05-23-2008, 05:07 PM
Just returned from my World Pop exam. It was not as bad as I thought it would be. The exam specific thread provided all of the right info to focus on. In fact, some of the questions mentioned were the exact ones I had. I managed a B and only used IC and a quick read of the PRB bulletins. I did not purchase the Weeks text. I had high scores in all areas except "case studies on the future of population" in which I scored a 42%!! so I'm thinking if you put more focus in this area and supplemented with other materials you could easily pull an A.
The test was 130 multiple choice questions and I was in and out in an hour. I didn't go back to review because I either knew the answers or didn't. The ones that threw me were a few with theorists names that I did not recognize at all so I just managed a guess and moved on. I had several Malthus and neo-malth questions, one Marx, one Mills, one Boserup, one Easterlin and the others that I had never seen before and can't think of now.
There were many questions (around 10) on the different fert/mort/migration calcs. Only two required you to calculate and neither were bad, the rest were testing your understanding of what info is needed to calculate etc. Questions were worded similar to "if you had ____ and ____ information you could calculate which of the following". I would recommend knowing all of the different formulas.
While I had maybe 2 random country questions, the majority were only in regards to China, US, India, and Subsaharan Africa. Which country is largest in population, which has highest infant mortality, US fertility replacement level, future trends for India/China, mortality/fert levels etc. There were both direct questions or population pyramids/charts where you would identify which country was most similar to the data shown.
More on marriage and family then I expected, most were common sense but I had to that were about a "marriage squeeze" or something like that that I had no idea about, one was in relation to the baby boom and the other was more general.
Minimal questions (2?) on marketing and business aspects.
Definition of GDP, push-pull theory, impact and predictions of urbanization, difference between rural and urban in fertility, migration, etc.
fecundity definition, how education relates to breastfeeding (guessed on this) and fertility rates
2 questions on children of married vs single parents (education level for children and income).
demographic transition theory
china one-child policy
desire for sons in india
2 questions on hutterite women (ans to one was marrying at young age to produce as many children as possible, can't remember the other question)
most common area for migration to the US (north, south, east, west, I put west)
most common age of immigrants (i put the young group 20-30)
most common reason for immigration (political, economic, environmental, etc, I put economic)
That's all I can think of. Hope this helps someone!
Amy
The test was 130 multiple choice questions and I was in and out in an hour. I didn't go back to review because I either knew the answers or didn't. The ones that threw me were a few with theorists names that I did not recognize at all so I just managed a guess and moved on. I had several Malthus and neo-malth questions, one Marx, one Mills, one Boserup, one Easterlin and the others that I had never seen before and can't think of now.
There were many questions (around 10) on the different fert/mort/migration calcs. Only two required you to calculate and neither were bad, the rest were testing your understanding of what info is needed to calculate etc. Questions were worded similar to "if you had ____ and ____ information you could calculate which of the following". I would recommend knowing all of the different formulas.
While I had maybe 2 random country questions, the majority were only in regards to China, US, India, and Subsaharan Africa. Which country is largest in population, which has highest infant mortality, US fertility replacement level, future trends for India/China, mortality/fert levels etc. There were both direct questions or population pyramids/charts where you would identify which country was most similar to the data shown.
More on marriage and family then I expected, most were common sense but I had to that were about a "marriage squeeze" or something like that that I had no idea about, one was in relation to the baby boom and the other was more general.
Minimal questions (2?) on marketing and business aspects.
Definition of GDP, push-pull theory, impact and predictions of urbanization, difference between rural and urban in fertility, migration, etc.
fecundity definition, how education relates to breastfeeding (guessed on this) and fertility rates
2 questions on children of married vs single parents (education level for children and income).
demographic transition theory
china one-child policy
desire for sons in india
2 questions on hutterite women (ans to one was marrying at young age to produce as many children as possible, can't remember the other question)
most common area for migration to the US (north, south, east, west, I put west)
most common age of immigrants (i put the young group 20-30)
most common reason for immigration (political, economic, environmental, etc, I put economic)
That's all I can think of. Hope this helps someone!
Amy
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