COR JESU COLLEGE, INC.

COLLEGE OF HEALTH
SCIENCES
Tres De Mayo Campus, Brgy. Tres De Mayo,
Digos City
Province of Davao Del Sur
Website: www.cjc.edu.ph
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
Second Semester; AY: 2022 – 2023

PRELIM EXAMINATION
NCM 121- DISASTER NURSING
General Instructions:
1. Read all the instructions carefully.
2. Any forms of alterations or erasures are considered wrong.
3. ALL final answers must be written on the answer sheet provided.

TEST I – Multiple Choice: Choose the best letter response in each item. Shade the letter of your choice on the
answer sheet provided.

1. Which statement about disasters is true?

a. They can be natural or human-made.
b. They can be relieved without assistance.
c. There is always injury and death when a disaster occurs.
d. The timing of a disaster does not influence the types of injuries that will occur.
ANS: A
A disaster is any natural or human-made incident that causes disruption, destruction, and/or devastation
requiring external assistance. Although natural incidents like earthquakes of hurricanes trigger many
disasters, predictable and preventable human-made factors can further affect the disaster. In the disaster
response phase, the incident type and time predict subsequent injuries and illnesses.
2. Acts of bioterrorism or natural disasters, such as earthquakes, will often have more casualties because:
a. they cause the most widespread destruction.
b. victims have little time to make evacuation preparations.
c. those with chronic conditions cannot escape in time.
d. the early warning systems are not effective.
ANS: B

The use of weapons of mass destruction or natural disasters, such as earthquakes, will often have more
casualties because victims have little time to make evacuation preparations. The other answers are false.
3. A nurse responds to a natural disaster. Which of the following is the nurse most likely responding to?
a. Transportation accident
b. Pollution
c. Communicable disease epidemic
d. Fire
ANS: C
A communicable disease epidemic would be considered a natural disaster. Transportations accidents,
pollution, and fire are considered human-made disasters.
4. A nurse responds to a human-made disaster. Which of the following describes what the nurse is responding
to?
a. Structural collapse
b. Communicable disease epidemics
c. Mud slides
d. Floods
ANS: A

As tructural collapse would be considered a human-made disaster. Communicable disease epidemics, mud
slides, and floods are considered to be natural disasters.
5. A nurse is working with an older person following a disaster. Which of the following emotions of the client
should be anticipated by the nurse?
 a. Anger
b. Fear of loss of independence
c. Violence
d. Regression
ANS: B
A common reaction of older persons experiencing disaster may be fear of loss of independence. Young
children may respond with regression. The community in general may respond will feelings of anger, sorrow,
guilt, and perceived blame for the disaster or the outcomes of the disaster. Violence should not be
anticipated with any of the populations discussed in the text.
6. A nurse experiences a stress reaction while working with the survivors of a disaster. Which of the following
best describes what has happened?
a. The nurse makes decisions to assist with care coordination of the survivors.
b. The nurse tells the supervisor of the disaster the details of the care that was provided.
c. The nurse cries after returning home at the end of the day.
d. The nurse refuses to follow orders.
ANS: D

Symptoms that may signal a need for stress management assistance include the following: being reluctant or
refusing to leave the scene until the work is finished; denying needed rest and recovery time; feelings of
overriding stress and fatigue; engaging in unnecessary risk-taking activities; difficulty communicating
thoughts, remembering instructions, making decisions, or concentrating; engaging in unnecessary
arguments; having a limited attention span; and refusing to follow orders.
7. A nurse is working in a temporary shelter for victims following a natural disaster. Which condition is the
nurse most likely to encounter?
a. Stress
b. Communicable disease
c. Depression
d. Injuries requiring first aid
ANS: A

Causes of stress can be the shock of the disaster itself, loss of personal possessions, fear of the unknown,
living in close proximity to total strangers, and boredom. Illnesses requiring first aid and communicable
diseases are not the primary concern of the nurse working in the shelter. Immediately following the disaster,
it is unlikely that the victims will immediately encounter depression because of the shock of the disaster.
8. This type of disaster is caused by nature.
a. natural
b. natures
c. Spring
d. Meme Maid
9. They advises the public on the latest weather bulletins and announcements.
a. CAPA
b. GASA
c. PAGASA
d. PAAGAS

10. Disaster is a tragic event that causes GAINS AND NO DAMAGE to property.
a. True
b. False

11. There are two types of disasters: The Natural disaster & THE MAN-MAID DISASTER.If the statement is false
choose the correct answer from the choices.
a. True
b. Man-Made Disaster
c. Earthquake disaster

