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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. A test of a company's ability to meet its immediate cash requirements: short-term assets minus accounts receivable and inventory - divided by short-term liabilities.
US Fourth Amendment
due diligence
acid test
break-even analysis
2. A technique used to assess expected profitability of a company or single product.
third party
asset turnover
barrel (BBL)
break-even analysis
3. A formal framework for identifying an organization's growth opportunities - strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats.
accreditation
logistics
SWOT analysis
economies of scale
4. 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.
stock exchange
payroll
dividend
trade secret
5. A new scientific or technical idea.
deed of partnership
surveillance
confirm
invention
6. The idea that anything you tell your doctor will remain confidential.
risk
liner
financial privacy
medical privacy
7. A receipt for goods issued by a carrier indicated that goods were received without damage or irregularities.
Clean Bill of Lading
norm
ETA
supply chain
8. Officials formally appointed to run and represent a company.
internet privacy
officers of a company
EBITDA
information privacy
9. A process of verifying all information about a company including but not limited to financials - management - market share and risks.
due diligence
intermodal transport
freighters
Leveraged Buy-Out
10. An organization able to respond to and address changes in a market - their environment or industry.
track
TEU
trespassing
adaptive firm
11. One of the documents required by a firm to become a limited company.
memorandum of association
stock exchange
share capital
logistics outsourcing
12. A portion - piece or segment of something that is representative of the whole.
EBIT
fiscal year
sample
skimming pricing strategy
13. Mechanical device controlling the flow of a gas or liquid in a system.
accuracy
stakeholder
valve
feedback
14. Port where cargo enters a country and is unloaded.
port of entry
cash flow
operating expenses
economies of scale
15. Business wholly owned by its employees with the emphasis on group decision making.
confirm
stopover
co-operative
IPO - Initial Public Offering
16. A form of corporate equity ownership giving voting rights.
intermodal transport
market capitalization
common stock
possibilities
17. Steps taken in advance to avoid an accident happening.
liabilities
injury
precaution
director
18. Compensation paid to a person on the basis of products sold.
hose
feeder service
commission
political privacy
19. General term for ships designed to carry cargo rather than passengers.
assets
logistics
piggyback
freighters
20. The planning - implementation and control of flow and storage of goods.
SWOT analysis
logistics
benchmark
track
21. The times of highest demand for a product or service.
ergonomics
business mission
peak times
break-even point
22. Device which breaks to stop the flow of current in the event of an overload.
tankers
venture capitalist
fuse
'eye in the sky' camera
23. Usually wooden base used for moving or storing stacked goods.
SWOT analysis
variable cost
pallet
sleeping partner
24. A government office which registers information on every company on the British market and circulates them to stakeholders.
tankers
corporation
Companies House
cancel
25. The fraudulent use of someone's identity in order to steal money or get other benefits.
hard hat
skimming pricing strategy
deed of partnership
identity theft
26. Documents used to procure freight and express transportation and services from commercial carriers.
Bill of Lading
key performance indicator
unlimited liability
adaptive firm
27. Costs that fluctuate in direct relation to the volume of units produced.
share capital
variable cost
entrepreneuer
feeder service
28. A marketing strategy where a company tries to gain greater dominance in a market - for example - by offering special prices.
bed & breakfast
feedback
Companies House
market penetration strategy
29. The year as used in accounting which can begin and end in any month as the company sees fit.
political privacy
fiscal year
first aid
Leveraged Buy-Out
30. Raised flat area beside a train track for entering or exiting a train.
political privacy
electronic trail
asset turnover
platform
31. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown.
discovery
commission
ergonomics
venture capitalist
32. 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.
invention
limited liability
breach of privacy
break-even analysis
33. Activities involved in protecting a country - building or person against danger or attack.
positioning
fixed cost
challenge
security
34. To decide that an agreed appointment or booking will not take place.
wake-up call
seed capital
cancel
business mission
35. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.
franchise
discovery
suitcase
variable cost
36. Hospital department for people who suddenly become ill or are hurt in an accident.
A & E (Accident & Emergency)
skimming pricing strategy
CCTV (closed-circuit television)
officers of a company
37. The purchase of a business based on the company's cash recipts and the belief positive cash flow will continue.
Leveraged Buy-Out
market capitalization
share
bonded warehouse
38. Damage or hurt experienced by a person or animal.
piggyback
market capitalization
A & E (Accident & Emergency)
injury
39. The science of making sure people and machines work together as well as possible.
fuse
ergonomics
platform
stalking
40. The examination and evaluation of something.
logistics outsourcing
secret ballot
inventory
analysis
41. Protective helmet worn on building sites etc. to prevent injuries to the head.
customs
hard hat
valve
piggyback
42. When you allow someone to start a specific business by using your products in exchange for a part of his profits.
ETA
deed of partnership
franchise
ergonomics
43. Property that a business owns - including cash and receivables - inventory etc.
assets
Roll-on/Roll-off vessels
commission
operating expenses
44. A standard used to compare some aspect of a business to an external measure.
suitcase
first aid
positioning
benchmark
45. The time it takes between the arrival of a vessel or aircraft and its departure.
target market
track
diversification
turnaround
46. Forty-Foot Equivalent Units - a standard size for shipping containers.
wake-up call
lead-time
FEU
classified information
47. A response or reaction to a piece of information.
target market
limited liability
feedback
freedom of speech
48. The benefit of larger scale production where costs are spread over more units which lowers the average unit cost.
intermodal transport
cash flow
brand recognition
economies of scale
49. Debts; money that must be paid.
just-in-time manufacturing
carousel
liabilities
consensus
50. The crime of deceiving someone to get money or good illegally.
freighters
accounts payable
fraud
Lloyds' Registry