specimen paper c.s (2)
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SPECIMEN PAPER
1. Which Amerindian group settled in
Central America in pre-Columbian
times?
(A) Maya
(B) Tainos(C) Ciboneys
(D) Kalinagos
2. Which of the folloing is !"T a
characteristic of Caribbean society?
(A) Cultural di#ersity
(B) $ocial stratification
(C) Cultural homogeneity
(D) Cultural hybridi%ation
3. The practice of using indigenous labour
in the Caribbean in e&change for con#ersion to Christianity is referred to
as
(A) asiento
(B) genocide
(C) encomienda
(D) indentureship
. Which of the folloing is !"T a
method of pre#enting soil erosion?
(A) Afforestation
(!) "e#ore$tation
(C) Crop rotation(D) Contour ploughing
%. Which of the folloing is an indigenous
Caribbean art form?
(A) 'ap
(B) a%%(C) ' B
(") Reggae
&. Which of the folloing is an e&le of material culture?
(A) *ood(B) !orms
(C) Sym'ol
(D) +anguage
. ,$ocial structures groups and institutions
or. together toards achie#ing social
stability and ensuring that the collecti#e
ill of the members of society is
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achie#ed/0
This statement B1$T summari%es hich
#ie of society?
(A) 2ar&ist
(B) $ocialist(C) 3nterpreti#e
(") unctionali$t
*. 1urocentric ideals of society are B1$T
reflected in the ideology of
(A) 4induism
(B) 5ar#eyism
(C) unctionali$m
(D) 'astafarianism
+. Creoli%ation is a function of Caribbean
society 2A3!+6 because of the
(A) ability to tolerate other cultures
(!) merging o# culture$ to retainidentity
(C) tendency toards social
e&clusi#ity
(D) need of the oppressed to gain'ecognition
1,. 2ulattos formed the middle layer of
plantation society 2A3!+6 because they
had
(A) Creole mothers
(!) Euro-ean #ather$
(C) 1uropean mothers(D) Amerindian parents
11. Which of the folloing is the B1$T
e&le of cultural retention?
(A) 7ideo games for entertainment
(B) 2icroa#e o#ens for coo.ing
(C) ammoc/$ in the -orch #or
rela0ation
(D) 1uropean names used by
Caribbean people
The declaration of 1mancipation Day on8 August as a public holiday by se#eral
Caribbean countries is an attempt at
cultural
(A) erasure
(!) retention
(C) di#ersity
(D) rehabilitation
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13. The presence of 3ndian dishes li.e roti
and doubles in Trinidad and Tobago and
5uyana that are not found in 3ndia is
2"$T li.ely e#idence of
(A) creoliation
(B) globali%ation
(C) racial unification(D) social integration
1. 1#ery year after carni#al celebrations in
Trinidad and Tobago 2i.e Antoine ta.es
some of his local band members to
participate in !otting 4ill Caribana and
+abour Day festi#ities/ 2r Antoine9s
actions are a good e&le of the
(A) underutili%ation of local culture
(B) o#ere&ploitation of local culture
(C) dominance of metropolitan culture
(") in#luence o# local culture on the"ia$-ora
1%. 2ar&ists regard religion as the :opiate9 of
the people because it(A) helps the poor
(B) ma.es the population happy
(C) allos suffering of the poor
(") allo$ e0-loitation o# the -oor
ith reard$ -romi$ed in the
a#terli#e
1&. The mo#ement started by Aim; Cesairehich focused on blac. consciousness and
pride as referred to as
(A) 'astafari
(!) Negritude
(C) Code !oir
(D)
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1+. The concept of blac. consciousness as
*irst populari%ed in the Caribbean by
(A) 4aile $elassie
(!) Marcu$ 4ar5ey
(C) William Du Bois(D) 2artin +uther King
2,. Which of the folloing is an indicator
used to compare the distribution of ealth
ithin a population?
(A) 4ini coe##icient
(B) 5ross national product
(C) 5ross domestic product
(D) 4uman de#elopment inde&
21. The person
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hich of the folloing ays?
