Geography PP03/2–MAY/JUNE 2012

CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE

EXAMINATION

GEOGRAPHY

Paper 032–General Proficiency

1 hour 45 minutes

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

1. This paper consists of SIX questions.
2. Answer ALL questions.
3. Write your answers in the spaces provided in the booklet.
4. The use of geometrical instruments is permitted.
5. The use of non-programmable calculators is permitted.
6. You are advised to take some time to read through the paper and plan your answers.

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

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Answer ALL questions.

BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY OF REPRESENTING MAP WORK ONLINE QUESTION 1 WILL NOT BE REPRESENTED HERE.

2. You want to study the ages and occupations of the residents of Wesley in order to compare them with the national pattern. State a question or hypothesis which will guide the collecting of data in the field.

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(2 marks)

3. (a) (i) For the study in Question 2 above, list FOUR types of data which you would record in the field.

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(4 marks)

(ii) State TWO possible secondary sources of relevant information you could use.

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(2 marks)

(b) Explain how and when you would conduct the research.

How:___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

When:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(c) (i) Identify a problem (excluding the weather, illness and injury) that you might encounter in conducting the research in 3 (b) above.

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(1 mark)

(ii) State how you would overcome the problem that you identified in (i) above.

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(2 marks)

4. Table 1 shows the age structure of a village of 100 persons classified into three age groups.

TABLE 1: POPULATION CLASSIFIED INTO THREE AGE GROUPS

(a) Using the graph paper provided in Figure 2, complete the population pyramid to show the data in Table 1.

(3 marks)

(b) Table 2 shows the population for the same village as Table 1 by 6-year age groups.

TABLE 2: POPULATION STRUCTURE BY 5-YEAR AGE GROUPS

Using the data in Table 1 and Table 2, write a report explaining the significance of THREE characteristics of the population.

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(6 marks)

5. Table 3 shows unemployment in the three sectors of the economy in a village.

TABLE 3: PER CENT EMPLOYMENT IN THE THREE SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN A VILLAGE

(a) Construct a pie chart (diameter 5 cm) in the space below to show the data in Table 3.

(3 marks)

(b) Name ONE other method you could have used to illustrate the data in Table 3.

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(1 mark)

(c) Comment on the nature of the distribution in the three sectors.

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(6 marks)

6. The five elements of a book which are used in a bibliography are:

City of Publication

Name(s) of Authors(s)

Name of Publisher

Title of Publication

Year of Publication

List these elements in the sequence in which they should be given in the bibliography.

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(1 mark)

Total 40 marks

END OF TEST

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