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Business English Test

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Shaping a companies' offering and image to occupy a unique and valued place in the customer's mind.






2. A marketing strategy where a company tries to gain greater dominance in a market - for example - by offering special prices.






3. A telephone call requested at a certain time to wake someone up.






4. The relationship between technology and the legal right to privacy in the collection and sharing of data about oneself.






5. Someone who invests in a business partnership without taking part in business affairs. Usually sleeping partners have limited liability.






6. A person who is involved in a situation in addition to the two main participants.






7. A place for the reception - delivery - consolidation - distribution and storage of goods and cargo.






8. A systematic - independent examination of whether a company's quality procedures are being followed and goals being achieved or not.






9. Ships fitted with tanks to carry liquid or gas cargoes.






10. Wages - salaries and other forms of employee compensation.






11. The examination and evaluation of something.






12. When someone breaks your right to privacy.






13. A unit of measure for liquids equivalent to 42 gallons.






14. System where goods are produced as and when they are needed rather than producing items in advance and storing them in a warehouse.






15. Earnings Before Interest and Taxes.






16. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.






17. Useable or acceptable.






18. The science of making sure people and machines work together as well as possible.






19. The planning - implementation and control of flow and storage of goods.






20. A process of verifying all information about a company including but not limited to financials - management - market share and risks.






21. Information officially declared secret - such as classified documents or material that are available only to particular people.






22. Debts; money that must be paid.






23. The times of highest demand for a product or service.






24. A receipt for goods issued by a carrier indicated that goods were received without damage or irregularities.






25. Protective helmet worn on building sites etc. to prevent injuries to the head.






26. Fundamental human rights usually protected by law such as freedom of speech and religion.






27. One of the documents required by a firm to become a limited company.






28. A standard used to compare some aspect of a business to an external measure.






29. The ability to develop new ideas.






30. Expenses for a company which do not change based on production or sales levels.






31. A response or reaction to a piece of information.






32. Surveillance tools installed on a computer without the users' consent.






33. Unfair treatment of a person or group based on prejudice.






34. The expected behaviour or standard for something.






35. Protective eyewear worn when working with chemicals or dangerous machines.






36. When a company produces a product of a type they have not previously made.






37. The total value of all the outstanding shares of a publicly-traded company.






38. Duties or taxes imposed by the government on imported and exported goods.






39. A business classed as a separate legal entity so if there is a financial problem the owners would not lose all their money - only the money they had invested in the company.






40. The time it takes between the arrival of a vessel or aircraft and its departure.






41. Insurance covering loss or damage of goods at sea.






42. Cargo which is transported by plane.






43. Part of the Bill of Rights which provides people with the right to be secure in their persons - houses - papers etc.






44. A company that moves goods or passengers from one place to another.






45. A planned - temporary break in a journey - for instance to change planes.






46. The benefit of larger scale production where costs are spread over more units which lowers the average unit cost.






47. Series of questions designed to gather information on a certain topic.






48. An organization able to respond to and address changes in a market - their environment or industry.






49. A non-profit making organization which exists to support and help a particular group.






50. When all members of a group agree to support a decision even if they don't agree with it.