Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Quiz

What is the involvement of the community in DRRM before a disaster?

• A.            disaster preparedness 

• B.            disaster recovery

• C. disaster rehabilitation

• D. disaster response

How do you prepare an emergency preparedness plan as a family?

• A.            Create a family communication plan.

• B.            Only adults and elders are involved in the planning. 

• C.            Start gathering information during the post-hazard situation. 

• D.            Make a family emergency supply kit once a disaster is reported in the news.

What part of the family disaster preparedness plan must be known by each family member to properly respond during a disaster?

• Preparation of an emergency supply kit.

• Deciding on the safest and best evacuation route.

• Ways on how to make your house more resilient to disasters.

• Identifying the part of your house that could be hazardous in case of a disaster to implement counteracting measures.

What intervention of emergency planning and management is conducting a risk assessment involved in?

• disaster preparedness

• disaster prevention

• disaster recovery

• disaster response

What thematic area of DRRM improves the living conditions of affected communities based on the "building back better" principle?

• disaster preparedness

• disaster prevention

• disaster recovery

• disaster response

What government agency is responsible for forecasting and early warning?

• DPWH

• DSWD

• NEDA

• PHIVOLCS

What DRRM intervention is part of improving the resilience of infrastructures?

• disaster preparedness

• disaster prevention

• disaster recovery

• disaster response

Which of the following is a characteristic of an effective DRRM?

• multidisciplinary

• sustainable

• well-funded

• All of the above.

Which of the following phase of emergency planning and management is conducted before an emergency, wherein actions promote readiness?

• disaster preparedness

• disaster recovery

• disaster rehabilitation

• disaster response

Which is one of the key principles of disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) plan?

• The DRRM plan prioritizes the culture of prevention.

• The DRRM plan prioritizes only the people who are most at risk.

• The main goal of the DRRM plan is to attain zero (0) occurrence of disaster in the country.

• All of the above.