Unit 9: Environmental Health and Disaster Management Environmental Health and Disaster Management Flashcards
Which of the following is the first phase of Disaster Management?
-Mitigation
Landslide may be caused by one or a combination of which of the following factors?
-All Of The Above
Which of the following is NOT a primary hazard in the Philippines?
-Hail Storm
An applied science which seeks, by the systematic observation and analysis of disasters, to improve measures relating to prevention, mitigation, preparedness, emergency response and recovery.
-Disaster Management
These are disasters or emergency situations of which the principal, direct cause are identifiable human actions, deliberate or otherwise.
-Human-Made Disasters
Disasters are often classified according to: Causes: natural vs. human
-TRUE
It is a radioactive, colorless, tasteless noble gas that comes from the natural breakdown of uranium in soil, rock, and water and gets into the air you breathe.
-Radon
Evacuations, search and rescue are examples of phase III of Disaster management, which is Preparedness.
-FALSE
Which of the following disaster response activity provides a clear picture of the post disaster situation; identify relief needs, and develop strategies for recovery?
-Post-Disaster Assessment
The National Disaster Advisory Committee (DAC) has now adopted SUNAMI as the
Samoan translation of Tsunami
-TRUE
Which of the following phase of mitigation functions to return the community to normal and ideally, the affected area should be put in a condition equal to or better than it was before the disaster took place?
or better than it was before the disaster took place?
-Recovery
___ is also known as seismic sea wave or tidal wave.
-Tsunami
Tsunamis occur when these conventional are currents are being displaced
-FALSE
