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TEST CODE 01225010

FORM TP 2014076 MAY/JUNE 2014

CARIBBEANEXAMINATIoNScoUNCIL
CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE@
EXAMINATION
GEOGRAPITY
Paper 01- General ProficiencY
I hour 15 minutes
10 JUNE 2014 (p.m.)

READTHEFoLLowINGINSTRUCTIONSCAR-EFULLY.

I. This test consists of 60 items. You will have I hour and 15 minutes to answer them.
2. In addition to this test booklct, you should have an answer sheet.
3. 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'
and shade the space
4. On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item
item below'
having the same letter as the answcr you have chosen' Look at the sample

Sample Itqm

Hurricanes in the Caribbean area are MOST

likely to occur during Sample Alswer

(A)
(B)
February-APril
Aptil-June
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(C) July-September
(D) October-liebruary

The correct answer to this item is "July - September", so answer space (C) has been
shaded.

5. If you want to change your answcr, erase it completely and fill in your new choice.
6. 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 this item later. Your score
will be the total number of correct answers'
7. You may use a silent, non-programmable calculator to answer items.

8. The use of geometrical instruments is permitted'

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Items 1-5 refer to the rnap of the Caribbean Region.

The Bahamas 0g 250 500 750 1000 km

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1. Whictr country is located at l3'N 59"W? 4. An airplarre leavcs San.Iuan, Puerto Rico,
for Barbados. In which general direction
(A) St Lucia will it fly?
(B) Trinidad
(C) Barbados (A) South west
(D) St Vincent (B) South east
(C) North west
(D) North east
1 Santo Domingo is located at

(A) 18 "S 70 "W f,_ If the time in BeLnopan is 3.00 p.m., what
(B) 18 "N 70'W is the time in Santo Domingo?
(c) 20 oN 70 "F,
(D) (A) 2,00 a.m.
22 "N 70'w (B) 2.00 p.m.
(C) 4.00 a.m.
(D) 4.00 p.m.
3. Which city is located 1000 km from
Montego Bay?

(A) Havana
(B) Belmopan
(C) Port-au-Prince
(D) Santo Domingo

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Items 6-7 refer to the statement below.

The horizontal distance between two points, on a slope, is 400 m and the difference in height is
80 m.

6. What is the gradient of the slope?

(A) 1in5
(B) 1in8
(C) 1 in 10
(D) I in 20

7. The gradient can be described as

(A) steep
(B) gentle
(C) gradual
(D) moderate

Items 8-9 refer to the sketch map below.

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(A) Terraced (A) 506737

(B) Scarp (B) 516736
(c) Concave (c) 736s07
(D) Convex (D) 745513

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10. Whichofthefollowingtypesofsettlement 11. The type of farming system which is

will MOST likely develop between points MOST likely to exist at A is
Y andZ?
(A) Poultry rearing
(A)Linear(B)shiftingcultivation
(B) Isolated (c) subsistence farming
(c) Dispersed (D) large-scale commercial
(D) Nucleated

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Items 12-13 refer to the following contour map.

12. Which of the following pairs of points is intervisible according to the contour map above?

(A) P and T
(B) Q and S
(C) P and S
(D) Q and T

13. Between which of the following pairs of points is the gradient STEEPEST?

(A) P and Q
(B) R and S
(C) Q and R
(D) S and T

Items 14-15 are based on the following table showing annual rainfall and temperature
figures for a certain location.

Months J F M A M J J A S o N D
Temp ("C) 26 26 26 27 28 27 25 25 25 26 26 27

Rainfall (mm) 1s5 160 225 275 210 125 100 150 180 760 250 210

14. The annual temperature range shown above 15. The climatic type shown above is called
is
(A) Savanna
(A) 20 (B) Equatorial
(B) 30 (C) Tropical Marine
(c) 2s' (D) Tropical Continental
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Items 16-17 refer to the following table which shows the percentage of total population in urban
areas.

