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    SR. test cope 02111010 SPEC 2014/0211010 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION® CARIBBEAN STUDIES SPECIMEN PAPER Un 1 ~ Paper 01 1 hour 30 minutes READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. 1. This specimen paper consiss oF 4S items. You will have | hour an 30 minutes to answer them. 2. Inaddition othe test booklet, you should have an answer sheet 5. Each tem inthis test ha four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C),(D). Read each item you are about to answer and decide which choles is best. 4, Qn your answer shee, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space having, the Same letter asthe answer you have chosen. Look a the sample item befow, Sample ems Which ofthe following political ideologies emphasizes marketed development? (8) Mansism Sams Anse Seam {© Captatsm ®©e® (D) Communism The best answer to this item is “Capitalism, so (C) has been shaded DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. Copyright © 2014 Caribbean Examinations Counel Allrights reserved. oatioroisPEc 2014 1, Which Amerindian group seted in Cental America in pre-Columbian (A) Maya 3) Tainos (©) Ciboneys (D) —Kolinages 2 Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Caibbean society? (A) Cultural diversiy $B). Socal satifcation {C)) Cultural homogeneity (©) Cultural hybridization 3. The practice of using indigenous labour in tho Caribbean in. exchange for ‘conversion to Christianity is referred to genocide encomienda indentureship| 4. Which of the following is NOT a method of preventing soil erosion? {8)_ Afforestation BP Deforestation (C) Crop rotation (D) Contour ploughing 5S. Which ofthe following isan indigenous Caribbean at for? (A) Rap @) lez © Rep ()) Reggae 6. Which ofthe following is an example of material culture? BD Food (B) Noms (©) Symbol (0) Language oat 10101SPEC 2014 7. "Social structures, groups and institutions work together towards achieving social stability, and ensuring thatthe collective will of the members of society ie achieved." This statement BEST summarizes whieh view of society? (A) Marxist (B) Socialist (©) Interpretive (©) Funetionais 8. Euroeentic ideals of sovity are BEST reflected in the ideology of (A) Hinduism (B) — Ganeyism GO, Furetionalism (D)_Restafarianism 9. Creolizaton is 2 function of Caribbean society MAINLY because ofthe (A) bility to tolerate other cultures BY meraing of cultres to. retain SN dentiy (©) tendency towards socal ‘exelsvity {D) need of the oppressed to. gain ecogrition 10, Mulatos formed the middle layer of planation society MAINLY because they had (A) Creole mothers <(8)> Europe fathers © European mothers (©) Amerindian parents 11. Which of the following is the BEST «example of cultural retention? (A) Video games for entertainment (B) Microwave ovens for cooking (Oy a SB ec (©) Buopean names used by Caribbean people GO ON TO THE NEX® PAGE 12, The declaration of Emencipation Day on 1 August a8 a public holiday by several Caribbean countries isan attempt at cclural (A) erasure (B)__ retention O) diversity (OY retabitation 13, The presence of Indian dishes, like roti and doubles in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana, that are not found in India is MOST likely evidence of QQ eveoization {BY alobalieaion (©) Fail nifeacon ©) Sec npn 1M, Every year aller carnival celebrations in ‘Trinidad and Tobago, Mike Antoine takes some of his local band members. to participate in Notting Hil, Caribana and about Day festivities. Mr Antoine's actions area good example of the (A) underatilization of local culture {B) _ovcrexploitation of local eulture (C)_ dominance of metropolitan culture OY, influence of local culture on the SP diaspora 15, Maessts regard religion asthe “opiate” of the people because it (A) helps the poor (B) _ makes the population happy (©) _ allows suffering ofthe poor {D))_ allows exploitation ofthe poor with rewards promised inthe sterile 16, The movement started by Aime Cestre ‘which facused on black consciousness and pride was referred 0 a5 Rasafai > Negrinde Code Noir (b) Pan-Africanism 0211 1010/SPEC 2014 17, The Gin Inde i used to measure 1A) energy IB) sociability (C)) inequality (B) productivity 18, Which ofthe following is NOT feature of globalization? (a) E-commerce (GB) Protetionism (©) Commercislization (D) Trade liberalization 19, The concept of black consciousness was first popularized inthe Caribbean by AAL Haile Selassie {B)> Marcus Garvey (©) William Du Bois (0) Manin Lather King 20, Which of the following is an indicator sed to compare the distribution of wealth ‘within a population? BY Gini coeticient (BY Gross national product (©) Gross domestic product (D) Human development index 21, The person PRIMARILY associated with indussialization by invitation in the Caribbean is (A) Aimb Cassie Mine) CEG Sra Cai (D) Uriah Buzz Butler 22, Acknowledging that people of the same ‘tinie group faced similar problems is a rain impact of (A)_ trade unions BY politcal pares Sy Pan Africanism (D) the University of the West Indies GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 23, Sustainable tourism CANNOT be encouraged by utilizing (A) solar water heating 8) ata venation ond ighting {© environmental trining for sf QD), thecoasine forthe bing of > otts 24, Canbhean feminists are interested