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FORM TP 2020260 MAY/JUNE 2020
CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION®
GEOGRAPHY

UNIT 1 - Paper 01

POPULATION GEOGRAPHY, GEOMORPIDC

PROCESSES AND HAZARDS
I hour 30 minutes

( 11 JUNE 2020 (p.m.) )

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READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

1. This test consists of 45 items. You will have I hour and 30 minutes to answer them.

2. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet .

.., Do not be concerned that the answer sheet provides spaces for more answers than there are items
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in this test.

4. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item you
are about to answer and decide which choice is best.

5. On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space having
the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below.

Sampl e Item
Which of the following phrases refers to alluvial fans? Sample Answer

;; (A) Depositional features in a body of standing water

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<( (B) Steps cut into thick deposits of alluvium or bedrock
(C) Features fonned when confined streams flow onto a plain
(D) Thick accumulations of alluvium deposits on a flood plain

The best answer to this item is " Features formed when confined streams flow onto a plain" , so (C)
has been shaded.

6. If you want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new choice.

7. When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can. If you
cannot answer an item. go on to the next one. You may return to that item later.
8. You may do any ro ugh work in this booklet.

9. You may use a silent, non -programma ble calculator to answer items.
.... The use of geometrical instruments is perm itted.
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Items 5-6 refer to the following g raph

1. A limitation of choropleth maps is that
showing the prediction of Thomas Malthus.
(A) overlaps are not easily avoided
(B) they cannot be easily constructed .,,. .,,. Food production
(C) boundaries suggest abrupt changes
(D) low concentrations are usually
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shown

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2. In the Demographic Transition Model,
high birth rates and falling death rates are ---Time
characteristics of Stage

(A) 2
What is the LIKELY consequence of the
(B) 3 5.
situation shown at III?
(C) 4
(D) 5
(A) Drought
(B) Surplus
(C) Stable population
Item 3 refers to the following diagram
(D) Optimum population
showing the population density of two
regions, P and Q.

6. Famine is depicted on the graph at

(A) II only
(B) III only
(C) I and II only
(D) II and III only

7. Count:r-urbanization in more developed

3. The boundary between P and Q signifies countries (MDCs) is influenced by
that there is a
(A) declining affluence
(A) small population in Region P (B) g~eate~ personal mobility
(B) change in population density (C ) d_1~ers1fication of farm incomes
(C) large difference in population (D) nsmg numbers of farm workers
density
(D) small difference in population
density 8. Which of the
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· t h eonsts
. suogested
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that transportat·
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ion routes influenced the
4. expansion of towns?
Boserup argued that population growth
could stimulate
(A) Burgess
(A) fami ne (B) Weber
(B) migration (C) Harris
(C) innovation (D) Hoyt
(D) desert ification

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Items 9-10 refer to the following diagram 11. Which of the following rates is the MAIN
which shows zones (numbered 2 to 9) in factor influencing the ' doubling time ' of a
an urban area. population?

(A) Birth
(B) Death
(C) Growth
(D) Lmmigration
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12. A map of Country X shows that over most
of the country, there are 200 persons per
2 km 2 • The map of Country X shows its
population

(A) change
3 4 (B) density
(C) structure
(D) distribution

Item 13 refers to the following graph which

GJ shows the population growth of an area
over time.

9. Which model of urban structure 1s

illustrated in the diagram?
400
Q
(A) Hoyt j R
(B) Waugh i 300 p
(C)
(D)
Burgess
Harris and Ullman
£ 200 s
100 0

10. Which zone on the diagram is LEAST Time(Yean)

likely to represent a residential area?

(A) 2 13. The rate of population change is HIGHEST

(B) 3 during the phase
(C) 4
(D) 5 (A) 0-P
(B) P-Q
(C) Q-R
(D) R-S

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ttern of an area.
Item 14 refers to the following map showing the settlement pa

!00:
..-- Road
,-300 ......- Contour

Building
Cliff

14. Which of the following factors are responsible for the settlement pattern shown in the map above?

I. Land use
II. Road network
III. Relief

(A) I and II only

(B) I and III only
(C) II and III only
(D) I, II and HI

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Item 15 refers to the following diagram which shows a hierarchy of urban settlements in
Country X.

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City

15. Which of the following terms describes the hierarchy in Country X?

(A) Binary
(B) Primacy
(C) Rank size
(D) Central place

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16. The term used to describe the annual variation in the discharge of a river is

(A) flood hydrograph

(B) drainage density
(C) morphometry
(D) river regime

Items 17- 19 refer to the following

· diagrams
· · cross sec r·ons
showmg 1 of Stream I and Stream II
(measurements are not to scale).

Streamll

Stream I

17. What is the wetted perimeter, in ft, of Stream II?

(A) 8
(B) 9
(C) 10
(D) 12

18. What is the cross-sectional area, in ft2,of Stream I?

(A) 8
(B) 9
(C) 10
(D) 12

19. With reference to Streams I and II, which of the following statements is NOT true?

(A) Stream ll is more efficient than Stream I.

(B) Stream II has a larger volume than Stream l.
(C) Streams I and 11 have the same cross-sectional area.
(D) Stream I has to overcome more friction than Stream 11.

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23. Which of the following featu re s a re

Item 20 refers to the following diagram
which shows the cross section ' XY, of a LIKELY to be formed when the velocity
river channel. of a stream is suddenly reduced?

