DRRR_Diagnostic Test

A sudden calamitous event, bringing great damage, loss, destruction, and devastation

• DISASTER

• RISK

• HAZARD

• CALAMITY

A path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes

• WESTERN PACIFIC

• PACIFIC RING OF FIRE

• EASTERN PACIFIC

• PACIFIC FIRE

When lava and gas are discharged from a volcanic vent is called ______.

• EARTHQUAKE

• GROUND SHAKING

• PYROCLASTIC MOVEMENT

• VOLCANIC ERUPTION

A potentially damaging physical event, phenomenon or human activity that may cause loss of life or injury, property damage, social and economic disruption or environmental degradation

• VULNERABILITY

• EXPOSURE

• RISK

• HAZARD

The condition determined by physical, social, economic and environmental factors or processes, which increase the susceptibility of a community to the impact of hazard

• VULNERABILITY

• EXPOSURE

• RISK

• HAZARD

The expression “________” means the alteration of the world’s climate that we humans are causing.

• ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

• GLOBALIZATION

• CLIMATE CHANGE

• INDUSTRIALIZATION

Which is NOT a geological hazard?

• EARTHQUAKE

• TSUNAMI

• TEPHRA FALL

• TORNADO

The following are common long term impacts of natural hazards EXCEPT

• Destruction of vital infrastructure like roads and bridges

• Disconnection of communication lines

• Widespread loss of housing

• Permanent disability

An   event,   whether   natural   or   human-induced,   becomes   a   disaster   EXCEPT when

• It occurs in an area with no exposure

• It causes widespread material or environmental losses

• Community cannot provide the residents their basic needs

• Communities experience severe danger and incur loss of lives

Which of the following situations pertains to a disaster?

• A landslide in Kalinga that destroyed a mountain village

• A volcano erupting in isolation in the middle of Pacific Ocean

• Typhoon Haiyan passing over a remote and unpopulated island

• A landslide high on the mountain and slopes away from any settlement