DRRM | Quiz Bee

_________is a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources

• Emergency

• Incident

• Disaster

• Abnormality

Ground shaking due to an earthquake is an example of a natural disaster.

• True

• False

Not all disasters are caused by natural factors.

• True

• False

What is the best example of vulnerability?

• Land ownership

• Lack of education

• Adequate source of income

• Permanent housing

_________ is the degree to which a community is likely to experience hazard events of different magnitude given its geographic or physical attributes and location.

• Exposure

• Vulnerability

• Risk Assessment

• Probability

What is the best example of capacity?

• Food sources

• Social inequity

• Political ideology

• Indifference

To reduce our disaster risk, we need to increase our _________.

• Advocacy

• Capacity

• Mitigating measures

• Disaster awareness

_________ pertains to the long term state of meteorological and atmospheric conditions.

• Weather

• Astronomy

• Meteorology

• Climate

Which is not an effect of Global Warming?

• Melting ice caps

• Drought

• Spread of diseases

• Volcanic eruption

Community-based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management is about community members helping _________ before relying on external help

• Their neighboring cities

• Their elected leaders

• Their organizations

• Themselves