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_________ has brought into sharp focus the limitations of past efforts and the need for a more ambitious and sustained approach to preparedness.

• PATHOGENS

• AVAT

• COVID 19

• COVAX

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The ________ , though IDA and IBRD, has a strong track record in providing the long-term, predictable, sustained financing that countries need to prepare for pandemics, often requiring multi-sectoral interventions.

• COVID 19

• WORLD BANK

• IDA AND IBRD

• AFRICAN VACCINE ACQUISITION TRUST

CEPI stands for?

• COVID-19 EPIDEMIC PREPAREDNESS INNOVATIONS

• COVID-19 EPIDEMIC PREPAREDNESS

• COALITION FOR EPIDEMIC PREPAREDNESS INNOVATIONS

• COALITION FOR EPIDEMIC PREPAREDNESS

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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 23) — The epicenter of Monday’s magnitude 6.1 earthquake was in Castillejos, Zambales, but the biggest damage was recorded in the neighboring province.

 

Such was the case for _____ , Pampanga, which saw the collapse of a four-storey grocery store that afternoon.

• PORAC

• MABALACAT

• ANGELES

• SAN FERNANDO

Who is the head of PHIVOLCS during the magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Castillejos, Zambales last April 23, 2019?

• FRANCISCO DUQUE

• DEBOLD M. SINAS

• RENATO SOLIDUM JR.

• JUAN PONCE ENRILLE

 

According to the PHILVOLCS director, the reason why Pampanga area is prone to strong shaking is because of the deposited lahar from which event?

• 2020 ERUPTION OF MT. PINATUBO

• 1991 ERUPTION OF MT. PINATUBO

• 1987 ERUPTION OF MT. PINATUBO

• 1999 ERUPTION OF MT. PINATUBO

What is the largest volcanic eruption in the Philippines?

• MT. PULAG

• MT. APO

• MT. PINATUBO

• MT. CANLAON

COSPEC is a device that detects sulfur dioxide emissions, which indicate the presence of new magma deep within the volcano's plumbing.

COSPEC stands for?

• COVID-19 SPECTROMETRY

• COVER SPECTROMETRY

• CORRELATION SPECTROMETRY

• COLONY SPECTROMETRY

What is the name of the typhoon that carried ashfall from Mt. Pinatubo's eruption to not just those areas that were expecting it, but also many regions, including Manila and Subic Bay?

• TYPHOON SENDONG

• TYPHOON YOLANDA

• TYPHOON DIDING

• TYPHOON HAIYAN

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_________ is a destructive searing hot ash, gas and pumice fragments which, roared down the flanks of Pinatubo, filling once-deep valleys with fresh volcanic deposits as much as 660 feet (200 meters) thick.

• VOLCANIC ROCKS

• PYROCLASTIC FLOW

• LAVA FLOW

• MT. PINATUBO