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MARABELLA NORTH SECONDARY SCHOOL

COMMUNICATION STUDIES

PAPER I

1 HOUR 30 MINUTES
TERM II MARCH 2023
END OF TERM EXAMINATIONS

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.
1. Say to the candidates:

Items 1-7 constitute Section A ofthis paper:. Theyare based on an extract, which I will read to you. You will be given
two minutes to look at the items before you listen to the extract. Then I will read the extract to you twice.
You are required to listen carefully to the extract before answering the items. You may make notes while you listen to
the reading. You must NOT begin to answer the items until you are told to do so.
You are required to respond to the items on your answer sheet byselecting the correct option from the
four options lettered A-D.

2. Say to the candidates:

Look at the items now for two minutes.

3. Two minutes later, say to candidates

Now listen carefully while I read this extract twice. Remember,you may make
notes as Iread.

Read the following extract twice at normal reading pace.(DO NOT dictate the passage for
candidates to write.)
It was the time ofthe petit-carême now, and in this pause, this summer's breath in the midst of
wet weather; the forest bees came quick in blue sunshine to new blossoms, and fresh-feathered
birds flitted with song and love-calls from boughs to the wild flowers. In cocoa fields, the guardian
immortelles were in sporadic bloom, and farmers were busy picking the little harvest of cocoa
which they hoped to dry before the rains commenced again.

Kumaca was beautiful at this time of the year, with yellow unclung leaves drifting in the wind,
pouis spotting the hillsides with fistfuls ofgold, and parrots squawking like matriarchal fishwives,
crossing low over the forest where somersaulting monkeys howled in dark voices.

In the village, all the talk was of the road which was to come through from Valencia.

Adapted from Earl Lovelace, The School Master (Caribbean Writers Series),
Heinemann,1997
5. After you have read the extract, pause for a few seconds and then say to the candidates:

I shall now read the extract a second time.

6. After you have read the extract a second time, pause for a few seconds and then say to the
candidates:

7. Quietly invite the invigilator to take over the examination process.

Instructions to the Invigilator

8. Seventy-five minutes later, tell candidates that they have 15 minutes left.

9. Fifteen minutes later, at the end of the allotted 90 minutes, collect all papers and dismiss
candidates.
Communications Studies 2015 Paper 1
Solutions

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3


1)D 16)D 31)A
2)A 17)B 32)D
3)C 18)C 33)A
4)B 19)B 34)C
5)D 20)B 35)D
6)B 21)D 36)C
7)D 22)C 37)B
8)D 23)B 38)D
9)C 24)D 39)D
10)C 25)A 40)C
11)D 26)D 41)D
12)B 27)B 42)C
13)C 28)A 43)B
14)D 29)D 44)D
15)D 30)D 45)A
Items 1-7 SECTION A

Instructions: You will hear an extract. It will be read twice. Listen carefully before
answering the questions based on the extract.

1. The MAIN idea of the extract is


that during petit-carême in Kumaca 5.
The expression “the guardian immortelles
were in sporadic bloom” suggests that
(A) the village was beautiful
(B) agricultural activities flourished (A) some of the trees were in bloom
(C) the villagers spoke of current affairs (B) the trees bloomed all year
(D) nature came alive with colour and round
sound (C) the trees had never bloomed
before
(D) some trecs bloomed only at
2. Which of the following details this timc of the year
does NOT support the main idca of the
passage?
6. The phrase “parrots squawking
(A) “picking the little harvest of cocoa” like matriarchal fishwives" is an example
(B) “somersaulting monkeys howled in dark of which pair of literary devices?
voices”
(A) Paradox and metaphor
(C) “pouis spotting the hillsides with fistfuls
(B) Simile and onomatopoeia
of gold”
(C) Simile and personification
(D) “the forest bees came quick in blue
(D) Personification and
sunshine to new blossoms"
onomatopocia

3. According to the extract, “petit-


7. Which of the following is the MOST
carême”refers to the
appropriate comment on the effectiveness
of the phrase “pouis spotting the hillside
(A) time of harvest with fistfuls of gold'”?
(B) time that flowers bloom
(C) dry spell during the rainy season (A) The phrase reflects the extent to which
(D) time when the animals are most vocal the flowers were covering the hillsides
during petit-carême.

