SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT TEST IN DISASTER READINESS AND RISK REDUCTION
Third Quarter
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer and shade the corresponding letter in your
answer sheet.
1. What causes a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving
widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the
ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources according to the Food
and Agriculture Organization?
a. disaster
b. hazard
c. phenomenon
d. risk
2. Which of the following is an example of natural hazard that causes disaster?
a. genocide
b. typhoon
c. bombs or explosions
d. oil spills from shipping boat
3. What category of man-made disaster increase the risk for possible contamination of fresh water
due to leak of hazardous chemical like aluminum oxide near a residential area?
a. Terrorism disaster
b. Violence disaster
c. Complex humanitarian emergencies
d. Technological/industrial disasters
4. What is the process or circumstance, usually connected to development, that increases
catastrophe risk by increasing exposure and susceptibility or diminishing capacity?
a. risk factor
b. disaster risk
c. natural hazard
d. man-made hazard
5. Which of the following risk factors BEST describes the cause of COVID-19 pandemic?
a. climate change
b. weak governance
c. poverty and inequality
d. globalized economic development
6. The cause of landslides in one of the residential communities at Barangay Maanus is due to illegal
logging. This kind of disaster will fall under which of the following risks?
a. climate change
b. weak governance
c. poverty and inequality
d. environmental degradation
7. Why should individuals prepare for the worst-case scenarios that may occur in the event of a
disaster?
a. So that others might learn from their mistakes.
b. So that individuals can demonstrate their own ability.
c. In order for individuals to be able to plan ahead of time.
d. As a result, individuals will be less likely to be affected by calamities.
8. What do you characterize a disaster's effect on a group of individuals who are forced to flee their
homes?
a. health risk
b. food scarcity
c. displaced population
d. emotional aftershock
9. COVID19 has infected millions of individuals worldwide, resulting in thousands of fatalities or
death. What steps could you take to lessen the effect of a calamity that may strike your life?
a. Stay away from the crowd.
b. Establish positive ties with your neighbors.
c. To stay informed, keep an eye on the news.
d. Get in the appropriate frame of mind and make the necessary preparations.
10. What perspective of disaster is mostly unpredictable, which leave the victims in a state of shock
and they tend to deny the loss and try to escape from reality?
a. physical perspective
b. economic perspective
c. psychological perspective
d. socio-cultural perspective
11. As a student, how can you best help your family and other people fight against COVID-19?
a. I can volunteer as a frontliner.
b. I can practice health protocols.
c. I can donate cash and/or goods to the needy.
d. I can wave cash assistance or goods from the government.
12. Which statement best describes vulnerability?
a. Vulnerability can result in death, injury, or property damage.
b. Vulnerability may lead to social and economic upheaval as well as environmental
damage.
c. Vulnerability is a physical occurrence, phenomenon, or human behavior that has the
potential to cause harm.
d. The term "vulnerability" refers to the ability to be vulnerable or susceptible.
13. Which of the following groups is the most vulnerable?
a. teacher rendering services in a far-flung area
b. elder leader in a community
c. health care workers in the barrio
d. fruit and vegetable vendor
14. What could be the possible reason why urban place like the City of Manila is more vulnerable
to COVID-19 than the rural place like the Municipality of Balbalan?
a. The urban area has a larger population than the rural area.
b. Rural areas have a higher population density than metropolitan areas.
c. The population density in rural areas is higher than that of metropolitan areas.
d. The population density of urban areas is higher than that of rural areas.
15. What will most likely happen when the human population grows?
a. a decreased risk
b. fewer exposures
c. hazard reduction
d. heightened susceptibility
16. The COVID 19 pandemic had an economic impact, with several companies closing as a result
of the increased community quarantine. What element is mostly affected?
a. social
b. physical
c. economical
d. environmental
17. Kaingin is a human practice that involves converting a forest into agriculture. This is the main
source of income for people living in Sitio Malalaw. What element is most likely exposed to hazard?
a. social
b. physical
c. economical
d. environmental
18. What occurrence results in a dangerous condition, substance, human behavior, or situation that
can result in death, injury, or other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihood and services,
social and economic disruption, or environmental degradation?
a. risk
b. hazard
c. exposure
d. vulnerability
19. What are the possible ways to lessen the vulnerability of the exposed elements to hazard?
a. Construction of poor designed comfort rooms.
b. Housing relocation near emergency shelters and schools.
c. Installation of waste segregation bin without labels.
d. Land use planning that is uncontrolled.
20. Which is an example of natural hazard?
a. dam failures
b. plane crashes
c. water pollution
d. floods
21. Which hazard arise directly as a result of human activities?
a. fires
b. landslides
c. tsunami
22. Which is an example of quasi- natural hazards?
a. fog
b. storm surge
c. landslides
d. leakage of ammonia
d. toxic
23. During the identification of hazard and risk assessment, what method you are useful for
identifying hazards and recommending solutions?
a. observation
b. safety audits
c. discussion groups
d. hazard and risk survey
24. Which of the following should be given consideration in risk assessment?
a. probability and impact
b. type of hazard and impact
c. severity and type of hazard
d. impact and type of damage/ harm
25. Landslides may cause flooding, river blockages, fatalities, and damage to land and natural
resources, among other things. As a student, what will you suggest to improve areas prone to
landslide?
a. Plant trees on slope areas.
b. Construct a concrete canal along slope area.
c. Construction of relocation house on top of the mountain.
d. Fill slope areas with soil and gravel.