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Country 1970 2000
(Proiected)
w 70 80 8s
X 60 75 80
Y 4l 60 7A
Z 20 50 65

16. In which country is urbanization occtrrring the FASTEST?

(A) w
(B) X
(C) Y
(D) z

17. Which of the following presentations is MOST suitable for the infbrmation in the table above?

(A) Isoline
(B) Dot maP
(C) Bar graph
(D) Pie chart

18. The single most important difference between weather and climate is the

(A) statistical method used

(B) length of time considered
(C) size of the region studied
(D) fype of atmospheric elements considered
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(D) 1970-1990

20. The general trend of the annual mean global temperatures shown in the graph above is

(A) a decrease ln temperatures

(B) an increase in temPeratures
(C) a consistencY in temPeratures
(D) a great fluctuation in tetnperatures

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(A) 0.2
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Items22-23 refer to the diagram below.

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201 - 300

101 - 200

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22. Which part of the island (I, II, III or IV) 23. The map above shows population
has the SMALLEST PoPulation?
(A) change
(A) I (B) density
(B) II (c) movement
(c) n (D) distribution
(D) IV

24. A volcanic spine develoPs when Items 26-27 refer to the diagram below

(A) the lava is viscous

(B) a caldera is present
(c) the explosion is violent
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25. Subduction occrrrs at

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(A) mid-oceanic ridges
(B) divergent plate boundaries
(c) transform plate boundaries 26. The features shown at R are
(D) convergent plate boundaries
(A) volcanoes
(B) fold mountains
(C) block mountains
(D) volcanic island arcs

27. Which of the following plate margins is

shown?

(A) Divergenl.
(B) Transform
(c) Convergent
(D) Conservative

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28. Which of the followins statements is true Items 31-32 referto the following diagram.
ofALL volcanoes?

I. Various gases are ernitted during

the eruption.
II. They occur at weak points in the
crust.
ilI. Their eruptions are violent.

(A) I and II only

(B) I and III only
(c) II and III only
(D) I, II and III

31. The feature at M is a

Items 29-30 refer to the diagram below.
(A) levee
(B) terrace
(C) waterfall
(D) flood plain

32. Which of the following features forms in

xl the area marked N?

+ (A) A levde
(B) A plateau
29. Wrat does X represent in this diagram? (c) A flood plain
(D) An alluvial fan
(A) Percolation
(B) Evaporation
(C) Precipitation 33. f)eposition by a river usually occurs when
(D) Transpiration its

(A) volume increases

30. The diagram above represents the process (B) capaclry lncreases
in (c) gradient increases
(D) velocity decreases
(A) relief rain
(B) a drainage basin
(C) cyclonic rain 34. Which of the following features is an
(D) the hydrologic cYcle intrusive volcanic feature?

(A) SiII
(B) Crater
(c) Caldera
(D) Lava plateau

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35. Which of the following types of 39. Which ofthe following statements is TRUE
settlement will MOST likely develop at a of peasant farming?
road junction?
(A) Individual farms are small.
(A) Linear (B) Yields per farmer are generally high.
(B) Isolated (c) Large amounts of fertilizers are
(C) Nucleated used on the farm.
(D) Dispersed (D) Crop cultivation is not as important
as animal rearing.

36. Which of the statements below may explain

why some areas in Caribbean territories are 40. Rapid urbanization in Caribbean countries
sparsely settled? USUALLY resulted in

I. They are hillY and forested- (A) housing shortages in the cities
II. They have no mineral resources. (B) increased employment in the cities
ru. Transport links are generally poor' (C) improvement in the standard of
living
(A) I and II onlY (D) decreased foreign exchange
(B) I and III onlY earnings
(C) II and III onlY
(D) I,II and III
41. Which of the following is classified as a
tertiary industry?
37. Why has there been a decline in the
population within the rnunicipal boundaries (A) Fishing
of MOST capital cities in the Caribbean? (B) Tourism
(C) Oil refining
I. Land has been redeveloPed for (D) Food processing
business.
II. The residential environment has
deteriorated. 42. Which of the following have resulted
IIl. The number of factories has from the setting up of secondary industries
increased, in the Caribbean?

(A) I and II onlY I. Increased extemal markets

(B) I and III onlY II. Reduction in the cost of living
(C) II and III onlY III. Increasedemploymentopportuni-
(D) I,II and III ties

(A) I and II onlY

38. Which of the following explains the (B) I and III onlY
population growth in urban centres in the (C) II and III onlY
Caribbean?
(D) I,II and III

(A) An ageing PoPulation

(B) Al increase in emigration
(c) High birth and death rates
(D) Migration from rural areas

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43. Which of the following measures do 47. Which of the following is the MOST
governments use to influence the location important consideration in the location of
of industries? primary industries?