12. Give the meaning of Acronym

 a. PAG-ASA
b. Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astrological Services
c. Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services
d. Philippine Atmospheric Geo-technical and Astrological Services

13. The country is an archipelago composed of more than ____islands.

a. 6,000
b. 7,500
c. 6,500
d. 7,701

14. The oftentimes subjected to different natural disasters and calamities because surrounded by water.
a. Mindanao
b. Luzon
c. Philippines
d. Visayas
15. A nurse has been called for duty during a response to a natural disaster. In this context of care, the nurse
should expect to do which of the following?
A) Practice outside of her normal area of clinical expertise.
B) Perform interventions that are not based on assessment data.
C) Prioritize psychosocial needs over physiologic needs.
D) Prioritize the interests of older adults over younger patients.
Ans: A

Feedback:
During a disaster, nurses may be asked to perform duties outside their areas of expertise and may take on
responsibilities normally held by physicians or advanced practice nurses.
16. The three recognized climate/seasons in the Philippines are hot, humid and ____________.
a. tropical
b. winter
c. summer
d. autumn
17. Most of the mountainous islands used to be covered in tropical rainforest and are_________.
a. Volcanic in origin
b. Rocks in form
c. Large body of water
d. Flat surface
18. The Philippines is strike with typhoon every year, approximately how many typhoons in a year?
a. 250/year
b. 22/ year
c. 30/year
d. 120/year
19. How many volcanoes in the Philippines that are considered active?
a. 20
b. 21
c. 22
d. 23
20. It refers to any extraordinary event or situation that requires an intense, rapid response and that can be
addressed with existing community resources.
a. Volcanic eruptions
b. Disaster by WHO
c. Emergency
d. Disaster by red cross
21. A disaster may have the following main features EXCEPT:
a. Calm
b. Unpredictability
 c. Urgency
d. Threat
22. The following are cause by natural or environmental forces EXCEPT:
a. Tornado
b. Landslide
c. Bridge collapse
d. Drought
23. At type of Disaster that direct l causes are identifiable as human actions, deliberate or otherwise.
a. Man-made disaster
b. Natural disaster
c. Oceanographic nature
d. Tectonic in Origin
24. The is an example of Biological Disaster:
a. Exposure to toxins
b. Soil erosion
c. Automobile combustion
d. Soil erosion
25. Combined Internal and External Disaster are classified into 3, which of the following classification does Level
3 classified?
a. If the disaster requires assistance from external sources, but these can be obtained from nearby
agencies.
b. If the disaster is of a magnitude that exceeds the capacity of the local community or region and
requires assistance form national level.
c. if the organization, agency or community is able to contain the event and respond immediately
d. all of the above
26. We can identify if it is an internal disaster once it:
a. Occurs when there is an event within the facility that poses a threat to disrupt the
environment of care.
b. Becomes a problem for a facility when the consequences of the event that creates a demand for
services that tax or exceed the usual available resources
c. A and B
d. None of the above
27. It Is a catastrophic event that results in casualties that overwhelm the health care resources in that
community.
a. Internal disaster
b. External disaster
c. Natural disaster
d. Medical disaster
28. Phenomena that pose a threat to people, structures, or economic assets is called?
a. Capacity
b. Vulnerability
c. Risk
d. Hazard
29. It is a condition determined by physical, social, economic and environmental factors or processes, which
increase the susceptibility of a community to the impact of hazards
a. Capacity
b. Vulnerability
c. Risk
d. Hazard
30. It is a probability of harmful consequences, or expected losses.
a. Capacity
b. Vulnerability
c. Risk
d. Hazard

31. All of the following are TRUE about disasters EXCEPT

 a. A disaster may be domestic or international
b. A disaster may be caused by nature or have human origins
c. A disaster always receives widespread media coverage.
d. A disaster may have a known and gradual onset

A disaster always receives widespread media coverage..

