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FORM TP 2022332 2022
MAY/JUNE
CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION@
SOCIOLOGY
UNIT 1 Paper 01
1 hour 30 minutes

01 JUNE 2022 (p.m.)

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

1. This test consists of 45 items. You will have I hour and 30 minutes to answer them.

2. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet.

3. Do not be concerned that the answer sheet provides spaces for more answers than there are items
in this test.
4. 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.
5. 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 theoretical approach is associated with
microsociology? Sample Answer

(A) Marxism
(B) Neofunctionalism
(C) Classical functionalism
(D) Symbolic interactionism

The best answer to this item is "Symbolic interactionism", so (D) has been shaded.
6. If you want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new choice.
7. 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.

8. You may do any rough work in this booklet.

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violence at
1. Sociology can be classified as a science 5. Susan experienced domestic
who eventually
because ol' several characteristics of the the hands of her husband,
discipline. murdered her. He was convicted and
incarcerated for 25 years. The sanction in
as
Which of the following is NOT a this case can BEST be categorized
characteristic of sociology?
(A) formal positive
(A) Bias (B) formal negative
(B) Etnpit•ieal (C) informal positive
Theoretical (D) informal negative
(D) Cumulative

6. People make sense of their world through

2. Which ofthe following theorists subscribes an understanding of everyday rules. This
to the view that collective conscienceis view is expressed by
necessary if a society is to run smoothly?
Marxists
Karl Marx (B) feminists
(B) Max Weber (C) functionalists
(C) Emile Durkheim (D) interactionists
(D) George Herbert Mead

7. The sociological imagination refers to

3. Cultural patterns that strongly oppose the
established norms of the dominant culture the effect of group behaviour on
within a society are called individuals
(B) understanding sociology's changes
subcultures over the years
(B) youth cultures (C) a person's ability to see beyond
(C) counter cultures what is apparent
(D) secondary cultures (D) the ability to visualize what society
will be like in the future
4. Which group of sociologists argues that a
person's class is determined by his or her 8. Which of the following concepts is
position in the economic system? associated with functionalism?
Marxist Anomie
(B) Interpretivist (B) Verstehen
(C) Functionalist (C) Alienation
(D) Ethno-methodologist (D) Indexicality

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9. A carefully chosen subset of a population 13. Robert was doing research on drug abuse
that exhibits significant characteristicsof in the police service. Due to the sensitive
the actual population is referred to as a nature of his research, he conducted an
unstructured interview with one respondent
quota sample who gave him the name of two other
(B) representative sample contacts. Robert's sampling method is
(C) cross-sectional sample called
(D) non-representative satuple
systematic sampling
(B) snowball sampling
10. Ethical issues are important considerations (C) random sampling
when conducting research. (D) quota sampling

Which of the following are ethical issues?

14. Which of the fol lowing BEST summarizes
1. Researcher and participant safety the difference between longitudinal and
11. Informed consent and privacy cross-sectional studies?
rights
111. Consensus issues and resolving Secondary sources versus primary
conflict sources
(B) Quantitative research versus quali-
I and Il only tative research
(B) I and Ill only (C) Research over a long period of
(C) 11 and 111 only time versus research over a short
(D) 1, 11 and 111 period
(D) Observation by participation versus
multistage sampling of popula-
11. The term 'underdevelopment'is usually tion
associated with

exploitation of the resources in 15. A MAJOR difference between positivists and

Third World countries interpretivists is that positivists
(B) a lack of natural resources in
developing countries are micro theorists while interpre-
(C) dependency on government tivists are macro theorists
revenue (B) use case studies while interpretivists
(D) dependency on foreign goods and use experimentsin conducting
services research
use quantitative research methods
while interpretivists use qualitative
12. When a research method is repeatedly research methods
applied and consistently produces the same (D) study human behaviour using
results in a study, it is said to be qualitative methods while inter-
pretivists study human behaviour
valid using quantitative methods
(B) reliable
(C) relevant
(D) standardized

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16. In an egalitarian family, the members' roles 19. According to the social pathology thesis,
are such that the changing family structure in the
Caribbean was a response to
spouses share responsibilities
(B) women only perform household (A) behavioural patterns of children
duties (B) the increase in crime and violence
males make the most ilnportant the school not working closely with
decisions in the •fanlily the family
(D) only Inen can perform household (D) the disorganizing effects of socio-
duties economic conditions

Item 17 refers to the following diagrammatic

representation of a family structure. 20. The changing role of men and women has
led to changes in the family. Which of the
following statements are true of the chang-
Key ing roles in families today?
A O A Male Fewer people are choosing to
O Female 1.
remain single and childless.
o Legal union Il. Decision-making is more egali-
tarian as both spouses work.
111. Membersspend less family time
17. Which of the following types of families togetheras a result of work-
does the diagram above illustrate? related obligations.

Nuclear I and Il only

(B) Reconstituted (B) I and Ill only
(C) Vertically extended (C) Il and Ill only
(D) Horizontally extended (D) 1, 11 and 111

18. According to Oscar Lewis, the growth of 21. "Religion provides consensus which is
single parent households in the Caribbean required for order and stability in society."
is a result of Which functionalist is responsible for this
thinking?
choice
(B) poverty Karl Marx
migration (B) Max Weber
(D) education (C) Irving Goffman
(D) Talcott Parsons

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22. Durkheim's theory or religion shows that 25. A student did not return from school and
her worried parents, after making a report
(A) religion was created by the ruling to the police station, broadcasted her
class in society disappearance on social media. A week
(B) religious beliefs and practices lilay later she was found in a forested area with
create social solidarity a small group of persons who declared that
(C) religious beliefs keep people she had completely withdrawn from society
dominated and oppressed and had now consciously and voluntarily
(D) religion makes sense of people's accepted membership in the group. She was
experiences to promote order committed to and had integrated well with
the group, which had a charismatic leader.
Item 23 refers to the following diagram Which of the following BEST describes
which describes various religious this religious organization?
organizations.
Sect
x (B) Cult
(C) Church
(D) Denomination
Usually formed Loosely
as a result of In organized
split from tension and short-
with society 26. Which of the following theoretical
church lived perspectives suggests that labelling is used
to explain how teacher expectations are
Charismatic
leader linked to educational performance?

