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A dangerous phenomenon, substance,human activity or condition that may cause loss of life,injury or other health impacts,property damage,loss of livelihoods and services, social and economic disruption,or environmental damage.
A serious disruption of the functioning of a community of a society involving widespread human, material,economic or environmental losses and impacts,which exceeds the ability of the affcmected community or society to cope using its own resources.
The potential disaster losses,in lives, health status, livelihoods,assets and services,which could occur to a particular community or a society over some period of time.
Disaster
Disaster Risk
Disaster Risk Reduction
Disaster Risk Management
The concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through systematic efforts to analyze and manage the causal factors of disasters, including through reduced exposure to hazards,lessened vulnerability of people abd property,wise management of the land and environment and improved preparedness for adverse events.
Disaster
Disaster Risk
Disaster Risk Reduction
Disaster Risk Management
The systematic process of using administrative directives,organizations and capacities to implement strategies, policies and improves coping capacities in order to lessen the adverse impacts of hazards and the possibility of disaster.
Disaster
Disaster Risk
Disaster Risk Reduction
Disaster Risk Management
The combination of all the strengths, attributes and resourxes available within a community,society or organization that can be used to achieve agreed goals.
Vulnerability
Capacity
Response
Recovery
The characteristics and circumctances of a community,system or asset that make it susceptible to the damaging effects of a hazard.
Preparedness
Response
Capacity
Vulnerability
Decisions and actions taken AFTER a disaster with a view to restoring or improving the pre-disaster living conditions of the stricken community while encouraging and facilitating necessary adjustments to reduce disaster risks.
Response
Recovery
Preparedness
Adaptation
Activities and measures taken in ADVANCE to ensure effective response to the impacts of hazards, including the issuance of timely and effective early warnings and the temporary evacuation of people and property from threatened locations.
Recovery
Preparedness
Response
Adaptation
The outright avoidance of adverse impacts if hazards anf related disasters.
Prevention
Exposure
Response
Mitigation
A change of climate which us attributed directly or indurectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods.
The following are greenhouse gases, EXCEPT:
N2O
CH4
CO2
O2
The adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected stimuli or their effects,which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities.
Mitigation
Adaptation
Capacity
Recovery
Forecasting and monitoring the typhoon before it enters the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) is an example of:
Mitigation
Response
Early Warning System
Rehabilitation
Which of the following is NOT a risk factor underlying disaster?
Vulnerability
Hazard
Environment
Exposure
Which is NOT a risk driver?
Poverty and inequality
Environmental degradation
Properly planned urban development
Weak governance
Which of the following is a contributing factor/s to disaster?
Exposure
Hazard
Vulnerability
All of the above
None of the above
All of the following could be exposed to hazard, EXCEPT:
Earthquake
Tall buildings
Agriculture
Population
Which of the following groups of people is more vulnerable in the event of disaster?
Men, boys, old people
Men and women
Women, children, old people
None of the above
People's life in a society is affected during and after disaster. Which is not a factor of the effect of disaster?
Physical
Psychological
Socio-cultural
Economic
None of the above
The degree of disaster in one's life is influenced by the following factors, EXCEPT:
Capacity to cope
Vulnerability
Exposure to hazard
All of the above
Only A and C
The nature of risk is lessen when the capacity to cope is higher.
True
False
How would you generally describe the effects of disaster in one's life?
Older people are more vulnerable.
Children's capacity to cope depends on their parents.
Psychologically: men, women, children, and older people have their own degree of fear towards disaster.
The degree of impact of disaster varies from one person to another.
The death of these living things could set a community in famine and eventually expose people to diseases.
Biological
Economic
Physical
Political
Which type of house is less likely to collapse during earthquake but can easily caught on fire?
5-storey building
Condominuim
Wooden house
Bungalow
Why do you think flooding is common during typhoon?
Clogged canals
Illegal logging
Improper solid waste management
All of the above
Which element/s is vulnerable to typhoon?
Nipa hut
Concrete house
Apartment
Leaning electric post
A and D
Which hazard is man-made?
Volcanic eruption
Faulty electrical wiring
Earthquake
Typhoon
Which situation is most vulnerable to fire hazards?
Nipa hut using candle lighting
An apartment with circuit breaker
A plastic factory
A boy using electric at home
Another term form man-made hazard is?
Factory hazard
Computer hazard
Biological hazard
Technological hazard
Which hazard could either be natural or man-made?
Ground shaking
Forest fires
Factory smoke
Typhoon
Which of the following is a hydrometeorological hazard?
Drought
Pandemic
Ground shaking
House fire
Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) is caused by?
MERS-CoV
SARS-CoV1
SARS-CoV2
Spanish Flu
Industrial pollution,toxic waste,and dam failures are examples of which type of hazard?
Natural
Geological
Hydrometeorological
Technological
When was the date when Luzon Earthquake happened?
June 16, 1990
July 16, 1991
July 16, 1990
July 15, 1990
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