DVA1501
EXAM PACK
, UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
September – December 2021
DVA1501
Introduction to Development Studies
100 Marks
Duration 48 Hours
This paper consists of THREE (3) pages.
Instructions:
This is a portfolio examination conducted on the myExams platform. As this is an open-book
examination, you must use your study guide and feedback from your marked assignments.
You should also consult and integrate material from additional sources into your essays.You
must use examples in your discussions to substantiate your arguments, and to show that you
understand.
This module is NOT using the invigilator app. Please note that your answer will be submitted
to the Turnitin (a plagiarism detector) platform automatically.
Follow the guidelines in Tutorial Letter DVAALLD/301 for essay writing, citation and
referencing. You must provide evidence-based arguments and acknowledge the sources of
your information by means of consistent and correct in-text citations. Direct quotations must
be placed in inverted commas (“…”) with a page reference as explained in Tutorial Letter
DVAALLD/301. All sources cited in your text should also be listed in the list of references at
the end of each answer. NB Each answer must have its applicable reference list, do not
consolidate it into one list. Please keep this tutorial letter (DVAALLD/301) at hand and read it
carefully. You can download the tutorial letter from the module site on myUnisa. It is available
in English, Sepedi, and isiZulu.
Plagiarism will be severely penalised. Your essays must be your own work, in your own
words. Group work will be equally penalised as will any form of copying from any student, or
any attempt to commit academic dishonesty. No hand-written scanned-in exam answer
scripts will be accepted in this exam. Submit only word-processed, PDF-converted scripts.
Before uploading your answers (exam file), you will be asked to first agree to an Honour
Pledge online. The Department of Development Studies feels very strongly that you need to
abide by the pledge and we therefore attached an additional Departmental Honesty
Declaration at the end of this exam question paper as Annexure A. Please read and reread it
as you work on your exam answers (i.e. exam file). Please attach a signed or initialled copy
of the Departmental Honesty Declaration to your completed exam file. If you do not attach the
signed Departmental Honesty Declaration to the exam file, it will not be marked. An MS Word
version of the Departmental Honesty Declaration will be available under the “Additional
Resources” tab on the module site for you to download and attach to your exam file before
uploading.
You have 48 hours in which to submit your portfolio on myExams.
1
DVA1501 September-December 2021
, Answer any TWO questions below. Each essay should be a minimum of 1000 words and a
maximum of 1500 words, excluding the cover page, honesty declaration, table of contents,
and list of references. Use Arial 12 point, 1.5 spacing. Your answer to both questions and the
Departmental Honesty Declaration must be submitted as a single document in PDF format.
Each answer must have an introduction, a body with applicable sub-headings, a conclusion,
and a list of references.
Create a cover page with the following information:
• Your full name
• Your student number
• The module code
• The module name
• List the two questions you answered (for example, Question 2 and Question 3)
• The date of the exam
_______________________________________________________________________________
QUESTION 1
Discuss the concept of sustainable development. Then, discuss pollution as a problem affecting
sustainable development.
(50)
Required reading for Question 1
• Study guide, study unit 2
QUESTION 2
Examine the different views on human rights in relation to the socio-economic development of the
Global South.
(50)
Required reading for Question 2
• Study guide, study unit 4
QUESTION 3
“Development is a difficult concept to define.” Critically discuss this statement by focusing on the
definition of development in relation to the following:
• Economic growth
• Modernisation
• Dependency
• Human well-being
• Positive change in a democracy
(50)
Required reading for Question 3
• Study guide, study unit 1
QUESTION 4
“The world’s wealth and power are concentrated only in 20% of the earth’s surface, while the rest is
engulfed in poverty and inequality” (Du Plessis & Zulu, 2018: 71). Critically discuss this statement
by:
• defining and differentiating between poverty and inequality
• explaining how poverty and inequality are measured
• providing examples to substantiate your discussion of the two concepts
(50)
Required reading for Question 4
• Study guide, study unit 5
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DVA1501 September-December 2021
, (100 marks)
Annexure A: HONESTY DECLARATION: 2021
1. I know that plagiarism means taking and using the ideas, writings, works, or inventions
of another as if they were one’s own. I know that plagiarism not only includes verbatim
copying, but also the extensive use of another person’s ideas without proper
acknowledgement (which includes the proper use of quotation marks). I know that
plagiarism covers the use of material found in textual sources and from the Internet.
2. I acknowledge and understand that plagiarism is wrong.
3. I understand that my portfolio must be accurately referenced.
4. This portfolio is my own work. I acknowledge that copying someone else’s assignment
or portfolio, or part of it, is wrong, and that submitting identical work to others constitutes
a form of plagiarism.
5. I have not allowed, nor will I in the future allow, anyone to copy my work with the intention
of passing it off as their own work.
6. I understand that my answer will be submitted to Turnitin for checking and that I can be
awarded 0% if I have plagiarised.
7. I confirm that I have read and understood UNISA’s Policy for Copyright and Plagiarism -
https://staff.unisa.ac.za/static/intranet/Content/Policies/Teaching,%20Learning%20Comm
unity%20Engagement%20and%20Student%20Support/Documents/copyrightinfringement
_and_plagiarism_policy_16nov05.pdf
Name……………………………………………… Student No: ..............................
Signed ……………………………………………. Date ………………………………………..
