DRRR 3rd QT Reviewer

Which of the following is 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?

• Disaster

• Hazard

• Hassle

• Risk

Sunshine Corazon is outside the building. What possible action should she do when she feels the ground is shaking?

• Stay near trees, powerlines, post, and concrete structures.

• Move towards from steep slopes which may be affected by landslides.

• If near the shore and feel and earthquake, especially if it's too strong, move quickly to higher grounds.

• Go inside your house for a better protection from falling debris that may fall to your head when you go outside.

When is a large event such as typhoons, not a disaster?

• When it happens in an area without any people.

• When it happens to less than 10,000 people.

• When it happens in a faraway country that we do not care about.

• When it happens in a third world country in which more than 20% of the population survives on less than 100 pesos per day.

Which is/are an effective mitigating plan to reduce the risk factors related to flooding prone areas in San Juan, Ilocos Sur and should be the highest priority of the local government?

I.       Have adequate drainage systems to avoid flooding.

II.     Maintain and strengthen coastal wave barriers, river levees, floodways, and flood ponds.

III.    Installing early warning systems. Make warnings more effective with regular drills and increase community ability to foresee, prepare for, and cope with disasters.

• I only

• II and III only

• I and II only

• I only

• I, II, III

How will reduction of the level of vulnerability and exposure be possible?

• Proper knowledge on disaster risk.

• Potentially damaging physical even.

• Increase the susceptibility of a community to the impact of hazard

• Keep people and property as distant as possible from hazards

Unwillingness to assume their roles and responsibilities in governing disaster risk unit, falls under which of the following risk factors?

• Climate change

• Poverty and inequality

• Environmental degradation

• Weak governance

In a situation that you know you and your family are on a disaster risk area, how could you reduce the impact of a disaster that may come in your life?

• Avoid the crowd.

• Get the right mindset and preparation.

• Watch news to be informed.

• Build good relationships among neighbors.

What is the collective term used for the condition of people who develop stress reaction that negatively affect their physical and mental behavior after suffering from a disaster?

• Displaced population

• Food scarcity

• Emotional aftershock

• Health risk

A strong typhoon hit an uninhabited area in the mountainous Sierra Madre region. How are you going to name the damaging event?

• Disaster

• Politicking

• Hazard

• Terrorism

What happens when there is a supplementary politics to deal with the effects of a disaster?

• Unity in diversity.

• Effective measures to reduce damages.

• Equal allocation of help.

• Effective delivery of humanitarian assistance.