SCHOOL OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
PEACE AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT
FINAL EXAM
PEA 312X/Y DISASTER MANAGEMENT
END OF SEMESTER EXAM, JANUARY 2012

Section 1 
Answer all questions ( 40 Marks)

1.	By way of a well labelled diagram illustrate how a disaster occurs? (3 Marks)

2.	Identify and briefly explain any three approaches to disaster management	( 6 Marks)

3.	Exxplain any two principles that a communications officer  must consider when communicating in a disaster context? (4 Marks)

4.	Define community based disaster management ( CBDM) and explain any three of its characteristics? (5 Marks).

5.	In three paragraphs, explain three ways that governments can employ to meet their responsibilities in relation to the Hyong-framework of disaster management? (6 Marks).

6.	Explain any three factors that determine the level of a people’s vulnerability (6 Marks)

Section 11 Answer any two questions ( 30 Marks)

7.	Identify any three models of disaster management and explain the contribution of each in disaster management highlighting on the strengths and weaknesses of each? (15 Marks).

8.	Explain the significance of Participatory Disaster Risk Assessement (PDRA) in disaster management and identify any five key steps that will yield successful results in assessing a community’s preparedness for disaster?  (15 Marks).

9.	Identify and explain any three issues that  you may consider important for mainstreaming in disaster management showing why you consider such issues as important in disaster management and suggesting how each issue may be mainstreamed? (15 Marks)

10.	Discuss the christian perspectives to disaster management and identify ways in which the christian faith may be an obstacle to successful management of disasters in our communities? (15 Marks)