i FORM TP 2017174 ou mus sign below ine Answer Sheet. allure to doso may result laisquatiteation. Signatufe rest cove 02114010 MAY/JUNE 2017 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL (CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION® COMMUNICATION STUDIES Paper 01 1 hour 30 minutes (05 JUNE 2017 (a.m.) READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. This test consists of 45 items divided into two sections, A and B. Section A, based on a communication extract, consists of 7 questions. The extract, which is NOT included in the question booklet, will be read to you twice but you will be allowed two minutes to look at the questions before the extract is read to you. * Section B consists of 38 questions. Answer each question based on the information given. In addition to the test booklet, you should have an answer sheet. ~ 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. ‘On your 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. Item Which of the following is an advantage of the ‘questionnaire as a data collection method? (A) Ease of administration — (B) immediacy of feedback (©) Openness of discussion (D) Opportunity for‘clarification ‘The best answer to thi sm is “Ease of administration”, so (A) has been shaded. If you want to charige your answer, erase it completely and fill in your new choice. ‘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 that item later. DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. Copyright © 2015 Caribbean Examinations Council3. 4 Instructions; You will hear an extract. It will be read twice: Listen carefully before answering the questions based on the extract. ‘What is the main idea of the extract? ~ (A) Spring is a time of tremendous beauty. (B) Birds are a part of the beauty of <2) spring. (©) © Spring seems to have appeared z overnight. ~ ). ‘The spring rains make everything beautiful, - The writer’s main purpose is to (A) show that spring cémes right after winter (8) comment on what the birds do at springtime: (©). convey the memorable impact of spring’s arrival (D) describe the beauty of the natural world during springtime ‘The expression “The flowers of late April took up a position unseen” is an example of (A) ~ metaphor (B) hyperbole (©) alliteration, (D) ~_ personification ‘What isthe dominant imagery used by the writer in the extract? (A) Aural (8) Visual (©) Tactile (D) Olfactory 7. ‘The word that. BEST describes the mood. of the passage is (A) ~ idyl (B) © sombre (©). peaceful! (D) exhilarating ‘The word closest in meaning to “unsealing” as used in the extract is (A) gaping z 4B) opening (©) © exposing ©) ~ prospering “Which of the following devices is reflected in the final sentence? - (A). Irony (B) Contrast . ©) Oxymoron ()" Personification DO NOT WAIT FOR THE EXAMINER TO TELL YOU TO GO TO THE NEXT PAGE GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE | | 3SECTION B Items 8-1 . Instructions: Read the following scenario carefiilly and then answer Items 8-11. ‘The media is filled with reports of teenagers being distracted by digital technology and that preoccupation is affecting theit school work. Haldane, a sociology student, decides to investigate ‘this phenomenon at his school Which is located in the countryside. He intends to use interviews to collect data. Which of the following activities would Haldane need to undertake as part of his research? 1, Talking to parents and teachers Il, Finding out how many students ‘own digital devices I. Choosing a sample that is representative of his school's population (A) Land I only (B) Land ttt only (©) Wand 1 only () i. Mand iit Which of the following would bean advantage if Haldane conducted interviews? (A) Costliness of the procedure (B) je geographic coverage of informants (©) Highreliability of the information to be collected (D) In-depth nature of th to be collected 02114010/CAPE 2017 10. ut. Haldane found an article entitled “Modern ‘Technology Causing Canadian Students to Fail.. This article could be useful to his research as it (A) _ isreliable and accurate (B) can yield sufficient data (©) _ provides secondary data (D) can provide primary data Why would it be UNACCEPTABLE for Haldane to apply the findings of his research to all teenagers? (A) He plans to use only interviews. (B) The school has more girls than boys. (©) © The respondents might not tell the truth. (D) The population is only students from his school. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE12, 13. Items 12-15 Instructions: Read the following extract carefully and then answer Ifeins 12-15, Ms Trecia Davi over a five year-period, fewer students are cho sixth form. “She would like to research the reason for reverse this situation, Which of the following outcomes would ‘NOT be achieved if Ms Davis uses school records for the past ten years as a data | source? (a) @) (©). Credibility (D) Subjectivity Which of the following factors can invalidate the generalization which the researcher makes from the findings? (A) The sample size is too large. (©) Thesample isnot representative of the population, (C)__ The research is carried out only in Ms Davis" school. (©) The research is conducted during end of year examination of year examination, : 02114010/CAPE 2017 14, 18, ‘head of the English Department at Maicolm High School. ’She realizes that osing Literatures in Biglish as an option in the ‘and to put in place a programme to Which of the following MUST the reSearcher consider when selecting @ sample? : 1. Composition of the ‘school’s population Ul. "Size of the school’s population II. "Accuracy of the school’s data (A) Land Hl only (B) Land If only (©) Wand tlt only ©) “1, Uand ut ‘The mode of writing that Ms Davis should employ in her report is (A). narration (B) argument (©) exposition ©) description GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.16. a7. 