This document provides instructions for candidates taking a Caribbean Studies exam. It details that candidates should print their name on the test booklet and failure to do so could result in disqualification. It provides information about the structure of the test, including the number of items, time allotted, and how to correctly fill in answers on the answer sheet. It also gives examples of how to correctly answer sample items and describes the types of rough work that is allowed.

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MAY/JUNE 2021
FORM TP 2021190
CARIB BEAN E XAMINATIONS COUNCIL
CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION"
CARIBBEAN STUDIES
Paper 01
1 hour 30 minutes
27 MAY 2021 (p.m.)
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
in this test.
3.
Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A). (B). (C). (D). Read cach item
you are about to answer and decide which choice is best.
4.
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.
5.
SampleItem
SampleAnswer
Cultural renewal refers to the revival of
D
the art form
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
natural resources
norms, beliefs and practices
human and social interaction
The best answer to this item is "norms, beliefs and practices", so (C) has been shaded.
If you want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new choice.
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.
1.
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2. Which of the following concepts is NOT
theterm'creole?
5.
A diaspora is BEST described as
normallyassociated with
1.
people who live and work in the
countryside
communities developed away from
their original homelands
food
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(A) a language
awhite person born in the Caribbean
an enslaved person born in the
(B)
(C) communities which are scattered Caribbean
over a large geographic area
people who settled and worked on
plantations in the Caribbean
(D)
The Kalinagos were labelled as violent and
warlike because the Spaniards thought the
Kalinagos
6.
Under slavery, Caribbean society was
characterized by
2.
I.
were cannibals
vigorously protected their territories
had superior weapons when
compared to the Tainos
II.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
social mobility
equality among all people
rigid separation of classes
the rise of middle-class groups
III.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D) I. Il and IlI
I and II only
I and IIl only
II and Ill only
Which of the following is an independent
Caribbean country?
Anguilla
Dominica
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Which ofthe following reasons did planters
give for importing new labourers into the
Caribbean after slavery ended?
1.
Montserrat
Martinique
(A) The formerly enslaved squatted on
crown land.
4. Plantocracy was a term used to describe
The formerly enslaved persons
became unionized.
(B)
(A)
(B)
C)
a system of total slavery
a system of democratic control
the wealthy white and coloured
planters
the ruling class made up of slave
Planters did not have money to pay
labourers a just wage.
Newly freed persons withdrew
from plantation work.
(C)
(D)
(D)
owners and elites
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3. 3
8. Which of the following CARICOM 12. Neocolonialism refers to the
members share a land border?
(A) continued independence of former
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Barbados and Guyana
Guyana and Suriname
Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago
Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago
colonies
(B) situation where former colonies
become colonizers
open colonization of a country by
a more powerful one
informal colonization of a country
(C)
(D)
9. The term 'culture' may BEST be defined via economic, social and cultural
as methods
food and dress
(A)
(B)
C)
(D) artistic and literary creations
Which ofthe following elements is involved
in the creolization process?
norms and values 13.
the way of life of a people
Stratification
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Acculturation
Enculturation
Which of the following statements BEST
describes the Westminster system?
10.
Diversification
(A) There is parliamentary sovereignty
and clear separation of powers
between the executive and the
14. The MAIN aim ofcolonial education in the
Caribbean was to
legislature.
There is parliamentary sovereignty
but no clear separation of powers
control the masses
(A)
(B)
(B)
prepare the masses for managerial
positions
encourage the masses to become
independent
provide the masses with skills
needed to function in society
between the executive and the
(C)
legislature.
The prime minister is the head of
government and there is clear
separation of powers between
the executive and the legislature.
The head of state is the head of
(C)
(D)
(D)
Which ofthe following theorists is closely
associated with the term 'creolization'?
15.
government but there is no clear
separation of powers between
the executive and the legislature.
Lloyd Best
M.G. Smith
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
11. The MAIN tectonic process in the Jennifer Mohammed
Caribbean results from Edward Kamau Brathwaite
subduction
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
earthquakes
volcanic activity
volcanic eruption
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4. 4-
Which of the following is a non-economic
indicator of development?
Which of the following are ways in which
globalization presents itself?
19.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Good governance
Per capita income
Gross national product
Gross domestic product
Racial segregation
Open economic space
Commercialization of cultures
.
II
III.
The Dependency ratio is determined by
calculating the proportion of
(A)
(B)
(C)
D) I, II and III
I and II only
I and III only
II and III only
17.
(A) school-age children in a country to
the working population
employment to unemployment
levels on a country for one year
working population to persons
under and over the employment
Which institution, in the integration
movement, preceded the Caribbean
Community and Common Market?
20.
(B)
(C)
(A)
(B)
(C)
Association of Caribbean States
Caribbean Free Trade Association
age
(D) foreign aid less-developed country
gets from more-developed ones
in one year
CARICOM Single Market and
Economyy
Organization ofEastern Caribbean
(D)
States
Which of the following are the MAIN
social indicators used to measure the level
18.
21. Which of the following Caribbean
movements has globalization influenced
the MOST?
of development of a country?
(A) Life expectancy, industrialization,
employment
Birth rate, population growth,
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Feminist
(B) Black power
Fight for independence
Universal adult suffrage
investment level
(C) Death rate, population growth,
level of investment
(D) Life expectancy, literacy rate,
income distribution Which of the following indicators of
development is generatedfrom information
that is derived from an inequality survey?
22.
