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TEST CODE 02114010

MAY/JUNE 2016
CARIBBEANEXAMINATIONSCOUNCIL
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.

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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? 5. Which of the following expressions
from the poem does NOT refer to the
(A) A funeral
central theme of the poem?
(B) An airport
(C) A train station (A) “ready to say goodbye”
(D) An underground station (B) “Each time we die a little”
(C) “These moments devastate”
2. Which of the following BEST (D) “blowing his nose to clear the
expresses the meaning of the phrase sadness of departure”
“blowing his nose to clear the sadness
of departure”? 6. The main idea of the poem is that
(A) the author learns to accept
(A) The young man is crying.
paintings
(B) The young man is devastated by
(B) people find it painful to deal
the departure.
with partings
(C) The young man copes with his
(C) people eventually learn to deal
grief by weeping.
with partings
(D) The impending departure has
(D) two young people are parting
made the young man ill.
company on different flights

3. Which of the following BEST explains

7. Which of the following literary devices
the purpose of stanza two?
are NOT used in the poem?
(A) To show that everyone has to
I. Pun
die
II. Metaphor
(B) To include all young people in
III. Oxymoron
the grief of partings
(C) To encourage people to (A) I and II only
empathize with one another (B) I and III only
(D) To show that the speaker is not (C) II and III only
alone in the departure lounge. (D) I, II and III

4. The tone of the poem can be described

as

(A) sober
(B) caustic
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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 rregular ly 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
(D) All senior students of secondary would be an advantage?
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
I. Age behaviour while being observed
II. Address
III. Number of days absent 15. Which of the following URLs is NOT
likely to provide trustworthy
(A) I and II only information on student attendance.
(B) I and III only
(C) II and III only (A) www.argylesecondary.edu
(D) I, II and III (B) www.ttministryofeducation.gov
(C) www.parentsargylesecondary.org
(D) www.argyleabsentstudents.com

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

(A) Reduplication
20. What is suggested in the narrator’s final
(B) Double negative
statement, “Lawyer, economist or
(C) Syllable reduction
something”?
(D) Zero copula structure
(A) He was unable to recall the
correct information.
18. What attitude does the text ‘Talking (B) He is not in awe of the young
like Englishman. Crosby ain’t tell him man’s educational
nothing.’ suggest that the narrator has achievements.
towards the boy? (C) He does not think that the young
man’s profession is important.
(A) Jealousy
(D) He does not care that the young
(B) Frustration
man has become a professional.
(C) Amusement
(D) Disapproval
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Instructions: Read the following scenario carefully and then answer Items 21 – 25.
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