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    This document contains an end of term assessment for a Form Four Business Social Studies class. It is divided into three sections that assess students' knowledge of individual and family economics, development and use of resources, and regional integration. The first section contains multiple choice and short answer questions about the economic functions of families, factors preventing families from providing for basic needs, how schools prepare youth for family economics, and legal strategies for improving a family's economic situation. The second section contains data analysis questions about employment trends and strategies for preparing students for employment. The third section asks students to write an essay identifying a natural disaster impacting the Caribbean, how it affects the environment, the regional organization that manages disasters, why cooperation is needed during disasters, and

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    UPPER LEVEL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE

    END OF TERM ASSESSMENT 2018


    SOCIAL STUDIES
    FORM FOUR BUSINESS
    TIME: 1 HOUR 30 MINS

    SECTION A - INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY AND SOCIETY (40 MARKS)


    1. The family carries out many economic functions to provide for the members’ basic needs.
    (a) State TWO economic functions of the family. (2 marks)
    (b) State TWO factors that may prevent the family from providing for the basic needs of its
    members. (2 marks)
    (c) Explain TWO ways in which the school prepares young persons to undertake the economic
    functions of a family. (4 marks)
    (d) (i) Suggest, giving full details, THREE legal strategies families in the community may
    use to improve their economic situation. (6 marks)
    (ii) Explain fully why EACH of the strategies you suggested in (d) (i) above is likely to be
    successful. (6 marks)

    2. (a) Study the diagram below which illustrates the branches of government.

    Branches of
    Government

    Executive Judiciary

    (i) Identify the branch of government that is missing. (1 mark)


    (ii) State the branch of government to which judges belong. (1 mark)
    (b) (i) Outline TWO ways in which the civil service (public sector) in a country directly
    responds to the needs of the citizens. (4 marks)
    (ii)Outline ONE way in which officials of the Ministry of Education help the Minister of
    Education to make the educational system function. (2 marks)
    (c) (i) An efficient public sector is essential to the development of a country. Suggest, giving
    full details, THREE measures a government may use to improve the efficiency of the public
    sector. (6 marks)
    (ii) Explain fully why EACH of the measures you suggested in (c) (i) above is likely to be
    successful. (6 marks)
    SECTION B – DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF RESOURCES (20 MARKS)
    3. (a) Study the table below that shows employment data for the main sector of the economy
    of a country and answer the questions that follow.
    % of men employed % of women employed
    Employment Sectors 2005 2010 2005 2010
    Agriculture 26 17 13 16
    Hotels 10 8 11 18
    Construction 17 12 1 2
    Manufacturing 10 7 24 15
    Wholesales 11 17 11 21

    (i) Identify the sector that employed the highest percentage of women in 2010. (1 mark)
    (ii) Identify the sector that employed the highest percentage of men in 2005. (1 mark)
    (iii) Identify the sector which is the largest employer of labour for the period. (1 mark)
    (iv) Calculate the percentage change in women employed in the hotel industry from 2005 to
    2010. (1 mark)
    (b) Explain TWO ways in which the level ofa person’s skills may influence the type of
    employment which that person can obtain. (4 marks)
    (c) (i) Suggest, giving full details, THREE strategies that a secondary school (administration)
    may implement to help prepare students for employment. (6 marks)
    (ii) Explain fully why EACH of the measures you suggested in (c) (i) above is likely to be
    successful. (6 marks)

    SECTION C – REGIONAL INTEGRATION (20 MARKS)

    CARICOM: Helping Disaster Victims

    4. Write an essay on the above topic. In your essay identify ONE natural disaster faced by
    Caribbean countries and state TWO effects of the natural disaster on the physical environment
    of Caribbean countries. Then name the regional organization which has been established in
    the Caribbean to manage disasters. Give TWO reasons why Caribbean governments need to
    cooperate in the event of disasters. Finally suggest to citizens THREE measures they may
    take to assist community members in the event of a natural disaster. Explain why EACH
    measure is likely to be successful.

    END OF TEST

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