Engine Order Telegraph is abbreviated as which term?

• A. Engine On Time
• B. Engine Order Telegraph
• C. Electrical Output Test
• D. Emergency Operation Telemetry

Answer: (B)

The concept being tested is what a ship’s engine-control abbreviation stands for. The Engine Order Telegraph is the device used to send propulsion orders from the bridge to the engine room, and its name is exactly what the abbreviation represents. In practice, crews use this instrument to relay commands like ahead or astern and the desired speed, so the engine room can set the correct throttle or pitch. The other options refer to unrelated ideas (timing, electrical tests, telemetry) and do not describe the engine-control device, so they don’t fit. Therefore, the term that matches the device being abbreviated is Engine Order Telegraph.