Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices
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What is the basic composition of the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (LDRRMO)?

  • A lone officer
  • A team of emergency responders
  • A DRRMO and three staff responsible for administration, research, and operations (correct)
  • A council of barangay captains

    • Who recommends the declaration of a state of calamity to the President of the Philippines?

  • The Office of the Governor
  • The National Council (correct)
  • The Mayor of the affected city
  • The Punong Barangay

    • What is the purpose of the remedial measures stated in Section 17?

  • To declare a state of emergency
  • To ensure that the areas under the state of calamity will still follow the rule of law (correct)
  • To conduct research on disaster risk reduction
  • To provide relief goods to affected areas

    • What is the main framework of RA 10121?

    <p>Disaster risk reduction and management</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of the Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Committee (BDRRMC)?

    <p>To assist the LDRRMO in disaster risk reduction and management</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who can lift the state of calamity?

    <p>The President of the Philippines</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Alfred Wegener use to support his idea of continental drift theory?

    <p>Paleontological distributions and geological formations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is credited with the idea that the ocean can be viewed as giant conveyor belts that carry the continents?

    <p>Harry Hess</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the approximate speed of spreading of continents at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge according to Harry Hess?

    <p>2.5 cm per year</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the common consideration for a fault to be active?

    <p>If it has moved one or several times in the last 10,000 years</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process that occurs in subduction zones?

    <p>Tectonic plates converge and one is forced under the other</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a piece of evidence supporting continental drift theory?

    <p>Active faults</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is established in Bicol University in Albay according to the text?

    <p>A DRRM training institute</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What percentage of the government agency's allocation from the annual national budget is used for DRRM and CCA activities?

    <p>5%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an example of a local government unit that has conducted community-based DRRM and CCA risk mapping?

    <p>Kitcharao Municipality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of conducting a post-disaster needs assessment capacity building?

    <p>To assess needs after a disaster</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is established through integrated and sustainable management of river basins and watersheds?

    <p>Local flood early warning systems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What kind of program is implemented for decision makers, public sector employees, and key stakeholders?

    <p>Institutional and capability program on DRRM and CCA</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the point on the Earth's surface located directly above the focus of an earthquake?

    <p>Epicenter</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the vibration of the ground when an earthquake occurs?

    <p>Ground Shaking</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe anything that includes a physical phenomenon associated with an earthquake that may produce adverse effects on human activities?

    <p>Earthquake Hazards</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the natural phenomena that might impact an area or a region?

    <p>Hazards</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of most of the damage from earthquakes?

    <p>Ground Shaking</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What increases the likelihood of landslides in areas susceptible to ground failure?

    <p>Strong earthquakes and ground shaking</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens when a tectonic plate with oceanic crust meets a tectonic plate with continental crust?

    <p>The denser oceanic plate slides beneath the lighter continental plate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of the collision of two tectonic plates with the same material?

    <p>The plates crumple together</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the cause of the 1990 Luzon Earthquake?

    <p>The Central Philippine Fault</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the predicted magnitude of the earthquake that will cause 'THE BIG ONE' scenario in Metro Manila?

    <p>7.2-magnitude</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the sudden movement of the ground that releases elastic energy stored in rocks and generates seismic waves?

    <p>Earthquake</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the fault that is being closely monitored by PHIVOLCS?

    <p>Marikina Valley Fault</p> Signup and view all the answers

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