Salient Feature of RA 10121

Question 1

This Act shall be known as the “Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010.”

Answer 1

RA 10121

Question 2

RA 10121 shall be known as ___________________.

Answer 2

“Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010”

Question 3

It 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.

Answer 3

Disaster

Question 4

It is a structural and non-structural measures undertaken to limit the adverse impact of natural hazards, environmental degradation and technological hazards to ensure the ability of at-risk communities to address vulnerabilities aimed at minimizing the impact of disasters.

Answer 4

Mitigation

Question 5

This includes pre-disasters actions and measures undertaken within the context of disaster risk reduction and management and based on sound risk analysis as well as pre-disaster activities to avert or minimize loss of life and property.

Answer 5

Preparedness

Question 6

It is to ensure that human action or natural phenomena do not result in disaster or emergency.

Answer 6

Prevention

Question 7

It is the characteristics and circumstances of a community, system or asset that make it susceptible to the damaging effects of a hazard.

Answer 7

Vulnerability

Question 8

This is an unforeseen or sudden occurrence, especially danger, demanding immediate action.

Answer 8

Emergency

Question 9

This is the degree to which the elements at risk are likely to experience hazard events of different magnitudes.

Answer 9

Exposure

Question 10

It is a dangerous phenomenon, substance, human activity or condition that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihood and services, social and economic disruption, or environmental damage.

Answer 10

Hazard

Question 11

It is the combination of the probability of an event and its negative consequences.

Answer 11

Risk

Question 12

It is a methodology to determine the nature and extent of risk by analyzing potential hazards and evaluating existing conditions of vulnerability that together could potentially harm exposed people, property, services, livelihood and the environment on which they depend.

Answer 12

Risk Assessment

Question 13

It includes measures that ensure the ability of affected communities/areas to restore their normal level of functioning by rebuilding livelihood and damaged infrastructures and increasing the communities’ organizational capacity.

Answer 13

Rehabilitation

Question 14

It is the restoration and improvement where appropriate, of facilities, livelihood and living conditions.

Answer 14

Post-Disaster Recovery

Question 15

It is the concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through systematic efforts to analyze and manage the causal factors of disasters, including through reduced exposures to hazards, lessened vulnerability of people and property, wise management of land and the environment, and improved preparedness for adverse events.

Answer 15

Disaster Risk Reduction

Question 16

It is the systematic process of using administrative directives, organizations, and operational skills and capacities to implement strategies, policies and improved coping capacities in order to lessen the adverse impacts of hazards and the possibility of disaster.

Answer 16

Disaster Risk Reduction and Management

Question 17

It is a condition involving mass casualty and/or major damages to property, disruption of means of livelihoods, roads and normal way of life of people in the affected areas as a result of the occurrence of natural or human-induced hazard.

Answer 17

State of Calamity

Question 18

It was repealed by RA 10121.

Answer 18

PD 1566

Question 19

It was replaced by NDRRMC.

Answer 19

National Disaster Coordinating Council or NDCC

Question 20

The Office of Civil Defense was founded on ________________.

Answer 20

December 31, 1972

Question 21

It was established on August 18, 1954 through Republic Act 1190 otherwise known as the Civil Defense Act of 1954. It was later on abolished and its functions and personnel were transferred to a newly created agency, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) through Presidential Decree No. 1, as implemented by Letter of Instruction No. 19, series of 1972.

Answer 21

National Civil Defense Administration (NCDA)

Question 22

The OCD shall be allocated a budget of _____________________ revolving fund starting from the effectivity of this Act.

Answer 22

one billion pesos

Question 23

CDP

Answer 23

Comprehensive Development Plan

Question 24

CLUP

Answer 24

Comprehensive Land-Use Plan

Question 25

LDRRMO

Answer 25

Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices

Question 26

NDDRMOC

Answer 26

National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Operations Center

Question 27

ACDV

Answer 27

Accredited Community Disaster Volunteers

Question 28

The existing Provincial, City, and Municipal Disaster Coordinating Councils shall henceforth be known as the _____________________________________.

Answer 28

Provincial, City, and Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils

Question 29

Not less than _______________ of the estimated revenue from regular sources shall be set aside as the LDRRMF to support disaster risk management activities such as, but not limited to, pre-disaster preparedness programs including training, purchasing life-saving rescue equipment, supplies and medicines, for post-disaster activities, and for the payment of premiums on calamity insurance.

Answer 29

five percent (5%)

Question 30

Of the amount appropriated for LDRRMF, ______________ shall be allocated as Quick Response Fund (QRF) or stand-by fund for relief and recovery programs in order that situation and living conditions of people in communities or areas stricken by disasters, calamities, epidemics, or complex emergencies, may be normalized as quickly as possible.

Answer 30

thirty percent (30%)

Question 31

It shall recommend to the President of the Philippines the declaration of a cluster of barangays, municipalities, cities, provinces, and regions under a state of calamity.

Answer 31

National Council

Question 32

MDRRMO

Answer 32

Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office

Question 33

Its primary objective is to ensure effective and efficient implementation of civil protection programmed through an integrated, multi-sectoral and community-based approach and strategies for the protection and preservation of life, property and environment.

Answer 33

Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO)

Question 34

These shall integrate disaster risk reduction and management education in the school curricula of secondary and tertiary level of education, including the National Service Training Program (NSTP), whether private or public, including formal and nonformal, technical-vocational, indigenous learning, and out-of-school youth courses and programs.

Answer 34

DepEd, CHED, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)