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Business English Test
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business-skills
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Damage or hurt experienced by a person or animal.
skimming pricing strategy
injury
electronic trail
freighters
2. Device which breaks to stop the flow of current in the event of an overload.
first aid
director
fuse
accounts payable
3. Transporting something using different means of transport - e.g. first on a truck and then on a ship.
cash flow
discovery
intermodal transport
share capital
4. Debts; money that must be paid.
sleeping partner
mission statement
liabilities
spyware
5. The right to have details of your financial transactions kept secret.
valid
third party
supply chain
financial privacy
6. Entering land or property without permission from the owner or the right to enter.
trespassing
discovery
general cargo freighters
dividend
7. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.
electronic trail
suitcase
target market
liabilities
8. Ceiling-mounted camera used in stores and casinos etc to monitor customers.
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9. The ability to develop new ideas.
trailer
creativity
charity
break-even analysis
10. Cargo which is transported by plane.
stopover
air cargo
asset turnover
differentiation
11. A planned - temporary break in a journey - for instance to change planes.
stopover
bulk carriers
TEU
depreciation
12. Earnings which are reinvested in the company rather than paid out as dividends.
retained earnings
survey
Clean Bill of Lading
return on investment
13. Electronic records of phone calls - bank transactions etc which paint a picture of what a person did - where and when.
electronic trail
hose
EBITDA
survey
14. The purchase of a business based on the company's cash recipts and the belief positive cash flow will continue.
Leveraged Buy-Out
invention
bed & breakfast
internet privacy
15. Net profits divided by net worth or total equity.
acid test
return on investment
ETA
spyware
16. Unfair treatment of a person or group based on prejudice.
discrimination
A & E (Accident & Emergency)
TEU
first aid
17. A technique used to assess expected profitability of a company or single product.
Clean Bill of Lading
invasion of privacy
break-even analysis
A & E (Accident & Emergency)
18. The right to have your sexual orientation and practices remain secret.
consensus
rights violation
portfolio
sexual privacy
19. The right to privacy and control of your information on the internet.
freighters
trailer
dividend
internet privacy
20. Earnings Before Interest - Taxes - Depreciation and Amortization.
procedure
freight forwarder
due diligence
EBITDA
21. Earnings Before Interest and Taxes.
EBIT
break bulk
Roll-on/Roll-off vessels
market penetration strategy
22. The benefit of larger scale production where costs are spread over more units which lowers the average unit cost.
economies of scale
secret ballot
EBIT
brand equity
23. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown.
discovery
procedure
secret ballot
invention
24. Useable or acceptable.
internet privacy
payroll
peak times
valid
25. Ships with permanent container cells with little or no space for other cargo types.
suitcase
TEU
full containerships
entrepreneuer
26. Protective helmet worn on building sites etc. to prevent injuries to the head.
diversification
hard hat
no-show
quality audit
27. The time it takes between the arrival of a vessel or aircraft and its departure.
turnaround
consensus
first aid
Companies House
28. A telephone call requested at a certain time to wake someone up.
wake-up call
Bill of Lading
market capitalization
assets
29. A wealthy person who invests in a start-up company.
quality audit
peak times
sexual privacy
venture capitalist
30. When a company produces a product of a type they have not previously made.
warehouse
diversification
medical privacy
'eye in the sky' camera
31. The organization that surveys and classifies ships for insurance companies.
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32. The planning - implementation and control of flow and storage of goods.
market segmentation
logistics
carrier
property rights
33. List of goods in a store or warehouse.
accreditation
goodwill
inventory
valid
34. Expenses arising during normal business operations.
charity
intermodal transport
pallet
operating expenses
35. Duties or taxes imposed by the government on imported and exported goods.
fire extinguisher
logistics
customs
asset turnover
36. An investment contributed at the early stages of a new venture.
liabilities
dividend
invasion of privacy
seed capital
37. A short statement describing the main objectives and aims of a business.
target market
US Fourth Amendment
mission statement
wake-up call
38. A document representing one unit of ownership in a corporation - mutual fund or limited partnership.
property rights
share
supply chain
platform
39. Usually wooden base used for moving or storing stacked goods.
classified information
pallet
secret ballot
confirm
40. Bills to be paid as part of the normal course of business.
trade secret
lead-time
break bulk
accounts payable
41. Ships especially designed for trucks to drive into them using internal ramps.
Roll-on/Roll-off vessels
market penetration strategy
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
warehouse
42. Steps taken in advance to avoid an accident happening.
brand equity
share
precaution
mission statement
43. The relationship between technology and the legal right to privacy in the collection and sharing of data about oneself.
information privacy
logistics
trailer
life cycle
44. Costs that fluctuate in direct relation to the volume of units produced.
CCTV (closed-circuit television)
Lloyds' Registry
variable cost
internet privacy
45. Cargo which is booked but does not arrive in time to be loaded onto a vessel.
general cargo freighters
no-show
bonded warehouse
seed capital
46. Transportation method where truck trailers with their loads are moved by train to their destination.
US Fourth Amendment
deed of partnership
piggyback
feeder service
47. Someone who starts a new business venture often involving innovation and risk taking.
intermodal transport
invasion of privacy
full containerships
entrepreneuer
48. One of the documents required by a firm to become a limited company.
trailer
injury
memorandum of association
assets
49. A notice to a buyer that shipment has gone forward which contains details of packing - routing etc.
payroll
political privacy
analysis
advice of shipment
50. A systematic - independent examination of whether a company's quality procedures are being followed and goals being achieved or not.
quality audit
equity financing
consensus
stakeholder