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GEOGRAPHY
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.
Sample Item
The best answer to this item is “timely warning”, so answer space (D) has been shaded.
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Geometrical instruments
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1. The ratio between incoming solar radiation Item 5 refers to the statement below.
and reflected solar radiation is called
‘It is formed under clear skies at night when
(A) albedo the air in contact with the ground is cooled
(B) scattering by conduction’.
(C) diffused radiation
(D) infra-red radiation 5. The type of fog described above is termed
(A) advection
2. Jet streams are (B) conductive
(C) frontal
(A) air flows which are felt when an (D) radiation
aeroplane takes off from the
runway
(B) light winds which blow out of North 6. Hygroscopic water is soil water that
America
(C) meandering rivers of air blowing (A) cannot be seen
from land to sea (B) cannot be removed by plants
(D) strong winds which blow in the upper (C) is used in hydroponics
atmosphere (D) moves by gravity
3. Which of the following is NOT a feature of 7. A soil textural triangle can be used to show
anticyclones? the proportion of
(A) The circulation is clockwise in the (A) humus, sand, silt, clay
north. (B) humus, loam, silt, clay
(B) The pressure at the centre is usually (C) sand, silt and clay
below 1000 mb. (D) sand and clay
(C) The pressure at the centre is usually
above 1020 mb.
(D) There is a slow descent of air. 8. Which of the following statements about
atmospheric motion is INCORRECT?
4. Which feature deflects moving air as a result (A) Air moves from high to low pressure.
of the earth’s rotation? (B) The deflection of winds increases
towards the poles.
(A) Coriolis force (C) Winds are deflected to the right in
(B) Geostrophic force the Northern Hemisphere.
(C) Jet stream (D) Wind speed is increased by friction.
(D) Pressure gradient
9. A temperature inversion in the atmosphere 11. The effects of replacing vegetation with
is a good example of urban structures are higher
13. The front shown in the diagram above is 14. The rainfall at Station Y can be described as
travelling
(A) light and continuous
(A) South East (B) light and intermittent
(B) South West (C) heavy and continuous
(C) North East (D) heavy and intermittent
(D) North West
Item 15 refers to the diagram below. 18. ALLof the following are characteristics of
ecotourism EXCEPT it is
State City
(A) a type of urban tourism
(B) not harmful to the environment
(C) intended to support conservation
(D) related to ecological capacity
22. Agricultural intensification results in increased 25. Which of the following factors have greatly
assisted transnational corporations in their
I. agricultural pollution global operations?
II. food output
III. size of the average farm I. Cheap labour force
IV. size of the agricultural labour force II. Government support
III. Large local market
(A) I only IV. Container ships
(B) II and III only
(C) I, II, and III only (A) I only
(D) I, III and IV only (B) I and II only
(C) I, II, and IV only
(D) II, III and IV only
23. Which of the following are challenges to
industrial development in the Caribbean
Region? 26. Which of the following is NOT associated
with the growth of the service sector?
I. Small size of the domestic market
II. Shortage of skilled labour (A) Agglomeration
III. Levels of literacy (B) Globalization
IV. Shortage of local capital (C) Outsourcing
(D) Rationalization
(A) II and III only
(B) II and IV only
(C) I, II and IV only 27. Which of the following BEST describes an
(D) I, II, III and IV informal sector activity?
I. Capital intensive
24. All of the following are associated with cruise II. Family enterprise
ship tourism EXCEPT an increase in III. Labour intensive
IV. Self-employed
(A) craft industries
(B) hotel accommodation (A) II and III only
(C) local transport (B) I, III and IV only
(D) tour guides (C) II, III and IV only
(D) I, II, III and IV
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Item 30 refers to the diagram below. Items 31 - 32 refer to the development model
below.
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30. Which o f the distribution, I, II, III or IV, 31. The name o f the model o f development
below represents the structure of the economy shown below is
ofP above?
(A) core-periphery
I II III IV (B) cumulative-causation
(C) Friedman’s
Primary 23 52 46 78 (D) Rostow’s
Secondary 46 21 31 21
32. The stage indicated by the number 4 is
Tertiary 31 27 23 23
(A) a drive to maturity
(B) industrial economy
(A) I (C) post industrial
(B) II (D) take off
(C) [II
(D) [V
33. Which of the following models discusses the
concept of trickle down effects?
(A) Butler’s
(B) Myrdal’s
(C) Rostow’s
(D) Von Thunen’s
35. The measurement of gross national product 39. Which of the following are constraints on
(GNP) includes sustainable development in Caribbean small
island developing states (SIDS)?
I. Gross domestic product (GDP)
II. Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) I. Limited land area
III. Income to residents of a country from II. Limited natural resources
abroad III. Small populations
IV. Income of foreign residents investing IV. Vulnerability to natural disasters
in a country
(A) I only
(A) I only (B) I, II and IV only
(B) I and II only (C) I, II and III only
(C) I and III only (D) I, II, III and IV only
(D) I and IV only
37. Which of the following is NOT a useful (A) one government to another
measure of development in a country? (B) a non-governmental organization
(NGO) to a receiving country
(A) Total value of goods produced (C) several countries to one country
(B) Life expectancy of the population (D) one country to several countries
(C) Crude death rate
(D) Level of literacy in the society
42. Multilateral aid is channelled through
38. Why is the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) an I. The World Bank
important measure of development? II. Save the Children
III. Doctors Without Borders
I. Infants are the most vulnerable. IV. The IMF
II. It is an indicator of health and
nutrition status. (A) II only
III. It is typical of developing countries. (B) I and IV only
IV. It is indicative of improved living (C) II and III only
standards. (D) III and IV only
Columbia urban 88 93 87 98
rural 28 73 82 73
El Salvador urban 71 67 87 88
rural 20 40 15 61
Honduras urban 99 93 85 97
rural 10 40 48 82
43. In which year was the disparity between urban and rural households in El Salvador GREATEST?
(A) 1970
(B) 1980
(C) 1990
(D) 2000
44. In which country was the disparity between households in urban and rural areas smallest in the year
1980?
(A) Colombia
(B) Dominican Republic
(C) El Salvador
(D) Honduras
45. Using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient, a perfect positive correlation should have a value of
(A) – 1.0
(B) 0
(C) 1.0
(D) 1.5