DRRR

Question 1

It is often described as a result of the combination of
several things: the exposure to a hazard.

Answer 1

Disaster

Question 2

A pre-event element of DRR which is the outright
avoidance of adverse impacts of hazards and related
disasters

Answer 2

Prevention

Question 3

A post event element with the provision of
emergency services and public assistance during or
immediately after a disaster.

Answer 3

RESPONSE

Question 4

A pre-event element which pertains to the
adjustment in natural or human systems in response
to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects

Answer 4

ADAPTATION

Question 5

a term used for reducing and
preventing disaster risks.

Answer 5

DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

Question 6

The outright avoidance of adverse impacts of
hazards and related disasters

Answer 6

PREVENTION

Question 7

The lessening or limitation of the adverse impacts
of hazards and related disasters.

Answer 7

MITIGATION

Question 8

The adjustment in natural or human systems in
response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects.

Answer 8

ADAPTATION

Question 9

The knowledge and capacities developed by
governments, professional response and recovery organizations,
communities and individuals to effectively anticipate, respond to,
and recover from, the impacts of likely, imminent or current hazard
events or conditions.

Answer 9

PREPAREDNESS

Question 10

The provision of emergency services and public
assistance during or immediately after a disaster in order to save lives,
reduce health impacts, ensure public safety and meet the basic
subsistence needs of the people affected

Answer 10

RESPONSE

Question 11

The restoration, and improvement where appropriate, of
facilities, livelihoods and living conditions of disaster-affected
communities, including efforts to reduce disaster risk factors.

Answer 11

RECOVERY

Question 12

must be clear and simple.
This is a challenging task, as normally people don’t want to hear
about “dangerous things”. Some are afraid of even thinking about the
possibility of an earthquake, a tropical cyclone, floods, landslides, tsunamis
or even the most common household hazards, such as fire, hitting their
homes.

Answer 12

RISK COMMUNICATION

Question 13

pertains to
the idea of processing the
active engagement in
identifying, analyzing,
treating, monitoring, and
evaluating disaster risk to ease
vulnerabilities and enhance
the capacities of at-risk
communities

Answer 13

Community-based Disaster
Risk Management

Question 14

is a collective term encompassing all aspects of
planning for, preparing and responding to disasters and refers to the
management of the consequences of disasters and includes all the pre
and post disaster interventions.

Answer 14

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Question 15

HAZARD
– originating from solid earth

Answer 15

Geo Physical

Question 16

HAZARD
– caused by deviations in the normal water cycle and/or
overflow of bodies of water caused by wind set-up

Answer 16

Hydrological

Question 17

HAZARD
– caused by long-lived processes

Answer 17

Climatological

Question 18

HAZARD
– caused by the exposure of living organisms to germs and toxic
substances

Answer 18

Biological

Question 19

–
physical weakness or
structural drawback that
makes some buildings,
assets, or areas susceptible
to damaging impacts of
disasters.

Answer 19

Physical Vulnerability

Question 20

–
conflicts among communities,
lack of capacities, lack of
knowledge, skill, or
preparedness or giving in
attitude of the communities
make them vulnerable to
negative impacts of hazards.

Answer 20

Social Vulnerability

Question 21

lack of economic resources or
dependence on one source of
livelihood because of which a
community, or some part of
it, becomes liable to damages
in case of a disastrous event.

Answer 21

ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY

Question 22

environmental degradation,
deforestation or other
environment related factors
which makes the surrounding
areas vulnerable to losses by
possible disasters.

Answer 22

ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY

Question 23

– proximity or closeness of the people, property, systems, or
other elements to the hazard zones that are thereby subject to potential
losses in case of any disasters.

Answer 23

Exposure

Question 24

the combination of all the strengths, attributes, and resources
available within a community, society, or organization that can be used to
achieve agreed goals or to resist and fight the negative impacts of
disastrous situations.

Answer 24

Capacity

Question 25

potential losses in lives, health status, livelihoods, assets,
and services, could occur to a particular community or society over some
specified future period

Answer 25

Disaster Risk

Question 26

emphasize its objectives in
order to avoid, reduce or transfer the adverse impacts of disaster
hazards on people, property and the environment through its activities
and proactive measures.

Answer 26

DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT

Question 26

a risk modification process. Its alternatives
comprise of retaining the risk, avoiding the risk, reducing the risk or
transferring the risk

Answer 26

RISK TREATMENT

Question 27

restoration of an entity to its normal or near-normal
functional conditions after the occurrence of a disaster

Answer 27

REHABILITATION

Question 28

permanent measures to repair or replace damaged
dwellings and infrastructure and to set the economy back on course.

Answer 28

RECONSTRUCTION