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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. Setting a relatively low intitial price for a new product in order to win market share.
penetration pricing strategy
accommodation
share
officers of a company
2. A machine used to pick up and transport goods loaded on pallets.
depreciation
fork lift
key performance indicator
SWOT analysis
3. Part of the Bill of Rights which provides people with the right to be secure in their persons - houses - papers etc.
US Fourth Amendment
memorandum of association
Roll-on/Roll-off vessels
procedure
4. Unfair treatment of a person or group based on prejudice.
brand recognition
stakeholder
key performance indicator
discrimination
5. The total value of the money invested into a company by its shareholders.
portfolio
Bill of Lading
discrimination
share capital
6. A piece of information - for example how a certain product is made - which is only known to the company that makes it.
advice of shipment
co-operative
trade secret
possibilities
7. A measure of the average time between failures in a system - the higher the amount - the more reliable the thing is.
full containerships
barrel (BBL)
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
challenge
8. A non-profit making organization which exists to support and help a particular group.
target market
consignment
commission
charity
9. To decide that an agreed appointment or booking will not take place.
stakeholder
cancel
bed & breakfast
share
10. Things which are likely or feasible.
barrel (BBL)
possibilities
deed of partnership
A & E (Accident & Emergency)
11. Documents used to procure freight and express transportation and services from commercial carriers.
Bill of Lading
political privacy
Ro/Ro
spyware
12. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.
suitcase
seed capital
wake-up call
invasion of privacy
13. Device containing water - foam or powder used to put out a fire.
fire extinguisher
turnaround
property rights
possibilities
14. A place to live - work - stay in : rented/temporary/furnished accommodation.
cash flow
ETA
accommodation
bonded warehouse
15. Compensation paid to a person on the basis of products sold.
sexual privacy
feedback
feeder service
commission
16. Cargo which is transported by plane.
depreciation
fraud
air cargo
market segmentation
17. The relationship between technology and the legal right to privacy in the collection and sharing of data about oneself.
accommodation
benchmark
air cargo
information privacy
18. A delivery which is currently between its source and destination.
in transit
just-in-time manufacturing
no-show
classified information
19. The time which a seller needs to produce and deliver goods.
force majeure
lead-time
memorandum of association
full containerships
20. To unload and distribute some or all the contents of a rail car - container or trailer.
break bulk
air cargo
Companies House
operating expenses
21. Earnings which are reinvested in the company rather than paid out as dividends.
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
director
retained earnings
cash flow
22. Activities involved in protecting a country - building or person against danger or attack.
security
financial privacy
accounts payable
seed capital
23. A name - term - sign - symbol - design or combination of these used to uniquely identify a producer's goods.
property rights
brand
medical privacy
positioning
24. Costs that fluctuate in direct relation to the volume of units produced.
variable cost
Leveraged Buy-Out
payroll
customs
25. Raised flat area beside a train track for entering or exiting a train.
Bill of Lading
port of entry
stock exchange
platform
26. The amount of money of a company's profits that is distributed to its shareholders.
dividend
consignment
supply chain
invasion of privacy
27. The obsessive following - observing or contacting of another person.
creativity
mission statement
stalking
fraud
28. A shipment of goods to a consignee.
freight forwarder
rights violation
unlimited liability
consignment
29. Insurance covering loss or damage of goods at sea.
'eye in the sky' camera
limited liability
marine insurance
skimming pricing strategy
30. When a person or group infringes on your rights such as freedom of movement or freedom of speech.
rights violation
entrepreneuer
stakeholder
classified information
31. A short statement describing the main objectives and aims of a business.
assets
spyware
mission statement
suitcase
32. Property that a business owns - including cash and receivables - inventory etc.
fuse
assets
economies of scale
surveillance
33. A place for the reception - delivery - consolidation - distribution and storage of goods and cargo.
benchmark
consensus
warehouse
piggyback
34. To make valid by approval - to establish the certainty of something.
quality audit
fire extinguisher
consensus
confirm
35. Information officially declared secret - such as classified documents or material that are available only to particular people.
SWOT analysis
penetration pricing strategy
classified information
ergonomics
36. Device which breaks to stop the flow of current in the event of an overload.
fuse
economies of scale
wake-up call
customs
37. A model depicting the sales curve of a product split into four stages - introduction - growth - maturity and decline.
intermodal transport
assets
life cycle
entrepreneuer
38. A statisitical measure of how well a company is doing in a certain area.
unlimited liability
key performance indicator
Lloyds' Registry
full containerships
39. A receipt for goods issued by a carrier indicated that goods were received without damage or irregularities.
analysis
Clean Bill of Lading
share
medical privacy
40. Usually wooden base used for moving or storing stacked goods.
differentiation
pallet
asset turnover
TEU
41. The truck unit onto which freight in a container is loaded.
mission statement
marine insurance
trailer
port of entry
42. Debts owed to a company usually from sales on credit.
discovery
accounts receivable
intermodal transport
trespassing
43. Estimated Time of Arrival.
ETA
valid
first aid
marine insurance
44. Officials formally appointed to run and represent a company.
dividend
freedom of speech
piggyback
officers of a company
45. Bills to be paid as part of the normal course of business.
ergonomics
accounts payable
due diligence
operating expenses
46. Debts; money that must be paid.
lead-time
liabilities
political privacy
platform
47. The benefit of larger scale production where costs are spread over more units which lowers the average unit cost.
economies of scale
assets
commission
payroll
48. An invasion of someone's private life without due cause.
financial privacy
share capital
retained earnings
breach of privacy
49. Business wholly owned by its employees with the emphasis on group decision making.
depreciation
co-operative
return on investment
corporation
50. When a company produces a product of a type they have not previously made.
accreditation
norm
diversification
advice of shipment