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Business English Test

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. To make valid by approval - to establish the certainty of something.






2. Someone who acts as an agent on behalf of a shipper.






3. Positions customer's relative perceptions of one brand in comparison to other competitive alternatives.






4. The characteristic of a measurement regarding how precise it is.






5. The complete range of a company's offerings including products and services.






6. Forty-Foot Equivalent Units - a standard size for shipping containers.






7. Documents used to procure freight and express transportation and services from commercial carriers.






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






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






10. The expected behaviour or standard for something.






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






12. Anyone who has an interest in the success of an organization - e.g. the owner - employees - shareholders.






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






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






15. A name - term - sign - symbol - design or combination of these used to uniquely identify a producer's goods.






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






17. The point in units sold or sales amount when the expenses will be matched.






18. Initial medical attention given to someone in the event of an accident or sudden illness.






19. Business wholly owned by its employees with the emphasis on group decision making.






20. The obsessive following - observing or contacting of another person.






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






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






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






24. The organization that surveys and classifies ships for insurance companies.

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25. Transportation method where truck trailers with their loads are moved by train to their destination.






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






27. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown.






28. A defined segment of the market that a product is aimed at.






29. A person who is on the managing board of a business.






30. A company where the owners are personally liable for the debts of the company.






31. Damage or hurt experienced by a person or animal.






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






33. The state of remaining unknown to most other people.






34. Ships with permanent container cells with little or no space for other cargo types.






35. Useable or acceptable.






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






37. Port where cargo enters a country and is unloaded.






38. Goods which are shipped loose in the hold of a ship.






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






40. The crime of deceiving someone to get money or good illegally.






41. The right of owners of physical or intellectual property to consume - rent or sell their property.






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Officials formally appointed to run and represent a company.






49. 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.






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