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Free CXC CAPE Sociology
Practice Paper

8 mixed-difficulty practice questions in the style of real CXC CAPE papers — answers, mark-scheme-style explanations, and the official exam structure all on one page.

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What the real CXC CAPE Sociology paper looks like

Paper 01 (Multiple Choice)
45 multiple-choice questions, 1 mark each. About 1 hour 30 minutes. Tests knowledge across all three Modules of the Unit.
Paper 02 (Essay / Structured)
Extended essay and structured questions, one per Module. Around 2 hours 30 minutes. Tests developed argument, application and use of examples.
Paper 03 (Internal Assessment)
School-Based Assessment for school candidates (Paper 03/1) or an alternative written paper for private candidates (Paper 03/2). Coursework/research component worth a significant share of the Unit grade.
Total written exam time: ~4 hours across Paper 01 and Paper 02, plus the Internal Assessment.
Grading: Unit grades: I (highest) to VII (lowest), with a Grade Point Average and per-Module profile. Grades I–V are the pass range for most purposes.

Mini practice paper: 8 questions

Mixed-difficulty questions from across the Sociology syllabus. Tap "Show answer" after each to check yourself.

Q1 · Difficulty 2/3

Community-based approaches to crime emphasise:

  1. Prevention and social development
  2. Longer sentences only
  3. Capital punishment only
  4. Ignoring root causes
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✓ Answer: A — Prevention and social development
Social crime prevention tackles underlying causes.
Q2 · Difficulty 2/3

The family is usually described as the agent of ____ socialisation.

  1. Formal
  2. Primary
  3. Secondary
  4. Tertiary
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✓ Answer: B — Primary
The family is the primary agent of early socialisation.
Q3 · Difficulty 2/3

C. Wright Mills used which term for the ability to link personal troubles to public issues?

  1. The sociological imagination
  2. The looking-glass self
  3. Verstehen
  4. False consciousness
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✓ Answer: A — The sociological imagination
Mills coined 'the sociological imagination' for connecting biography to social structure.
Q4 · Difficulty 2/3

Which perspective is most likely to use the concept of 'labelling'?

  1. Positivism
  2. Interactionism
  3. Functionalism
  4. Marxism
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✓ Answer: B — Interactionism
Labelling theory is rooted in interactionism.
Q5 · Difficulty 2/3

Data collected first-hand by the researcher are:

  1. Primary data
  2. Secondary data
  3. Official data
  4. Historical data
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✓ Answer: A — Primary data
Primary data are gathered directly by the researcher.
Q6 · Difficulty 2/3

The process by which individuals learn the norms and values of their society is:

  1. Urbanisation
  2. Secularisation
  3. Socialisation
  4. Stratification
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✓ Answer: C — Socialisation
Socialisation transmits culture from one generation to the next.
Q7 · Difficulty 2/3

Movement up or down the social hierarchy is:

  1. Vertical mobility
  2. Horizontal mobility
  3. Geographic mobility
  4. Spatial mobility
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✓ Answer: A — Vertical mobility
Vertical mobility changes social position up or down.
Q8 · Difficulty 2/3

Marx famously described religion as:

  1. The engine of history
  2. A meritocracy
  3. A social fact
  4. The opium of the people
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✓ Answer: D — The opium of the people
Marx saw religion as dulling the pain of oppression.
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CXC CAPE Sociology FAQ

What does the CXC CAPE Sociology exam look like?
The CXC CAPE Sociology exam is structured across 3 components. Paper 01 (Multiple Choice): 45 multiple-choice questions, 1 mark each. About 1 hour 30 minutes. Tests knowledge across all three Modules of the Unit. Paper 02 (Essay / Structured): Extended essay and structured questions, one per Module. Around 2 hours 30 minutes. Tests developed argument, application and use of examples. Paper 03 (Internal Assessment): School-Based Assessment for school candidates (Paper 03/1) or an alternative written paper for private candidates (Paper 03/2). Coursework/research component worth a significant share of the Unit grade. Total written exam time: ~4 hours across Paper 01 and Paper 02, plus the Internal Assessment.
Can I download a free CXC CAPE Sociology past paper?
Real CXC CAPE past papers are published directly by CXC CAPE on their official website. Kramizo doesn't redistribute copyrighted past papers, but we do generate free AI-written practice papers in the exact same style — same command words, same difficulty tier, same mark conventions. Use this practice paper as warm-up, then time yourself on official past papers before exam day.
How is CXC CAPE Sociology graded?
Unit grades: I (highest) to VII (lowest), with a Grade Point Average and per-Module profile. Grades I–V are the pass range for most purposes. Kramizo's practice questions are tagged with difficulty 1-3 mapping roughly to the lower, middle, and top grade boundaries you'll encounter in the real exam.