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TEST CODE 02114010

MAY/JUNE 2016
CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATIONS
COMMUNICATION STUDIES
UNIT 1 – Paper 01
1 hour 30 minutes

04 MAY 2016 (a.m.)

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

1. This test consists of 45 items divided into two sections, A and B.

2. 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.
3. Section B consists of 38 questions. Answer each question based on the information given.
4. In addition to the test booklet, you should have an answer sheet.
5. 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. ·
6. 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.

Sample Item
Which of the following is an advantage of the
questionnaire as a data-collection method? Sample Answer

(A) Ease of administration Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ

(B) Immediacy of feedback
(C) Openness of discussion
(D) Opportunity for clarification
The best answer to this item is "Ease of administration", so (A) has been shaded.

7. If you want to change your answer, erase it completely and fill in your new choice.
8. 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 __

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SECTION A

Items 1 – 7

Instructions: You will hear an extract. It will be read twice. Listen carefully before
answering the questions based on the extract.

1. What is the setting in the first stanza?

(A) A funeral 5. Which of the following expressions

(B) An airport from the poem does NOT refer to the
(C) A train station central theme of the poem?
(D) An underground station
(A) “ready to say goodbye”
2. Which of the following BEST (B) “Each time we die a little”
expresses the meaning of the phrase (C) “These moments devastate”
“blowing his nose to clear the sadness (D) “blowing his nose to clear the
of departure”? sadness of departure”

(A) The young man is crying. 6. The main idea of the poem is that
(B) The young man is devastated by (A) the author learns to accept
the departure. paintings
(C) The young man copes with his (B) people find it painful to deal
grief by weeping. with partings
(D) The impending departure has (C) people eventually learn to deal
made the young man ill. with partings
(D) two young people are parting
3. Which of the following BEST explains company on different flights
the purpose of stanza two?
7. Which of the following literary devices
(A) To show that everyone has to
are NOT used in the poem?
die
(B) To include all young people in I. Pun
the grief of partings II. Metaphor
(C) To encourage people to III. Oxymoron
empathize with one another
(D) To show that the speaker is not (A) I and II only
alone in the departure lounge. (B) I and III only
(C) II and III only
4. The tone of the poem can be described (D) I, II and III
as

(A) sober
(B) caustic
(C) nostalgic
(D) regretful

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SECTION B

Items 8 – 10

Instructions: Read the following scenario carefully and then answer Items 8 – 10.

A researcher was gathering information on the impact of streaming within a particular high
school. He held a discussion with five sets of students from remedial classes in different
forms or grades on how they are being affected by their placement.

8. What method of data collection did the researcher use?

(A) Interview
(B) Focus group
(C) Questionnaire
(D) Participant observation

9. Apart from the students, which of the following persons may be the BEST source of primary
data for this research?

(A) Parents
(B) Teachers
(C) Education Officers
(D) Deans of Discipline

10. Which of the following is an advantage of using a questionnaire for this particular study?

(A) Results can be easily quantified.

(B) It has a low rate of response
(C) The researcher is able to ask follow-up questions.
(D) Respondents don’t have to think carefully before formulating a response.

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Items 11 – 15

Instructions: Read the following scenario carefully and then answer Items 11 – 15.

At a recent meeting with the principal of Argyle Secondary School, the Ministry of
Education revealed that a check of the most recent census documents shows that some senior
students of the school have been attending classes irregularly. The Ministry decided to hire a
research company to investigate the likely reasons for the students’ irregular attendance.

11. Which of the following would be the 13. If the research company only collected
MOST appropriate population for this data in the morning, which of the
study? following would affect the data?

(A) All students of A rgyle I. Validity

Secondary that have been II. Time spent in the field
attending classes i r r e g u l a r l y III. Access to information

(B) All senior students of Argyle (A) I only

Secondary that have been (B) II only
attending classes irregularly (C) I and III only
(D) I, II and III
(C) All students of secondary
students in the country that have 14. If the research company was observing
been attending classes the patterns of absenteeism among
irregularly senior students, which of the following
would be an advantage?
(D) All senior students of secondary
students in the country that have (A) Directly experiencing the
been attending classes behaviour of participants
irregularly (B) Allowing its biases to affect
what is observed
12. Relevant demographic data about the (C) Spending a long enough period
student that the researcher might seek of time collecting data
to obtain would include (D) Participants changing their
behaviour while being observed
I. Age
II. Address 15. Which of the following URLs is NOT
III. Number of days absent likely to provide trustworthy
information on student attendance.
(A) I and II only
(B) I and III only (A) www.argylesecondary.edu
(C) II and III only (B) www.ttministryofeducation.gov
(D) I, II and III (C) www.parentsargylesecondary.org
(D) www.argyleabsentstudents.com

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Items 16 – 20

Instructions: Read the following scenario carefully and then answer Items 16 – 20.

The boy come back home for a few days holiday, see some crabs Crosby have in a barrel.
This is the son: “Dad, what are those thangs there?” Talking like Englishman. Crosby ain’t
tell him nothing. When he poke his finger in the barrel and the crab catch hold of him, he
bawl: “Pa! The crab! The crab!” A well-educated boy, yes. Lawyer, economist or something.
Lovelace E., 1982, The Wine of Astonishment, p. 14.

16. Which of the following expressions

contains syntactical features common
to Caribbean English Creoles? 19. What does the extract suggest about the
relationship between the boy’s
(A) “A well-educated boy” education and his use of language?
(B) “what are those thangs?”
(C) “Pa! The crab! The crab!” (A) His education makes him speak
(D) “Talking like Englishman.” properly.
(B) His education has influenced his
language.
17. What features of Caribbean English (C) As an economist, he speaks
Creole grammar is used in the Standard English.
expression “Crosby ain’t tell him (D) He speaks English Creole
nothing”? because he is an educated
lawyer.
(A) Reduplication
(B) Double negative
(C) Syllable reduction 20. What is suggested in the narrator’s
(D) Zero copula structure final statement, “Lawyer, economist or
something”?

18. What attitude does the text ‘Talking (A) He was unable to recall the
like Englishman. Crosby ain’t tell him correct information.
nothing.’ suggest that the narrator has (B) He is not in awe of the young
towards the boy? man’s educational
achievements.
(A) Jealousy (C) He does not think that the
(B) Frustration young man’s profession is
(C) Amusement important.
(D) Disapproval (D) He does not care that the young
man has become a professional.

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Items 21 – 25

Instructions: Read the following scenario carefully and then answer Items 21 – 25.

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