Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Terminologies

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What is the primary factor that determines the level of vulnerability to hazards?

  • Physical, social, economic, and environmental factors (correct)
  • Disaster risk reduction measures
  • Emergency response and recovery capacities
  • Hazard intensity or magnitude

Which type of hazard originates from internal earth processes?

  • Hydrometeorological hazards
  • Geological or geophysical hazards (correct)
  • Multi-hazard
  • Technological hazards

What is the term for the potential loss of life, injury, or destroyed or damaged assets that could occur to a system, society, or community in a specific period of time?

  • Disaster risk (correct)
  • Acceptable risk
  • Hazard
  • Vulnerability

What is the purpose of identifying and selecting multiple major hazards that a country faces?

<p>To implement multi-hazard approaches (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the disaster risk that remains even when effective disaster risk reduction measures are in place?

<p>Residual risk (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of structural and non-structural measures in reducing possible harm to people, property, services, and systems?

<p>To reduce possible harm to a chosen tolerated level (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a disaster a product of?

<p>Hazard and vulnerability (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the primary consequences of a disaster?

<p>Property damage, loss of lives, and economic losses (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of disaster risk reduction?

<p>To reduce or eliminate disaster losses (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of vulnerability assessment?

<p>To evaluate the structural vulnerability of assets (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of civil engineers in reducing disaster losses?

<p>To promote disaster risk reduction (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the reference used to define the DRR terms?

<p>United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction Terminology (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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