02114010/CAPE 2017 Instructions: Read the following extract carefully and then answer Items 16-19, The boy come back home for a few is the son: “Dad, what are tho: nothing. When he rab! The crab!” days holiday, see some crabs Crosby have in a barrel. This se thangs there?” Talking like Englishman. Crosby ain’t tell him poke his finger in the barrel and the crab catch hold of him, he bawl: “Pa! The ‘A well-educated boy, yes.. Lawyer, economist or something. Barl Lovelace E, The Wine of Astonishment. Heinemann Publishers 1986, p.14. Which of the following expressions © 18.” ‘What attitude towards the boy is suggested Contains syntactical features common to by the narrator’s statement, “Talking Caribbean English Creoles? like Englishman. Crosby ain't tell him nothing”? (A) “A well-educated boy” (B) “What are those thangs?” (A) Jealousy (C) “Pal The crab! ‘The crab!” (B) Frustration (D) “Talking like Englishman.” © __ Disapproval ©) Amusement ‘grammar is used in the expression, “Crosby 19. What does the extract suggest about the ain't tell him nothing"? relationship between the boy’s education and his use of language? (A) Absence of a copula (B) . Reduction of a syllable (A) His education has influenced his (C) Use of double negatives language. (D) __ Repetition of the same word (B) His education hindered his use of Standard Engli (©) Hespeaks English Creole because he is an educated lawyer. (D) His education has nothing to do with his use of Standard English. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE‘items 20-22 ‘: Instructions: Read the following extrsict carefully and then answer Items 20-22, “Eh-eh! Don’t shout at me,” was all he gotYor his pains. “Don’t you deafen me, ‘What’s that the young varmint says, Maud?” Mrs Dovecot came over, and got him to understand after two of three attempts. “Three pence, Maudie,” he cackled. “Three pence! Did yo" hear thet, Maud?_Did yo” ever hear the like? I'll bet you ain't never did. Three pence! The jad'’ll. have money what I’s got to sweat blood for, just to gi thet Megahey what's got iis bread so.wvell buttered off ‘pon both sides, nat to mention the middle, Three pence! Ha ha! ... oh Maudie ...” And he broke down once in helpless laughter. Clement went ou and sat under the bread tree that grew before the door, resting his back against the trunk. Adapted from Uriel Nariensingh, Yoynge: An Anthology of Short Stories and Poems. Royards Publishing, 2006, p. 18 20. Which of the following expressions contains features of non-standard English dialect? L th Mm, /ou ain't never did.” What I's got to sweat blood for -. sat under the breadfruit tree (A) Land It only (B) Landi only (C) Mand If only (D) Lland 1 21. Which of the following communicative behaviours is NOT present in the extract? (A) Vocalies on (8) Chronemics (©) Proxemics ‘ (D) Facial Expression 22. Which of the following registers is used in the dialogue? | (A) Casual (B) Frozen - (© Formal (©) Consultative Go. 0211401 0/CAPE 2017 } IN TO THE NEXT PAGE iAtoms 23-28 . Instructions; Read the following extract carefully and then answer Items 23-28, Rufus had in him a passion, a kinda vexation that when he stand up before a crowd he would get all tangle up with his words and his feelings. But Rufus don’t have the education, They tell this story, how one night at a meetihg, Rufus was talking about the cost of living. “People can’t eat book in this country,’ Rufus say. ‘People can’t eat words. What the people need is bread - BRED - bread.” ‘Rufus, you leave out the A,’ somebody from the crowd call out to him. ‘And Rufus correct himself, “B-R-E-D-A.” They tell of another time ... the reporter tell Rufus that ‘Mr Richardson suggest that they should put more buoys out in the sea to mark the area. ‘Boys? Rufus say. .. Big, big men does drown out there in the sea and he want to put boys.” ‘No, we couldn’t vote for Rufus. ‘Who we want in the Council is a man that qualify. . .a man with education just like the people in Britain’ .. . Ivan could really talk. Rufus was all right. But after you listen to Ivan Morton, you had to put Rufus aside. Earl Lovelace, The Wine of Astonishment, Heinemann Publishers, 1986, pp. 83-85. 23. What purpose is language serving when it 25. Which of the following sets of used to judge one’s level of education as communicative behaviours is likely to be in the case with Rufus? displayed by the people as they listened to Rufus speak? (A) So (B) Ethical (A) Lack of eye contact, loud cheers (© Political (B) Loud cheers, thunderous applause (D) Psychological (C) Shaking heads, lack of eye contact, (D) Thunderous applause, shaking . heads 24, Which of the following BEST shows why the narrator relates the stories about Rufus? 26. — Which of the following attitudes may be (A) To provide some comic relief inferred about the narrator based on his (B) To show that Rufus is uneducated account of Rufus’ behaviours? (C) To show some of the mistakes Rufus makes (A) He values education. (D) To validate the view that Rufus (B)__ He likes the British people. competent (© He does not like people with passion. (D) He was unsympathetic towards Rufus. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 02114010/CAPE 2017 AWhich ofthe following Creole features is 28, Which ofthe following words appropriately evident in the structure “tangle up with his cepture(s) the crowd’s attitude towards words and his feelings”? Rufus? 