(B) The phrase shows that the flowers on


4. The phrase “fresh-feathered the hillside were bright yellow and tightly
birds flitted with song” is an example of bunched together during petit-carême.

(A) simile (C) The phrase helps the reader


(B) alliteration to appreciate that the flowers
(C) onomatopoeia were rich and easy to get hold of
(D) personification during petit-carême.
(D) The writer allows the reader
to visualize how the bunched,
rich, bright yellow flowers
covered the landscape during
petit-carême as compared to
other times.
SECTION B

Items 8-11
Instructions: Read the following scenario carefully and then answer Items 8-11.

The media is filled with reports of teenagers being distracted by digital technology and
neglecting their school work as a result. Haldane, a sociology student, decides to investigate
this phenomenon at his school which is located in the countrysidc. He intends to use interviews
to collect data.

8. Which of the following activities would


Haldane need to undertake as part of his
research?
10. Haldane found an article entitled“Modern
Technology Causing Canadian Students to
I. Talking to parents and Fail". This article could be useful to his
teachers research as it
.Finding out how many students
own digital devices
III. Choosing a sample that is (A) is reliable and accurate
representative of his school's (B) can yield sufficient data
population (C) provides secondary data
(D) can provide primary data

(A) I and II only


(B) I and III only 11. Why would it be UNACCEPTABLE
(C) II and III only for Haldane to apply the findings of his
(D) I,II and III research to all teenagers?

(A) The school is in a rural area.


9. Which of the following would be (B) He plans to use only interviews.
an advantage if Haldane conducted (C) The respondents might not tell the
interviews? truth.
(D) He plans to use only students from
(A) Costliness of the procedure his school.
(B) Wide geographic coverage of
informants
(C) Considerable depth of the
information to be collected
(D) High reliability of the
information to,be collected
Items 12-15
Instructions:Read the following scenario carefully and then answer Items 12-15.

At a recent meeting with the principal of Mansfield High 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
irregularly attending classes. The ministry decided to hire a research company to investigate the likely
reasons for the students' irregular attendance.

12. The MOST suitable type of study


which the company could use to conduct
this research is
14. Which of the following must the
research company consider when selecting
(A) survey
(B) interviews a sample?
(C) experiment
(D) observation (A) How aware the respondents
are
(B) Accuracy of the census
documents
13. Which of the following types of
(C) The average number of
sampling methods would BEST suit the
respondents
ministry's purpose?
(D) How well it represents the
population
(A) Random
(B) Discrete
(C) Purposive 15. Which of the following would be the
(D) Convenience
MOST reliable source of secondary data for
this study?

(A) The principal's log book


(B) Student report card/book
(C) Student attendance registers
(D) Letters of excuse from parents
Items 16-20
Instructions: Read the following extract 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.,The Wine of Astonishment(Caribbean Writers Series)


Heinemann 1986.p.14.

'16. 19. WhichWhat


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

(A) Absence of a copula 20. What is suggested in the narrator's


(B) Use of two negatives final statement, “Lawyer, economist or
(C) Reduction of a syllable. something”?
(D) Repetition of the same
word (A) He was unable to recall the
correct information.
(B) He is not in awe of the young
18. What attitude towards the boy is man's educational achievements.
suggested by the narrator's statement (C) He does not think that the young
man's profession is important.
“Talking like Englishman. Crosby ain't
(D) He does not care that the young
tell him nothing”?
man has become a professional.
(A) Jealousy
(B) Frustration
(C) Disapproval
(D) Amusement
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Items 21-25
Instructions:Read the following extract from the poem carefully and then answer Items
21-25.

