Which program acronym stands for Women Into Science & Engineering?

• A. GIST
• B. STEM
• C. STEMWISE
• D. WISE

Answer: (D)

This item tests how acronyms map to the words they’re built from. When you take the four words Women, Into, Science, and Engineering and take their initial letters in order, you get W-I-S-E. That exact sequence is the commonly used acronym for a program aimed at encouraging women into science and engineering, so it fits perfectly. The other options don’t line up with that specific phrase: the first is a different label that could stand for various girls-involved science programs; STEM is a broad umbrella that covers science, technology, engineering, and math but doesn’t specify women or the “into” aspect; STEMWISE blends STEM with a different framing and isn’t the direct expansion of Women Into Science & Engineering. So the acronym that corresponds to the given phrase is WISE.