3/ Transferring managerial and
technical s.ills to Caribbean
people
33/ ob as an instrument
technician in an industrial estate located in
a Caribbean country/ $he as denied the
position since as a $e#enth Day Ad#entist
she could not or. on $aturdays/This act of discrimination against anice is
referred to as
(A) racism
(B) se&ism(C) classism
(") creedi$m
2+. 'amesh is a passionate supporter of West
3ndian Cric.et/ 4oe#er he is #ery upset
because no player from his nati#e land
as selected for the West 3ndies Cric.et
Team and the stadium in his territory as
not e#en chosen as a #enue for any of the
matches/
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The abo#e situation demonstrates that one
of the 2A"' challenges facing West
3ndies Cric.et is
(A) insularity among supporters
(!) com-etition #or $election o# 5enue$(C) de#elopment of ne s.ills and
talent(D) conflict beteen management and
players
3tem 3, refers to the folloing con#ersation
beteen to friends/
Alyssa 2y fa#ourite T7 station is B1T/
3 >ust lo#e Beyonc;/
@oia 2e too and don9t you >ust lo#e
her clothes?
Alyssa "h yes 3 ant to loo. >ust li.e
her/3,. The situation described abo#e can B1$T
be described as
(A) assimilation
(B) globali%ation
(C) cultural erasure
(") cultural im-eriali$m
31.
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(D) an in-depth analysis of comple&
situations using ords
3%. The 2"$T important function of the
literature re#ie in research is to
(A) clari#y the -ro'lem $tatement
(B) lin. the research to importantriters
(C) establish the ma>or concepts in the
re#ie
(D) pro#ide information for the
3ntroduction
3&. A hypothesis is B1$T defined as a
(A) statement of the #ariables that the
study is e&pected to analy%e
(!) -rediction o# the relation$hi-$
'eteen 5aria'le$
(C) description of the nature of the problem that is being in#estigated
(D) uestion that identifies the problem
and the methods of in#estigation
3. A #alid source of secondary information
for research in Caribbean $tudies ould
be
(A) te0t'oo/$
(B) inter#ies
(C) obser#ations
(D) uestionnaires
3*. ac. presented his data using te&t and
tabulation/ This demonstrates a mi& of
(A) #alidity and reliability measures
(!) ualitati5e and uantitati5e
a--roache$
(C) probability and non-probabilitysampling
(D) comparison and categori%ation
analysis
3+. Which of the folloing should beconsidered hen identifying a topic for
research?
3/ Was the problem pre#iously
researched?
33/ 3s the problem researchable and
manageable?
333/ 3s the problem an issue of
significance to the go#ernment?
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(A) 3 and 33 only
(B) 3 and 333 only
(C) 33 and 333 only
(") I8 II and III
,. Which of the folloing statements is a
hypothesis?(A) 1&amine the causes of obesity in
$t ohn9s 7illage
(B) What are the causes of youth
#iolence in 2t 4ope 7illage?
(C) To hat e&tent has pollution
affected the #illage of 2t
Deau&?
(") 9he u$e o# alcohol i$ re$-on$i'le
#or the -oor -er#ormance o#
$tudent$ at St :ohn;$ igh
School
1. "ne 2A"' ad#antage of a re#ie of
e&isting literature is that it pro#ides
(A) related material
(!) 'ac/ground in#ormation
(C) specialist contact information
(D) timely theoretical perspecti#es
2/ A si&th form student is conducting
research on the reasons hy students are
not doing their homeor./ Which
sampling method ould be 2"$T
effecti#e in ensuring that the #ies of students at all le#els are represented?
(A) 'andom
(!) Strati#ied
(C)
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. A series of fights ha#e occurred in a
school/ An in#estigation as carried out in
hich students ere inter#ieed on the
cause of the fights/ The data ould B1$T be presented using
(A) te0t(B) tables
(C) charts
(D) graphs
%. A teacher ishes to carry out an
in#estigation on the types of food
consumed by first form students at a high
school/ $he ants an unbiased sample/
What type of sampling should she use?
(A) Random(B) $ystematic
(C) Con#enience(D) $tratified random