Reviewer in DRRR

1. The serious disruption of the functioning of society. Causing widespread human, material of environmental
losses, which exceed the ability of the affected people to cope using their own resources.
a. Hazard b. vulnerability c. disaster
2. A phenomenon or situation, which has the potential to cause disruption or damage to people. Their property, their
services and their environment
a. Hazard b. vulnerability c. disaster
3. Those positive condition or abilities which increase a community’s ability to deal with hazards.
a. Vulnerability b. Capacity c. Risk
4. It is a condition or sets of conditions that reduces people’s ability to prepare for, withstand or respond to a hazard.
a. Vulnerability b. Capacity c. Risk
5. The probability that a community’s structure or geographic area is to be damaged or disrupted by the impact of
the hazard.
a. Vulnerability b. Capacity c. Risk
6. Person’s, buildings, crops or other such as life societal components expected to know hazard which are likely to
be adversely affects of the impact of the hazard.
a. Disaster b. Elements at risk c. Response
7. Measures that are required in search and rescue of survivors, as well to meet the basic needs for shelter, water,
food, and heath care,
a. Response b. Relief c. Recovery
8. Action taken immediately following the impact of a disaster when exceptional measure are required to eet the
basic needs of the survivors.
a. Response b. Relief c. Recovery
9. The process undertaken by a disaster affected community to fully restore itself to pre-disaster level of functioning.
a. Response b. Relief c. Recovery
10. Action taken in the aftermath of a disaster to: assist victims to repair their dwelling; re-establish essential services;
and revive key economic and social activities.
a. Relief b. Rehabilitation c. Recovery
11. Sustained efforts intended to improve or maintain the social and economic well-being of a community.
a. Prevention b. Reconstruction c. Development
12. Measures taken prior to the impact of a disaster to minimize its effects. (It is sometimes referred to as structural
and non-structural measures)
a. Reconstruction b. Mitigation c. Prevention
13. Permanent measures to repair or replace damaged dwellings and infrastructure and to set the economy back on
course.
a. Reconstruction b. Mitigation c. Prevention
14. Measures taken to avert a disaster from occurring, if possible ( to impede a hazard so that it does not have any
harmful effects.)
a. Reconstruction b. Development c. Prevention
15. A collective term encompassing all aspects of planning for preparing and responding to disasters. It refers to the
management of the consequences of disasters.
a. Disaster risk management b. Preparedness c. Disaster management
16. Measures taken in the anticipation of a disaster th ensure that appropriate and effective actions are taken in the
aftermath.
a. Disaster risk management b. Preparedness c. Disaster management
17. A broad range of activities designed to: prevent the loss of lives; minimize human suffering; inform the public
and authorities at risk; minimize property damage and economic loss; speed up recovery process.
a. Disaster risk management b. Preparedness c. Disaster management
(general classification of hazard)
18. Earthquakes or floods arise from purely natural processes in the environment.
a. Natural hazard b. Technological Hazards c. Quasi natural hazards
19. The toxicity of pesticides to agricultural lands. Accidental leaks of chemicals from chemical laboratories or
radiation from a nuclear plant. These arise directly as result of human activities.
a. Natural hazard b. Technological Hazards c. Quasi natural hazards
20. Smog or desertification that arise through the interaction of natural processes and human activity.
a. Natural hazard b. Technological Hazards c. Quasi natural hazards

Types of hazard
21. Excess rainfall, freezing rain (glaze), hail, heavy snowfall, high wind speed, and extreme temperature.
a. Atmospheric combined elements c. Hydrologic c. Atmospheric single elements
22. Includes floods, wave action, drought, and rapid glacier movements.
a. Atmospheric combined elements c. Hydrologic c. Atmospheric single elements
23. Includes hurricane, glaze-storm, thunderstorm, blizzard, tornados, and heat/cold stress
a. Atmospheric combined elements c. Hydrologic c. Atmospheric single elements
24. Includes epidemic in humans, plants and animals, and locusts.
a. Geologic Technologic c. Biologic
25. Includes mass movements, tsunamis, earthquake, volcanic eruption, and rapid sediment movement.
a. Geologic Technologic c. Biologic
26. Includes transportation accidents, industrial explosions and fire, accidental release of toxic elements, nuclear,
collapse of public buildings, and cyber terrorism.
a. Geologic Technologic c. Biologic
27. What is the meaning of the ICIMD?
a. International center for improvement mountain development
b. Improvement center for international mountain development
c. International center for integrated mountain development
d. None of the above

Common long term effects of natural hazard

28. Grief and psychological trauma, marital conflicts, depression due to loss of loved ones and properties, and chronic
anxiety among children severely affected.
a. Physical Impact b. Socio-cultural impact c. Psychological Impact
29. Death of people, destruction and loss of vital infrastructure like transport system, roads, bridges, power lines and
communication line, and wide spread loss of housing.
a. Physical Impact b. Socio-cultural impact c. Psychological Impact
30. Loss of job due to displacement, loss of harvest and livestock, loss of farms, fish cages and other sources of
living, and loss of money and other valuables like jewelries, furniture and appliances.
a. Physical Impact b. Economic Impact c. Psychological Impact
31. Displacement of population, loss of cultural identity, forced adaptation of new sets of culture, and ethnic conflicts.
a. Physical Impact b. Socio-cultural impact c. Psychological Impact
32. Epidemic to people, flora and fauma, chronic and permanent illness due to nuclear radiation, mental disorder
developed from the consumption by contaminated foods, and proliferation of different vital and bacterial diseases.
a. Physical Impact b. Envronmental impact c. Biological impact
33. Loss of forest due to forest fires, loss of fresh water due to salination (infusions of salt water to fresh water
sources)
a. Physical Impact b. Envronmental impact c. Biological impact
34. It is the characteristic and circumstances of community system or asset that make it susceptible to the damaging
effects of a hazard.
a. Exposure b. Vulnerability c. Risk Factor
 Factors of vulnerability
35.Includes population density, age of population, and distribution of population
a. Dealing with after-effect b. Demographic Factors c. Socio-economic factors
36.Includes wealth, education, nature of society, and understanding of the area.
a. Dealing with after-effect b. Demographic Factors c. Socio-economic factors
37.Includes insurance cover, emergency personnel, and aid request.
a. Dealing with after-effect b. Demographic Factors c. Socio-economic factors
38.Includes building codes, scientific monitoring and early warning system, emergency planning, and
communication networks.
a. Dealing with after-effect b. Demographic Factors c. Community preparedness

