the primary financial source, with licensing fees providing supplementary funds. Therefore, the statement is false.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Locate the sentence in the passage that addresses the funding mechanism of the Board.
Found text evidence: 'Funding for the Board's operational expenses is derived primarily from federal budgetary allocations, supplemented by licensing fees collected from registered distributors.'
Direct fact retrieval requires finding the explicit statement in the passage regarding operational expenses.
2
Compare the statement's claim of exclusive funding from licensing fees against the textual evidence.
The passage highlights federal budgetary allocations as the primary source and licensing fees as supplementary, contradicting the word 'exclusively'.
Verifying factual accuracy requires checking qualifiers and modifiers against the passage text.

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Literal Comprehension and Fact Retrieval
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