Disaster and Disaster Risk Factors Quiz

What are the 3 requirements to call an event a disaster?

Choose AD if the event is considered A DISASTER otherwise, choose ND if the event is NOT A DISASTER.

Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake on an inhabited island.

• AD

• ND

Choose AD if the event is considered A DISASTER otherwise, choose ND if the event is NOT A DISASTER.

Typhoon Sendong in the Philippines that killed 1,439 people.

• AD

• ND

Choose AD if the event is considered A DISASTER otherwise, choose ND if the event is NOT A DISASTER.

1990 Luzon Earthquake that brought an estimated damage of about 369,600 USD.

• AD

• ND

Choose AD if the event is considered A DISASTER otherwise, choose ND if the event is NOT A DISASTER.

Storm Surge in Leyte Region.

• AD

• ND

Choose NM if it is considered a NATURAL DISASTER otherwise, choose MM for MAN-MADE DISASTER.

Radiation

• NM

• MM

Choose NM if it is considered a NATURAL DISASTER otherwise, choose MM for MAN-MADE DISASTER.

Avalanche

• NM

• MM

Choose NM if it is considered a NATURAL DISASTER otherwise, choose MM for MAN-MADE DISASTER.

Drought

• NM

• MM

Choose NM if it is considered a NATURAL DISASTER otherwise, choose MM for MAN-MADE DISASTER.

Oil Spill

• NM

• MM

In what disaster risk factor does this belong?

Sound-proof rooms

• Physical

• Psychological

• Economic

• Socio-cultural

• Biological