DRRR-LONG TEST

Which of the following is a dangerous phenomenon, substance, human activity or condition that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihoods and services, social and economic disruption, or environmental damage?

• disaster

• hassle

• hazard

• risk

When is a large event such as typhoons, not a disaster?

• when it happens in an area without any people.

• when it happens to less than 10,000 people.

• when it happens in a faraway country that we do not care about.

• when it happens in a third world country in which more than 20% of the population survives on less than 100 pesos per day.

Who is most commonly to blame when people experience a significant loss from a disaster?

• The Philippines Army Corps of Engineers for not building a protective structure.

• The national government for not doing something about it.

• The people themselves for choosing to live there.

• The realtor for selling them the property.

 What factor that contributes to the increase of disaster risks that refers to the quality of construction often is low and building codes, and registration processes, and other regulatory mechanisms are lacking, as well as numerous other development priorities displace?

• Climate Change

• Environmental Degradation

• Poverty

• Rapid and Unplanned Urbanization

 Which factor underlying disasters that we can reduce risk through establishing urban development programs that lessen the creation of slums in risk areas, prevent the growth of housing on dangerous slopes or flood plains, and provide the poor with access to safe lands?

• Climate Change

• Environmental Degradation

• Poverty

• Rapid and Unplanned Urbanization

Which of the following are consequences associated with climate change?

• The ice sheets are declining, glaciers are in retreat globally, and our oceans are more acidic than ever.

• . Surface temperatures are setting new heat records about each year more extreme weather like droughts, heatwaves, and hurricanes.

• Global Sea levels are rising at an alarmingly fast rate18 centimeters in the last century alone and going higher.

• All three consequences above are associated with climate change.

Which effects of disasters that include broken bridges and roads and streets that are rendered impassable by landslides or floods. The restricted mobility of vehicles makes rescue and other emergency operations doubly difficult?

• Damage to Critical Facilities

• Disruption of Transportation

• Medical Effects

• Social and Political Impacts

This refers to the damage of facilities that may be critical not only in maintaining a safe environment and public order, but also in responding to the disaster. Among these are communication installations, electrical generating and transmission facilities, hospitals, and water facilities.

• Damage to Critical Facilities

• Disruption of Transportation

• Medical Effects

• Social and Political Impacts

Areas of cities that are subjected to significant natural hazards should be used for which of the following?

• office buildings because they can withstand the effects  

          of the hazard.

• inexpensive single-family houses

• parks and natural areas

• shopping malls

Which of the following BEST describes the Physical Perspective of a disaster?

• It is an emergence of new agents of diseases.

• It is the most overt and observable effects of a disaster.

• It pertains to the preparedness of the government for disaster response.

• It is the loss of most, if not all, of the resources vital in the production of goods and services.