specimen paper c.s (2)

8/21/2019 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&ample 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&ample 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&ample 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

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