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Inclusions:
• PPSSH-Related Questions
• Pandemic-Related Questions
• 3-Hour NQESH Online Mock Test
• Exam Tricks Explanatory Videos
• Questions Based on Latest Deped Orders
• 118-Pages Printable NQESH Reviewer PDF Files
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Table of Contents

Cover Page
Disclaimer
Message from the Author
Answer Sheet
Mock NQESH
• Disaster Risks Reduction and Management 1
Answer Key and Explanations 6
References 16

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To our Future School Heads:

My heartfelt gratitude for your interest in joining my online review and reading this review
materials. Please be notified that this material is not yet validated and your responses to the
online review will be utilized for future research, however, all information gathered from such
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With your participation in this online review, you also agreed that any part of this review
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Goodluck on your journey into becoming a fully pledged School Head.


Schools are waiting for a kind of leader, like you!

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DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT


(DRRM)
Directions: Read the questions that follows and choose the options that BEST describes your answer.
Write your answers on the answer sheets provided.

1. The Department spearheaded the establishment of Disaster Risk Reduction and management Office
(DRRMO). Which of the following define its purpose?
I. to institutionalize the culture of safety at all levels
II. to systematize protection of education investments
III. to ensure continued delivery of quality education services
IV. to promote cooperation and coordination of Deped and other offices

a. I only
b. I and II
c. I, II and III
d. I, II, III and IV
2. Which of the following can BEST describe the functions of Deped DRRMO?
a. collaborative unit
b. communicative unit
c. cooperative unit
d. coordinative unit
3. The establishment of DRRMO in Deped aims to promote protection of learners and educational
investments of the Department. As a school head, which of the following can be considered as underlying
drivers of disasters in school?
I. poorly built school structure
II. lack of warning mechanisms
III. little knowledge of teachers about risks
IV. low capacity of administrators in disaster response

a. I only
b. I and II
c. I, II and III
d. I, II, III and IV

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4. Deped recognizes the importance of safety in school since children spends most of their time in there.
For this matter, the Department sets the minimum standards for public classrooms. Of the following
specifications for Deped buildings, which will NOT promote safety in school?
a. swung-out designed doors that can open to 180 degrees
b. classroom floors that are 25 mm higher than the corridor floor
c. single-story building corridors that are at least 2.50 meters wide
d. total window openings that are at least 10 square meters in dimensions
5. As a schoolhead, you very well know that improper handling of chemicals in science laboratory can be
hazardous in a sense that it may cause explosions, if not given proper attention. In one of your monitoring
of your school’s science laboratory, you observed one inappropriate storing practice in the science
laboratory, which could it be?
a. storing nitric acid next to acetic acid
b. storing sodium peroxide in airtight containers
c. storing dry inorganic substances in compartments
d. storing phosphorus under water in a tightly stopped container
6. As a newly installed schoolhead, one of your priority is promoting safety in school. It includes fixing
your school’s science laboratory to make it even more conducive for learning and hazard-free for
children. As you assess the current science laboratory of your school, you observed one issue which you
think does NOT comply with the minimum standards of science laboratory as set by Deped. Of the
following which could it be?
a. the science laboratory has provisions for storage room
b. the science laboratory has bilateral fenestration for ventilation
c. the science laboratory has movable laboratory tables for ease movement
d. the science laboratory has wide space that allows mobility inside the room
7. As a schoolhead, will you allow the LGU to utilize your school as evacuation centers in time of
calamity for more than 15 days?
a. Yes, since LGUs and schools are partner stakeholders
b. Yes, but classrooms can only be used as last resort for evacuation areas
c. Yes, but only open spaces and gymnasiums can be used as evacuations areas
d. Yes, only if LGU will provide written documentation to the Deped and DILG
8. Should your school is requested to be one of the evacuations centers in your municipality, who should
you recommend as one of the members of the Evacuation Center Management Team (ECMT) which will
be responsible in organizing the evacuees in the center?
a. schoolhead
b. ASP coordinator
c. Property custodian
d. SDRRM coordinator