4 types of vulnerability
39. Refers to the inability of people, organization and societies to withstand adverse impacts to hazards due to
characteristics inherent in the social interactions, institutions, and system of cultural values.
a. Social vulnerability b. Economic vulnerability c. Physical Vulnerability
40. The level of vulnerability is highly dependent upon the economics status of individuals, communities and nations.
a. Social vulnerability b. Economic vulnerability c. Physical Vulnerability
41. It may be determined by aspects such population density levels, remoteness of a settlement, the site design and
materials used for critical infrastructure and for housing.
a. Physical vulnerability b. Social vulnerability c. Environmental vulnerability
42. Natural resources depletion and resources degradation are key aspects of environmental vulnerability.
a. Physical vulnerability b. Social vulnerability c. Environmental vulnerability
43. Refers to the element at risk from a natural or (non-natural) man-made hazard event.
a. Quantifying vulnerabilities b. Exposure c. Risk factor
44. What is the meaning of UNISDR?
a. United nations Integrated strategy for disaster reduction
b. United nations International system for disaster readiness
c. Unites Nations International strategy for disaster reduction
d. None of the above
45. Signifies the possibility of adverse effects in the future.
a. Quantifying vulnerabilities b. Exposure c. Risk factor
46. It is used in estimating how much mitigation and preparedness measures will be applied.
a. Quantifying vulnerabilities b. Exposure c. Risk factor
47. Is a feeble shaking to violent trembling of the ground produced by the sudden displacement of rocks or rock
materials below the earth’s surface.
a. Earthquake b. Convergent c. Magnitude
48. The earth’s crust is made up of?
a. Mantle b. Several tectonic plates c. None of the above
49. These are generated by the sudden displacement along the fault’s in the solid and rigid layer of earth.
a. Volcanic Earthquakes b. Tectonic earthquakes c. Fault
50. These are the earthquakes induced by rising lava or magma beneath active volcanoes.
a. Volcanic Earthquakes b. Tectonic earthquakes c. Fault

3 types of boundaries
Convergent produces thrust fault
Divergent produces rift zone
Transform produces strike slip
51. It measures the earthquake
a. Radiosonde b. Seismograph c. None of the above
52. It refers to the fracture, fissure, or a zone of weakness where movement or displacement has occurs or may occur
again.
a. Active Fault b. Fault c. Earthquake
53. It is formerly known as the Marikina fault and has a magnitude of 8.2
a. San Andreas Fault b. West valley fault c. None of the above
54. It has a historical and contemporary seismicity.
a. Volcanic Earthquakes b. Tectonic earthquakes c. Fault
55. An active fault is defined as a fault which has moved within how many years?
a. 10, 000 b. 100,000 c. 1000
56. It is the most famous fault in the world.( is a right lateral transform fault)
a. San Andreas Fault b. West valley fault c. None of the above
57. How many are homeless in the disastrous 1906 San Francisco Earthquake?
a. 100,000 b. 225,000 c. 185,000
58. How much is the monetary loss in the disastrous 1906 San Francisco Earthquake from the earthquake alone.
a. $400,000,000 b. $80,000,000 c. $320,000,000
59. What is the total buildings lost in the disastrous 1906 San Francisco Earthquake?
a. 28,000 b. 24, 671 c. 28, 188
60. How many are dead in the disastrous 1906 San Francisco Earthquake?
a. 1,530 b. More than 3,000 c. 4,980

magnitude dead damage

Bohol earthquake (2013) 7.2 150 3 m families

Mindoro earthquake 7.1 78 1530 houses

(1994)
Casiguran Earthquake 7.3 270 n/a
(1968)
Luzon Earthquake ( ) 7.8 1621 n/a

Moro Gulf Earthquake 7.9 3,000 40,000 families

(1976)

61. (Also known as an quake, tremblor) is the perceptible shaking of the surface of the earth, resulting from the
sudden release of energy in earth’s crust that creates seismic waves.
a. Earthquake b. Convergent c. Magnitude
62. The earth’s shakes with passage of earthquake waves which radiates energy that had been “stored” in stressed
rocks, and where released when a fault broke and rocks slipped to relieve stress.
a. Ground shaking or ground motion b. ground or surface rupture c. liquefaction
63. Is a phenomenon in which the strength and stiffness of a soil is reduced by earthquake shaking or other rapid
loading.
a. Ground shaking or ground motion b. ground or surface rupture c. liquefaction
64. Is an offset of the ground surface, when fault rupture extends to the earth’s surface.
a. Ground shaking or ground motion b. ground or surface rupture c. liquefaction