San Antonio de Padua College
National Highway, Brgy. Sta. Clara Sur, Pila, Laguna
Tel No. (049) 559 – 0501/ 09328564408
S.Y 2019-2020
Diagnostic EXAMINATION IN DRRR
Name:___________________________
Year and Section:___________________
MULTIPLE CHOICE: Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.
________1. When does a hazard becomes a disaster?
a. If there are victims after the hazard
b. It becomes a disaster if it hits
vulnerable population
and properties
c. all of the above
________2. What is the meaning of the
abbreviation “PHIVOLCS”?
a. Philippines Institute of Volcanology
and Seismology
b. Philippines Institute for
Volcanology and Seismography
c. Philippines Institute of Volcanology
and Sciences
________3. Which of the following is considered as
factor vulnerability?
a. typhoon
b. destruction of properties
c. people with disabilities
________4. Which of the following situation
described hazard?
a. Flooding occurs in an isolated island
with zero population.
b. Flooding occurs near a community
whose population is known to be
vulnerable
c. Intensification of flooding caused
water level to rise toward the
populated area.
________5. The usual simple design for any public
school in the Philippines is 7𝑚 × 7𝑚,
while in the urban area is 7𝑚 × 9𝑚.
a. Standard Building Plan
b. Search and rescue
c. Mindanao Humanitarian Team
________6.What is disaster factors?
a. physical, social, economic, and
environmental
b. physical, social, industrial, and
environmental
c. physical, social, economic, and
emotional
________7. The conditions for the delivery of
concrete goods and services at a disaster
site include all of the following
EXCEPT:
a. A clear demarcation of being on or
off duty
b. Extreme climate; hot cold; wet
c. Lack of privacy, threat to safety
Score: ____________________
Date:_____________________
________8. Which one of the following theories of
disaster management informs
organizational readiness and response in
a disaster?
a. Structural-functional theory
b. The probling-solving “task model”
c. Theory of traumatogenic forces
________9. All of the following are TRUE about
disasters Except:
a. A disaster may be domestic or
international
b. A disaster may be caused by nature
or have human origin
c. A disaster always receives
widespread media coverage
________10. Disasters frequently result in all of the
following EXCEPT:
a. Sustained public attention during the
recovery phase
b. Damage to the ecological
environment
c. Displacement of population
________11. This is modelled on the findings from
Assessment and Analysis stage.
a. water b. design c. development
________12. It is also known RA 10121; following
this law is the birth of NDRRMC.
a. The Philippine Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management Act of
2010
b. Department of Interior and Local
Government
c. United Nations International Strategy
for Disaster Reduction
________13. Which of the following is the leading
agency for Disaster Rehabilitation and
Recovery?
a. National Economic and
Development Authority
b. Department of Agriculture and
Rehabilitation
c. International Developmental
Authority
________14. Which of the following is NOT
considered as agent that cause of coastal
erosion?
a. Removal of vegetation cover
exposing sediment to wind and water
action.
 b. Building activities that damage
natural protective features
c. All of the above
________15. The following are the causes of
ground subsidence EXCEPT:
a. Extraction of oil & natural gas
b. Excessive ground water withdrawal
c. Removal of vegetation cover exposing
sediment to wind and water action.
________16. What will you do after the flood?
a. Have an easily accessible
emergency flood kit
b. Avoid having to walk through
floodwater
c. Find out if your area is prone to
flooding on existing flood maps
________17. Which of the following is NOT the
factor that influence the build-up of
water level during a storm surge?
a. The pressure effect
b. Size and color
c. Storm intensity
________18. What is a storm surge?
a. Lowered atmospheric pressure
during the passage of an intense
tropical cyclone from the sea to the
land
b. A process by which water-saturated
sediment
c. all of the above
________19. What will you do after volcanic
eruption?
a. Keep doors and windows closed to
minimize ash exposure
b. Proceed to one’s respective area
with caution
c. For advisories regarding status of
volcanic activities
________20.Which of the following type of lava
flow are typically associated with the
strata volcanoes??
a. Andesitic lava
b. Basaltic lava
c. Pillow lava
________21. According to the United Nations
between 1992 and 2000 there were
approximately _________disaster per year
throughout the world.
a. 500 b. 300 c. 400
________22. The natural period of a building is
_________.
a. The inverse of the natural frequency
b. Is measured in Hart
c. Is measured in seconds
________23. Which of the following is the effect of
an El Niño?
a. El Niño can bring droughts
b. El Niño can bring weaker monsoon
activity
c. all of the above
________24. Which of the following is considered
an opposite of El Niño?
a. tsunami b. typhoon c. La Niño
________25. The following are the ingredients of
fire EXCEPT:
a. carbon dioxide
b. oxygen
c. heat and fuel
________26. The following is an hydro
meteorological hazard EXCEPT:
a. typhoon b. flooding c. earthquake
________27. Which is TRUE about community
disaster reduction fund?
a. The leading agency for Disaster
Rehabilitation and Recovery
b. It is important development a
comprehensive DRRM plan to establish
and allocate funds for the
implementation of the plan before
disaster.
c. It is important development a
comprehensive DRRM plan to establish
and allocate funds for the
implementation of the plan before,
during and after a disaster.
________28. Which of the following is TRUE
about tsunami?
a. I should go to shore to watch a
tsunami.
b. All undersea earthquakes cause
tsunami.
c. A tsunami is most often caused by
undersea earthquake.
________29. A stiffer building will _______ than a
more flexible building under the same
applied loading?
a. displace less
b. displace more
c. displace the same amount
________30. As the mass of a building increases,
the natural frequency of the building or
rate oscillation_________.
a. Increases, the building wants to
move back and forth faster
b. Decrease, the building wants to
move back and forth slower
c. 3 Remains the same
1. C
2. A
3. C
4. A
5. A
6. A
7. A
8. A
9. C
10. A
11. B
12. A
13. A
14. C
15. C
16. B
17. b
18. a
19. b
20. a
21. a
22. c
23. c
24. c
25. a
26. c
27. c
28. c
29. a
30. a