POST-TEST

Directions: The following questions are driven from the basic concepts of DRRR and the effects of
Disaster. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. What is 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?
A. disaster B. emergency C. hazard D. vulnerability
2. Which is NOT a risk driver?
A. environmental degradation
B. poverty and inequality
C. properly planned urban development
D. weak governance
3. An event, whether natural or human-induced, becomes a disaster EXCEPT on what situation?
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.
4. What is the condition determined by physical, social, economic, and environmental
factors or processes that increases the susceptibility of an individual, a community, assets or
systems to the impacts of hazards?
A. capacity B. hazard C. resilience D. vulnerability
5. Which risk driver shows the inefficient, and incompetent protection of human rights, and failure to
provide public services?
A. climate change B. lack of awareness C. poverty D. weak governance
6. What kind of hazard and disaster is the result and outcome of naturally occurring processes in our
world?
A. forest fire B. high risk event C. man-made D. natural
7. Which of the following situations pertain to a disaster risk?
A. a landslide at the foothill of a deserted mountain.
B. a landslide in Benguet that destroyed a mountain village.
C. an isolated volcano erupting in the middle of Pacific Ocean.
D. Typhoon Yolanda passing over a remote and unpopulated island.
8. Which among the following is not an example of a natural disaster?
A. insect infestationn B. natural sinkholes C. nuclear war D. storm surge
9. Which among the following is not a result of disasters?
A. displacement of populations
B. adequate supply of goods and services
C. damage to the ecological environment
D. destruction of a population’s homeland
10. Which of the following event is identified as a disaster?
A. a typhoon forming the in the Pacific Ocean.
B. the potential loss of life, injury or destroyed assets.
C. the unmanned auto-driving car of Tesla fell down the cliff.
D. a storm surge hit the residential coastline of Leyte resulting in death and damage to
property.
11. What is the difference between a disaster and a disaster risk?
A. disaster is the infestation of insects in an area that may cause death and disease, while
disaster risk is the people infected and spreads the disease.
 B. disaster is a process, phenomenon, or human activity that may cause loss of life, injury
or other health impacts, property damage, social and economic disruption or even
environmental degradation; whereas a disaster risk is the situation of people,
infrastructure, housing, production capacities and other tangible human assets located in
hazard-prone areas.
C. disaster is the combination of all strengths, attributes, and resources available within
an organization, community, or society to manage and reduce disaster risks and strengthen
resilience; whereas a disaster risk is the potential loss of life, injury, or destroyed/ damaged
assets which could occur to a system, society, or a community in a specific period,
determined probabilistically as a function of hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and
capacity.
D. disaster is defined as a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a
society at any scale due to hazardous events interacting with variety of conditions; whereas
the latter is the potential loss of life, injury, or destroyed/damaged assets which could
occur to a system, society, or a community in a specific period, determined probabilistically
as a function of hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and capacity.
12. What is the difference between climate change and environmental degradation in the
context of disaster risk drivers?
A. climate change is the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a
long period, while environment degradation is the surroundings or conditions in which
a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
B. climate change is the decrease in the environmental capacity to provide social and
ecological needs, while environmental degradation affects the disaster risk but also the
community’s resilience.
C. climate change affects not only the disaster risk but also the community’s
resilience, while environmental degradation is the decrease in the environmental
capacity to provide social and ecological needs.
D. climate change can result to limited capacity of household and communities to
manage the risk and improve their resilience, while environmental degradation is the
extreme poverty that equates to greater disaster impact.

B. Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer from the choices found below. Write the chosen
letter on the space provided before the number.
A. biological C. physical E. psychological
B. economic D. political F. socio-cultural

I. Analyze the sentences from news/website articles, and identify the perspective being told on each text.

13. As the coronavirus pandemic is rapidly spreading throughout the world, it causes considerable
fear, concern and concern among the general population and among certain groups, such as older adults,
caregivers and people with underlying health conditions.
14. Wednesday's Philippine Stock Exchange Index (PSEi) plunged to its lowest level in more
than a year, reflecting the decline in the global market amid fears of the 2019 coronavirus disease impact on
the global economy.
15. People walk past the damaged San Pedro Church in Loboc, Bohol after a 7.2 magnitude
earthquake hit the Visayas area early Tuesday morning, October 15. At least 20 people have been killed
when the earthquake destroyed buildings in and around one of the major tourist hubs in the Philippines.
16. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says it
is estimated that more than 450,000 people live within the Taal volcano's 14 km danger zone.
 17. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Sunday
that more than 70,000 people have evacuated from their homes due to Ambo's hazard.

II. Identify the effect of disaster on each of the events. Choose the letter of the best answer from the choices
below.
A. economic loss C. displaced population E. deaths
B. health risks D. infrastructure damages F. food scarcity

18. The victims of Typhoon Yolanda had no choice but to abandon their homes after their homes
were swept.
19. After the 1990 earthquake in Baguio, the Famous Hyatt hotel was found in ruins.
20. In 1991, Mt. Pinatubo released a hazardous thick cloud of volcanic materials that ranges from big
to microscopic particles that are dangerous when inhaled.
21. Typhoon Ambo made it harder to reach out to flood prone areas to give out relief goods.
22. During the quarantine, many business establishments were forced to close.

C. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE. Write true if the underlined word in the statement is True, if false,
write the correct word/s to make the statement True. Write your answers after the number.

23. A disaster is defined as a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society at any
scale due to hazardous events.

24. Resilience is the combination of all strengths, attributes, and resources available within an
organization, community, or society.

25. The behavior of communities and societies towards hazards and disasters is called the psychological
perspective.

26. Vulnerability is a condition determined by physical, social, economic, and environmental factors or
processes which increases the susceptibility of an individual, a community, assets or systems to the
impacts of hazards.

27. Climate change can amplify disaster risk while strengthening the resilience of the community.

28. Risk drivers amplify the effects of hazards, thus affecting the degree or scope of a disaster?

29. Societies who have lack of awareness on disasters are disaster prepared thus can aggravate disaster
risk.

30. Physical perspective refers to the loss caused by disasters on human, physical and financial capital,
or the impact of disasters on economic growth.

- Thank you so much for your participation. Do good in your studies:) -