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






2. The expected behaviour or standard for something.






3. The right to have details of your financial transactions kept secret.






4. The granting of power to perform various acts or duties.






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






6. A voting system where each vote is kept private.






7. A notice to a buyer that shipment has gone forward which contains details of packing - routing etc.






8. Activities including product - method of distribution - method of advertising which all affect how a product is marketing.






9. When someone breaks your right to privacy.






10. The idea that anything you tell your doctor will remain confidential.






11. A form of company which has a separate legal identity and limited liabilities.






12. An invasion of someone's private life without due cause.






13. Abbreviation for a standardized container - Twenty-foot equivalent unit.






14. A vessel sailing between specific ports on a regular basis.






15. Sales divided by total assets.






16. A model depicting the sales curve of a product split into four stages - introduction - growth - maturity and decline.






17. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown.






18. Debts owed to a company usually from sales on credit.






19. The truck unit onto which freight in a container is loaded.






20. Device which breaks to stop the flow of current in the event of an overload.






21. Property that a business owns - including cash and receivables - inventory etc.






22. The added value a brand name identity brings to a product or service.






23. Hospital department for people who suddenly become ill or are hurt in an accident.






24. A formal framework for identifying an organization's growth opportunities - strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats.






25. The right to have your political view kept secret.






26. Activities involved in protecting a country - building or person against danger or attack.






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






28. A flexible tube used to transport liquids or gas.






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






30. The sale of part-ownership in a venture to gain additional capital for a start-up.






31. Net profits divided by net worth or total equity.






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






33. Electronic records of phone calls - bank transactions etc which paint a picture of what a person did - where and when.






34. The categorization of potential customers into groups based on common characteristics.






35. The efforts to make a product seem different from rival products or even unique.






36. Setting a high initial price for a product to create a price-quality idea which early adopters will happily accept.






37. A new scientific or technical idea.






38. A document representing one unit of ownership in a corporation - mutual fund or limited partnership.






39. A shipment of goods to a consignee.






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






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






42. A delivery which is currently between its source and destination.






43. Entering land or property without permission from the owner or the right to enter.






44. An agreement that regulates the rights and obligations of shareholders.






45. When a company buys another one for more than the asset value the difference is called goodwill.






46. General term for ships designed to carry cargo rather than passengers.






47. A technique used to assess expected profitability of a company or single product.






48. A form of corporate equity ownership giving voting rights.






49. To decide that an agreed appointment or booking will not take place.






50. The time which a seller needs to produce and deliver goods.