A Level Geography Quiz 2019 Part 3

20 Questions

Quiz Description

Geography is the study of earth landscapes, peoples, places and environment. It is an education for life and living. Branched into human and physical geography, geography is a broad discipline that seeks to map the physical features of the earth.

As a student preparing for an exam, you have to ensure that you are clear with the concepts. Once you are done with good preparation, you can take up mock tests periodically for exam time management. Geography is mostly memory, that is, you have to practice enough to get the gist of it.

The quiz you're about to take comprises 20 questions. Questions have been randomly selected from topics based on the Advanced level Geography syllabus. Some of these topics include are selected randomly from Human and physical geography

Goodluck!!!

1:

Zero population growth is characterized by which stage of the demographic transition model?


Correct
  • 1:
    Stage 2
  • 2:
    Stage 5
  • 3:
    Stage 4
  • 4:
    Stage 3
2:

Which one is a demographic consequence of an aging population?.


Correct
  • 1:
    Shortage of labour force
  • 2:
    Increase in state expenditure
  • 3:
    Imbalance sex ratio
  • 4:
    Increase in the retirement age
3:

Which one of the following factors in models of agricultural land use was emphasized by Von Thunen?


Correct
  • 1:
    Fluctuation of prices of farm products
  • 2:
    Transport costs
  • 3:
    Labour
  • 4:
    Production and care for crops
4:

Which of the following phrases best defines the concept of locational rents?


Correct
  • 1:
    The rents farmers are willing to pay for land
  • 2:
    The value of land for agriculture
  • 3:
    The surplus returns for using land for growing one crop rather than the other
  • 4:
    Total income 'including transport and production cost incurred by a farmer
5:

Given that in the South West Region of Cameroon, transport network shows 15 dominant edges and 25 vertices. What is the beta index (p + e/v) of the network?


Correct
  • 1:
    0.6
  • 2:
    0.5
  • 3:
    3.4
  • 4:
    0.7
6:

A fisherman would be considered as part of which of these economic activities?


Correct
  • 1:
    Primary
  • 2:
    Secondary
  • 3:
    Tertiary
  • 4:
    Quaternary
7:

All of the following except one can cause an industry to remain in its original locational site even after the original locational factors have disappeared. Identify the odd cause


Correct
  • 1:
    Expensive labour cost and high cost of raw material
  • 2:
    Fixed capital
  • 3:
    Establishment of a reputation
  • 4:
    Emergence of skilled labour force.
8:

The clustering of financial firms along the streets of Akwa in Douala is an example of:


Correct
  • 1:
    Agglomeration
  • 2:
    Deglomeration
  • 3:
    Least Cost location
  • 4:
    Ancillary industry
9:

Which of the following modes of transportation is characterised by low terminal cost, high line cost and high route flexibility


Correct
  • 1:
    Ship
  • 2:
    Pipeline
  • 3:
    Road
  • 4:
    Air
10:

Isolate the statement that is correct about the margin of cultivation .


Correct
  • 1:
    point where one crop gives way to another
  • 2:
    A point where revenue and cost are equal
  • 3:
    A zone where profits are made
  • 4:
    A point where farmers incur losses.
11:

Select the group of settlement types below which belong mainly to rural settlements.


Correct
  • 1:
    Small town, isolated dwellings, conurbation
  • 2:
    Village ,megalopolis, town
  • 3:
    Conurbation, hamlet, city
  • 4:
    Isolated dwellings, hamlet, village
12:

Which one of the following is the best criteria used to distinguish between rural and urban settlements?


Correct
  • 1:
    Functions
  • 2:
    Fabric appearance
  • 3:
    Population composition/structure
  • 4:
    Population growth
13:

The figure below shows bid rent of uban functions distance in km

it also shows the rent curves for different landuses

At what distane should industries give way to residential function?


<p>The figure below shows bid rent of uban functions distance in km </p><p>it also shows the rent curves for different landuses </p><p>At what distane should industries give way to residential function?</p>
Correct
  • 1:
    4 km
  • 2:
    3 km
  • 3:
    2 km
  • 4:
    1 km
14:

If all the settlements in a given region are ranked in a descending order of population size and the population of the 5th settlement is one million people, what will be the population of the first rank settlement?


Correct
  • 1:
    10 million
  • 2:
    20 million
  • 3:
    9 million
  • 4:
    5 million
15:

What is the normal relationship between settlement size and the number of functions it performs?


Correct
  • 1:
    Stepped relationship
  • 2:
    Static relationship
  • 3:
    Inverse or negative relationship
  • 4:
    Direct or positive relationship
16:

Which of the following does not influence the threshold of a good or service?


Correct
  • 1:
    Elasticity of demand
  • 2:
    Consumers in-income
  • 3:
    Price of goods
  • 4:
    Elasticity of supply
17:

Re-arrange the following is they appear from the CBD towards the urban periphery; suburbs,
CBD, inner city, rural/urban fringe.


Correct
  • 1:
    CBD, Suburbs, inner city, rural/urban fringe
  • 2:
    CBD, inner city, suburbs, rural/urban fringe
  • 3:
    CBD, rural/urban fringe, inner city, suburbs
  • 4:
    CBD, inner city, rural/urban fringe, suburbs
18:

The Figure shows one of the Walter Christaller’s K values. Which of the values is represented
by the figure?

W. Christaller ’s K values


<p>The Figure shows one of the Walter Christaller’s K values. Which of the values is represented<br/>by the figure? </p><p>W. Christaller ’s K values </p>
Correct
  • 1:
    k=9
  • 2:
    k=7
  • 3:
    k=4
  • 4:
    k=3
19:

In W.W. Rostow’s model of economic growth the characteristic of rapid expanding tertiary sector and the decline in the manufacturing sector are found in


Correct
  • 1:
    Stage IV
  • 2:
    Stage III
  • 3:
    Stage II
  • 4:
    Stage I
20:

All of the following factors is most responsible for globalization in recent decades


Correct
  • 1:
    Emergence of trans-national corporations
  • 2:
    Growth of seasonal economic trading blocks
  • 3:
    Advance in information and communication technologies
  • 4:
    Reduction in exchange of goods and services between countries

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