The Gini index
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
The age dependency ratio
The international credit rating
The Human Development Index
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5. 5
In which of the following years was the
World Trade Organization formed?
23. 27. The members of the OECS share more
achievements among themselves than with
their CARICOM partners
(A) 1795
(B)
(C)
(D)
1885 Which of the following is NOTa common
1945 achievement of the OECS?
1995
Currency
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
High court
24. The RSS is an institution of CARICOM. Government
In which of the following areas does the
RSS operate?
Central bank
Early nineteenth-century writings from aan
indigenous perspective served to
28.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Trade
Security
Agriculture
Social services give credit to the Europeans for
shaping Caribbean history
convince Caribbean people that the
Kalinagos were peace-loving
deseribe people living in the
Caribbean prior to the arrival of
Columbus
(A)
(B)
Which of the following is NOTa reason
why some Caribbean politicians attempted
to implement changes based on Marxist
thought in the latter half of the twentieth
century?
25.
(C)
reject the notion held by Europeans
that early inhabitants did not
have a history
(D)
(A) The influence of the Cuban
Revolution of 1959
The success of Marxists in Europe
xporting their ideas to the
Caribbean
(B)
Which of the following activities is an
example of the mass media acting as an
agent of socialization?
29.
(C) The need to maintain tenets of
colonial rule and the capitalist
system
Disillusionment with capitalism as
a means to solve the problems of
the region
Employing popular talk show hosts
Utilizing the most up-to-date print
technology
Showing a documentary on healthy
eating habits
Running an advertisement for a
furniture company
(A)
(B)
(D)
(C)
(D)
A major challenge faced by Caribbean
countries in achieving integration is
26.
30. Social justice in society is MAINLY
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
insularity
high levels of illiteracy
the impact of natural disasters
the large number of indigenous
peoples
concerned with
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
stratification
equal access
the justice system
gender differences
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6. eliability in resereh refers t» the eytent
o wliic) n resenrcher isahle ty
A rewncher wihes tt Undiu ai invest
yatisai tt the effuts í phrysCal atnie tn
children at a priniaty vtud hhA he
4
(A) yel siilar reults sfer rejpeating
Irinls with the children
(15) ncces up-10-date infomatin for
reearch work (A) A list f all the thildren in the
(C) mnke nccurate inferenes had on
() Informed unat îrrm a pareTt t
rCearch indings
Hcl dilferent valid results from a uardian
Cet frorns frrn his enplryer
or the prircipal
Permission from the uhol'
guidancs Unuriellk
(D)
mcasurcment instrument (C)
(D)
32. A hypothesis may be deseribed as
(A)
(1B)
(C)
(D)
a finding of the research
prediction of an outcome
the question to be answered
the limitation of the research
Which ofthe following sztisfies the criteria
for a good rewarch yuestivn?
35.
Does computer practice inprove
literacy in studerts?
Why dostuderts seerm indifferert
t Caribbean Studies
What is a gond strategy to improve
student understanding of main
ideas in Caribbean Sudies tezts
(A)
(B)
Which of the following describes the
purpose of a literature review?
33.
(C)
Explains the reason for the research
study
Summarizes the findings of the
(A)
Do general education teachers
and special education teachers
evaluate student homework
(B) (D)
rescarch
Supplies information to consumers
of the research
(C)
differently?
Sets the study in the context of
previous research
(D)
Which ofthe following BEST represents the
criteria for selecting material to be included
in a research report?
36.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Analysis, quality, adequacy
Relevance, quality. stability
Stability, relevance, validity
Relevance, credibility, adequacy
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7. -1
37. Dr Goodwin told her students that while Participant observation is viewed as a
subjective method of data collection
because
1.
conducting their research they should think
about how the data will be collected and
the impact the data collection is likely to
have on the respondents. To what research
concept was Dr Goodwin referring?
too much is reported
what is seen is not reported
oftheresearcher's close association
with the respondents
the wrong conclusions are drawn
by the researcher
(A)
(B)
(C)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Ethics in research
Accessible statistics
Empirically based research
Ambiguity in the research
(D)
instrument
42. The MAIN difference between a trend and
a pattern is that a trend
In which of the following categories of
sampling techniques can purposive
sampling be placed?
38.
(A) is observed over time while a
pattern is recognizable in current
data
is recognizable in current data
while a pattern is recognizable
Random (B)
(A)
(B)
(C)
D)
Probability
Convenient over time
(C) is the observation of dependent
variables, while a pattern is
the observation of independent
Non-probability
39. A researcher wants to see how mothers variables
on a playground interact with each other.
What method of enquiry would be MOST
suitable for the researcher to use?
D) is an observation of independent
variables, while a pattern is
the observation of dependent
variables.
Survey
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Observation
The purpose oftheconclusion to a research
study is to
43.
Focus group
In-depth interview
(A)
Which of the following is the first step in
selecting a sample for research?
summarize the objectives of the
study
provide a review of the relevant
literature
40.
(B)
summarize the key findings of the
research
(C)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Defining the population
Determining how to randomize
Compiling a list of theparticipants
Deciding how to stratify the
outline the methodological
procedures used
(D)
population
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8. 8
Which of the following is a probability
sampling method?
44. Correlation in research refers to the 45.
(A)
(B)
hypothesis of the study
relationship between participants
in a study
degree ofrelationship between two
variables
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Quota
Judgement
Convenience
(C)
Simple random
(D) dependent and independent
variables of the study
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