in engendering Caribbean history in order to (A) study male female elatonships (B)devahe the historical ~. achievements of men (©) oppose the trational male ‘dominated role in history (D) distor: history in order to give ‘women inereasd roles 25, “Indusrialization by invitation’ was intended o benefit the Caribbean region in ‘Which ofthe following ways? 1, Transferring managerial and Technical skills 10” Caribbean people TL Providing a cheap labour fore for foroign investors UL, Diversitying the mainly agriul- ‘ral-based economies G@ Nana t only (B) Land Ul only (©) Wand tlonly (0) Mand mt 26, Research objectives are important because "they G@) contain dependent and independent variables (@) prove. the relationship between variables (©) indicate the sources of information relevant to the study (D) guide the researehor in developing ‘elevant research quostions 21 LIo10ISPEC 2014 a. 28. 2». ‘The mass media can promote Caribbean integration by (A) acting asa national watehdog (8) monitoring political development (©) supporting foreign film industries (D) promoting spars heroes. inthe ‘Caribbean Janice applied fora job as an instrument technician in an industrial estate located in ‘8 Caribbean country, She was denied the postion since as @ Seventh Day Adventist he ould not wrk on Saturdays, ‘This at of disrimination against Janice is refered to as (xin HS Ca @) stn Ramesh i a passionate supporter of West Indian Cricket. However, he is very upset because no player ftom his native land was eelcted for the West Indies Cricket ‘Team, and the stadium in his territory was not even ehasen asa venue for any ofthe matches, ‘The above situation demonstrates that one of the MAJOR challenges facing West Indies Creker is GAY) insularity among supporters %B) competition for selection of venues (©) development of new sills and ‘alent (©) contctbeewoen management and players GOON TO THE NEXT PAGE 30, aL ltem_30 refers to the following conver: salon betwoen two frends Alysea: My fivourt TV station is BET, oie Tus love Beyonee Me too, and don’t you just love her clothes? Alyssa: Oh yes, ant 10 Took jus ike her ‘Tv situation desribed above can BEST be desribed as (A) assimilation (8) globalization (C) cultura erasure @Y Problem-soiving research. is MAINLY ultra imperialism refered 0 a esearch that i @ 1B) © (oo) ‘An example of a primary source of pure applied ‘qualitative systematic information is information obtained from w 8) © © Which of the folowing is NOT a letter ‘ribute ‘textbook scientific method of sampling? “ B c) Random Systematic Probabiliy Convenience 0211 1010SPEC 2014 aM 36. 3. 38 ‘Systematic inquiry may be refered to as a iB) © o the applied research the scientific method the generation of new knowledge an in-depth analysis of complex situations using words MOST. important function of the literature review in researc isto a ® oO © clarify the problem statement Tink the “research to important cstablish the major concepts in the provide information for the introduction [A nypothesis is BEST defined asa w ®) © oy A vali statement of the variables thet the ‘study is expected to analyze prediction of the relationships between varibles| deseription of the nature of the problem that is beng investigated question that identi the problem ‘and the methods of investigation lid source of secondary information for research in Caribbean Studies would be cay 3) © o Jack Af) eer © © textbooks observations ‘questionnaires presented his dat using text and ulation. This demonstrates a mix of validity and reliability measures {ualitative and quanatve approaches probability and non-probabilty sampling comparison and categorization shalysis GOON TO THE NEXT PAGE 3%, Which of the following should be considered when identifying @ topic for research? 1, Was the problem previously researched? te the problem researchable and manageable? ML, Is the. problem an issue of significance tothe government? {@)) Land only (B) Vand ll only (©) Mand ttoaly ©) Ulend mt 40, Which of the following statements is 4 hypothesis? (A) Examine the causes of obesity in StJoka’s Village (B) What are the causes of youth violence in Nt Hope Village? (C) To what extent has pollution affected the village of Mt Deas? (B) the use of sleaol is responsible 7 forthe poor performance of students at St John's High School 41, One MAJOR advantage of a review of existing lteratne i that it provides (A) slated materia) {B) background information (©) specialist contact information (D), timely theoretical pespectves 42, A. sixth form student is conducting research onthe reasons why students ar rot doing. their homework. Which Sampling method would be MOST effective in ensuring tht the views of ‘Stunts at all level are represented? (A) Random (B)_ Systematic CAC)» Convenience (D) Stratified random 44 48, ENDOF TEST nati 010/sPeC 2014 43, Max is conducting researc on the topic “The effeets of illegal érugs among teenager In determining whether 10 use parsipant ‘observation or questionnaires, Max's MAIN consideration could be L u im. “ @) 40) @) reliability sample size tical issues and Monty Tana tl enly and I only Ie tand [A seties of fights have occurred ina school. An investigation was curried out in ‘which studens Were interviewed on the fase ofthe fights, The data would BEST be presented using w @) ©

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