‘CANRIDATE.= PLEASE NOTEL PRINT your this oak do so may result fn diaqualiention, reon dhetine bet and return Test cope 02144010 MAY/JUNE 2012 FORM TP 2012242 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION SOCIOLOGY - UNIT 1 Paper 1 90 minutes i 04 JUNE 2012 (p.m.) READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. 1 This test consists of 45 items. You will have 90 minutes to answer them. 2. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet, 3. Do not be concerned that the answer sheet provides spaces for more answers than there are items in this test 4, Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item you are about to answer and decide which choice is best. 5. On yout 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. ‘Sample ftem Which theoretical approach is associated with microsociology? (A) Marxism Sample Answer (B) _Neofunctionalism (©) Cinssicalfunetionatism GION) (D) Symbolic interactionism The best answer to this item is “Symbolic interactionism”, so answer space (D) has been shaded 6. Ifyou want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new'choiee. 7. When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can, Ifyou cannot answer an item, go on to the next one. You may return to this item later, Your score will be the total number of correct answers. 8. You may do any rough work in this booklet. 9. You may use silent, non-programmable calculators to answer items. DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO so. Convrieht © 2010 Carihhenn Examinations Cruneit1. Which of the follow sociology as a discipline? BEST describes (A) The systematic study of individual behaviour (8) Experimental designs of himan interaction @ Tre systematic study of human social behaviour (D) — Anunderstanding of te way things are in socioty 2. Which of the following practical issues should a sociologist consider before doing research? 1. Cost of research H. Time required to do research IIL Access to information (A) Land tt only (B) Tad tit only (© Mand it onty @®. stand 3 AMAJOR difference between the positivists and interpretivists is.that positivists (A). are microtheorists while interpretivists are macrotheorists (B) usecase studies whileinterpretivisis use experiments while interpretivists use qualitative research methods (D) study human behaviour using qualitative methods while interpretivists study behaviour using quantitative methods People make s understanding is expressed by nse of their world through an Feveryday cules. This view (A) Marxists (B) Feminists Punctionalists Which of the following can be described as microperspectives? 1. Marxism MacG 1 I. Bunctionalism acta: HI Interactionism » 9 faster an IV. Ethnomethodotogy 4 | eati Uiduaota, (A) Land only (B) Land Ul only (Q Wand tt only Il and IV only Which of the following BEST characterizes longitudinal versus ctoss-soctional studies? oan (A) Secondary-sources versus primary sources (B) Quantitative research versus qualitative research © Research over a long period of time versuis research over a short period (D) Observation by participation versus multistage sampling of population9, refer to the folldwing table for 10. primary and secondary sources of data. Primary Sources _[ Secondary Sources a c d d Which of the following are the MOST appropriate examples of Sources a and b? AM Diaries Se10ndB.y, UL__Government reports S240) Unstructured interviews p¢\ wo.) ; i fA) Tand ttoaly Tand Il only (©) Mand Itt only ©) Tttand Which of the following are the MOST appropriate examples of Sources ¢ and d? 1. Questionnaires (fi Tl Mass-media .ton dow’ TU. Historica documents \2RON 42x. 2. (A) Land Monty (B) — Tand tit only Mand If only o 1, Mand Itt Which of the following methods would MOST likely be used in quantitative research? 13, (A) Case study Quah (B)__ Structured interview 4yont (©) Unstructured interview Quad (D) Participant observation 9 uo Which of the following thinkers are associated with the development of sociology in the Caribbean? 1. M.G.Smith TL Susan Craig U1. Anthony Giddens ® Land 11 only () Land It only (©) Tand tr only (D) 1 Wand I Which of the following definitions of culture is used by MOST sociologists? (A) The arts and intellectual work in a society ® __ The way of life of a people ina society (© The quality possessed by civilized people (D) The quality of if societies contemporary Which group of sociologists argues that a person's class is determined by his or her position in the economic system? @ Marsists ®) Feminists (© — Functionalists (OD) Intexpretivists Sociologists embrace methodological pluralism inresearch. This is referred to as triangulation ed patos g multistage sampling (©) _ the scientific method (D) the quantitative method