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DVA1501 September-December 2021
EXAM PACK
, UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
September – December 2021
DVA1501
Introduction to Development Studies
100 Marks
Duration 48 Hours
This paper consists of THREE (3) pages.
Instructions:
This is a portfolio examination conducted on the myExams platform. As this is an open-book
examination, you must use your study guide and feedback from your marked assignments.
You should also consult and integrate material from additional sources into your essays.You
must use examples in your discussions to substantiate your arguments, and to show that you
understand.
This module is NOT using the invigilator app. Please note that your answer will be submitted
to the Turnitin (a plagiarism detector) platform automatically.
Follow the guidelines in Tutorial Letter DVAALLD/301 for essay writing, citation and
referencing. You must provide evidence-based arguments and acknowledge the sources of
your information by means of consistent and correct in-text citations. Direct quotations must
be placed in inverted commas (“…”) with a page reference as explained in Tutorial Letter
DVAALLD/301. All sources cited in your text should also be listed in the list of references at
the end of each answer. NB Each answer must have its applicable reference list, do not
consolidate it into one list. Please keep this tutorial letter (DVAALLD/301) at hand and read it
carefully. You can download the tutorial letter from the module site on myUnisa. It is available
in English, Sepedi, and isiZulu.
Plagiarism will be severely penalised. Your essays must be your own work, in your own
words. Group work will be equally penalised as will any form of copying from any student, or
any attempt to commit academic dishonesty. No hand-written scanned-in exam answer
scripts will be accepted in this exam. Submit only word-processed, PDF-converted scripts.
Before uploading your answers (exam file), you will be asked to first agree to an Honour
Pledge online. The Department of Development Studies feels very strongly that you need to
abide by the pledge and we therefore attached an additional Departmental Honesty
Declaration at the end of this exam question paper as Annexure A. Please read and reread it
as you work on your exam answers (i.e. exam file). Please attach a signed or initialled copy
of the Departmental Honesty Declaration to your completed exam file. If you do not attach the
signed Departmental Honesty Declaration to the exam file, it will not be marked. An MS Word
version of the Departmental Honesty Declaration will be available under the “Additional
Resources” tab on the module site for you to download and attach to your exam file before
uploading.
You have 48 hours in which to submit your portfolio on myExams.
1
DVA1501 September-December 2021
, Answer any TWO questions below. Each essay should be a minimum of 1000 words and a
maximum of 1500 words, excluding the cover page, honesty declaration, table of contents,
and list of references. Use Arial 12 point, 1.5 spacing. Your answer to both questions and the
Departmental Honesty Declaration must be submitted as a single document in PDF format.
Each answer must have an introduction, a body with applicable sub-headings, a conclusion,
and a list of references.
Create a cover page with the following information:
• Your full name
• Your student number
• The module code
• The module name
• List the two questions you answered (for example, Question 2 and Question 3)
• The date of the exam
_______________________________________________________________________________
QUESTION 1
Discuss the concept of sustainable development. Then, discuss pollution as a problem affecting
sustainable development.
(50)
Required reading for Question 1
• Study guide, study unit 2
QUESTION 2
Examine the different views on human rights in relation to the socio-economic development of the
Global South.
(50)
Required reading for Question 2
• Study guide, study unit 4
QUESTION 3
“Development is a difficult concept to define.” Critically discuss this statement by focusing on the
definition of development in relation to the following:
• Economic growth
• Modernisation
• Dependency
• Human well-being
• Positive change in a democracy
(50)
Required reading for Question 3
• Study guide, study unit 1
QUESTION 4
“The world’s wealth and power are concentrated only in 20% of the earth’s surface, while the rest is
engulfed in poverty and inequality” (Du Plessis & Zulu, 2018: 71). Critically discuss this statement
by:
• defining and differentiating between poverty and inequality
• explaining how poverty and inequality are measured
• providing examples to substantiate your discussion of the two concepts
(50)
Required reading for Question 4
• Study guide, study unit 5
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DVA1501 September-December 2021
, (100 marks)
Annexure A: HONESTY DECLARATION: 2021
1. I know that plagiarism means taking and using the ideas, writings, works, or inventions
of another as if they were one’s own. I know that plagiarism not only includes verbatim
copying, but also the extensive use of another person’s ideas without proper
acknowledgement (which includes the proper use of quotation marks). I know that
plagiarism covers the use of material found in textual sources and from the Internet.
2. I acknowledge and understand that plagiarism is wrong.
3. I understand that my portfolio must be accurately referenced.
4. This portfolio is my own work. I acknowledge that copying someone else’s assignment
or portfolio, or part of it, is wrong, and that submitting identical work to others constitutes
a form of plagiarism.
5. I have not allowed, nor will I in the future allow, anyone to copy my work with the intention
of passing it off as their own work.
6. I understand that my answer will be submitted to Turnitin for checking and that I can be
awarded 0% if I have plagiarised.
7. I confirm that I have read and understood UNISA’s Policy for Copyright and Plagiarism -
https://staff.unisa.ac.za/static/intranet/Content/Policies/Teaching,%20Learning%20Comm
unity%20Engagement%20and%20Student%20Support/Documents/copyrightinfringement
_and_plagiarism_policy_16nov05.pdf
Name……………………………………………… Student No: ..............................
Signed ……………………………………………. Date ………………………………………..
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DVA1501 September-December 2021