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9. In compliance with Deped order on creation of School Watching Team (SWT), what should you do
BEST as the schoolhead of a very small school?
a. organize a SWT that is composed of 10 members
b. seek the aid of SSG to identify the members of SWT
c. instruct teachers to integrate school watching in their respective lessons
d. designate a moderator to facilitate the student-led school watching activity
10. The role of SSG/SPG in disaster prevention in school is vital becuase its aid is tapped in several
Deped activities including the student-led school watching activities. Among the listed tasks, which does
NOT belong the SSG/SPG?
a. SSG/SPG shall aid in the identification of SWT members
b. SSG/SPG will orient the SWT on school hazard mapping plan
c. SSG/SPG can redesign SWT composition with the designated moderator
d. SSG/SPG shall present the result of hazard mapping to School Planning Team
11. As a schoolhead, you can give the following orders after the strong earthquake struck your school
EXCEPT for one. Which could it be?
a. identify students who are left behind
b. instruct everyone not to enter partially damaged buildings
c. allow the students to go home when the situations permits
d. apply the buddy-buddy system if there is a need to evaluate the students
12. Your school received a bomb threat through one of your teachers in school. According to her, the
caller sounds like making jokes. As a schoolhead, aside from reporting the incident to proper authorities,
which of the following should you NOT do while waiting for the responders?
a. advise everyone to take their personal belongs
b. inform everyone in school to treat the threat seriously
c. evacuate everyone to an area 200 meters away from any suspicious device
d. assemble everyone in an area 150 meters away from the threatened structure
13. Who is primarily responsible for the planning, implementation, and monitoring of disaster
preparedness measures in school?
a. schoolhead
b. SDRRM coordinator
c. Brigada Eskwela Coordinator
d. Adopt-A-School coordinator
14. In the recent visit of the Division DRRM coordinator in your school, he found that your school lacks
the flood water and school ground elevation marker. As a schoolhead, what should you do?
a. coordinate it with your LGU
b. coordinate it with your SDRRM coordinator
c. coordinate it with your Physical Facility Coordinator
d. coordinate it with your Division DRRM coordinator

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15. As a newly installed schoolhead, you observed that your school is commendable for its efforts to
prepare the school for any natural disasters. However, on your monitoring, one early morning, you
noticed one thing which you think is NOT compliant to this effort, which could it be?
a. regularly pruned trees
b. regularly cleaned drainage systems
c. laboratory situated at the first floor of the building
d. availability of update baseline education data of the school
16. Should your school is utilized as an evacuation center, as a schoolhead, to whom should you report
the damages incurred by the school during those times for appropriate action?
a. schoolhead
b. Division DRRM coordinator
c. Local Government Unit (LGU)
d. Schools Division Superintendent (SDS)
17. If your school is utilized as an evacuation center, will you allow teachers and other school personnel
to be one of camp managers for assisting the organization and orderliness of the evacuees?
a. Yes, since teachers are skillful in managing people
b. Yes, since evacuees will listen to them for they are respectable teachers
c. No, since during calamities teachers are not allowed to report to school
d. No, since their focus is on continuity of education for children inspite of the situation
18. In times of calamity or disaster, as a schoolhead, when do you think your school should implement its
learning continuity interventions for affected learners?
a. within 24 hours from the receipt of notice of weather disturbances
b. within 48 hours from the landfall of any weather disturbances
c. after 72 hours from landfall of tropical cyclone or any weather disturbances
d. within 24 to 72 hours from landfall of tropical cyclone or any weather disturbances
19. Which of the following can be considered as indicators for identifying a school which is a conducive
and safe learning environment for learners?
I. provision of adequate sanitation facilities
II. participation of the community in the maintenance of the school
III. the learning environment is marked by visible boundaries and clear signs
IV. class space and seating arrangements are according to the prescribed ratio of space per learner