“Sonny's Lettah”

From Prison,Jebb Avenue


S.W.2 Inglan

Dear Mama

Good day
I hope that when these few lines
Reach you they may
Find you in the best of health
I don't know how to tell yu dis
For I did mek a solemn pramise
To tek care a lickle Jim
An try mi bes fi look out fi im.

Mama, I really did try mi bes


But none di less
Sorry fi tell yu dat poor lickle Jim get arres
It was de miggle a di rush hour

When all of a sudden a police van pull up


Out jump tree policeman
De whole a dem carryin baton
Dem walk straight up to mi and Jim
One a dem hold on to Jim
Seh dem tekin im in
Jim tell im fi leggo a im
For im nuh do nuttn
And im nuh tief, not even a button
Mama,I jus couldn stan up deh an nuh do nuttn

So mi jook one in im eye and im started fi cry


Mi hit im pon im mout and im started fi shout
Mi kick im pon im shin so im started fi spin
Mi hit im pon im chin an im drop pon a bin
An crash
An dead

Mama, don't fret


Don't get depress an downhearted
Be of good courage
Till I hear from yu.

Adapted from Linton Kwesi Johnson, “Sonny's


Lettah".
In The Spoken Word Revolution: Redux edited by Mark
Eleveld,
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ourcebook Media PAGE
Fusion,2007.
21. What is the speaker's purpose for 24. Based on the tonc of the letter, the
writing this letter? relationship between mother and son can be
described as
(A) To protest against police
brutality and injustice (A) bitter
(B) To apologize for being (B) tense
locked up along with Jim (C) cordial
(C) To inform his mother of his (D) affectionate
current address and console her
(D) To tell his mother that he
and Jim are in jail and to explain 25. In which of the following countries is Sonny
why MOST likely incarcerated?

(A) England
22. The register of the poem may (B) Jamaica
be described as (C) America
(D) Barbados
(A) formal
(B) frozen
(C) intimate
(D) consultative

23. Which of the following is NOT a


purpose for which the writer uses
Caribbean English Creole in the poem?

(A) To provide aesthetic pleasure to the


reader
(B) To serve as a vehicle of easy
communication between inmates
(C) To show that it is more suited than
standard English to discuss the issues
of racism and social injustice
(D) To persuade the reader that the
issues of racism and social injustice
deserve discussion

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PAGE
Items 26-28
Instructions: The following conversation about a funeral service took place between these
two persons in a shoe store in Jamaica. Read it carefully then answer Items 26-28.

Percy:

Mildre I can't believe that Mavis gone, but I'm really glad she had a great funeral.
d:
The kids and grandkids came from foreign for the funeral?
Percy:
Yes, Ma'am. One of them talk so nice, like the people in the television shows. But
the other one?! Poor Mavis must bespinning in her grave.
Mildre
d: What you mean?

Percy: Well, I couldn't understand a thing he was saying during the eulogy he was giving.
All I could hear was “I and I this” and “I and I that". He should know that people
don't talk so in church.

26. From Percy's statements, what are the two varieties of language MOST likely spoken by
Mavis' grandchildren?

(A) Jamaican English and English Creole


(B) Rastafarian English and English Creole
(C) Standard English and Television English
(D) Standard English and Rastafarian English

27. What does Percy's statement "He should know that people don't talk so in church"
suggests?

(A) Percy does not like Mavis' grandson.


(B) Context is critical to the choice of code.
(C) There is a code reserved only for church.
(D) Christians speak differently from others.

28. Which of the following technologies would NOT help to enhance the deliveryof the
eulogy?

(A) Fax machine


(B) Microphone
(C) Musical accompaniment
(D) A projected slide presentation
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PAGE
Items 29-31

Instructions: Select the most appropriate answer for Items 29-31.

29. An English Creole may be defined as a language

(V) with limited linguistic functions


(B) used by the poorest people in the society
(C) only understood by some persons in the society
(D) developed from contact between European languages and African languages

30. In which of the following expressions is the process of reduplication evident?

(V) Step-sister
(B) Eye-water
(C) A waa gwaan
(D) Chaka-chaka house

31. Which of the following is NOT an element of the process of communication?

(A) Noise
(B) Sender
(C) Medium
(D) Message

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Items 32-36

Instructions: Read the following conversation carefully then answer Items 31-35.

