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WorksheetsDRRR Prelims Reviewer
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 22mins
This refers to 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
Hazard
Risk
Vulnerability
This refers to a serious DISRUPTION of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic, or environmental losses and impacts that exceeds the ability of the affected community to cope using its own resources
Disaster
Hazard
Risk
Exposure
This determines the TENDENCY of a community to face
disasters
Disaster risk
Hazard
Exposure
Vulnerability
What are the two main types of disasters?
Natural
Man-made
International
Extraterrestrial
Which of the following is NOT a major type of natural disaster?
Famine
Biological
Geological
Hydrometeorological
These are natural disasters that are caused by living organisms.
Biological
Geological
Sociocultural
Psychological
Which of the following is NOT an example of biological disasters?
Pathogens
Toxins
Bioactive substance
Pollutions
These are disasters that are caused by the Earth or the ground.
Geological
Hydrometeorological
Environmental degradation
Avalanche
Which of the following are examples of geological disasters?
Volcanism
Landslides
Avalanche
Toxins
These are disasters that are caused by bodies of water and the atmosphere.
Hydrometeorological
Geological
Biological
Physical
Which of the following are examples of hydrometeorological disasters?
Floods
Cyclones
Wildfire
Seismic activities
Which of the following hydrometeorological disasters is caused by the lack of moisture in the atmosphere?
Wildfire
Avalanche
Cyclones
Tsunami
Which of the following does not belong to the group?
Toxins
War
Pollution
Famine
Which of the following does not belong to the group?
Environmental degradation
Volcanism
Earthquake
Landslide
Which of the following does not belong to the group?
Pathogens
Floods
Storm surge
Typhoon
Which of the following does not belong to the group?
Pathogens
Wildfire
Toxins
Bioactive substances
Which of the following does not belong to the group?
Seismic activities
Displaced populations
Industrial accidents
Transport accidents
Which of the following is a primary effect of a typhoon?
Flooding
Power interruption
Damaged water lines
Relocation of displaced families
Which of the following is a primary effect of a volcanic eruption?
Casualties
Change in the acidity of the soil
Decline of tourism
These are direct situations arising from the disaster itself
Primary effect
Secondary effect
Tertiary effect
These are situations resulting from the primary effects
Area of effect
Secondary effect
Tertiary effect
These are not experienced during the disaster but can be felt sometime after the disaster.
Primary effect
Secondary effect
Tertiary effect
Which of the following are the affected components of a disaster?
People
Economy
Buildings and Infrastructures
Environment
This disaster risk perspective refers to the visible or tangible materials, whether natural or man-made
Physical
Sociocultural
Economic
Biological
This disaster risk perspective refers to the people’s emotional, cognitive, or interpersonal reaction to difficulties
Physical
Psychological
Economic
Biological
This disaster risk perspective refers to the response of people, whether victims or not, to emergency situations and to the kind of assistance they receive
Physical
Psychological
Sociocultural
Political
This disaster risk perspective refers to the disruption of economic activities in the community
Economic
Biological
Sociocultural
Political
This disaster risk perspective refers to how government services are used to reduce loss or damage by preparing for and preventing disasters
Economic
Biological
Sociocultural
Political
This disaster risk perspective refers to the potential for infectious or communicable diseases
Economic
Biological
Sociocultural
Political
Which of the following is under the political disaster risk perspective?
Urban planning
Medical facilities
Cracks on roads
Anxiety
Which of the following is under the psychological disaster risk perspective?
Trauma
Medical facilities
Attitudes and values
Anxiety
Religions, customs, and beliefs are under which disaster risk perspective?
Psychological
Spiritual
Sociocultural
Socioeconomic
This refers to the diminished capacity of an individual or group to anticipate, cope with, resist, and recover from the impact of a natural or man-made hazard.”
Vulnerability
Disaster
Hazard
Exposure
Which of the following is NOT a factor in assessing the level of vulnerability of an area?
Ancestry
Proximity
Population density
Building codes
These elements that were exposed to hazards are institutional and government systems that dictate the well-being and lifestyles of communities.
Socioeconomic
Physical
Environmental
Sociocultural
A type of profiling of hazards in which it tells the proneness of a community to that hazard, usually associated with the geographical location or topographical condition
Magnitude or strength of the event
Frequency
Duration of Impact
Causality of events
A type of profiling of hazards which can be assessed by measurements obtained from scientific instruments
Magnitude or strength of the event
Frequency
Duration of Impact
Causality of events
This is a location where a natural hazard is likely to happen if preventive measures are not implemented.
hazard-prone area
area of responsibility
vulnerability
low pressure area
Which three characteristics will increase a location's disaster risk if all of these three are present in that area?
Hazard
Vulnerability
Exposure
Resistance
Based on this World Risk Index Map, which countries have a VERY HIGH risk (dark pink)?
Philippines, USA, Saudi Arabia
Thailand, South Korea, Japan
Chile, Cambodia, Philippines
Mongolia, Egypt, Canada
