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Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
In 2016, the Philippines was ranked second out of 171 countries based on the World Risk Index.
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Vulnerability is the chance or likelihood of suffering harm and loss as a result of a hazardous event.
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A landslide at LSGH will make all students highly vulnerable but the likelihood of it happening decreases the amount of risk.
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Risk Assessment is the process of studying the nature of natural /man made hazards determining its essential determining its essential features and their relationship.
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Disaster Risk can be managed.
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Disasters can be mitigated.
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The lessening or limitation of the adverse impacts of hazards and related disasters is called Capacity.
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The “triangle of life” is an effective means of keeping yourself safe during a earthquake eruption.
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Shouting for help is a good idea when trapped in a place due to an earthquake or a landslide.
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It is a good idea to shout for help when trapped under a collapsed building after an earthquake.
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A traffic jam caused by a stalled car qualifies as a disaster.
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A disaster is the potential loss of life, livelihood, or life savings
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The greater the capacity of the community, the greater the disaster.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder is an example of a human effect of a disaster.
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A hazard is a phenomenon that can potentially cause harm.
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When an adverse human induced response and naturally occurring events combine to form a hazard, they are considered sociocultural hazards.
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A flood is an example of a natural hazard.
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The preparedness of a community is directly proportional to the magnitude of the disaster.
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Doctors who work with sick patients have a larger exposure to diseases hence the chance to get sick is larger.
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On the average, an LSGH Grade 11 student are part of the most vulnerable sector of society.
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People, property, systems, or other elements present in in the vicinity of a volcano that are thereby subject to potential losses experience the highest amount of risk from seismic activity.
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The design of a building increases the vulnerability of the building to damage.
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When a fire occurs in a hospital, babies cannot be expected to escape by themselves illustrates how they have Environmental Vulnerability.
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Poor housing location is an example of Physical Vulnerability.
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Hopelessness is an example of motivational vulnerability.
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The MMDA box along EDSA that contains rubber boats for flood is an example of the area’s capacity to be able to respond to that disaster.
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The UNHDR is a group that defines capacity development as the process through which individuals, organizations, and societies obtain, strengthen, and maintain the capabilities to set and achieve their own development objectives over time.
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Capacity Assessment is a process to determine how people cope in times of crisis to reduce the damaging effects of hazards.
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Knowledge of international practices increases the ability of an individual to cope with local hazards.
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After assessing the risks one area has, activities that are done to avoid the possibility of disaster are capacity building measures.
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Coping Capacity is the ability of people, organizations and systems, using available skills and resources, to face and manage adverse conditions, emergencies or disasters.
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In the town of Machi Koro, building a bakery in the town illustrates an increased economic capacity.
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The HVCA is made to compute for the amount of loss after a disaster.
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Risk is a probability that negative consequences may arise when hazards interact with vulnerable areas, people, property, and environment.
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Disaster risk management is the concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through systematic efforts to analyze and manage the causal factors of disasters, including through reduced exposure to hazards, lessened vulnerability of people and property, wise management of land and the environment, and improved preparedness for adverse events.
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One means of assessing the capacity of an area to cope is the extent of how many people think it is a good practice to make an emergency kit with 2L of water per person per day.
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A good practice to remember is to use your cellphone to call your family right after a disaster hits.
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If inside a house in the immediate path of a landslide, perform a duck-cover-hold- procedure.
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During an earthquake, if you are outside, you must seek shelter in a building.
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A good indicator of a possible or imminent ground movement is the behavior of agitated pets.
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If an earthquake occurs while driving, it is best to stop on the side of the road and get out of your car.
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The most common hazard after an earthquake in an urban setting is a fire.
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If you’re in bed and an earthquake occurs, cover your head with a pillow.
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If you're a parent and you have young children in their own bedrooms, keep yourself safe first during an earthquake.
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If you are caught in a theatre or stadium during an earthquake, stay in your seat and duck to protect your head.
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When very old or poorly built houses and man-made structures are slightly damaged though well-built structures are not affected, the intensity could be considered "Very Strong" on the PEIS.
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The hypocenter and the focus of an earthquake are the same thing.
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When an earthquake passes through different materials, the looser the soil, the higher the intensity that will be recorded.
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The intensity of the earthquake increases as the depth of the focus increases.
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A rock topple means that rocks that are columnar fall over in an angular manner.
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