DISASTER RISK REDUCTION MANAGEMENT QUIZ

This is a process, phenomenon or human activity that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, social and economic disruption or environmental degradation.

• Risk

• Calamity

• Hazard

• Disaster

This is the conditions determined by physical, social, economic, and environmental factors or processes which increase the susceptibility of an individual, a community, assets or systems to the impacts of hazards.

• Risk

• Capacity

• Vulnerability

• Exposure

This is a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society at any scale due to hazardous events interacting with conditions of exposure, vulnerability, and capacity, leading to one or more of the following: human, material, economic and environmental losses and impacts.

• Risk

• Hazard

• Vulnerability

• Disaster

This is the situation of people, infrastructure, housing, production capacities and other tangible human assets located in hazard-prone areas.

• Risk

• Disaster Risk

• Vulnerability

• Exposure

Which of the following hazards is not associated with volcanism?

• Debris Avalanche

• Tsunami

• All of the above

• None of the above

A people-centered early warning system includes all the following, EXCEPT:

• Risk Knowledge

• Preparedness

• Response Capability

• Dissemination and Communication

It refers to the systematic process of using administrative directives, organizations, and operational skills and capacities to implement strategies, policies and improved coping capacities in order to lessen the adverse impacts of hazards and the possibility of disaster

• Disaster Risk Reduction and Management

• Dissaster Risk Reduction and Management

• Disaster Risk Reduction and Manegemant

• Disaster Risk Riduction and Management

the pillars of prevention and mitigation includes all the following, EXCEPT:

• Monitoring and Warning Service

• Prevention and Mitigation

• Preparedness

• Response

It refers to the potential disaster losses, in lives, health status, livelihoods, assets and services, which could occur to a particular community or a society over some specified future time period.

• Exposure Risk

• Vulnerability Risk

• Hazard Risk

• Disaster Risk

It refers to the organization and management of resources and responsibilities for addressing all aspects of disasters and emergencies, in particular preparedness, response and initial recovery steps. Also referred to as emergency management.

• Risk Reduction Management

• Hazard Management

• Disaster Management

• Risk Management