I. Provisionof tax incentives (A) Power

II. Offer of training programmes to (B) Labour
employees (C) Transportation
m. Provision of the necessary (D) Raw materials
infrastructure

(A) II only 4E. Which of the following are problems

(B) I and II only affecting industrial development in the
(C) I and III only Caribbean?
(D) II and III only
I. A large labour force
44. Which of the following is the MOST il. Limited capital
serious problem hindering rapid agricultural
III. Limited raw materials
development in the Caribbean? (A) I and II only
(B) I and III only
(A) Lack of capital (C) II and III only
(B) Rapid soil erosion (D) I, II and III
(C) The lack of crop variety
(D) A high incidence of crop disease
49. Which of the followins is a form of air
pollution?
45. Which of the following would NOT be
classified as arable farming?
(A) Smog
(A) Fruit farming (B) oil spill
(B) Cattle ranching (C) Raw sewage
(C) Market gardening (D) Mercury poisoning
(D) Sugar cane growing

50. Which of the following poses the MOST

46. Which ofthe following methods are usedby serious threat to the rivers ofthe Caribbean?
Caribbean governments to improve farming
in the region? (A) Tourist activities
(B) Mixed cropping
I. Providing more land to small farm- (C) Deforestation and erosion
ers for food production (D) Improper fishing in them
II. Providing loans for the purchase of
fertilisers and machinery
III. Encouraging food processing to
supply the local and regional
markets

(A) I and II only

(B) I and III only
(c) II and IIi only
(D) I, II and III

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51. Which of the following usually cause/causes coastal pollution in the Caribbean?

I. ,Oil spills from ocean-going vessels

II. Poisonous fumes from iron and steel plants
III. Discharge of waste material into rivers

(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) I and II only
(D) I and III only

52. Which of the following sources of energy is LEAST likely to harm the environment?

(A) Oil
(B) Nuclear
(C) Solar
(D) Natural gas

53. Which of the following sequences USUALLY occurs where soil erosion is a problem?

(A) Increased run off -+ decreased infiltration -+ deforestation -+ soil erosion

(B) Deforestation -+ decreased infiltration -+ increased run off -+ soil erosion
(C) Deforestation -+ increased infiltration -> increased ntn off-> soil erosion
(D) Increased run off -+ deforestation -) decreased infiltration -> soil erosion

54. Which of the following practices may help to eliminate problems ofpollution created by household
waste?

(A) Depositing in the sea

(B) Piling up in secluded sPots
(C) Dumping along water courses
(D) tsurying and covering with soil

55. Which of the following exerts the GREATEST pulling effect on tourism in the Caribbean?

(A) Climate
(B) Carnival
(C) Coral reef
(D) Tropical forest
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56. Which of the following will control water pollution along the coast shown on the map?

I. Treatment of sewage
II. Hygienic disposal of domestic waste
III. Removal of swamp vegetation

(A) I and II only

(B) I and III only
(c) lI and III only
(D) I, lI and III

57. Which of the following can pollute the 58. Which of the following contributes MOST
underground water supply? to pollution of the environment of capitaL
cities in CARICOM?
I. Mulch
II. Pesticides (A) I)ischarge ofchemicals into thc sea
ill. Chemical fertilizers (B) Discharge of fish waste in the sea
(C) Exhaust fumes from motorvehicles
(A) I and II only (D) Accumulation of garbage from
(B) I and III only factories
(C) II and III only
(D) I, [I and III

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59. Which of the following practices may 60. Which combination of factors would
harm the marine environment of the MOST likely result in flooding?
caribbean?
I. SoiI conservation methods in usc
I. Zoning of marine activities II. Deforestation
n. Harvesting of coral formations for IIL Dumping of garbage in rivers
souvenirs
III. Discharging sewage and industrial (A) I and lI only
waste along the shore (B) I and III only
(C) II and III only
(A) I only (D) I, II and III
(B) I and II only
(C) I and III only
(D) II and III only

END OF TEST

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