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Business English Test

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The estimated loss of value of assets over a period of time.






2. A demanding or stimulating situation.






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






4. Useable or acceptable.






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






6. Debts owed to a company usually from sales on credit.






7. The ability to develop new ideas.






8. The right to say what you want without anyone stopping you.






9. The expected behaviour or standard for something.






10. Abbreviation for a standardized container - Twenty-foot equivalent unit.






11. An invasion of someone's private life without due cause.






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






13. Cargo ships not specialised in one type of cargo unlike a full containership.






14. A piece of information - for example how a certain product is made - which is only known to the company that makes it.






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






16. The year as used in accounting which can begin and end in any month as the company sees fit.






17. To make valid by approval - to establish the certainty of something.






18. When a company produces a product of a type they have not previously made.






19. Protective helmet worn on building sites etc. to prevent injuries to the head.






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






21. 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.






22. A measure of the average time between failures in a system - the higher the amount - the more reliable the thing is.






23. Transporting something using different means of transport - e.g. first on a truck and then on a ship.






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






25. The possibility of suffering harm or loss; a danger.






26. Activities including product - method of distribution - method of advertising which all affect how a product is marketing.






27. When someone breaks your right to privacy.






28. Shaping a companies' offering and image to occupy a unique and valued place in the customer's mind.






29. The planning - implementation and control of flow and storage of goods.






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






31. A formal framework for identifying an organization's growth opportunities - strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats.






32. A portion - piece or segment of something that is representative of the whole.






33. The time which a seller needs to produce and deliver goods.






34. The right to have details of your financial transactions kept secret.






35. The system of technology - people - organizations etc involved in moving services or products from supplier to customer.






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






37. The monitoring or close observation of behaviour.






38. Monitoring of public places using video cameras.






39. Estimated Time of Arrival.






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






41. Device containing water - foam or powder used to put out a fire.






42. Someone who starts a new business venture often involving innovation and risk taking.






43. The amount of money of a company's profits that is distributed to its shareholders.






44. A wealthy person who invests in a start-up company.






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






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






47. Setting a relatively low intitial price for a new product in order to win market share.






48. A government office which registers information on every company on the British market and circulates them to stakeholders.






49. The fraudulent use of someone's identity in order to steal money or get other benefits.






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