DRRR Quarter 3 Quiz no. 1

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

• disaster

• disaster risk

• hazard

• vulnerability

It is a potentially dangerous physical occurrence, phenomenon or human activity that may result in loss of life or injury, property damage, social and economic disruption, or environmental degradation.

• disaster

• disaster risk

• hazard

• vulnerability

It refers to the degree to which a community is likely to experience hazard events of different magnitude.

• Exposure

• Vulnerability

• Hazard

• disaster

It is defined as the characteristics and circumstances of a community, system or resource that make it susceptible to the damaging effects of a hazard.

• exposure

• hazard

• vulnerability

• disaster

It is the capability and coping ability of schools, households, and communities to manage when disaster hits.

• exposure

• vulnerability

• capacity

• hazard

These are variables that either worsen or lessen the effects of hazards, affecting the degree or scope of disaster.

• Disaster

• Disaster risk

• Disaster risk factors

• Disaster risk reduction

What disaster risk factors that refers to tangible objects or infrastructure

• Physical factors

• Psychological Factors

• Socio-cultural factors

• Economic factors

This disaster risk factor include the state of mental capacity and health

• Physical

• Psychological

• Socio-cultural

• Economic

All of the following are the effects of disasters EXCEPT                          

• a. can destroy health infrastructure

• b. can cause an unexpected number of deaths

• c. can have adverse effects on the environment

• d. can cause the ability of every specie to reproduce

It is also called as the Circum-Pacific belt, the zone of earthquakes surrounding the Pacific Ocean where about 99% of the world’s earthquake occurs.

• drought         

• ring of fire    

• subsidence

• Bermuda Triangle