Development Trends Prelims Practice Test

Acronyms come from the initial letters of each word in a name, kept in the same order. For DNDPWCL, you’re looking for seven words whose starting letters are D, N, D, P, W, C, and L. The only full expansion that fits exactly is Department of National Defense, Public Works, Communications, and Labor. The other possibilities drop or rearrange words so they don’t produce that exact sequence of initials, such as missing a word or replacing one with another, which is why they don’t match DNDPWCL.