CAPE Geography Specimen 2016 U1 P1.pdf

TEST CODE 02125010

SPEC 2016/02125010 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CARIBBEAN ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION® GEOGRAPHY SPECIMEN PAPER POPULATION GEOGRAPHY, GEOMORPHIC PROCESSES AND HAZARDS Unit 1 Paper Paper 01 –

1 hours hour s 30 minutes

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

1. This specimen specimen paper consists of 45 items. items. You will have one hour and 30 minutes minutes to answer them. 2. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet. 3. Each item in this test t est has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item you are about to answer and decide which choice is best. 4. 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 Alluvial fans are

Sample Answer

(A) depositional features in a body of standing water (B) steps cut into thick deposits of alluvium or bedrock (C) features formed when confined streams flow onto a plain (D) thick accumulations of alluvium deposited on a flood plain

A

B

C

D

The best answer to this item is “features “features formed when confined streams streams flow onto a plain plain”, ”, so (C) (C) has been shaded.

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Items 1 2 refer to the following graph. −

1.

The graph shown above illustrates the (A) (B) (C) (D)

2.

The diagram above is (A) (B) (C) (D)

3.

an input−output input−output curve a population pyramid a Venn diagram the Lorenz curve

The number of live births live births per 1000 women women aged aged 15−49 15−49 years in a given year is termed (A) (B) (C) (D)

4.

trends in population growth inequalities in population distribution sequence of changes over a period of time period of time a person is expected expected to live

annual growth natural increase fertility rate birth rate

Burgess’ transition zone corresponds to today’s (A) (B) (C) (D)

CDB inner city suburbs squatter camps







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Item 5 refers to the following formula. 65   15 − 64

5.

The formula is used for measuring (A) (B) (C) (D)

6.

x 100

the dependency ratio the male – female female ratio old – age age dependency youth dependency

The term ‘gentrification’ refers to (A) (B) (C) (D)

inner−city renewal inner−city urban−r ural ural migration increasing suburbaniza suburbanization tion rural−urban rural− urban migration 65 and over

Items 7 8 refer to the following sketch map. −

Carrying Capacity

n o i t a l u p o P

7.

The model of population growth shown above is referred to as (A) (B) (C) (D)

8.

S-shaped J-shaped exponential cumulative

The model of population growth shown is likely to be found in populations with (A) (B) (C) (D)

high births, low death rates high death rates, low fertility rates low fertility, high life expectan expectancy cy high fertility, low life expectan expectancy cy







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Item 9 refers to the data in the following table which shows the population of the three largest towns in a country. Town

Lynx Mynx Pynx

9.

The term used to describe the situation reflected by the data above is (A) (B) (C) (D)

10.

Population (thousands) 11 420 2 520 2 420

urban agglomeration deindustrialization decentralization urban primacy

Which of the following is a likely consequen consequence ce of emigration from a developing country? (A) (B) (C) (D)

Lower death rate Higher life expectanc expectancy y Lower infant mortality Higher dependenc dependency y ratio

Items 11−12 refer to the following sector model.

11.

In which of the following zones would a high income family most likely settle? (A) (B) (C (D)

12

2 3 4 5

The zone where a clothing factory could be most likely located is







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Item 13 refers to the following diagram of the birth rate, death rate and rate of natural increase for Country Z.

13.

What stage of the the demographic transition model would Country Z be passing through during the period 1930 to 1950? (A) (B) (C) (D)

I II III IV

Item 14 refers to the following f ollowing population pyramid.

14.

The population pyramid above shows that there is a







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Item 15 refers to the population data presented in the following table. Age Group 0−14 15−64 15−64 65 and over 15.

What PERCENTA PERCENTAGE GE of the population is considered youthful? (A) (B) (C) (D)

16.

uplift is slow sinuosity is low valley sides are resistant to erosion there is deposition on convex bends

River deposition occurs when (A) (B) (C) (D)

20.

Channel slope Channel shape Particle size River volume

Entrenched meanders are formed if (A) (B) (C) (D)

19.

its solution load its suspended load its highest discharge the total load carried

Which of the following will have the LEAST effect on a river’s capacity? (A) (B) (C) (D)

18.

10 23 33 66

The capacity of a river is (A) (B) (C) (D)

17.

Population 14 345 41 616 6 300

load is decreas decreased ed velocity is reduced water becomes deeper the river emerge emergess from a lake

Which of the following is formed by the precipitation of calcium carbonate? (A)

Poljes









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21.

