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ADVANCED PROFICIENCY EXAMINATION

SPECIMEN PAPER
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
FOR

GEOGRAPHY

UNIT 1: POPULATION GEOGRAPHY, GEOMORPHIC PROCESSES AND HAZARDS

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

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.

SampleItem

Alluvial fans are

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

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

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Items ~ ,2 refer to the graph below. 4. Burgess' transition zone corresponds to

today's
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(A) COB
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H 80 If.t'". (B) inner city
(C) suburbs
Ii! 70 (D) . squatter camps
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65 and over x 100
to 15"': 64 '
o. o 10. ZO.' 30'. 40.' so. 611
.' 70. 80" 9() 100
Pcpulatlon (eumulative percentage) 5. The formula above is used for measuring

(A) dependency ratio

1. The graph shown above illustrates the (B) male-female ratio
(C) old-age dependency
(A) inequalities in population (D) youth dependency
distribution
(13) period of time a person is expected
to live 6. The. term 'gentrification' refers to
(C) sequence of changes over a period
of time (A) increasing suburbanization
(D) trends in population growth (B) inner city renewal
(C) urban-rural migration
(D) rural-urban migration
2. The diagram above is

tI (A) a Venn diagram

(1 (B) a population pyramid
[. (C)
lj an input-output curve
(D) the Lorenz curve
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3. The number of live births per 1000 women
aged 15 - 49 years in a given year is termed

(A) annual growth

(B) birth rate
(C) fertility rate
(D) natural increase

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Items 7 - 8 refer to the sketch map below. 10. Which of the following is a likely
consequence of emigration from a developing
Carrying capacity country?

(A) Higher dependency ratio

------- _io""----- (B) Higher life expectancy
(C) Lower death rate
(D) Lower infant mortality
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! Items 11 - 12 refer to the model below.

7. The model of population growth shown is

referred to as

(A) S-shaped
(B) J-shaped
(C) exponential
(D) cumulative

8. The model of population growth shown is

likely to be found in populations with 11. In which of the following zones would a high
income family most likely settle?
(A) high births, low death rates
(B) high death, low fertility rates (A) 2
(C) low fertility, high life expectancy (B) 3
(D) high fertility, low life expectancy (C) 4
(D) 5

9. Item 9 refers to the data in the table below.

12. The zone where a clothing factory could be
POPULATION OF THE THREE LARGEST located is
TOWNS (thousands)
(A) 2
Town Population (B) 3
(C) 4
Lynx 11420 (D) 5
Mynx 2520
Pynx 2420

The term used to describe the situation

reflected by the data above is

(A) decentralisation
(B) deindustrialisation
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Item 13 refers to the diagram below. Items 14 refers to the population pyramid
below.
BIRTH RATE, DEAllI RATE and RATE OF MALt . . . FEMALE.
NATURAL INCREASE - COUNTRY Z j 1100+ i ,

95-99
90-94
40 85-89
80-84

35 ~J~ 75-79
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65-69
60-64
55-59

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30-34
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20-24

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(A) high death rate among the adult

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1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 population
(B) low death rate among the infant
population
13. What stage of the demographic transition (C) high life expectancy
model would Country Z be passing through CD) male-female imbalance
during the period 1930 to 19507

(A) I Item 15 refers to the population data

(B) II presented in the table below.
(C) III
(D) IV
Age Group Population

0- 14 14345

15 - 64 41616

65 and over 6300

15. What PERCENTAGE of the population is

considered youthful?

(A) 10
(B) 23
(C) 33
(D) 66

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16. The capacity of a river is 21. Which of the following processes influences
coastal erosion?
(A) its highest discharge
CB) its suspended load (A) Abrasion
(C) its solution load (B) Infiltration
CD) the total load carried (C) Percolation
CD) Saltation

17. Which of the following will have the LEAST

effect on a river's capacity? 22. The Hjulstrom curve shows the relationship
between water velocity and
(A) Channel slope
(B) Channel shape (A) bed load
(C) Particle size (B) capacity
CD) River volume (C) dissolved load
(D) particle size

18. Entrenched meanders are formed if

23. Which of the following describes one way in
(A) sinuosity is low which sediment is transported along a coastal
(B) there is deposition on convex bends area?
(C) uplift is slow
(D) valley sides are resistant to erosion (A) Hydraulic action
(B) Long-shore drift
(C) On-shore winds
19. River deposition occurs when CD) Prevailing winds

(A) it emerges from a lake

(B) load is decreased
(C) velocity is reduced
(D) water becomes deeper

20. Which of the following is formed by the

precipitation of calcium carbonate?

(A) Caverns
(B) Poljes
(C) Sink holes
(D) Stalagmites

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Item 24 refers to the diagram below. 26. Which of the following characteristics may
result in laminar flow?

Meandering Stream (A) Boulder strewn channel

(B) Complex channel shape
(C) Irregular sloping channel
(D) Smooth straight channel

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... 27 -. The rising limb of a storm hydrograph will
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be steep when

(A) rainfall is unreliable

(B) rocks are impermeable
(C) the drainage basin is elongated
(D) the slope of the land is gentle
y 7""".

