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1. What was the average annual population growth rate in the developing countries between 1995 to 2000

1.6%
2.4%
3.1%
5.1%

2. Which of the following countries is a moderately developed country (MDC)?

Bangladesh
Kenya
Niger
Mexico

3. What is the crude birth rate?

The annual number of live births per 10 population
The annual number of live births per 100 population
The annual number of live births per 1000 population
The annual number of live births per 10000 population

4. What does the third demographic stage refers to?

Preindustrial stage
Industrial stage
Demographic trap
Postindustrial phase

5. Ten countries contribute about 60% of the world’ s population increase. Four of these countries ranked in order of their increasing contribution are:

China, India, Pakistan, and Indonesia
India, China, Pakistan, and Indonesia
Pakistan, Indonesia, China, and India
Indonesia, China, Pakistan, and India

6. What is the main reason why large families are preferred in the developing countries?

To provide economic security
To provide protection from enemies
To account for the high mortality rate
All of the above

7. In 1980, which of the following countries set the minimum marriage age at 22 years for men and at 20 years for women as one of the means of decreasing its rate of population increase?

Pakistan
Indonesia
China
India

8. Which of the following reasons does NOT account for the low rate of contraceptive use and its devices in some developing countries?

Cultural barriers
Fear of adverse health effects
Low social status of women
None of above

9. Which of the following programs did the 1994 Program of Action of the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) identify as key factors in attaining world’ s sustainable future?

The empowerment of women, the eradication of inequality between men and women, and education
Family planning, education, and elimination of cultural diversity
Family planning, improvement in moral values, and supplying food to developing countries
Supplying food to developing countries, family planning, and education

10. Which of the following was NOT among the reasons why India failed to reduce its population growth when the government established and sponsored family planning programs in 1952?

Cultural diversity
Differences in languages
Religious differences
Shortage of money

11. Which of the following have the potential to reduce the long-term carrying capacity of the Earth for humans?

Global warming and water pollution
Desertification and air pollution
Soil erosion and deforestation
All of the above

12. Health problems associated with malaria:

Have been eliminated by modern drugs and pesticides
Have been reduced to a minor significance
Are increasing globally
Are still serious in a few regions, but geographic distribution of the disease has been much reduced

13. The age-specific fertility rate is:

The number of live births per 1000 women of a specific age group per year
The number of women of a specific age group who have become pregnant in a given year
The number of live births per 100 population of a given age group
The annual fertility rate of an age class within an entire population

14. The fertility rate needed to ensure that a population remains constant is known as:

Steady-state fertility
Break-even fertility
Replacement fertility
Balanced fertility

15. There is always a correlation between:

The use of contraceptives and the ratio of men to women
Average marriage age and a nation’ s fertility rate
Climatic conditions and total fertility rate
Mobility and fertility

16. A declining ratio of boys to girls born in Canada since 1970 may be due to:

Increased employment opportunities for women
Food additives
Pollutants that mimic human hormones
Mutations related to atomic energy

17. Computer models of population growth:

Inevitably predict a “ doom and gloom” picture of the future
Predict, with absolute certainty, the future of our planet
Have been attempted only once or twice, since the complexities of this type of analysis are essentially beyond our comprehension
Project what might happen if certain demographic scenarios are extrapolated into the future

18. An “ S-shaped” population curve is called a _____________ growth curve.

Retro-exponential
Logistic
Logarithmic
Reflexive

19. Zero population growth:

Has not yet been attained by any nation
Was achieved by 50% of all nations by the year 2000
Happens automatically when population growth reaches carrying capacity
None of the above

20. A country with a pyramidal age-structure is:

Kenya
England
Sweden
None of the above