Which of the following processes influences coastal erosion? (A) (B) (C) (D)

22.

The Hjulstrom curve shows the relationship between water velocity and (A) (B) (C) (D)

23. ]

Abrasion Saltation Infiltration Percolation

bed load capacity particle size dissolved load

Which of the following describes one way in which sedime sediment nt is transported along a coastal area? (A) (B) (C) (D)

Hydraulic action Long−shore Long− shore drift shore winds On−shore On− Prevailing winds

Item 24 refers to the following f ollowing diagram.







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25.

The most important effect on the rate of chemica chemicall weathering weathering of limestone in the tropical rain forest is high levels of (A) (B) (C) (D)

26.

Which of the following characte characteristics ristics promotes laminar flow? (A) (B) (C) (D)

27.

rainfall is unreliable rocks are impermeable the drainage basin is elongated the slope of the land is gentle

A river has a discharge of 0.32 cumecs and across sectional area of 1.6 m2. What is the velocity of the river? (A) (B) (C) (D)

29.

Boulder strewn channel Complex channel shape Irregular sloping channel Smooth straight channel

The rising limb of a storm hydrograph will be steep when (A) (B) (C) (D)

28.

biological activity carbon dioxide absorption carbon dioxide depletion physical weathering

0.2 ms – 1 0.5 ms – 1 1.9 ms – 1 5.0 ms – 1

A particle of size 10 mm would be eroded at a velocity of (A) (B) (C) (D)

4 cms – 1 10 cms – 1 20 cms – 1 50 cms – 1







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Item 30 refers to the following f ollowing diagram.

30.

The diagram above indicat indicates es that as velocity increases (A) (B) (C) (D)

31.

finer particles are deposited finer particles become cohesive larger particles can be moved larger particles are deposited

Which of the following is NOT a technological hazard? (A) (B) (C) (D)

Oil spills Flash floods Gas explosions Industrial accidents







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34.

Which of the following does NOT provide evidence for the theory of plate tectonics? (A) (B) (C) (D)

35.

The Richter scale of earthquake magnitude represents the (A) (B) (C) (D)

36.

Trenches Hot spots Earthquakes Volcanic eruptions

In which of the following places does sea-floor spreading occur? (A) (B) (C) (D)

38.

shake of secondary waves strength of primary waves energy released at the focus energy released at the epicentre

Which of the following is NOT the result of plate movem movements ents in the Eastern Caribbean? (A) (B) (C) (D)

37.

Mid-Atlantic Ridge Sea-level changes Rocks and fossils Paleomagnetism

Eurasian Plate Marianes Trench Mid-Atlantic Ridge North America American n Plate

Which of the following is NOT a hazard? (A) (B) (C) (D)

An earthquake in a city A tsunami in a tourist resort town A flooding event in a farming community A volcanic eruption on an uninhabited island







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41.

42.

Earthquakes may result in the formation of I II III IV

scarps sinkholes landslides tsunamis

(A) (B) (C) (D)

I and III only III and IV only I, II and IV only I, III and IV only

Hot spots are (A) (B) (C) (D)

carried by plates caused by convection cells fixed in position more common in the Atlantic

43. Item 43 refers to the t he following diagram.

The feature at X represents (A) (B) (C) (D)

a sill a batholith a volcanic plug an explosive vent









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Items 44−45 refer to the volcanic risk map below.







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Caribbean Examinations Council Master Data Sheet Subject: CAPE Geography Unit: 1 Year: 2016 Specimen Question #

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Module/Syllabus Profile Key Question # Reference 1.2 KC B 24 1.2 KC D 25 1.3 KC C 26 1.10 KC B 27 1.3 KC C 28 1.11 KC A 29 1.7 KC A 30 1.7 UK C 31 1.3 UK D 32 1.5 UK C 33 1.10 UK D 34 1.10 UK A 35 1.3 PS B 36 1.4 PS A 37 1.4 PS B 38 2.1 KC D 39 2.1 KC B 40 2.2 KC C 41 2.3 KC B 42 2.3 KC D 43

Module/Syllabus Profile Key Reference 2.2 UK C 2.2 UK A 2.3 UK D 2.5 UK B 2.7 PS A 2.5 PS D 2.5 PS C 3.2 KC B 3.2 KC D 3.4 KC A 3.4 KC D 3.4 KC A 3.5 KC B 3.5 KC C 3.1 UK D 3.3 UK D 3.3 UK C 3.5 UK D 3.5 UK B 3.8 PS C

CAPE Geography Specimen 2016 U1 P1.pdf

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