DRR Long Quiz

• Mitigation and Preparedness


  measures will result in thereduction of vulnerability andthus, in disaster risk.
• Vulnerability


  is defined as "theconditions determined by physical,social, economic andenvironmental factors or processeswhich increase the susceptibility ofan individual, a community, assetsor systems to the impacts ofhazards".
• Exposure


  is defined as "thesituation of people, infrastructure,housing, production capacities andother tangible human assetslocated in hazard-prone areas".​
• Disaster Risk


  The potential loss of life, injury, or destroyed ordamaged assets which could occur to a systerm,
• Natural Disasters


  The occurrence of ________ earthquakes andvolcanic eruptionscannot be predicted,but reducing exposureand vulnerability canminimize their impact.
• Disaster


  occurs when ahazard impacts on or strikes avulnerable community withlow capacity resulting indamages, loss and seriousdisruption of communityfunctioning
• Hazard Mapping


  is the process of identifying the spatial variation of hazard event or physical conditions (e.g., potential ground shaking, steep slopes, flood plains, and hazardous materials sites).
• Qualitative Approach


  Instead of representing with numbers, this method uses expert opinion in ranking in relative terms (e.g., high, moderate and low or 1,2, 3...and so on) the intensity or probability of occurrence of a hazard event.
• Quantitative Approach


  mathematical functions or equations relating the hazard variables used are formulated or adopted to quantify the hazard.
• Hazard Assessment


  are simply a process of identifying hazards, evaluating the risks presented by those hazards, and managing the risks of the hazards of the experiment.
• Hazard Identification


  is the process of finding and recording possible hazards that are or may be present in the area.
• Tertiary Effect


  long term effects as a result of a imary event.​
• Secondary Effect


  these are the result or outcome of rimary effects of hazards.
• Primary Effect


  these are those which occur as

  a consequence of the hazard itself.
• Biological Hazards


  are biological agents that can cause harm to the human body.
• Psychological Hazards


  are created during work related stress orstressful environment.
• Injection


  the chemical enters a break in the kin from a new or previous injury.​
• Ingestion


  the chemical is swallowed and enters the bloodstream through the gastrointestinal track.
• Inhalation


  the chemical is breathed and enters the bloodstream through the lungs.
• Absorption


  the chemical contacts the skin or eyes and causes immediate damage or is absorbed into the bloodstream.
• Chemical Hazards


  is a substance that has the potential to cause harm to life or health.
• Physical Hazards


  are conditions or situations that can cause the body physical harm or intense stress.
• Standard Australia (2000)


  "Defines a hazard as A source of potential harm or a situation with a potential to cause loss."
• Burton Et Al (1978)


  "Those elements of the physica lenvironment, harmful to man and caused by orces extraneous to him."
• Hazard


  are the potentials for damage to man and his environment that may result from the occurrence of natural events such as volcanic eruptions,earthquakes, floodsand storm surges.