DRRR Summative Quiz 1 (Midterm)

This refers to a potential threat or harm to life, environment, or property.

• risk

• hazard

• disaster

• vulnerability

This is a sudden, calamitous event that brings damage, loss, destruction and devastation of life and property.

• risk

• hazard

• disaster

• vulnerability

The inability of a community to survive a disaster.

• risk

• hazard

• disaster

• vulnerability

This refers to a community who strongly reduce impacts of disasters.

• migration

• mitigation

• fighting

• resilience

The statement that best describes the community involvement in mitigation activties that would reduce the impacts of hazard.

• Build safer and larger evacuation centers.

• Increase warning systems for typhoons.

• Sell sturdier housing construction materials

• Conduct information and education campaign on hazards.

This locations is most vulnerable to a disaster brought by an earthquake.

• A farm just below the mountains.

• A beach resort with bamboo huts.

• A town located near an active volcano.

• A city filled with tall buildings and old establishments.

A barangay plans to make their day care schools as evacuation centers for the upcoming typhoon. Under which process does the described activity belong?

• migration

• mitigation

• fighting

• resilience

The presence of elements (humans or infrastructure) in a hazard is called __________.

• risk

• exposure

• disaster

• vulnerability

The ability of a community to survive and recover from a disaster is called ________.

• exposure

• mitigation

• hazard

• resilience

A risk assessment of a town reported that residents who are asked to evacuate during typhoons are scared to lose their properties and just choose to stay in their homes even if it is dangerous. Which risk factor does this belong?

• physical

• biological

• psychological

• socio-cultural