G12 DRRR Online Quiz 1

Which of the following is NOT an example of a natural hazard / natural disaster?

• Toxic wastes from factories

• Earthquake

• Tsunami

• Volcanic Eruption

Which of the following is an example of a hydrometeorological hazard?

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What makes the Philippines prone to natural hazards?

• Statement 1:

  It is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire

• Statement 2:

  It is abundant in natural resources

• Statement 1 and 2 is correct

• None of the above

What is a natural disaster?

• A red letter day

• A bad thing caused by a bad person

• An event that causes suffering loss of life and property brought on by nature

• An event that causes suffering brought on by an enemy

Which of the following is considered to be a man-made disaster?

• Weapons

• Typhoon / cyclone

• Flashflood

• Volcanic Eruption

What are the three strategies in the disaster management?

• Assets management

• Hazard management

• Exposure management

• Vulnerability management

Which of the following BEST describes hazard?

• loss of life or injury naturally

• a phenomenon or human activity

• potentially damaging physical event

• reduction of vulnerability and exposure

Unwillingness to assume their roles and responsibilities in governing disaster risk unit, falls under which of the following risk factors?

• Climate Change

• Poverty and Inequality

• Weak Governance

• Environmental Degradation

Which of the following risk factors affect with inequality?

• Climate Change

• Poverty

• Weak Governance

• Globalized Economic Development

It refers to the changes that can be attributed “directly or indirectly to human activity altering the composition of the global atmosphere and additionally to the natural climate variability observed over comparable periods of time”?

• deforestation

• climate change

• global warming

• carbon footprint