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FORM TP 2014080 MAY/JUNE 20I4

CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE@
EXAMINATION

HOME ECONOMICS: MANAGEMENT

Paper 02 - General Proficiency

2 hours l0 minutes

13 May 2014 (a.m.)

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREF'ULLY.

l. This paper consists of SEVEN questions.

2. Section A comprises THREE questions, ONE from EACH section of the

syllabus. You are required to answer ALL questions.

3. Section B comprises FOUR questions drawn from all sections of the syllabus.
You are required to answer TV/O questions.

4. EACH question is worth l6 marks.

5. You are advised to take some time to read through the paper and plan your
answers.

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SECTION A

Answer ALL questions in this section.

EACH question is worth 16 marks.

Write your answers in the answer booklet provided.

1. (a) List THREE benefits of work. (3 marks)

(b) State THREE different factors that can influence a person's level of preparation for a
career. (3 marks)

(c) Three Form 5 (Grade I l) students were exploring career options. They learnt that all the
careers they were interested in required either a Bachelor's or an Associate Degree, work
experience, computer skills, cooperation skills and other social skills.

Recommend FIVE actions which the students should take to prepare themselves for these
careers. (10 marks)

Total 16 marks

2. (a) (i) List THREE ways in which a student can obtain money legally, apart from having
ajob or asking parents. (3 marks)

(ii) State THREE reasons for making a budget. (3 marks)

(b) Herbert intends to staft university in September and will live with his parents during this
time. They will pay for his tuition and books but he has to take care of his daily expenses.
He has been assured of a part-time job as soon as he leaves school and plans to make a
monthly budget as soon as he starts working.

(i) List FOUR important items of expenditure that Herbert should include on his
priority list. (4 marks)

(ii) Explain THREE important guidelines Herbert should consider in prioritizing a list
of items for a monthly budget for his first year of university. (6 marks)

Total 16 marks

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3. (a) Explain THREE steps that a family, living near to a shoreline, should take after a flood
warning has been issued during a prolonged rainstorm or hurricane. (6 marks)

(b) During a study group session, a teenager trips over computer cables and fell. It appears
that her leg is fractured. The ambulance is summoned but the station is an hour away and
there is an unscheduled closing of the bridge in town.

As a certified first aider, list the steps that should be taken in attending to the injured
teenager while awaiting the arrival of an ambulance. (4 marks)

(c) Explain THREE safety precautions that should be taken to avoid a similar type of accident
in (b) above from occurring in the future. (6 marks)

Total 16 marks

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 SECTION B

Answer any TWO questions from this section'

EACH question is worth 16 marks'

Write your answers in the answer booklet provided'

(3 marks)
4. (a) List THREE functions of the family.

performed in the daY-to-daY

(b) For EACH of the following, list ONE different role to be
activities of a family that includes a toddler:

(i) Mother

(iÐ Father
(3 marks)
(iÐ Adolescentteenager

(Ð Describe ONE differentrole that can be performed by EACH

ofthe THREE family
(c) grandmother who lives
members listed in (b) above in caring for a ninety-year-old
with them and suffers from diabetes' (6 marks)

activities of the
(ii) Describe TWO roles that a grandmother can perform in the daily
above. (4 marks)
family listed in (c) (Ð
Total 16 marks

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5. (a) Define EACH of the following terms:

(i) Values

(iÐ Management

(iiÐ Goal (6 marks)

(b) A family comprises a mother, twelve-year-old son and fifteen-year-old daughter. Both
\ children are expected to attend university after leaving secondary school. The mother also
plans to complete her nursing degree which was interrupted when her husband died.

(i) State ONE goal and ONE value of the family described in (b) above. (2 marks)

(ii) In relation to the situation stated in (b) above, outline TWO important steps the
family should take to achieve its goals. (4 marks)

(iii) State TWO important qualities the children need to demonstrate in order to achieve
their goal and give ONE reason why EACH quality is important.
(4 marks)

Total 16 marks

6. (a) Explain how any THREE factors can affect the size of the population of a country.
(6 marks)

(b) Coconut Field Community is a small town where the sugar and coconut industries have
died and people are moving away in search ofjob opportunities. Only about ten per cent
of males in the l7-30 age group are still living in the community.

(i) Explain THREE effects that the situation outlined in (b) above will have on the
community if the industries are not revived. (6 marks)

(ii) State TWO possible actions which the community could take to reduce the negative
impact of the situation outlined in (b) above. (4 marks)

Total 16 marks

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7. (a) List THREE ways of legally acquiring housing in your country. (3 marks)

(b) List THREE methods by which potable water can be obtained for use in the home.
(3 marks)

(c) Examine the following advertisement:

Ready for Occupancy!

Oceanfront condom inium
Two en suite bedrooms on the first floor
Private balcony offeach bedroom
Open floor plan
Five-minutes walk to a public beach
Popular resort-type entertainment
Easy access to highway

(i) State FOUR safety concerns which a family with small children might have with
this property. (4 marks)

(i i) Describe THREE steps that a family which wants to rent the property advertised
above would have to take to make the property safe for young children.
(6 marks)

Total 16 marks

END OF TEST

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