GGH2602
EXAM PACK
Solutions, Explanations, workings, and references
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,Dear student
1. INTRODUCTION
This tutorial letter contains the feedback on assignment 1.
2. FEEDBACK ON ASSIGNMENT 1
This assignment consisted of a total of 15 randomly selected multiple-choice question from learning units 1 to 4. The
assignment was completed online, on the GGH2602 Moodle module site, under ‘Quizzes’. Please note: each student’s
attempt looks slightly different compared to another student’s attempt. If you opted for more than one attempt, your
selection would have looked slightly different for the second attempt. Both the set of multiple-choice questions, and the
order of alternatives, are randomly selected and shuffled with each new attempt.
3. ASSIGNMENT FEEDBACK
Learning Unit 1
1. Which of the following examples is relevant to absolute location?
a) O.R Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg) is approximately 15 hours’ driver from Cape Town.
b) O.R Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg) is situated near Pretoria.
c) O.R Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg) is roughly 2 hectares in extent.
d) O.R Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg) is situated at ….
e) O.R Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg) to Cape Town International Airport is approximately a
two (2) hour flight.
The correct option is (d).
A place’s absolute location is its exact place on Earth, given in terms of latitude and longitude.
2. One of the following does NOT form part of a map.
a) Map symbols.
b) Photos.
c) Title.
d) Map legend.
The correct option for Q2 is C: Photos.
Photos do not form part of a map.
3. Residential areas form different spatial patterns influenced by various physical factors. Which spatial pattern is
more likely to be formed when it follows the course of a river?
a) Random.
b) Radial.
c) Linear.
d) Circular.
e) Irregular.
The correction option for Q3 is C: Linear.
Response can be found on page 12 of the Study Guide under section 12.2.2.
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, 4. Environmental degradation and its impacts, suburbanization and urban sprawl are all examples of.. …
a) Infrastructure planning.
b) Infrastructure development.
c) Spatial interactions.
d) Disperse spatial patterns.
e) Spatial processes.
The correction option for Q4 is C: Spatial Processes.
Response can be found on page 13 of the Study Guide under section 12.2.3.
Learning Unit 2
5. On a topographical map you can read the physical landscape by looking at.. …
a) Patterns created by the flow of rivers and streams in that particular direction.
b) Infrastructure development of the area within the last 10 years.
c) Patterns created by the contour lines and blue lines.
d) Agricultural areas and their formations over the past decade.
The correction option for Q5 is C: Patterns created by the contour lines and blue lines.
Response can be found on page 20 of the Study Guide under the heading ‘Map Reading’.
6. Which of the following options is NOT a component of Spatial patterns?
a) Time.
b) Connection of linkages.
c) Size.
d) Shape.
e) Mass.
The correction option for Q5 is E: Mass.
Response can be found on page 12 of the Study Guide under section 12.2.2.
7. Spatial patterns influence the following except for.. …
a) Cost of service provision.
b) Demarcation of service provision areas.
c) Political approval of service provision.
d) Spatial framework of municipalities.
e) Immigration and emigration
The correction option for Q7 is A: Cost of service provision.
8. This form of decentralization includes the devolution of civil authority and responsibility to subnational levels,
including provincial, state, district and local actors.. …
a) Institutional decentralization.
b) Fiscal decentralization.
c) Boundary of responsibility.
d) Regulatory decentralization.
e) Political decentralization.
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, Learning Unit 3
The correction option for Q8 is E: Political decentralization.
Response can be found on page 57 of the Study Guide under section 5.2.2.
9. Which one of the following is NOT an aspect of accountability?
a) Political accountability.
b) Social accountability.
c) Economic accountability.
d) Direct user accountability.
e) Organizational accountability.
The correction option for Q5 is C: Economic accountability.
This forms part of learning unit 3. Under section 3.4: Accountability Relationship in Service Provision, the 3 forms of
accountability are listed as:
1. Political accountability.
2. Organizational accountability.
3. Direct-user accountability.
4. Social accountability forms part of Direct-user accountability.
Economic accountability is the odd one out.
10. The World Bank (2003) describes________________ accountability as the relationship between service
delivery organizations and the citizens, in which citizens can both reveal their demand for services and monitor
whether organizations respond accordingly.
a) District.
b) Direct user.
c) Organizational.
d) Municipal.
e) Political.
The correction option for Q10 is B: Direct user.
Response can be found on page 43 of the Study Guide under section 3.4.3.
11. ____________ ______________ involves a transfer of expenditure responsibilities to lower-level local
governments.
a) Political decentralization.
b) Public decentralization.
c) Regulatory decentralization.
d) Private decentralization.
e) Fiscal decentralization.
The correction option for Q5 is E: Fiscal decentralisation.
Response can be found on page 58 of the Study Guide under section 5.2.5.
Learning Unit 4
12. The three tiers of the South African government are:
a) National, provincial, and regional government.
b) International, provincial, and local.
c) National, provincial, and local government.
d) National, regional, and local government.
The correction option for Q12 is C.
