PHILIPPINE CENTRAL ISLANDS COLLEGE

Bagong Silang, San Jose, occidental Mindoro 5100

STEM 11and GAS 12
Third Quarter Examination
Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction
Name:______________________________ Date:___________________
Year/ Section:________________________ Score:___________________
Choose the letter that best answer each question. Write the on the space provided.

1. Which of the following is the process or condition, often development-related, that influence the level of
disaster risk by increasing levels of exposure and vulnerability or reducing capacity?
A. risk factor
B. disaster risk
C. natural hazard
D. man-made hazard
2. Which of the following is NOT an element which causes disaster?
A. exposure
B. hazard
C. risk
D. vulnerability
3. It refers to the changes that can be attributed “directly or indirectly to human activity altering the composition
of the global atmosphere and additionally to the natural climate variability observed over comparable
periods of time”?
A. deforestation
B. climate change
C. global warming
D. carbon footprint
4. Which of the following risk factors affect with inequality?
A. poverty
B. climate change
C. weak governance
D. globalized economic development
5. Who among the following groups of people are more likely to live in hazard-exposed areas and are less able
to invest in risk-reducing measures based on most studies in Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)?
A. middle class C. young professionals
B. senior citizens D. impoverished people
6. It is a risk factor that is both a driver and a consequence of disasters, reducing the capacity of the
environment to meet social and ecological needs, what is it?
A. climate change
B. weak governance
C. food scarcity
D. health risk
7. What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
A. Congenital condition C. Pre-existing condition
B. Neonatal condition D. Psychological condition
8. What is the collective term used for the condition of people who develop stress reaction that negatively affect their
physical and mental behavior after suffering from a disaster?
A. displaced population
B. emotional aftershock
9. COVID19 has caused millions of diseased people and thousands of deaths all over the world. How are you going to
name the damaging event?
A. disaster C. politicking
B. hazard D. terrorism
10. How are you going to call a dangerous condition that carries human threat?
A. disaster
B. hazard
C. poverty and inequality
D. environmental degradation
11. A strong typhoon hit an uninhabited area in the mountainous Sierra Madre region. What are you going to name the
damaging event?
A. disaster C. politicking
B. hazard D. terrorism
12. What is it that disasters bring to humans?
A. devastation D. power
B. excitement
C. fame
13. What is the main reason why there has been an overall increase in the number of deaths related to natural
hazards?
A. Less people lived in less vulnerable areas
B. Events are better documented today than in the past
C. The magnitudes of natural hazard events are increasing
D. Human population are increasing in areas that are vulnerable
14. Which group belongs to the most vulnerable?
A. professionals C. government officials
B. indigenous people D. small entrepreneurs
15. It refers to the community’s ability to reduce vulnerability through prevention, mitigation, response, and recovery.
A. Hazard B. disaster C. resiliency D. risk
16. It is a set of existing conditions, which badly affect the community’s ability to prevent, mitigate, prepare for,
and respond to hazardous events.
A. Disaster B. disaster risk C. hazard D. vulnerability
17. What does the statement “Vulnerability is situation specific” means?
A. vulnerability cannot be determined easily
B. not all communities are vulnerable to earthquake
C. it means that vulnerability depends in every individual
D. vulnerability of a certain community depends on the level of preparedness
18. The following are characteristics of a resilient community except___________.
A. ability to identify the hazards
B. ability to escape a specific event
C. ability to respond immediately after the disaster
D. ability to prepare all the time for the possible outcome
19. What are the three phases of disaster management planning for vulnerable community to make it less
susceptible?
A. planning, evacuating, and recovery C. evacuating, rebuilding, and recovery
B. preparation, response, and recovery D. preparation, planning, and perception
20. Risk is a situation where in a community is being exposed to danger. What are the two factors that affect the risk
level of a community?
A. alert and alarm C. hazard and vulnerability
B. hazard and threat D. vulnerability and susceptibility
21. Risk is a situation where in a community is being exposed to danger. What are the two factors that affect the risk
level of a community?
A. alert and alarm C. hazard and vulnerability
B. hazard and threat D. vulnerability and susceptibility
22. The following are involved in National Disaster Risk Reduction Management planning
EXCEPT___________.
A. media C. national government
B. Catholic church D. local Government Units
23. Which can frequently be prevented and anticipated?
A. Disasters B. natural hazards
C. socio-economical D. human-made hazard
24. Which of the following risk factors BEST describes the cause of COVID-19 pandemic?
A. climate change
B. weak governance
C. globalized economic development
D. poorly- planned and managed urban development
25. It refers to the changes that can be attributed “directly or indirectly to human activity altering the
composition of the global atmosphere and additionally to the natural climate variability observed over
comparable periods of time”?
A. deforestation C. global warming
B. climate change D. carbon footprint
26. How will reduction of the level of vulnerability and exposure be possible?
A. proper knowledge on disaster risk
B. potentially damaging physical even
C. increase the susceptibility of a community to the impact of hazard
D. by keeping people and property as distant as possible from hazards
27. Which of the following risk factors affect with inequality?
A. poverty C. weak governance
B. climate change D. globalized economic development
28. Unwillingness to assume their roles and responsibilities in governing disaster risk unit, falls under which of
the following risk factors?
A. climate change C. poverty and inequality
B. weak governance D. environmental degradation
29. Which among the groups suffer more adverse effects when an earthquake causing disaster occurs?
A. men and women B. children and women
 C. old persons and women D. old persons and children
30. Which of the following risk factors is the result in an increased polarization between the rich and poor on a
global scale?
A. climate change
B. poverty and inequality
C. environmental degradation
D. globalized economic development

MARK JOSEPH M. CATOY

Subject Teacher