26. Which of these can assist in reducing the danger of an earthquake for 100 families living in 20storey building condominium?
a. landslide hazard map
b. building earthquake resistant infrastructures
c. monthly simulation of earthquake drill
d. home owner association quarterly meeting
27. Which secondary effect of an earthquake is described as collapse of buildings caused by
earthquake vibrating water-saturated fill or unconsolidated soil?
a. flood
b. landslide
c. tsunami
d. liquefaction
28. How could you determine that there is impeding sign of tsunami?
a. As a tsunami approaches shorelines, water may recede from the coast, exposing the
ocean floor, reefs and fish.
b. Tsunamis may not be caused by severe ground shaking caused by local earthquakes.
c. Abnormal Ocean activity, a wall of water, and an approaching tsunami create a musical
sound.
d. An approaching tsunami is a slow and expected recession of water levels below the
expected low tide.
29. What would you recommend to your friend asking for help who cannot escape from tsunami?
a. Go to an upper storey of a sturdy building or climb onto a roof.
b. Tell your friend to call emergency hotlines.
c. Grab a floating object and hang on until help arrives.
d. Just wait for the rescuer to come.
30. What effect of earthquake hazard cause the deformation on the ground that marks the
intersection of the with the earth's surface?
a. ground rupture
b. ground shaking
c. liquefaction
d. tsunami
31. What will likely happen when an area affected with earthquake experiences liquefaction or
when solid materials acting non-solid due to vibration or saturation, typically from earthquakes?
a. sinking and or titling of infrastructure
b. drowning of people and damage to properties
c. coastal erosion
c. flood and landslide
32. When creating an earthquake hazard map, you can acquire which of the following?
a. evacuation
b. information
c. mitigation
d. transformation
33. Which of the following parts of the map will give you direction?
a. compass rose
b. grid reference
c. color
d. title
34. Which of the following color describe the strongest shaking of the ground during an earthquake?
a. brown
b. gray
c. red
d. white
35. What volcano-related hazard when hot or cold mixtures of water and volcanic debris that form
when volcanic materials interact with water, ice, snow, or loose wet sediments?
a. lava
b. lahar
c. tephra falls
d. mud pools
36. What is the most dangerous volcanic hazard for persons with respiratory problems, over a
distance of 270 miles (170km)?
a. tephra falls
b. mud pools
c. lava
d. lahar
37. Which of the following statements is true?
I. One warning sign observed is enough to predict an eruption.
II. One warning sign observed is not enough to predict an eruption.
III. Small changes recorded from an instrument is enough to predict an eruption.
IV. Small changes recorded from an instrument is not enough to predict an eruption.
a. I and III
b. I and IV
c. II and III
d. II and IV
38. What do you call the molten rocks found beneath the Earth?
a. elements
b. lava
c. magma
d. minerals
39. What form of hazard map depicts visual, geographical representations of regions that might be
influenced by numerous volcanic phenomena during or after an eruption?
a. volcanic hazard map
b. earthquake hazard map
c. landslide hazard map
d. typhoon hazard map
40. During the information education campaign about volcano-related hazard at one of the
barangays near Mayon Volcano at Legaspi, Albay. What will you tell to the community people on
importance of volcanic hazard map?
a. To communicate a complex array of hazard information to those at risk, or those
responsible for managing those at risk.
b. To help you understand the areas that may be affected by volcanic related hazard.
c. To show areas that can be impacted and where it is safe.
d. To evaluate areas prone to accident.
Prepared by:
JAY ANN T. TOLENTINO/GENEVA KARILL D. MILLAN
Subject Teachers
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT TEST IN DISASTER READINESS AND RISK REDUCTION
Third Quarter
ANSWER KEY
1. A
11. B
21. D
31. A
2. B
12. D
22. A
32. B
3. D
13. B
23. C
33. B
4. A
14. A
24. A
34. C
5. D
15. D
25. A
35. B
6. B
16. C
26. B
36. A
7. D
17. D
27. D
37. D
8. C
18. B
28. A
38. C
9. D
19. B
29. A
39. A
10. A
20. D
30. A
40. A
Applying
Analyzing
Evaluating
Creating
3 Describe the effects of disasters on one’s life.
Understanding
Differentiate the risk factors underlying
disasters.
Remembering
2
NO. OF ITEMS
1 Explain the meaning of disaster.
LEARNING TARGETS
WEIGHT
PERCENTAGE
CONTENT AREA/OBJECTIVES
NO. OF LESSONS
TABLE OF SPECIFICATION in DISASTER READINESS & RISK REDUCTION - THIRD QUARTER
18
6
7
5
3
1
1
3
1, 2
1
3
4
5
6
1
3
8
7
9
1
2
10
11
1
2
12
13
100
3
Analyze disaster from the different perspectives
4 (physical, psychological, socio-cultural,
economic, political, and biological).
5 Explain the meaning of vulnerability.
6
Explain why certain sectors of society are more
vulnerable to disaster than others.
1
2
14
7
Recognize vulnerabilities of different elements
exposed to specific hazards.
1
2
16
1
2
18
20, 21, 22
15
17
Differentiate among hazards, exposure, and
8 vulnerabilities and explain the relationship of
19
the three to disaster risk.
9
Define and cite examples of the types of
hazards.
1
3
10
Explain the impact of various hazards on people
and the environment.
1
2
1
3
11 Identify various potential earthquake hazards.
23
27
12
Recognize the natural signs of an impending
tsunami.
1
2
13
Analyze the effects of the different earthquake
hazards.
1
2
30
1
3
32, 33, 34
14 Interpret different earthquake hazard maps.
24
26
25
28, 29
31