32. Disasters frequently result in all of the following EXCEPT
a. Damage to the ecological environment
b. Displacement of populations
c. Destruction of a population"s homeland
d. Sustained public attention during the recovery phase
33. Responsibility for securing the scene, preserving life and treating the wounded is the responsibility of:
a. First responders
b. Mental health professionals
c. Social workers who specialize in crisis management
d. All citizens
34. What is frequently a warning sign of an impending tsunami?
a. Winds suddenly change direction
b. The sky suddenly clears
c. Seawater suddenly retreats from the shore
d. All of the above
35. Which natural disaster is the sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff?
a. Landslide
b. Tsunami
c. Thunderstorm
d. Tornado
36. Which natural disaster is a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other
disturbance?
a. Hurricane
b. flood
c. Wildfire
d. Tsunami
37. Which natural disaster is an overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines,
especially over what is normally dry land?
a. Tsunami
b. Drought
c. Tornado
d. Flooding
38. Which natural disaster is a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great
destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action?
a. Earthquake
b. Tsunami
c. Thunderstorm
d. Flooding
39. Which natural disaster is a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush?
a. Wildfire
b. Drought
c. Tsunami
d. Hurricane
40. Which natural disaster can occur after a prolonged lack of rainfall?
a. Flood
b. Drought
c. Blizzard
d. Hurricane

41. What is the worst pandemic in world history in 20th century?

a. Asian flu
b. Covid -19
 c. Spanish Influenza
d. Bubonic Plague
42. Which natural disaster can cause a tsunami to happen?
a. Tornado
b. Blizzard
c. Hurricane
d. Earthquake

43. Define as extreme natural events in the crust of the earth that pose a threat to life and property.
a. Biological disaster
b. Geographical disaster
c. Hydrometer disaster
d. All of the above
44. Danger associated with technological or industrial accidents is known as:
a. Technological disaster
b. Geographical disaster
c. Hydrometer disaster
d. Biological disaster
45. Processes induced by human behaviors and activities that damage the natural resources base on
adversely alter nature processes or ecosystems.
a. Hydrometer disaster
b. Environmental degradation
c. Biological disaster
d. Technological disaster

Matching Type: Match Column A (Disaster) with Column B (Types)

46. cold spells- A A. Natural

47. derail- B B. Man-Made
48. drought- A
49. plane crash- B
40. floods- A
51. earthquake- A
52. road accident- B
53. structural collapse- B
54. tornadoes- A
55. wildfires- B
56. hurricanes- A
57. Fire- B
58. shipwreck- B
59. bridge collapse- B
60. volcanic eruptions- A

True Or False… Select the letter that fits your answer.

61. There are 20 earthquakes are registered A. TRUE

daily in the Philippines. A
62. Water accumulates in HIGH-lying areas due to B. FALSE
the inadequacy of the drainage systems B /LOW
63. Deforestation and urbanization increases the risk
of flooding caused
by heavy rains that further aggravates this already
hazardous situation A
64. Nurses can play an important role in disaster
mitigation, but they receive every little training. A
65. WHO defines disaster as any occurrence that
causes damage, ecological disruption, loss of human
life, deterioration of health and health services. A
66. Hydrometeorology samples include tropical
cyclones and drought. A
67. Snow avalanches is an example of GEOLOGICAL
TECHNOLOGICAL disaster. B
68. Technological Disaster is Danger associated with
technological or industrial accidents. A
69. Examples of GEOLOGICAL hazards may include TECHNOLOGICAL
industrial pollution B
70. External Disaster example is arrival of large
number of trauma patients of a chemical spill.
A
71. Hazard is a potentially damaging physical event,
phenomenon or human activity that may cause the
loss of life or injury, property damage, social and
economic disruption or environmental degradation.
A
72. It increases the susceptibility of a community to VULNERABILITY
the impact of hazards is known as RISK. B
73. Capacity may also be described as capability.A
74. Visayas is composed of Region 6-9. B 6-8
75. Most of the mountainous islands used to be
covered in tropical rainforest and are
volcanic in origin. A

ENUMERATION: Please write your answer on a separate paper ( 1 whole sheet of paper)

Give the 3 active volcanoes in the Philippines.

76. Mayon Volcano

77. Mt. Pinatubo
78.Taal Volcano

Give the four dates and magnitude of an earthquake that hits Mindanao in 2019.

Date Magnitude
79.october 16 80. 6.4/6.3
81.OCT 29 82.6.6
83.OCT 31 84.6.5
85. DEC 15 86. 6.9

Give the 6 main feature of a disaster. in any order

87. Unpredictability
88. Unfamiliarity

89. Speed

90. Urgency

91. Uncertainty

92. Threat
Enumerate the 3 classifications of natural hazard. In any order

93. hydro meteorological,

94. geological
95. biological origins.

Enumerate 5 places in the Philippines who has the most destructive earthquake in history.
In any order.

96. Casiguran Earthquake-Aurora

97. Ragay Gulf Earthquake
98. Laoag Earthquake
99. Moro Gulf Earthquake
100. Bohol Earthquake