DRRR Lesson 1 Intro on Disaster

1. 1. Inherently unexpected happening that comes quickly without any warning.

• A. Disaster

• B. Phenomenon

• C. Hazard

• D. Risk

2. 2. It involved the identification and mapping of the elements at risk and the assessment of people, animals, and plants that may be affected

• A. Exposure

• B. Vulnerability

• C. Disaster Risk

• D. risk assessment

3. 3. Disaster risk can be determined by the presence of the following elements of disaster EXCEPT

• A. Coping capacity

• B. Poverty and inequality

• C. Environmental degradation

• D. Globalized Economic development

4. 4. It is defined as the source of danger and something that may cause injury of harm

• A. disaster

• B. hazard

• C. phenomenon

• D. risk

5. 5. It's the result of unwillingness to assume their roles and responsiblities in governing disaster risk unit.

• A. Climate Change

• B. Weak Governance

• C. Environmental Degradation

• D. Poverty and Inequality

6. 6. The following are examples of hazards that leads to disaster. Which is NOT a natural hazard?

• A. Car Accident

• B. Tornado

• C. Earthquake

• D. Typhoon

7. 7. Which of the following is useful to better establish priorities and response activities, and systematise previous experiences?

• A. disaster risk assessment

• B. effects of disaster

• C. phases of disaster

• D. categories of disaster

8. 8. It is also called the as the Circum-Pacific Belt, the zone of Earthquakes surrounding the Pacific Ocean where about 99% of the world's earthquake occurs.

• A. locust

• B. drought

• C. ring of fire

• D. subsidence

9. 9. The potential disaster losses in lives, health statuses, livelihoods, assets, and services, which could occur in a particular community or a society over some specified future time period is called __________

• A. disaster risk

• B. disaster mitigation

• C. disaster preparedness

• D. disaster prevention

10. 10. Which of the following is a product of the massive damages to life and property caused by a hazard due to the vulnerability within a community?

• A. destruction

• B. disaster

• C. risk

• D. vulnerability