INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper. 1. Which of the following best define mitigation? a. Mitigation means to decrease the high risk of loss of life or property before the upcoming disaster. b. Mitigation refers to action taken to prevent or reduce the risk to lives, properties, social and economic activities, and natural resources from natural hazards. c. Mitigation reduces injuries and loss of life; trauma; damage to property, equipment and infrastructure; community disruption; and economic, environmental, and other losses caused by floods and flash floods. d. All of the above 2. It occurs when the spaces underground become bigger and the layer of bedrock above it can no longer support the weight above it, a collapse of the land surface dramatically takes place. a. groundwater b. rocks c, sinkholes d. none of these 3. Which of the following actions or plans is/are needed to safeguard human life and property? a. include a communications plan b. develop and rehearse a family disaster plan c. Make a detailed inventory of your personal belongings, home or an apartment, garage and surrounding property, with photographs or videotape. d. All of the above

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