""! Testcop202144010 a He Pe ee niga eae ule Jatdtaqucyniene — oy + ry °ORM TP 2009245 ET Blenamae MAY/UNE:2009 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION SOCIOLOGY Unit 1 ~Paper 01 90 minutes 04 MAY 2009 (p.m.) READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. This test consists of 45 items. You will have 90 minutes to answer them. 2 Inaddition to this test booklet, youshouldhave an answer sheet. Each item in this testhas four suggested answers lettered(A),(B),(C), (D). Readeachitemyou are about to answer and decide which choice is best. Onyouranswersheet, find the number which correspondsto youritemand shade the space having 7 the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Lookatthe sample item below. = Sampleltem - Which theoretical, approach is associated with micro sociology? (A) Marxism Sample Answer - @) _—_Neofinctionatism : + ©). Classical fimetionalism ©® ©@ @) “~ _ Thebestanswerto this item is “Syrbolicinteractionism”, s0 answer space (D) has been shaded. 5. If youwantto change your answer, erase it completely and fill in your new choice. 6° Whenyouare toldto begin, tum the page and workes quickly andas carefully as youcan. Ifyou cannot answer an item, omititand go onto the nextone. Yourscore will be the total mmber of answers. 7. Youmaydoanyrough workinthis booklet. ‘Youmay wse silentnon-programmable calculators to answer questions. 8 9. Donotbe concerned that the answer sheetprovides spaces formore answers than there areitems inthistest. . DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. - Copyright© 2009 Caribbean Examinations Council.® Allrightsreserved.22- 7 joes 4, Which theorist subscribes to the view ee at ee ea lee Shared culture is necessary {fa socieryse ty ciology spline’ a iy (A) The systematic study of individual Oa (A) Mark (B) Experimental designs of human @) Mead ~ _ietmnati, Weber _ (WL The systematic study of human social )) Durkheim behaviour (D) An understanding of the way things are in society 5. ~The sampling technique that involves the searcher bulling personal contact 2. Sociology can be considered a science (A). quote because of its use of @®) random snowballing (A empirical ‘data and systematic stratifiedrandom methods ®) explanatory models and classi- , fications 6. Whichof the following practical issues should (©) general classifications and typologies a sociologist consider before doing research? (@) sequential models and empirical data L ‘Cost of research, L ‘Time required to do research ~ 3. A-MAJOR difference between the positivists mm. ‘The availability of the information ~ andintexpretivistsis tat positivists IV. Access to information (A) -are micro therorists while (A) . land Tonly interpretivists are macro theorists -* @) Dandi only use quantitative research methods I,Tand IV only while interpretivists-use qualitative @ 1,0, MandIv research methods (©) study human behaviour using qualitative methods while interpretivists study‘ behaviour using quantitative methods + (D) usecase studies while interpretivists use experimentsWhich of the following are the MOST Seproprate for completing Spaces a.nd? 9g end diaric ) ies Structured interviews and (©) Participant _ observation and interviews (p) Structured _ interviews and government reports which of the following are te MOST prepcne or Spaces cand &? @ Government reposts end mass mei e) Observation and interviews 1) Fiistorical documents snd surveys @) Lees ‘end questionnaires Social resent fijeal principles i seetarch. omega Tbe right t0 8 Fe orton of research finding? 1. 12. Which of the following thinkers are associated with the of sociology inthe Caribbean? ‘Susan Craig” Alfred Schutz ‘Talcott Persone, MG Smith~ L t. m. IV. A) TandTLonly, 3 Tand IV only md IM only @) 1.0, iimd IV wich of the following definitions of care is used by MOST soci w ‘Te arts and intlleotaal work in * © society ; {O_ Toe quality possessed bY civilized society The way of life of « people im * @) Many young people in tbe Caribbean hve Many pe eyes of ts SOC nde econ, This ould been example Of g s jptercaltaration © cultural reaction (D) _ cobtua iffsion