Marxist
(B) Subcultural
23. In the diagram above, P describes a (C) Functionalist
(D) Interactionist
cult
(B) sect
(C) church 27. Which of the following BEST explains the
(D) denomination objective of decolonization of Caribbean
education systems?

24. Which of the following statements are true Reducing ethnic differences
of the Marxist perspective on religion? (B) Liberating the people's minds
(C) Increasing government involvement
1. It is the opium of the masses. (D) Reducing dependence on the
11. It acts as a mechanism of social European model
control.
111. It distorts reality and helps to
produce false class consciousness.

I and Il only
(B) I and Ill only
Il and Ill only
(D) 1, 11 and 111

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28. Which ol' the following statetnents about 29. "The education system reinforces gender
education in Caribbean stereotyping." Which of the following
society is true? statcmcnts BEST illustrates this perspec-
tivc?
(A) Skin colour is no longer a significant
factor in detet•tnining educational (A) Females outnumber males at
opportunity. tertiary level institutions.
(B) Socioeconotnic status is no longer a (B) Females are expected to pursue
factor in acadenlic achievenunt. non-technical subjects.
(C) Females are more likely to experi- (C) Males underachieve in school
ence academic underachieve- becauseteachers are predomi-
ment than males. nantly female.
(D) Only members of the lower class (D) Males value non-academic routes
achieve social mobility through to success more than their female
education. counterparts.

Item 30 refers to the diagram below which shows the literacy rates of men and women in the
Caribbean over a 60-year period (1950—2010).

100
Key
90
Women
80
70
60
50
40
30

20
10

1950 1970 1990 2000 2010 2020

30. Which of the following factors BEST explain the trend in the literacy rates of men and women
over the period?

I. Literacy rates increased among females from 1950 to 1970.

Il. Literacy rates have been declining among males since 1990.
111. Males and females are socialized differently.
IV. Male teachers outnumber female teachers.

I, Il and Ill only

(B) I, Il and IV only
(C) l, Ill and IV only
(D) 11,Ill and IV only

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31. The Marxist term for the 'working class' is Item 35 refers to the following diagram
which shows racial stratification in Carib-
(A) serf bean society.
(B) peasant
(C) proletariat
(D) bourgeoisie

32. The term 'social stratification' relates to the

existence of social Browns

(A) control
(B) mobility Blacks
(C) upheaval
(D) inequality
35. The racial stratification model indicates that

33. According to Weber, which of the following 1. blacks are in the majority
is NOT a dimension of social class? 11. colonial society is rigidly stratified
111. there is little room for social
Wealth mobility
(B) Gender
(C) Power I and Il only
(D) Prestige (B) I and Ill only
(C) 11and 111only
(D) 1, 11 and 111
34. Which of the following factors are respon-
Sible for the growth of the middle class in
contemporary Caribbean society? 36. Which of the following situations BEST
illustrates intergenerational mobility?
Race, colour and ethnic stratification
(B) Creolization, education and tech- The son of a labourer becomes a
nology labourer.
(C) Industrialization, education and (B) After ten years of formal education,
gender equality a skilled mechanic becomes a
(D) Entrepreneurship, industrialization lawyer.
and emigration (C) Jane is a hospital receptionist and
her daughter becomes a medical
doctor.
(D) Mary is demoted to a clerical
worker after working as an
administrative assistant for ten
years.

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37. "Stratification is universal, necessary 41. During slavery, the elites in the Caribbean
and inevitable." Which of the Collowing were able to maintain their economic and
theories relates to this view? social dominance through

(A) Conflict (A) creolization

(B) Feminist (B) the use of force
Interactionist (C) interclass marriage
(D) Functionalist (D) gender distinctions

38. Which of the following theorists stated 42. In modern industrial society, one's socioeco-
that social stratification is a means for role nomic status (SES) is derived primarily from
allocation?
income, occupation and education
Melvin Tumin (B) occupation, wealth and conscious-
(B) Auguste Comte ness
(C) Davis and Moore (C) income, prestige, and political
(D) Bowles and Gintis affliation
(D) occupation, education and religious
affiliation
39. Young adults with formal education have a
greater chance for upward social mobility.
In which of the following types of societies 43. Which of the following is an indicator of
is this MOST likely to occur? the quality of a health care system in a
particularcountry?
(A) Agrarian
(B) Industrial Crude birth rate
(C) Traditional (B) Infant mortality rate
(D) Pre-industrial (C) Inward migration rate
Outward migration rate
40. "The economic base, the means of
production and the relations of production
determine all the other institutions of 44. Which of the following was mainly
society." Which theorist holds this view? responsible for increases in mobility rates
for females in developed countries?
Karl Marx
(B) Max Weber MaternityAct
(C) Talcott Parsons (B) Women's liberation
(D) Emile Durkheim (C) Industrialdevelopment
(D) Sexual Harassment Act

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45. An electrical engineer in Januiica becanne

a ractory worker. What type of mobility did he
experience?

(A) Vertical
(B) Horizonta I
(C) Downward
(D) Intergenerational

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