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Business English Test
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Subjects
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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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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. Surveillance tools installed on a computer without the users' consent.
portfolio
penetration pricing strategy
payroll
spyware
2. A name - term - sign - symbol - design or combination of these used to uniquely identify a producer's goods.
brand recognition
property rights
brand
accommodation
3. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.
best practice
TEU
consensus
suitcase
4. Transportation method where truck trailers with their loads are moved by train to their destination.
piggyback
differentiation
due diligence
medical privacy
5. Shaping a companies' offering and image to occupy a unique and valued place in the customer's mind.
positioning
track
charity
liabilities
6. The system of technology - people - organizations etc involved in moving services or products from supplier to customer.
supply chain
sexual privacy
carrier
piggyback
7. A voting system where each vote is kept private.
differentiation
secret ballot
track
retained earnings
8. A form of company which has a separate legal identity and limited liabilities.
general cargo freighters
hose
carrier
corporation
9. When a company buys another one for more than the asset value the difference is called goodwill.
analysis
full containerships
goodwill
advice of shipment
10. The crime of deceiving someone to get money or good illegally.
fraud
positioning
trailer
bulk cargo
11. Raised flat area beside a train track for entering or exiting a train.
payroll
mission statement
platform
Roll-on/Roll-off vessels
12. The characteristic of a measurement regarding how precise it is.
logistics
accuracy
cash flow
payroll
13. Earnings Before Interest - Taxes - Depreciation and Amortization.
confirm
force majeure
target market
EBITDA
14. Business wholly owned by its employees with the emphasis on group decision making.
target market
co-operative
brand recognition
feeder service
15. A small hotel or private house that rents out rooms to sleep in - including breakfast - at reasonable prices.
procedure
bed & breakfast
ETA
equity financing
16. To make valid by approval - to establish the certainty of something.
confirm
Ro/Ro
piggyback
port of entry
17. Hospital department for people who suddenly become ill or are hurt in an accident.
A & E (Accident & Emergency)
share
inventory
valid
18. Someone who acts as an agent on behalf of a shipper.
intermodal transport
marine insurance
brand
freight forwarder
19. The estimated loss of value of assets over a period of time.
deed of partnership
share capital
depreciation
discrimination
20. Cargo ships not specialised in one type of cargo unlike a full containership.
fraud
business mission
general cargo freighters
internet privacy
21. A place for the reception - delivery - consolidation - distribution and storage of goods and cargo.
stopover
risk
EBITDA
warehouse
22. The relationship between technology and the legal right to privacy in the collection and sharing of data about oneself.
risk
first aid
information privacy
confirm
23. The possibility of suffering harm or loss; a danger.
return on investment
security
risk
mission statement
24. A statisitical measure of how well a company is doing in a certain area.
fire extinguisher
benchmark
economies of scale
key performance indicator
25. Sales divided by total assets.
common stock
sleeping partner
Bill of Lading
asset turnover
26. A portion - piece or segment of something that is representative of the whole.
SWOT analysis
break-even point
common stock
sample
27. A company that moves goods or passengers from one place to another.
brand equity
Leveraged Buy-Out
carrier
accreditation
28. The total value of all the outstanding shares of a publicly-traded company.
fixed cost
market capitalization
variable cost
charity
29. The right to privacy and control of your information on the internet.
internet privacy
economies of scale
first aid
electronic trail
30. The year as used in accounting which can begin and end in any month as the company sees fit.
fiscal year
first aid
accounts receivable
EBITDA
31. Part of the Bill of Rights which provides people with the right to be secure in their persons - houses - papers etc.
assets
feeder service
income statement
US Fourth Amendment
32. Useable or acceptable.
internet privacy
valid
secret ballot
no-show
33. The categorization of potential customers into groups based on common characteristics.
just-in-time manufacturing
bulk cargo
liabilities
market segmentation
34. A model depicting the sales curve of a product split into four stages - introduction - growth - maturity and decline.
accounts receivable
fiscal year
share capital
life cycle
35. The right to have your political view kept secret.
mission statement
feeder service
political privacy
officers of a company
36. The time it takes between the arrival of a vessel or aircraft and its departure.
turnaround
bulk cargo
intermodal transport
entrepreneuer
37. Written description of how something should be done.
procedure
acid test
ETA
intermodal transport
38. Service taking cargo from a regional port or airport to a central hub for a long-haul voyage.
hard hat
political privacy
feeder service
brand recognition
39. An agreement that regulates the rights and obligations of shareholders.
deed of partnership
rights violation
equity financing
life cycle
40. Monitoring of public places using video cameras.
trailer
survey
CCTV (closed-circuit television)
break-even analysis
41. A place where parts of the ownership of companies are bought and sold - or the organization of people whose job is to do the buying and selling.
hose
FEU
market penetration strategy
stock exchange
42. Ships fitted with tanks to carry liquid or gas cargoes.
payroll
tankers
'eye in the sky' camera
barrel (BBL)
43. Cargo which is booked but does not arrive in time to be loaded onto a vessel.
customs
key performance indicator
no-show
fuse
44. A person who is involved in a situation in addition to the two main participants.
variable cost
fuse
limited liability
third party
45. Activities involved in protecting a country - building or person against danger or attack.
financial privacy
sleeping partner
security
liabilities
46. A financial statement showing sales - cost of sales - gross margin - operating expenses etc.
stalking
income statement
fire extinguisher
penetration pricing strategy
47. A piece of information - for example how a certain product is made - which is only known to the company that makes it.
fuse
trade secret
stopover
discrimination
48. A technique used to assess expected profitability of a company or single product.
co-operative
feedback
break-even analysis
seed capital
49. Expenses for a company which do not change based on production or sales levels.
challenge
CCTV (closed-circuit television)
'eye in the sky' camera
fixed cost
50. A telephone call requested at a certain time to wake someone up.
piggyback
wake-up call
trailer
stopover