32. The man's body language in Box 1 Auspac Media. The Feature People.
indicates that he is Retrieved 19 November 2013 from
www.auspacmedia.com.au

35. Whatkind of communication context is


depicted in the conversation?

(A) thrilled (A) Small group


(B) irritated (B) Intercultural
(C) supportive (C) Intrapersonal
(D) indifferent
(D) Interpersonal

33. The stimulus that leads to the (C) coin


conceptualization of the message in Box (D). shrub
1 is the
(A) well
(B) coin
(C) purse
(D) shrub

34. A communicative artefact in the


conversation is the

(A) sky
(B) bag
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36. Which of the following words


describes the man's tone in Box 4?

(A) Anger
(B) Disdain
(C) Dismay
(D) Consolation
Items 37-39

Instructions: Read the following scenario carefully and then answer Items 37-39.

An election campaign is taking place for a vacant parliamentary seat. The candidates are willing
to use every means at their disposal to win the support of the voting public.

37. Which of the following features of non-verbal communication would candidates be


LEAST likely to use when giving speeches?

(A) Waving their hands in the air


(B) Turning their backs to the audience
(C) Smiling at the women in the audience
(D) Embracing a spouse or other close family member

38. Which of the following verbal strategies would NOT help candidates to effectively get
their message across?

(A) Sarcasm
(B) Statistics
(C) Party slogans
(D) Public service announcements

39. Websites established for the purpose of wooing voters would MOST likely include

I. video clips of the candidates' activities


II. a link to a webpage where donations may be made
III. a link to a social media website

(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) I and II only
(D) I and III only

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PAGE
Itèms 40-43
Instructions:The following scene shows the effects of inappropriate postings on social media by three persons.
Read it carefully and then answer Items 40-43.

Adapted from Signs of the Social Networking Times.


Retrieved 19 November 2013 from
http://www.geekculture,com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1041.html

42. What general message do the non-verbal


40. Which of the following is a result of
artefacts convey?
INAPPROPRIATE use of social media?
(A) The characters have different
(A) Loss of family time treasured items.
(B) Rejection by employers (B) The character with the least needs
(C) Damage to the characters' is a woman.
reputation (C) The characters areunemployed
(D) Access by future employers to the and in need of money.
Internet
(D) Members of the public are giving the
characters donations.

41. The scene suggests that INAPPROPRIATE


postings can be made by 43. Which of the following could be
considered the artist's purpose for depicting the
(A) young people only scene?
(B) persons of different ages only
(C) the three characters in the cartoon (A) To show that social media are
(D) persons of different ages and dangerous
genders (B) To warn against indiscriminate
use of social media
(C) To ridicule persons addicted to
using social media
(D) To show that social media are a
sign of the end times
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Items 44-45

Instructions: Read the following scenario carefully and then answer Items 44-45.

A student submitted the following draft conclusion for her expository essay on “Types of Luxury
Cars".

If you are going to buy a luxury car, you must carefully consider what you want. There are various
brands of luxury cars on the market - Cadillac, Infiniti, Volvo, Land Rover, Lamborghini, Porsche,
Mercedes Benz, Lexus, BMW, Audi. Some luxury cars can damage the environment and then
our children would suffer the consequences.

44. The purpose of the second


sentence is to
45. What is the writer's aim in the
(A) show off the student's last sentence?
knowledge of luxury cars
(B) list the cars from most to least
(A) To express the main idea of the
luxurious
paragraph
(C) present a list of cars for the (B) To convey the concluding idea of
reader to choose from the paragraph
(D) have thereader carefully (C)
consider various brands of luxury cars To focus the paragraph on environmental
conservation
(D) To provide a detail to help the
reader choose a luxury brand

END OF TEST

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