Midterm Examination in DRRR

Listed below describes disaster EXCEPT:

• A disaster may be domestic or international

• A disaster may be caused by nature or have human origins

• A disaster always receives widespread media coverage

• A disaster may have a known and gradual onset

The decision to offer humanitarian aid is determined by:

• Theories of Social Justice

• Deontological reasoning

• Teleological reasoning

• All of the Above

What is one of the most important actions to take before an earthquake?

• Locate safe spots in each room

• Move to the higher ground

• Place large items in high places

• Duck, Cover and Hold

Which of the following should you pay attention to before a flood?

• Dam break

• Prolonged rainfall over several days

• Heavy rains

• All of the above

Arrange the order of events on how disasters are formed:

I. Natural Process

II. Disaster

III. Damages

IV. Hazard

V. Recovery

• IV, III, I, V

• I, II, III, IV, V

• IV, III, I, II, V

• V, IV, III, II, I

It is a serious disruption of the functioning or a widespread human, material, economic, or environmental losses.

• Disaster Risk

• Hazard

• Disaster

• Vulnerability

It is believed that Philippines is located at the Pacific Ring of Fire to what disaster is our country prone to?

• War

• Earthquake

• Pandemic

• Flood

What are the effects of having a large evacuees in a small infrastructure like schools and churches?

• Children and elderly become prone to diseases

• Scarcity of food resources

• Delay in classes

• All of the above

How can a typhoon and flood become a threat to the population's health

• Typhoons can increase the presence of stagnant water in the area and it is a perfect breeding are for mosquitoes

• People are prone to leptospirosis

• Lack of clean and available comfort room

• All of the above

What is the meaning of UNISDR?

• United Nations Incorporated Strategic for Disaster Reduction

• United Nations Incorporated Strategy for Disaster Reduction

• United Nations International Strategic for Disaster Reduction

• United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction