1. Usually is a recommendation or an order to take an action, such as to evacuate an area.

a. Warning
b. Prediction or Forecast
c. News
d. Early
2. In contrast, is a statement that a geological hazard of a specified nature will occur with a given
probability during a certain time frame in a prescribed geographic area.
a. Warning
b. Prediction or Forecast
c. News
d. Early
3. Depends on a person’s perspective and responsibilities.
a. Warning
b. Prediction or Forecast
c. News
d. Early
4. Most of these commonly involved monitoring the presence of groundwater table and soil suctions
within the slope.
a. Monitoring methods of hydrological response of slope
b. Monitoring of piezometric water pressures
c. Monitoring soil suction
d. Measurement of soil moisture content
5. Most of these involved the monitoring of pore-water pressures in saturated and unsaturated
conditions using jet fill tensiometers
a. Monitoring methods of hydrological response of slope
b. Monitoring of piezometric water pressures
c. Monitoring soil suction
d. Measurement of soil moisture content
6. The fluctuation of groundwater level and piezometric water pressures are typically monitored by
open standpipe piezometers.
a. Monitoring methods of hydrological response of slope
b. Monitoring of piezometric water pressures
c. Monitoring soil suction
d. Measurement of soil moisture content
7. Can come from a variety of sources, by indirect and direct measurements
a. Monitoring methods of hydrological response of slope
b. Monitoring of piezometric water pressures
c. Monitoring soil suction
d. Measurement of soil moisture content
8. Is an area of ground that has no natural external surface drainage.
a. Flood
b. Sinkhole
c. Landslide
d. Irrigation
9. Sinkholes can vary from a few feet to hundreds of acres and from____________
a. Less than 1 to more than 200 feet deep.
b. Less than 3 to more than 100 feet deep.
c. Less than 2 to more than 100 feet deep.
d. Less than 1 to more than 100 feet deep.
10. Two historic sinkhole ponds in southern Missouri are _____________
a. Tupelo Gum Pond and Cupola Pond.
b. Tupelo Gam Pond and Cupola Pond.
c. Tupelo Gem Pond and Cupola Pond.
d. Tupelo Gom Pond and Cupola Pond.
11. Sinkholes form in what geologists’ call
 a. karst terrain
b. kerst terrain
c. kirst terrain
d. korst terrain
12. Between 1970 and 2007, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources examined more than _____
collapses reported by the public.
a. 157
b. 158
c. 159
d. 160
13. Sometimes conduits are called
a. Underground rivers.
b. Underground
c. Underground level
d. Undergrounds
14. Is often used as a basic form of fire safety training and looks at the dynamics of fire itself. And known
as the combustion triangle
a. Fire Circle
b. Fire Square
c. Fire Triangle
d. Fire Cylinder
15. Fire triangle is composed of three elements, and these are.
a. Fuel, Gas and Air
b. Fuel, Air and Water
c. Fuel, Heat and Oxygen
d. Fuel, Water and Fire

16. Includes any activities that prevent an emergency, reduce the chance of an emergency happening, or
reduce the damaging effects of unavoidable emergencies.
a. Mitigation
b. Preparedness
c. Response
d. Recovery

17. Includes plans or preparations made to save lives and to help response and rescue operations.
a. Mitigation
b. Preparedness
c. Response
d. Recovery
18. Includes actions taken to save lives and prevent further property damage in an emergency. Response
is putting your preparedness plans into action.
a. Mitigation
b. Preparedness
c. Response
d. Recovery
19. Includes actions taken to return to a normal or an even safer situation following an emergency.
a. Mitigation
b. Preparedness
c. Response
d. Recovery
20. Which of the following is an atmospheric, hydrological, or oceanographic nature that may cause loss
of life?
a. acid rain
b. geological hazard
c. hydrometeorological hazard
d. storm surge
21. Which of the following hydro-meteorological hazards is the abnormal sea level rise occurring during
tropical cyclones or "bagyo" and is caused by the strong winds and low atmospheric pressures that
tropical cyclones produce?
a. Waterspout
b. Coastal Flood
c. Tsunami Surge
d. Storm Surge
22. Which of the following is a map that highlights areas that are affected by or are vulnerable to a
hazard? They are typically created for natural hazards, such as earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides,
flooding, and tsunamis.
a. archaeological map
b. hazard map
c. Philippine map
d. rainfall map
23. Which agency/sector in the Philippines that publishes regularly updated color-coded satellite images.

a. Philippine Anatomical, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration

b. Philippine Analytical, Geophysical and Atmospheric Services Administration
c. Philippine Astronomical, Geophysical and Atmospheric Services Administration
d. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
24. Which of the following refers to the instruments that send out electromagnetic signals which hit
objects that are in the way? These objects reflect the electromagnetic signals, and that the radar
signal detects are the clouds.
a. boppler weather radars
b. coppler weather radars
c. doppler weather radars
d. saver weather radars
25. DOST-NOAH is a program that advance the use of cutting edge technology and recommend
innovative information services in government’s disaster prevention and mitigation efforts DOST
stands for_________________________.
a. Department of Science and Technological Services
b. Department of Sociological Technology
c. Department of Science and Technology
d. Department of Science and Technology Office
26. _______ is a high-water stage in which water overflows its natural or artificial banks onto normally
dry land, such as a river inundating its floodplain. ________ caused by heavy precipitation in a short
period of time, usually less than 6 hours.
a. flood - flash flood
b. flash flood - flood
c. flood - river flood
 d. River flood - flash flood
27. When environmental winds are favourable, the updraft and downdraft of a storm become organized
and twist around and reinforce each other. The result is a long-lived ___________.
a. Supercell storm
b. Thunderstorm
c. Isolated Thunderstorm
d. Multi-cell Thunderstorm
28. __________ is an abnormal rise of water generated by a storm, over and above the predicted
astronomical tides. While _______ is the water level rise due to the combination of storm surge and
the astronomical tide.
a. Stormsurge - storm tides
b. Stormsurge - astronomical tides
c. Astronomical tides - stormsurge
d. Storm tides - stormsurge
29. Which of the following Hydro meteorological hazard is characterized by localized storm cloud that
produces lightning and thunder, and often brings heavy rain shower and strong gusty winds?
a. Hailstorm
b. Typhoon
c. Storm Surge
d. Thunderstorm
30. Which of the following refers to the large-scale ocean-atmosphere climate interaction linked to a
periodic warming in sea surface temperatures across the central and east-central Equatorial Pacific?
a. El Niño
b. Global warming
c. La Niña
d. Greenhouse Effect
31. It is a predicting sign of a typhoon where at first glance of this scene looks peaceful, with shafts of
sunlight trickling through gaps in the clouds. A large number of smaller cumulus clouds in the
foreground are beginning to build upward and are unusually dark.
a. cloud color
b. towering clouds
c. arcing shelf clouds
d. cloud location and sun rays

32. Historically, dealing with disasters focused on emergency response, but towards the end of the ____
century it was increasingly recognised that disasters are not natural (even if the associated hazard is)
and that it is only by reducing and managing conditions of ________, ________, and _________ that
we can prevent losses and alleviate the impacts of disasters.
 a. 20th century - hazards, exposure, and vulnerability
b. 20th century - risk, hazard, and exposure
a. 20th century - hazard, risk, and disaster
b. 20th century - exposure, risk, and vulnerability
33. Disaster Risk Management includes strategies designed to?

a. avoid the construction of new risks.

b. address pre-existing risks
c. share and spread risk to prevent disaster losses being absorbed by other development
outcomes and creating additional poverty
d. Create programs that makes people able to recover after disaster
34. Activities and measures to avoid existing and new disaster risks (often less costly than disaster relief
and response). For instance, relocating exposed people and assets away from a hazard area.
a. Mitigation
b. Preparedness
c. Prevention
d. Avoidance
35. The lessening or limitation of the adverse impacts of hazards and related disasters.

a. Mitigation
b. Preparedness
c. Prevention
d. Avoidance

36. installing early warning systems, identifying evacuation routes and preparing emergency supplies are
examples of?
a. Mitigation
b. Preparedness
c. Prevention
d. Avoidance

37. The following measures are examples of PREVENTION except?

a. Identification and measuring disaster risk

b. Education and knowledge development
c. Informing people about their risk (awareness raising)
d. Evacuation and relief operation
38. The following are things you must consider when creating a Go Bag, except?
a. Dog food and supplies
b. Baby food and diaper
c. Juice and snacks for the little ones
d. Games and activities for children
39. The following things are used for signaling and light, except?
a. Whistle
b. Lighter
c. Light Sticks
d. Mirror

40. Which among the statements is wrong?

a. In preparing a go bag, it must last for about 3 days to be used after the disaster
b. We need 2 liters of water per family per day
c. A person can last and survive up to 5 days if there is water even without eating
d. Every family member must be considered in preparing the quantity of supply

41. All of the following show effect of practice of reducing disaster risk reduction EXCEPT__________.

A. Movements in the Philippine stock exchange

B. Local government’s improvement in preparation for adverse events
C. Community lessening it’s vulnerability of people and assets
D. Effective management of land and the environment

42. Which of the following Republic Act (RA) provides a comprehensive, all hazard, multi-sectoral, inter-
agency, and community-based approach to disaster risk management?
A. RA 10121
B. RA 11012
C. RA 20121
D. RA 20220
43. Why disaster risk reduction is important during and after emergencies?

a. It helps us consider our emergency response activities in light of existing and new disaster risks.
b. It enables us to design or adjust our activities so that people and communities become
vulnerable and more disaster-resilient
c. It safeguards our efforts to create and expand enabling conditions for sustainable poverty
alleviation and development
d. All statements above are correct

44. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan covers four thematic areas. Which below
is not included?
a. Disaster Prevention and mitigation
b. Disaster Preparedness
c. Disaster Reduction
d. Disaster Rehabilitation and Recovery

45. What agency is the overall responsible on the first thematic area of DRRMP?
 a. DILG
b. DSWD
c. DOST
d. DOH
46. It is the overall leading agency in disaster response
a. DILG
b. DSWD
c. NEDA
d. PNP

47. Following RA 10121, the overall lead or focal agency for each of the four priority areas are the
following leaders of the NDRRMC, except
A. Chairperson for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation: Department
of Science and Technology (DOST)
B. Vice-Chairperson for Disaster Preparedness: Department of Interior
and Local Government (DILG)
C. Vice-Chairperson for Disaster Response: Department of Social Welfare
and Development (DSWD)
D. Vice-Chairperson for Rehabilitation and Recovery: National Economic
and Development Authority (NEDA)

48. At the national and local levels, the following sources can be tapped to fund the various DRRM
programs and projects, except?
A. General Appropriations Act
B. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund
C. Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund
D. Landbank Funding and Resource

49. It is the thematic area of NDRRMP that focuses on establishing and strengthening capacities of
communities to anticipate, cope and recover from the negative impacts of emergency occurrences
and disasters.
a. Disaster prevention and mitigation
b. Disaster preparedness
c. Disaster response
d. Disaster rehabilitation and recovery

50. It is the thematic area of NDRRMP that focuses on providing life preservation and meet the basic
subsistence needs of affected population based on acceptable standards during or immediately after
a disaster.
A. Disaster prevention and mitigation
B. Disaster preparedness
C. Disaster response
D. Disaster rehabilitation and recovery