28. A river has a discharge of 0.32 cumecs and a

cross-sectional area of 1.6 m". What is the
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Ii velocity of this river?

24. A characteristic differentiating the feature (A) 0.2 ms'

labelled X from that labelled Y is that X (B) 0.5 ms-1
experiences (C) 1.9 ms'
(D) 5.0 ms'
(A) less deposition
(B) less turbulence
(C) more erosion 29. A particle of size 10 mm would be eroded at
(0) more sinuosity a velocity of

~l (A) 4 ems:'
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25. The most important effect on the rate of (B) 10 ems"
chemical weathering of limestone in the (C) 20 ems"
tropical rain forest is high levels of (D) 50 ems-I

(A) biological activity

(B) carbon dioxide absorption
(C) carbon dioxide depletion
(D) physical weathering

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Cobbles boulders
Size of particles (mm)

30. The diagram indicates that, as velocity increases

(A) finer particles are deposited

(B) finer particles become cohesive
(C) larger particles can be moved
(D) larger particles are deposited

31. Which of the following is NOt a 33. Which of the following waves can only travel
technological hazard? through the outer part of the crust?

(A) Flash floods (A) L

(B) Gas explosions (B) P
(C) Industrial accidents (C) S
(D) Oil spills CD) T

32. Which of the following are climatic hazards? 34. Which of the following does NOT provide
evidence for the Theory of plate Tectonics?
(A) Blizzards, drought, sleet, drizzle
(B) Floods, tornadoes, heat waves, (A) Mid-Atlantic Ridge
tropical cyclones (B) Paleomagnetism
(C) Hurricane, hail, drought, tsunamis (C) Rocks and fossils
(D) Tsunamis, hail, frost, anticyclones (D) Sea-level Changes

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35. The Richter scale of earthquake magnitude 40. Which of the following does NOT contribute
represents the to flash floods?

(A) energy released at the focus (A) Forest removal

(B) energy released at the epicentre (B) Intense rainfall
(C) shake of secondary waves (C) Permeable rock
CD) strength of primary waves CD) Steep slopes

36. Which of the following is NOT the result of 41. Earthquakes may result in the formation of
plate movements in the Eastern Caribbean?
I scarps
CA) Earthquakes II sinkholes
(B) Hot spots III landslides
(C) Trenches IV tsunamis
(D) Volcanic eruptions
(A) 1and III only
(B) III and IV only
37. In which of the following places does (C) I, II and IV only
sea-floor spreading occur? (0) I, III and IV only

(A) Eurasian Plate

(B) Marianes Trench 42. Hot spots are
(C) Mid-Atlantic Ridge
CD) North American Plate (A) carried by plates
(B) caused by convection cells
(C) fixed in position
38. Which of the following is NOT a hazard? (D) more common in the Atlantic

(A) A flooding event in a farming

community 43.
(B) A volcanic eruption on an
uninhabited island
(C) A tsunami in a tourist resort town
(D) An earthquake in the city of Kingston

39. A storm surge is associated with

(A) a rise in the level of the sea due to

a fall in atmospheric pressure
(B) the vertical movement of water The feature at X represents
along a cliff
(C) a rise in the level of the sea due to (A) a sill
a rise in atmospheric pressure (B) a batholith
(D) the rapid movement of water along (C) a volcanic plug
the coast (D) an explosive vent
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~4. 45 refer to the volcanic risk map below.

4km

Exclusion Zone No admittance except for scientific monitoring and national

security matters
Central Zone Residential area only, all residents on state of alert
All residents to have rapid means of exit 24 hours per day
Hard hat area, all residents to have hard hats and dust masks
Northern Zone No admittance except for scientific monitoring and national
security matters

44. Which is the BEST location for the site of a 45. At which location is there likely to be an
new capital? increase in the land area of the island?

(A) I (A) 1
(B) 2 (B) 2
(C) 3 (C) 3
(D) 4 (D) 4

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Master Data Sheet

Subject: CAPE GeograpbY Unit:'--.;:I~_ Year: 20()9 Specimen

Question Module/SyUabus Profile Key Question Module/Syllabus Profile Key

Reference Reference
1 1.2 KC A 31 3.2 KC A
2 1.2 KC 0 32 3,2 KC B
3 1.3 KC C 33 3.4 KC A
4 l.10 KC ~ 34 3.4 KC P
5 1.3 KC C 35 3.4 KC A
6 l.11 KC :6. ,36 3.5 KC B
7 1.7 KC A 37 3.5 KC C
8 1.7 UK C 38 3.1 UK B "'1

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I 10 1.5 VK A 40 3,3 UK C ~'. ,

11 1.10 UK D 41 3.5 UK D
, 12 1.10 UK A 42 3.5 UK C
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20 2.3 KC D
21 2.3 KC A
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