a. I only
b. I and II
c. I, II and III
d. I, II, III and IV

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20. At 11:00 am, PAG-ASA announces the suspension of afternoon classes. Since most of the afternoon-
shift teachers have already reported in school, as a schoolhead, what will you do?
a. Tell the teachers to stay since it is safe in school than travel back home
b. Tell the teachers to go home but indicate on the logbook the supposed official time out
c. Tell the teachers to go home since they will undertake make-up classes to compensate the day
d. Tell the teachers to stay until the end of their official time to avoid facilitating make-up classes
21. In case of cancellation or suspension of classes without any storm signal announcement from PAG-
ASA, whose agency shall be responsible in doing it?
a. Schoolhead
b. Barangay Chairperson
c. Local Government Unit
d. Schools Division Superintendent
22. Can a schoolhead cancel or suspend classes?
a. Yes, since schoolheads are responsible for the safety of the school
b. No, only the Local Government Unit can cancel or suspend classes
c. Yes, if the situation requires urgent action that may prevent the lost of life
d. No, only the Schools Division Superintendent can cancel or suspend classes
23. If your school is affected by earthquake, from whom should you get the decisions on the cancellation
or suspension of classes?
a. Schoolhead
b. Barangay Chairperson
c. Local Government Executive
d. Schools Division Superintendent
24. Can the Schools Division Superintendent announce the cancellation or suspension of classes if PAG-
ASA has not declare any storm signal warning?
a. Yes, since SDS and LGU are partners
b. Yes, since SDS is responsible for all schools in the Division
c. No, since there is no any storm signal warning from PAG-ASA
d. No, since its stipulated that only LGU can decide on cancellations of classes
25. In case of cancelled or suspended classes, when should you recommend teachers to conduct make-up
classes?
a. every Sunday
b. every Saturday
c. any day of the week
d. during weekdays after school hours

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Answer
Key

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(DRRM)
Directions: Read the questions that follows and choose the options that BEST describes your answer.
Write your answers on the answer sheets provided.

1. The Department spearheaded the establishment of Disaster Risk Reduction and management Office
(DRRMO). Which of the following define its purpose?
I. to institutionalize the culture of safety at all levels
II. to systematize protection of education investments
III. to ensure continued delivery of quality education services
IV. to promote cooperation and coordination of Deped and other offices

a. I only
b. I and II
c. I, II and III
d. I, II, III and IV
Answer: C
Reference: Deped order 50 series 2011
Explanations:
Paragraph 2. This Department shall create the DRRMO to institutionalize the culture of safety at all
levels, to systematize protection of education investments and to ensure continued delivery of quality
education services.

2. Which of the following can BEST describe the functions of Deped DRRMO?
a. collaborative unit
b. communicative unit
c. cooperative unit
d. coordinative unit
Answer: D
Reference: Deped order 50 series 2011
Explanations:
Paragraph 2. DRRMO shall serve as the focal and coordinative unit for DRRM-related activities.

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3. The establishment of DRRMO in Deped aims to promote protection of learners and educational
investments of the Department. As a school head, which of the following can be considered as underlying
drivers of disasters in school?
I. poorly built school structure
II. lack of warning mechanisms
III. little knowledge of teachers about risks
IV. low capacity of administrators in disaster response

a. I only
b. I and II
c. I, II and III
d. I, II, III and IV
Answer: D
Reference: Deped Order 83 series 2011
Explanations:
Paragraph 1. The disaster risk reduction in education must aim at addressing underlying drivers of disaster
risk such as the following: (i) poorly built school structures; (ii) little knowledge of teachers about risks
and skills in risk reduction; (iii) low capacity of teachers and administrators preparedness and response;
and (iv) lack of warning mechanisms and absence of risk assessments.