I. Point bars
X y
II. Alluvial fans
III. Incised meanders

(A) I and lI only

(B) I and Ill only
(C) II and Ill only
(D) I, II and 111
20. Which of the following fluvial features is
shown in the diagram?
24. Lag time would be LONGEST when
(A) Meandering
(A) drainage basins are small
(B) Braiding
(B) vegetation is very sparse
(C) Terrace
(C) rocks are impermeable
(D) Levee
(D) soil is extremely dry

21. In relation to the storm hydrograph, which

25. The term ' stream order' identifies the
of the following factors will result in the
SHORTEST lag time?
(A) number of segments in a stream
Interception by many trees (B) hierarchy of a drainage network
(A)
High infiltration capacity (C) number of channels in a drainaoe
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Rainfall of long duration basin

(C)
High water table (D) arrangement of streams of different
(D)
orders

22. Which of the following are NOT features

of carboniferous limestone? 26. Which of the follo w in g feature s are
associated with a trellis drainage pattern?
(A) Grikes
(B) Dry valleys (A) Permeable rocks
(C) Earth pillars (B) Homogeneous rocks
(D) Depressions (C) Uplifted dome structures
(D) Alternating hard and soft rocks

27. ' Overland flow ' is defined as the

(A) non-channel surface water flo w

(B) highest water discharge in a stream
(C) stream flow contributed by ground-
water
(D) water flow in a stream at maximum
capacity

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:u.em ..2. refers to the following diagram of

2
Item 28 refers to the following table a drainage pattern.
showing the drainage density of four rivers.

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Drainage
River Density (km/m 2)
Cam 4.0
Den 3.5
Erb 2.8
Fab 2.0

28. Which river will have the SHORTEST lag

time between precipitation and peak flood? 29. Which of the following terms describes the
drainage pattern shown above?
(A) Erb
(B) Fab (A) Dendritic
(C) Den (B) Annular
(D) Cam
(C) Radial
(D) Trellis

Item 30 refers to the following diagram of a drainage basin.

30. The stream order for the segment labelled X is

(A)
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4

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Which of the following descriptions is associated with a flash flood?

31.

(A) Slow-rising event caused by snowmelt

(B) Slow-rising event caused by heavy rainfall
(C) Extreme, short-lived event caused by storms
(D) Extreme, short-lived event caused by tidal surges

32. Which of the following pieces of evidence does NOT support continental drift?

(A) Location of oceans

(B) Seafloor spreading
(C) Rock type and geology
(D) The Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Item 33 refers to the following map of Island P, with regions labelled I, Il, III and IV.

Volcanic Prevailing wind

--
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vent
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Sea

33. Which region on Island P would have the GREATEST threat from falling ash produced by a
volcanic eruption?

(A) I
(B) II
(C) III
(D) IV

34. At convergent plate boundaries where oceanic and continental crusts meet, which of the following
tectonic events is LIKELY to occur?

(A) Oceanic crust is created.

(B) Oceanic crust is subducted.
(C) Continental crust is created.
(D) Continental crust is subducted.

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35. Which of the following BEST describes Itern 38 refers to the following
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diagram
h. b tw
the Himalayas region? which shows the relations 1p e een
the frequency and magnitude of a hazard.
(A) Collision zone
(B) Subduction zone
(C) Constructive plate margin
(D) Conservative plate margin

Item 36 refers to the following table which

shows the arrival times of three seismic
waves, I, JI and III.

Seismic Wave Arrival Time (p.m.) Magnitude --..;)

l 3.14
II 3.16 38. Which of the following conclusions is true
Ill 3.17 about the relationship between magnitude
and frequency?
36. Which of the following terms BEST
describes Seismic Wave Ill? (A) As magnitude increases, frequency
increases.
(A) Orbital (B) As magnitude decreases, frequency
(B) Primary decreases.
(C) Rayleigh (C) As magnitude increases, frequency
(D) Secondary decreases.
(D) There is no relationship betv,,reen
magnitude and frequency.
37. Why is flooding more intense in areas of
human settlement?
39.
In disaster management, which of the
(A) Building of dams increases river following terms focuses on long-term
discharge.
(B) structural and non-structural measures of
There is always more precipitation eliminating risks?
in towns and cities.
(C) Soils are more saturated and (A) Preparedness
infiltration capacity is reduced. (B) Mitigation
(D) More impermeable surfaces (C) Recovery
increases the amount of run-off (D) Response

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Which of the following conditions may 43. Which of the following features is formed
40.
contribute to flooding? on the oceanic crust at subduction zones?

I. High annual rainfall (A) Island arc

II. Draining of wetlands to construct (8) Lava plateau
houses (C) Fold mountain
Jll. Large-scale deforestation of (D) Mid-oceanic ridge
hillsides

(A) I and II only 44. How much larger is an earthquake of

(8) I and Ill only magnitude 4 than one of magnitude 2 on
(C) II and III only the Richter scale?
(D) I, II and Ill
(A) Twice as large
(8) Ten times larger
41. Basic lavas are associated with eruptions (C) One hundred times larger
which are (D) One thousand times larger

(A) gentle
(8) gaseous 45. Which of the following activities describes
(C) viscous a destructive plate margin?
(D) explosive
(A) Two continental crusts meet and
are forced to subduct.
42. Earthquakes cause more fatalities in less (8) A continental and an oceanic crust
developed countries (LDCs) than in more meet and the continental crust is
developed countries (MDCs) because subducted.
LDCs (C) A continental and an oceanic crust
meet and the oceanic crust is
(A) are located at plate boundaries subducted.
(8) have low building standards (D) Two oceanic crusts move away
(C) have poorly designed cities from each other resulting in the
(D) lack emergency plans sea floor spreading.

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