This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Vocabulary > Word Formation > Acronyms And Initialisms – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Acronyms And Initialisms Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A series of state-mandated standardized tests given to Texas public school students in grades 3-8 and those enrolled in five specific high school courses. A) TAKS. B) TELPAS. C) MAP. D) STAAR. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) STAAR. 2. What does OT stand for? A) Oliver Tilley. B) Occupational Exposure. C) Occupational Therapy. D) Objectionable Tortoise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Occupational Therapy. 3. What does ALMA stand for? A) Advanced Lunar Mapping Agency. B) Astronomical Laser Measurement Apparatus. C) Advanced Laser Mapping Array. D) Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. 4. What does this Xcel Energy acronym mean:BEA A) Bureau of Economic Analysis. B) Baseline Environmental Assessment. C) Business Energy Assessment. D) Bunny Enthusiasts of America. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Business Energy Assessment. 5. This 4 digit pin helps secure your debit card from others to use if lost or stoled. The PIN stands for ..... A) Payment Individualize Number. B) Pizza is Nasty!. C) Personalize Individual Network. D) Personal Identification Number. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personal Identification Number. 6. Identify the correct conjunction."John, Paul, and Sam had chicken during lunch." A) And. B) John. C) Had. D) Lunch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And. 7. TELPAS is the acronym for the A) Texas English Learners Promote Assorted Slides. B) Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System. C) Texas English Language Production Assembly Ships. D) Texas English Learners Promoting Assorting System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System. 8. What do acronyms help us do? A) Recall information. B) Remember information. C) Repeat information. D) Reveal information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Remember information. 9. Which of the following acronyms stands for a network that covers a large geographical area? A) WAN. B) ISP. C) LAN. D) VPN. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) WAN. 10. State names should be spelled out in the ..... A) Contact information. B) Body text. C) Dateline. D) End notation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Body text. 11. What unit of measurement does TEU represent in shipping? A) Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit. B) Transport Efficiency Unit. C) Tonnage Equivalent Unit. D) Total Equivalent Units. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit. 12. Choose the correct abbreviation.New York A) NE. B) NO. C) NY. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NY. 13. A child with ADD has what? A) Attention Defict Hyperactivity Disorder. B) Attention Deficit Disorder. C) Academic Developmental Delays. D) Auditory Development Disorder. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Attention Deficit Disorder. 14. To shorten a phrase by taking the first letter of each word. A) Eponyms. B) Acronyms. C) Abbreviations. D) Symbols. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acronyms. 15. What does STT stand for? A) English as a Second Language. B) English as a Foreign Language. C) Student Talking Time. D) Student Trying a second Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Student Talking Time. 16. What does TESOL ..... stand for? A) English as a Second Language. B) English Language Teaching. C) Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. D) English as a Foreign Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. 17. Does the Title of people get abbreviated? A) Maybe. B) So. C) No. D) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes. 18. What does ASAP stand for? A) As soon as possible. B) All students are people. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As soon as possible. 19. What general purpose tool can measure characteristics of electricity in a variety of devices? A) Cable tester. B) POST card. C) Multimeter. D) Loopback plug. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multimeter. 20. Newer security protocol used to protect wireless transmissions. It supports CCMP for encryption, which is based on AES and stronger than TKIP which was originally released with WPA. In Enterprise Mode, it can use RADIUS to support 802.1x authentication. In personal mode, it uses a preshared key (PSK). A) WAP. B) HMAC. C) WPA2. D) PEAP. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) WPA2. 21. SAXOPHONEHINT:It comes from a surname instrument-making family. A) CONUNDRUM. B) ACRONYM. C) TOPONYM. D) EPONYM. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) EPONYM. 22. The first letter of a name or word, typically a person's name or a word forming part of a phrase. A) Acronyms. B) Organization. C) Initials. D) Abbreviations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Initials. 23. The federal advisory committee which sets Generally Accepted Accounting Standards for federal entities. A) FASAB. B) GAOB. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FASAB. 24. If you're 'thirsty', you are ..... A) Wanting attention or approval. B) In need of a drink. C) Curious to learn new things. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wanting attention or approval. 25. ELPS is the acronym for A) English Learners Proficiency Ships. B) English Language Promotes Salads. C) English Learners Promoting Safety. D) English Language Proficiency Standards. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) English Language Proficiency Standards. 26. The acronym-NBA-means ..... A) Not Bad Alice!. B) National Basketball Association. C) No Body Allowed It. D) Neat But Awesome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) National Basketball Association. 27. "I tried to keep up with the conversation as best I could, but when I heard phrases like myocardial infarction and fibromyalgia I just knew I couldn't hack it as a physician." In this quotation from the selection, myocardial infarction and fibromyalgia are examples of A) Hyperbole. B) Everyday speech. C) Slang. D) Jargon. E) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jargon. 28. What does OON stand for? A) Out-of-network. B) Optional Office Network. C) Organization of Norway. D) Operational Overage Network. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Out-of-network. 29. "Since Joe is so good at fixing things, he decided to write his own DIY book for home-repair." What does the acronym DIY stand for? A) Dallas-Identity-Youth. B) Do-It-Yourself. C) Don't-Invest-Yourself. D) Double-Identification-Youth. E) Drive-In-Year. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Do-It-Yourself. 