4. Deped recognizes the importance of safety in school since children spends most of their time in there.
For this matter, the Department sets the minimum standards for public classrooms. Of the following
specifications for Deped buildings, which will NOT promote safety in school?
a. swung-out designed doors that can open to 180 degrees
b. classroom floors that are 25 mm higher than the corridor floor
c. single-story building corridors that are at least 2.50 meters wide
d. total window openings that are at least 10 square meters in dimensions
Answer: C
Reference: Deped Order 64 series 2017
Explanations:
Part V.H. 1. The corridors for single-story school buildings shall not be less than 1.50 meters
Part V.H.2. for multi-story school buildings the corridors must not be less than 2.50 meters and should be
provided with steel railings at a height not less than 1.50 meters

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5. As a schoolhead, you very well know that improper handling of chemicals in science laboratory can be
hazardous in a sense that it may cause explosions, if not given proper attention. In one of your monitoring
of your school’s science laboratory, you observed one inappropriate storing practice in the science
laboratory, which could it be?
a. storing nitric acid next to acetic acid
b. storing sodium peroxide in airtight containers
c. storing dry inorganic substances in compartments
d. storing phosphorus under water in a tightly stopped container
Answer: A
Reference: Deped Order 48 series 2006
Explanations:
Page 22. Paragraph K. Nitric acid should be stored with the miscellaneous materials rather than the other
acids. Nitric acid forms an explosive combination with acetic acid.

6. As a newly installed schoolhead, one of your priority is promoting safety in school. It includes fixing
your school’s science laboratory to make it even more conducive for learning and hazard-free for
children. As you assess the current science laboratory of your school, you observed one issue which you
think does NOT comply with the minimum standards of science laboratory as set by Deped. Of the
following which could it be?
a. the science laboratory has provisions for storage room
b. the science laboratory has bilateral fenestration for ventilation
c. the science laboratory has movable laboratory tables for ease movement
d. the science laboratory has wide space that allows mobility inside the room
Answer: C
Reference: Deped order 48 series 2006
Explanations:
A.7. The laboratory/working tables inside the science laboratory should be fixed on the floor. It should be
made of reinforces concrete with mosaic tiles topping. Each working table should be provided with
laboratory sink and faucet.

7. As a schoolhead, will you allow the LGU to utilize your school as evacuation centers in time of
calamity for more than 15 days?
a. Yes, since LGUs and schools are partner stakeholders
b. Yes, but classrooms can only be used as last resort for evacuation areas
c. Yes, but only open spaces and gymnasiums can be used as evacuations areas
d. Yes, only if LGU will provide written documentation to the Deped and DILG
Answer: D
Reference: Deped Order 93 series 2016
Explanations:
Section 5. Paragraph 2. When a school or child development center is used as an evacuation center,
gymnasium, learning and activity centers, auditoriums and other open spaces shall be utilized first.

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Classrooms shall only be used as a last resort. The use of the school premises shall be as brief as possible.
If the use is predicted to exceed fifteen (15) das, the affected LGU shall provide written documentation to
the Deped and the DILG.

8. Should your school is requested to be one of the evacuations centers in your municipality, who should
you recommend as one of the members of the Evacuation Center Management Team (ECMT) which will
be responsible in organizing the evacuees in the center?
a. schoolhead
b. ASP coordinator
c. Property custodian
d. SDRRM coordinator
Answer: C
Reference: Deped Memorandum 58 series 2015
Explanations:
Part 1.2 Evacuation Center Management Team (ECMT)
2.1. Composition of ECMT:
2.1.1 Evacuation center manager (one per evacuation center)
2.1.2. assistant manager (one per every200 families)
2.1.3. administrative/record officer (one per 200 families)
2.1.4. property custodian for schools occupied as EC or owner for non-school ECs

9. In compliance with Deped order on creation of School Watching Team (SWT), what should you do
BEST as the schoolhead of a very small school?
a. organize a SWT that is composed of 10 members
b. seek the aid of SSG to identify the members of SWT
c. instruct teachers to integrate school watching in their respective lessons
d. designate a moderator to facilitate the student-led school watching activity
Answer: C
Reference: Deped order 23 series 2015
Explanations:
Part V.A. paragraph 3. For very small schools (i.e. with less than five classes), teachers could integrate
school watching in their respective lessons as an outdoor activity.

