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This document is a quarterly exam for a disaster risk reduction course. It contains a multiple choice section testing definitions of terms like disaster risk, vulnerability, hazards, and approaches to risk assessment. There are also identification, enumeration, and diagramming questions assessing comprehension of concepts. The exam was prepared by an instructor at AMA Computer College and approved by administrative staff to test student understanding of disaster risk reduction topics.

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DIRR

This document is a quarterly exam for a disaster risk reduction course. It contains a multiple choice section testing definitions of terms like disaster risk, vulnerability, hazards, and approaches to risk assessment. There are also identification, enumeration, and diagramming questions assessing comprehension of concepts. The exam was prepared by an instructor at AMA Computer College and approved by administrative staff to test student understanding of disaster risk reduction topics.

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Republic of the Philippines

AMA Computer College Lipa


Ayala High-way, Balintawak Lipa City

3rd QUARTERLY EXAM IN DIRR 2122

Name: Instructor:

Strand/Yr/Section: Date: Permit No.:

Examination Room No.: Proctor:

GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Read and analyze the following questions. Write your answer on a
sheet of paper, any form of ERASURE OR ALTERATION IS CONSIDERED WRONG. Frixion pen
is not allowed. Use BLACK pen only.

TEST I. Multiple Choice


Directions: Read and analyze the statements below then write the letter of the correct answer
in your answer sheet.

1. It happens when there is a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society


causing widespread human, material, economic, or environmental losses which exceed the
ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.
a. Disaster Risk c. Disaster
b. Vulnerability d. Hazard

2. It is the potential disaster losses in lives, health status, livelihoods, assets and services, which
could occur to a particular community or a society over some specified future time period.
a. Disaster Risk c. Disaster
b. Vulnerability d. Hazard

3. Is the probability of occurrence of an event at a certain magnitude, which has the potential to
harm anything that happens to be along its way.
a. Disaster Risk c. Disaster
b. Vulnerability d. Hazard

4. They comprise negative conditions determined by physical, social, economic, and


environmental factors or processes, which increase the susceptibility of a community, system
or asset to the impact of hazards.
a. Disaster Risk c. Disaster
b. Vulnerability d. Hazard

5. It is a certain population groups may be more vulnerable than others.


a. Environmental c. Economic
b. Social d. Vulnerability
6. Vulnerability is the susceptibility of individuals, communities, businesses, and governments to
absorb or cushion the effects of a hazard event.
a. Environmental c. Economic
b. Social d. Vulnerability

7. It provides an objective estimate of the probability of each hazard affecting an area or region
by considering past record of events.
a. Qualitative Approach c. Deterministic Approach
b. Probabilistic Approach d. Quantitative Approach

8. It is instead of representing with the numbers, this method uses expert opinion in ranking in
relative term.
a. Qualitative Approach c. Deterministic Approach
b. Probabilistic Approach d. Quantitative Approach

9. It is the degree to which the elements at risk are likely to experience hazard events of different
magnitudes.
a. Capacity c. Disaster
b. Vulnerability d. Exposure

10. A combination of all strengths and resources available within a community, society or
organization that can reduce the level of risk, or effects of a disaster.
a. Capacity c. Disaster
b. Vulnerability d. Exposure

TEST II. Identification


Directions: The following are definition of terms. Write the word being described on the right
column blank.

11. The physical aspects of exposure and vulnerability refer to location 11.
and built structures.
12. Compared with developed countries, developing nations face more 12.
exposure and vulnerability.
13. This is a more subjective approach of estimating probability. 13.
14. It is a mathematical functions or equations relaying the hazard variables 14.
Used are formulated or adopted to quantify the hazard.
15. Is the process of identifying the spatial variation of hazard events 15.
or physical conditions.
16. Disaster include traumatic injuries, emotional stress, epidemic diseases, 16.
and indigenous diseases.
17. It is a large segment of the population in developing countries consist the poor.17.
18. There is increasing evidence of global climatic change. 18.
19. It’s a results of the destruction and damage to critical facilities. 19.
20. They can destroy or damage facilities that may be critical. 20.
21. It is an initial stages of a disaster, almost all surface means of transportation 21.
within a community are disrupted.
22. ADPC stand for? 22.
23. There is a pronounced relationship between the country’s socio economic 23.
condition and the ability of the population to prepare for and confront disasters.
24. It’s focused on the naturalness of disaster and the analysis of the effects are 24.
limited to damage and loss to life.
25. It is concerned about the detrimental consequences of disaster to mental health. 25.

TEST III. Enumeration


Directions: List down what is asked in the given statement. Write your answers on your
answer sheets.

26-29. First category is what I refer to as the single discipline approach.


30-34. Second category can be referred to as the holistic and progressive approach.
35-40. The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)listed the following risk factors that
contributes to long lasting stress reactions after a disaster (ADPC, 2012).

TEST IV. (41-50)


 Make a bubble map to differentiate Hazards and Disaster.
 Complex Interactions of components for Disaster Risk.

“Nothing is Impossible. The word itself says I’m Possible”.

Prepared by :

MS. RHENA LYN T. PESA


BESR INSTRUCTOR

Checked by: Approved by:

MR. VICENTH S. DIMAYUGA PROF. JOSEPH MICHAEL E. ARAMIL


SHS Coordinator Dean

Noted by:

MRS. REMELINE P. ALNARU


School Directress

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