30. The practice of meeting the academic and behavioral needs of all students through high-quality instruction and scientific research-based tiered interventions, frequent monitoring of student progress, and application of student response data. A) SAT. B) RTI. C) SBOE. D) SES. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) RTI. 31. What does SIPOC stand for? A) Standard Input Process Output Control. B) Supplier Input Procedure Output Customer. C) Standard Input Procedure Output Control. D) Supplier Input Process Output Customer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Supplier Input Process Output Customer. 32. What is the acronym for the term "recommissioning" ? A) RCx. B) RCMs. C) RCm. D) RC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RCx. 33. A committee that makes an initial assessment about a student's eligibility for special education services and continues to make most of the major decisions about that student's individualized educational program. A) AMAO. B) ARD. C) ASF. D) AEIS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ARD. 34. The student utilizes PECS. This means A) Physical Environment Continued School. B) Pictures in English Communication System. C) Picture Exchange Communication System. D) Prefers English Communication at School. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Picture Exchange Communication System. 35. Does the acronym MMAIL have the state Minnesota in it? A) Maybe. B) No. C) Yes. D) I'm not sure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes. 36. What is the acronym 'RFID' used for? A) Radio Frequency Identification. B) Radio Frequency Interface. C) Remote Frequency Identification. D) Radio Field Identification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radio Frequency Identification. 37. Which role is responsible for maintaining relations with BEM/Hima? A) Partnership Development. B) University and Government Relations. C) Stakeholders Maintenance. D) University Partnership. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Partnership Development. 38. Which is the slang term in this sentence?I like to pig out with my friends after exams. A) Exams. B) Friends. C) Pig out. D) Like. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pig out. 39. RPL stands for ..... A) Registered prior learning. B) Recognised learning prior. C) Registered learning paperwork. D) Recognised prior learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Recognised prior learning. 40. This acronym means as far as I know ..... A) MAFAK. B) AFAK. C) MAFAIK. D) AFAIK. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) AFAIK. 41. What does SETI focus on? A) Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. B) Space Exploration and Technology Institute. C) Solar Energy Transmission Initiative. D) Satellite Exploration and Terrestrial Investigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. 42. What is the abbreviation for foot? A) Ft. B) Feet. C) F. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ft. 43. Used to represent a word. A) Abbreviation. B) Symbol. C) Acronym. D) Eponym. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbol. 44. What is the best paraphrase of the following sentence?A high school student usually has summer reading assignments. A) A high school student always has homework assignments in the summer. B) It is common for students in high school to have summer reading assignments. C) Usually school aged students have summer reading assignments. D) Most summer school students have high school reading to do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is common for students in high school to have summer reading assignments. 45. Every child is entitle to FAPE, but what is it? A) Fair And Public Education. B) Forum on Academic Peer Education. C) Free Appropriate Public Education. D) Focus on Appropriate Pupil Education. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free Appropriate Public Education. 46. The / symbol can be mistaken as the number one. A) True. B) False. C) I have no idea. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 47. Used within Microsoft Windows to manage users and computers. It is implemented on a domain controller within a domain. Administrators use it to create password policies, lock down the GUI, configure host-based firewalls, and much more. Remote wipe, or remote sanitize, erases all data on lost devices. Full disk encryption protects the data on the device if it is lost. A) CA. B) SDLM. C) RA. D) GPO. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) GPO. 48. DARCYHINT:It comes from a French hydraulic engineer A) EPONYM. B) TOPONYM. C) ACRONYM. D) CONUNDRUM. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) EPONYM. 49. Tunneling protocol used with VPNs. Uses TCP port 1723. A) TFTP. B) PPTP. C) HTTP. D) RSTP. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PPTP. 50. What does ASEAN stand for? A) Association of South East Asian Nations. B) Alliance for Sustainable Energy and Nuclear Power. C) African Society for Environmental Awareness and Nature. D) Asian Society for Economic Advancement and Networking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Association of South East Asian Nations. 51. Which component of a computer is used for temporary storage of data and instructions? A) HTML. B) SSD. C) CPU. D) RAM. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) RAM. 52. The "F" in MAFIA stands for ..... A) Fortunately. B) Future ideas. C) Further information. D) Furthermore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Furthermore. 53. What is the acronym for the standard setting body which provides guidance on accounting practice for governmental entities? A) FASB. B) GASB. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) GASB. 54. How many USB devices can be hooked up to a single USB controller. A) 63. B) 1. C) 127. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 127. 55. What does AP stand for? A) Actual Placement. B) Advanced Placement. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Advanced Placement. 56. What does ASAP mean? A) As soon as possible. B) As soon as possibility. C) As soon as probable. D) As soon as predicted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As soon as possible. 57. Acronym of "In case you missed it" A) INCYMI. B) ICYMI. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ICYMI. 58. What does AWOL mean? A) Absent without leave. B) All water off limits. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Absent without leave. 59. What does ESL stand for? A) English Language Teaching. B) English as a Foreign Language. C) English Language Student. D) English as a Second Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) English as a Second Language. 60. What does each IT profession require? A) A unique set of skills and knowledge. B) Physical strength. C) Musical talent. D) Cooking skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A unique set of skills and knowledge. 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