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This document is a quiz on disaster readiness and risk reduction management. It contains 25 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of different natural hazards like earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides and volcanic eruptions. The questions cover topics like defining key terms, identifying different hazard types, understanding vulnerability factors, and safety procedures during various disaster events.

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DRRM - 1st Long Quiz

This document is a quiz on disaster readiness and risk reduction management. It contains 25 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of different natural hazards like earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides and volcanic eruptions. The questions cover topics like defining key terms, identifying different hazard types, understanding vulnerability factors, and safety procedures during various disaster events.

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Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction Management

Professor: Mr. Ryan Q. Blanco

LONG QUIZ #1

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL S.Y. 2020-21, 1st Semester

NAME:___________________________________ DATE:________________SCORE:________________
STRAND: ___________________

DIRECTIONS: Encircle the letter of your choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. A process, phenomenon or human activity that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, social
and economic disruption or environmental degradation is called
A. Disaster B. Emergency C. Hazard D. Vulnerability

2. Which is NOT a Geological Hazard?


A. Earthquake B. Tsunami C. Tephra fall D. Tornado

3. Thunderstorms, coastal storm surges, tropical cyclones and heat waves are
A. Technological hazards B. Hydro-meteorological hazards C. Astronomical hazards D. Geological hazards

4. The following are common long term impacts of natural hazards EXCEPT
A. Destruction of vital infrastructure like roads and bridges B. Disconnection of communication lines
C. Widespread loss of housing D. Permanent disability

5. A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses is
called
A. Disaster B. Vulnerability C. Resiliency D. Hazard

6. Which is NOT an effect of disasters on human life?


A. Food scarcity B. Displaced population C. Illnesses and diseases D. Disturbance of biodiversity

7. Disasters frequently result in all of the following EXCEPT


A. Displacement of populations B. Damage to the ecological environment
C. Destruction of a population’s homeland D. Adequate supply of goods and services

8. An event, whether natural or human-induced, becomes a disaster EXCEPT when


A. It occurs in an area with no exposure B. It causes widespread material or environmental losses
C. Community cannot provide the residents their basic needs D. Communities experience severe danger and incur loss of lives

9. Which of the following situations pertains to a disaster?

A. A landslide in Ligao that destroyed a mountain village


B. A volcano erupting in isolation in the middle of Pacific Ocean
C. Typhoon Haiyan passing over a remote and unpopulated island
D. A landslide high on the mountain and slopes away from any settlement

10. Elements likely to be exposed to mudslide and landslide are those located
A. Near fault lines B. On foot of denuded mountains C. In coastal areas D. Near oil deposits

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Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction Management
Professor: Mr. Ryan Q. Blanco

LONG QUIZ #1

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL S.Y. 2020-21, 1st Semester

11. Senior citizens and persons with disabilities are more vulnerable to disasters because

A. They are unable to protect themselves or evacuate if necessary


B. They cannot recover quickly from an emergency situation
C. They are not much affected by social discrimination
D. They belong to the low-income group of society

12. Which of the following hazards normally result from the occurrence of an
earthquake?
A. Lahar B. Landslide C. Drought D. La Niña

13. It is a result of the passage of seismic waves through the ground, and ranges from quite gentle in small earthquakes to
incredibly violent in large earthquakes
A. Tsunami B. Liquefaction C. Fault rupture D. Ground shaking

14. What is frequently a warning sign of an impending tsunami?

A. Seawater suddenly retreats from the shore B. Sky suddenly clears


C. Winds suddenly change direction D. All of these

15. What is a primary effect of an earthquake?


A. Impacts as a direct result of the ground shaking B. Effects on the landscape
C. Effects nearest the Epi-center D. Effects on young children

16. Which of the following statements about earthquakes is correct?


A. Earthquakes are easily predicted B. Plate motions cause earthquakes
C. Tsunamis are effects of small earthquakes D. All of the above

17. What should you do if you were outside during an earthquake?


A. Stay away from trees, power lines and concrete structures B. Look for a building and stay at its main entrance
C. Drive quickly away from the earthquake D. Seek shelter in a building

18. When indoors during an earthquake, the safest place to be is


A. Under a sturdy piece of furniture B. At the attic
C. Near the windows and doors D. At the upper floor

19. If the debris within a landslide mixes with enough water it can trigger which of the following volcanic hazards?
A. A tsunami B. A tidal wave C. A lahar D. A pyroclastic flow

20. Where do most earthquakes occur?


A. On the equator B. In Australia C. Along crustal plate boundaries D. On the continent of Antarctica

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Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction Management
Professor: Mr. Ryan Q. Blanco

LONG QUIZ #1

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL S.Y. 2020-21, 1st Semester

21. Witnesses have said that an approaching tsunami sounds like

A. Ice cracking
B. Car horn honking
C. Freight Train
D. Nothing, there is silence

22. During an earthquake, to where should you evacuate if near a large body of water?

A. The closest shelter


B. The nearest tall tree
C. Higher ground
D. Your car

23. When inside a building or classroom, the three steps you should take at the first sign of an earthquake are

A. Stop, duck and cover


B. Cover, drop and stop
C. Duck, cover and hold
D. Stop, duck and roll

24. The leading cause of most earthquake-related deaths is

A. Collapse of structures
B. Unexpected tsunami that follows
C. Violent shaking of the ground
D. Flooding due to liquefaction

25. The release of magma from a volcano


A. Earthquake B. Eruption C. Epicenter D. Hotspot

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