27. (A) Repetition Affection (B) — Reduplication ~ I... Dissatisfaction (©) Unmarked present tense IIL Contempt (D) Unmarked past participle (A) Monly (8) Ulonly (©) Land it enly (©) i itand i GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 021 14010/CAPE 2017Instructions: Select the most appropriate answer for Items 29-30, 29. An English Creole in the Caribbean may be defined as a language (A) with limited linguistic functions (B) used by the poorest people in the society (C) only understood by some persons in the society (D) developed from contact between Europeans and Africans 30, In which of the following expressions is the process of reduplication evident? (A) Bye-water (B) — Step-sister (C) Awaa gwaan (DB) Chaka-chaka house GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE O21 MA010/CAPE 201731. 32, 33, -10- ‘ items 31-33 | * . Instructions: Read the following extract carefully and then answer Items 31-33. Mrs Smith asked her elas to prepare short presentations on the topie “Why I favour Caribbean People more than any other set of persons”. The students were to pretend that their audience comprised nationals of various English-specking countries. “The following is an excerpt from one student's speech. “Apleasant, good evening. How are you friéitds and fambily? Let me see the hands of those who are having a good time, Come on, let me see the hands of those who are having a good time, Wave your hands and say ‘bling, bling’. Okay. Why I favour Caribbean persons is that my parents are of African descent. The Caribbean is mostly Black Country; therefore, most of the people are black. I am one of them. My father black, my mother black and my brother black. Weall black. Some people say I look like my father others say my mother but I think that we all look alike.” Al the students struggled to hide their amusement. They tried to cover their mouths with their ‘hands to avoid laughing out loud at her misunderstanding. Of course, the speaker did not see this as her eyes were glued to the paper from which she was reading.” Which of the following BEST explains why the presenter's introduction would NOT be considered effective? (A) The audience was distracted. (B) The focus was on entertainment. (C) __Itwas inappropriate for the context. ' (D) twas delivered using the wrong register. At which stage of the communi tion process did the students giggle? (A) Feedback (B) Encoding (©) Decoding (@) —Conceptualization ‘Which ofthe following BEST explains why the student misunderstood the question? (A) She did not do enough research. (B) She is weak and did not ask questions. (©) She is incapable of using Standard English, (D) She misunderstood a key word in the topic, GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, 02114010/CAPE 2017 ‘meet Geucinns Feat tue foley arene vile ao then awe Zee WANAIIE iain Uae pee ee cA mininte Ay met te wan't ure i Bn 6? (A) heagy tiny Conca yeaa, (hy Cxniserry (GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGEtema ok Instructions: The following scene shows the effects of inappropriate postings on social media by three persons. Read it carefully'and then answer Item 39. Unemployable du it was an to stupid personal embarrassing stuff I put on my You Tube facebook pag 39. 02114010/CAPE 2017 : ‘Adapted from Signs of the Social Networking Times. Retrieved 19 November 2013 from hup:l/www geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1041.htm!. Which of the following is the result of the Inappropriate use of social media by the characters? (A) Loss of family time (B) Delayed response from employers (©) Damage to the characters’ reputations (D) Access by future employers to the Internet GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE,=13 Lems 40-42 Instructions: Read the following advertisement carefully and then answer Items 40-42. ‘Want to lose weight? Don't wait! No Regrets! RESULTS IN 90 DAYS SLIMS A DAY KEEPS THE FAT AWAY MEN Available at all pharmacies amma 40. Which of the following language techniques is NOT used in the advertisement? (A) Pun (B) © Sarcasm (©) Repetition (D) Rhetorical question 41. ‘The MAIN function of the first line ofthe advertisement is to (A) capture the reader’s attention (B) introduce the advertisement (©) _help the reader to lose weight (D) encourage the reader to respond 42. “Slims a day keeps the fat away” is an example of wi of the following language techniques?. (A) Simite (B) Rhyme (©) Repetition ©) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, 02114010/CAPE 201743. 4s, -14e Item $3 refers to the following scenario, ‘You are asked to speak to a sroup of twenty kindergarten children on the topic of environmental cleanliness, ‘Which of the following woutd be the MOST appropriate way to share the information with your audience? (A) Panel discussion (B) Animation and speech (©) Atelevised documentary (D) A PowerPoint presentation Which of the following is the correct sequence that a presenter should low to successfully complete the communication process? (A) Encoding the message, selecting the channel, selecting audience, disseminating the message (B) Encoding the message, transmitting the message, selecting channel, disseminating the message (©) Conceiving the message, encoding the message, selecting the channel, disseminating the message (©) Conceiving the message, interpreting the feedback, selecting audience, disseminating the message Which of the following is NOT a feature of exposition? (A) Use of emotive language (B) Use of supporting details (©) Use of information from experts (D) Use of facts and relevant statistics END OF TEST IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON THIS TEST. ; 02114010/CAPE 2017