10. The role of SSG/SPG in disaster prevention in school is vital becuase its aid is tapped in several
Deped activities including the student-led school watching activities. Among the listed tasks, which does
NOT belong the SSG/SPG?
a. SSG/SPG shall aid in the identification of SWT members
b. SSG/SPG will orient the SWT on school hazard mapping plan
c. SSG/SPG can redesign SWT composition with the designated moderator
d. SSG/SPG shall present the result of hazard mapping to School Planning Team
Answer: B

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Reference: Deped order 23 series 2015


Explanations:
Part V.A. The moderator shall orient the SSG/SPG on school watching and hazard mapping before
CONVENING the SWT

11. As a schoolhead, you can give the following orders after the strong earthquake struck your school
EXCEPT for one. Which could it be?
a. identify students who are left behind
b. instruct everyone not to enter partially damaged buildings
c. allow the students to go home when the situations permits
d. apply the buddy-buddy system if there is a need to evaluate the students
Answer: C
Reference: Disaster Risks Reduction Resource Manual 2008
Explanations:
Page 36. The Schoolhead/Principal shall provide safety precautions. He/she shall not allow any student to
go out of the school unless they are with their parents/relatives. Identify/list pupils/students fetched by
parents/relatives and those left behind.

12. Your school received a bomb threat through one of your teachers in school. According to her, the
caller sounds like making jokes. As a schoolhead, aside from reporting the incident to proper authorities,
which of the following should you NOT do while waiting for the responders?
a. advise everyone to take their personal belongs
b. inform everyone in school to treat the threat seriously
c. evacuate everyone to an area 200 meters away from any suspicious device
d. assemble everyone in an area 150 meters away from the threatened structure
Answer: C
Reference: Philippine National Police Manual PNPM – DO-DS-3-1
Explanations:
Rule 29. Section 3.B.3.4. If a suspected device is discovered, cause the evacuation of people in the
affected area to a distance of at least 300 meters away, and maintain a security for the protection of life
and property.

13. Who is primarily responsible for the planning, implementation, and monitoring of disaster
preparedness measures in school?
a. schoolhead
b. SDRRM coordinator
c. Brigada Eskwela Coordinator
d. Adopt-A-School coordinator
Answer: A
Reference: Deped order 33 series 2021

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Explanations:
Part V. Paragraph 12. The schoolhead shall be primarily responsible for the planning, implementation,
and monitoring of school-based preparedness measures.

14. In the recent visit of the Division DRRM coordinator in your school, he found that your school lacks
the flood water and school ground elevation marker. As a schoolhead, what should you do?
a. coordinate it with your LGU
b. coordinate it with your SDRRM coordinator
c. coordinate it with your Physical Facility Coordinator
d. coordinate it with your Division DRRM coordinator
Answer: A
Reference: Deped order 33 series 2021
Explanation:
Paragraph 17. If schools do not have yet the capacity to erect flood water and school ground elevation
marker, it is suggested that this shall be coordinated with LGU or other external stakeholders.