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EXAM PACK
Solutions, Explanations, workings, and references
+27 81 278 3372
,Dear student
1. INTRODUCTION
This tutorial letter contains the feedback on assignment 1.
2. FEEDBACK ON ASSIGNMENT 1
This assignment consisted of a total of 15 randomly selected multiple-choice question from learning units 1 to 4. The
assignment was completed online, on the GGH2602 Moodle module site, under ‘Quizzes’. Please note: each student’s
attempt looks slightly different compared to another student’s attempt. If you opted for more than one attempt, your
selection would have looked slightly different for the second attempt. Both the set of multiple-choice questions, and the
order of alternatives, are randomly selected and shuffled with each new attempt.
3. ASSIGNMENT FEEDBACK
Learning Unit 1
1. Which of the following examples is relevant to absolute location?
a) O.R Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg) is approximately 15 hours’ driver from Cape Town.
b) O.R Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg) is situated near Pretoria.
c) O.R Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg) is roughly 2 hectares in extent.
d) O.R Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg) is situated at ….
e) O.R Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg) to Cape Town International Airport is approximately a
two (2) hour flight.
The correct option is (d).
A place’s absolute location is its exact place on Earth, given in terms of latitude and longitude.
2. One of the following does NOT form part of a map.
a) Map symbols.
b) Photos.
c) Title.
d) Map legend.
The correct option for Q2 is C: Photos.
Photos do not form part of a map.
3. Residential areas form different spatial patterns influenced by various physical factors. Which spatial pattern is
more likely to be formed when it follows the course of a river?
a) Random.
b) Radial.
c) Linear.
d) Circular.
e) Irregular.
The correction option for Q3 is C: Linear.
Response can be found on page 12 of the Study Guide under section 12.2.2.
2
, 4. Environmental degradation and its impacts, suburbanization and urban sprawl are all examples of.. …
a) Infrastructure planning.
b) Infrastructure development.
c) Spatial interactions.
d) Disperse spatial patterns.
e) Spatial processes.
The correction option for Q4 is C: Spatial Processes.
Response can be found on page 13 of the Study Guide under section 12.2.3.
Learning Unit 2
5. On a topographical map you can read the physical landscape by looking at.. …
a) Patterns created by the flow of rivers and streams in that particular direction.
b) Infrastructure development of the area within the last 10 years.
c) Patterns created by the contour lines and blue lines.
d) Agricultural areas and their formations over the past decade.
The correction option for Q5 is C: Patterns created by the contour lines and blue lines.
Response can be found on page 20 of the Study Guide under the heading ‘Map Reading’.
6. Which of the following options is NOT a component of Spatial patterns?
a) Time.
b) Connection of linkages.
c) Size.
d) Shape.
e) Mass.
The correction option for Q5 is E: Mass.
Response can be found on page 12 of the Study Guide under section 12.2.2.
7. Spatial patterns influence the following except for.. …
a) Cost of service provision.
b) Demarcation of service provision areas.
c) Political approval of service provision.
d) Spatial framework of municipalities.
e) Immigration and emigration
The correction option for Q7 is A: Cost of service provision.
8. This form of decentralization includes the devolution of civil authority and responsibility to subnational levels,
including provincial, state, district and local actors.. …
a) Institutional decentralization.
b) Fiscal decentralization.
c) Boundary of responsibility.
d) Regulatory decentralization.
e) Political decentralization.
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, Learning Unit 3
The correction option for Q8 is E: Political decentralization.
Response can be found on page 57 of the Study Guide under section 5.2.2.
9. Which one of the following is NOT an aspect of accountability?
a) Political accountability.
b) Social accountability.
c) Economic accountability.
d) Direct user accountability.
e) Organizational accountability.
The correction option for Q5 is C: Economic accountability.
This forms part of learning unit 3. Under section 3.4: Accountability Relationship in Service Provision, the 3 forms of
accountability are listed as:
1. Political accountability.
2. Organizational accountability.
3. Direct-user accountability.
4. Social accountability forms part of Direct-user accountability.
Economic accountability is the odd one out.
10. The World Bank (2003) describes________________ accountability as the relationship between service
delivery organizations and the citizens, in which citizens can both reveal their demand for services and monitor
whether organizations respond accordingly.
a) District.
b) Direct user.
c) Organizational.
d) Municipal.
e) Political.
The correction option for Q10 is B: Direct user.
Response can be found on page 43 of the Study Guide under section 3.4.3.
11. ____________ ______________ involves a transfer of expenditure responsibilities to lower-level local
governments.
a) Political decentralization.
b) Public decentralization.
c) Regulatory decentralization.
d) Private decentralization.
e) Fiscal decentralization.
The correction option for Q5 is E: Fiscal decentralisation.
Response can be found on page 58 of the Study Guide under section 5.2.5.
Learning Unit 4
12. The three tiers of the South African government are:
a) National, provincial, and regional government.
b) International, provincial, and local.
c) National, provincial, and local government.
d) National, regional, and local government.
The correction option for Q12 is C.
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