15. As a newly installed schoolhead, you observed that your school is commendable for its efforts to
prepare the school for any natural disasters. However, on your monitoring, one early morning, you
noticed one thing which you think is NOT compliant to this effort, which could it be?
a. regularly pruned trees
b. regularly cleaned drainage systems
c. laboratory situated at the first floor of the building
d. availability of update baseline education data of the school
Answer: C
Reference: Deped Order 33 series 2021
Explanations:
Paragraph 20. Use the second or higher floors of multi-story school buildings for laboratory, computer,
and TechVoc rooms and equipment

16. Should your school is utilized as an evacuation center, as a schoolhead, to whom should you report
the damages incurred by the school during those times for appropriate action?
a. schoolhead
b. Division DRRM coordinator
c. Local Government Unit (LGU)
d. Schools Division Superintendent (SDS)
Answer: C
Reference: Deped order 33 series 2021
Explanations:
Paragraph 23. Damages incurred by school used as evacuation centers shall be immediately reported by
their respective School Heads to the LGU for appropriate actions.

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17. If your school is utilized as an evacuation center, will you allow teachers and other school personnel
to be one of camp managers for assisting the organization and orderliness of the evacuees?
a. Yes, since teachers are skillful in managing people
b. Yes, since evacuees will listen to them for they are respectable teachers
c. No, since during calamities teachers are not allowed to report to school
d. No, since their focus is on continuity of education for children inspite of the situation
Answer: D
Reference: Deped order 33 series 2021
Explanations:
Paragraph 23.A. School personnel shall focus on providing education services particularly education
continuity for children in affected communities; they shall not be assigned as camp managers.

18. In times of calamity or disaster, as a schoolhead, when do you think your school should implement its
learning continuity interventions for affected learners?
a. within 24 hours from the receipt of notice of weather disturbances
b. within 48 hours from the landfall of any weather disturbances
c. after 72 hours from landfall of tropical cyclone or any weather disturbances
d. within 24 to 72 hours from landfall of tropical cyclone or any weather disturbances
Answer: C
Reference: Deped order 33 series 2021
Explanations:
Paragraph 27.E. After 72 hours and onwards from landfall of a tropical cyclone or from flooding and/or
landslide from any weather disturbance other that tropical cyclones, continue to implement response and
learning continuity interventions, including the conduct of Psychological First Aid for affected learners
and personnel.

19. Which of the following can be considered as indicators for identifying a school which is a conducive
and safe learning environment for learners?
I. provision of adequate sanitation facilities
II. participation of the community in the maintenance of the school
III. the learning environment is marked by visible boundaries and clear signs
IV. class space and seating arrangements are according to the prescribed ratio of space per learner

a. I only
b. I and II
c. I, II and III
d. I, II, III and IV
Answer: D
Reference: SDRR Manual Book 1
Explanations: as stated in the given options

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20. At 11:00 am, PAG-ASA announces the suspension of afternoon classes. Since most of the afternoon-
shift teachers have already reported in school, as a schoolhead, what will you do?
a. Tell the teachers to stay since it is safe in school than travel back home
b. Tell the teachers to go home but indicate on the logbook the supposed official time out
c. Tell the teachers to go home since they will undertake make-up classes to compensate the day
d. Tell the teachers to stay until the end of their official time to avoid facilitating make-up classes
Answer: C
Reference: Deped Order 43 series 2012
Explanations:
Part 2.A. Teaching personnel handling cancelled or suspended classes are likewise allowed to leave their
stations in considerations of the work they will need to undertake during make-up classes.

21. In case of cancellation or suspension of classes without any storm signal announcement from PAG-
ASA, whose agency shall be responsible in doing it?
a. Schoolhead
b. Barangay Chairperson
c. Local Government Unit
d. Schools Division Superintendent
Answer: C
Reference: Deped order 43 series 2012
Explanations:
Part 2.B. any decision to cancel or suspend classes must come from the local government.

22. Can a schoolhead cancel or suspend classes?


a. Yes, since schoolheads are responsible for the safety of the school
b. No, only the Local Government Unit can cancel or suspend classes
c. Yes, if the situation requires urgent action that may prevent the lost of life
d. No, only the Schools Division Superintendent can cancel or suspend classes
Answer: C
Reference: Deped Order 43 series 2012
Explanations:
Part 2.B. A schoolhead may only cancel or suspend classes in cases where urgent action is needed to
prevent the loss of life or bodily harm

23. If your school is affected by earthquake, from whom should you get the decisions on the cancellation
or suspension of classes?
a. Schoolhead
b. Barangay Chairperson
c. Local Government Executive
d. Schools Division Superintendent
Answer: C

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Reference: Deped order 43 series 2012


Explanations:
Part 2.C. Decisions on and subsequent announcement of cancellations/suspension of classes in public and
private schools and work in government offices in areas affected by disasters or calamities other than
typhoons, such as but not limited to floods, earthquakes, tsunamis and conflagration, shall be made by the
local government executive as chairperson of the LDRRMC.

24. Can the Schools Division Superintendent announce the cancellation or suspension of classes if PAG-
ASA has not declare any storm signal warning?
a. Yes, since SDS and LGU are partners
b. Yes, since SDS is responsible for all schools in the Division
c. No, since there is no any storm signal warning from PAG-ASA
d. No, since its stipulated that only LGU can decide on cancellations of classes
Answer: D
Reference: Deped order 43 series 2012
Explanations:
Part 2.G. In cases where PAGASA has not raised any storm signal warning or declared the presence of a
tropical cyclone, Regional and Division DRRMOs are directed to communicate with their counterpart
RDRRMC and LDRRMC for any decision to cancel or suspend classes in their respective locality.

25. In case of cancelled or suspended classes, when should you recommend teachers to conduct make-up
classes?
a. every Sunday
b. every Saturday
c. any day of the week
d. during weekdays after school hours
Answer: B
Reference: Deped order 43 series 2012
Explanations:
Part 3. These make-up classes shall be held on Saturdays or on weekdays beyond the originally set school
calendar in both public and private schools.

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REFERENCES

Creation of DRRM https://www.deped.gov.ph/2011/07/01/do-50-s-2011-creation-of-


disaster-risk-reduction-and-management-office-drrmo/
Disaster Preparedness Measures https://www.deped.gov.ph/2011/10/28/do-83-s-2011-disaster-
for School preparedness-measures-for-
schools/#:~:text=2011%20%E2%80%93%20Disaster%20Preparedn
ess%20Measures%20for%20Schools,-
October%2028%2C%202011&text=The%20school%20personnel%
20should%20be,learners'%20continued%20access%20to%20educati
on.
Minimum Standards for Deped https://www.deped.gov.ph/2017/12/15/do-64-s-2017-establishing-
Buildings the-minimum-performance-standards-and-specifications-for-
deped-school-buildings/
Safety Measures in Science http://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-
Laboratories content/uploads/2006/11/DO_s2006_48.pdf
Dissemination of RA 10821 http://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-
content/uploads/2018/10/DM_s2016_093.pdf
Evacuation Centers http://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-
content/uploads/2015/06/DM_s2015_058-2.pdf
Student-lead School Watching https://www.deped.gov.ph/2015/06/16/do-23-s-2015-student-led-
Team school-watching-and-hazard-mapping/
DRRM Manual https://psba.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Disaster-Risk-
Reduction-Resource-Manual-2008.pdf
PNP Manual https://pro1.pnp.gov.ph/Downloads/POP.pdf
School-based Disaster https://www.deped.gov.ph/2021/08/24/august-20-2021-do-033-s-
Preparedness and Response 2021-school-based-disaster-preparedness-and-response-measures-
for-tropical-cyclones-flooding-and-other-weather-related-
disturbances-and-calamities/
SDRRM manual http://depedcapiz.ph/programs/DRRM/lrmds.SDRR%20Manual%20
Book%201.pdf
Guidelines on the Cancellations https://www.deped.gov.ph/2012/05/28/do-43-s-2012-guidelines-on-
of Classes the-implementation-of-executive-order-no-66-prescribing-rules-on-
the-cancellation-or-suspension-of-classes-and-work-in-government-
offices-due-to-typhoons-flooding-ot/

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