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Business English Test

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Service taking cargo from a regional port or airport to a central hub for a long-haul voyage.






2. Earnings which are reinvested in the company rather than paid out as dividends.






3. The right to have your sexual orientation and practices remain secret.






4. Surveillance tools installed on a computer without the users' consent.






5. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown.






6. Estimated Time of Arrival.






7. The right of owners of physical or intellectual property to consume - rent or sell their property.






8. Useable or acceptable.






9. When a company buys another one for more than the asset value the difference is called goodwill.






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






11. The obsessive following - observing or contacting of another person.






12. Compensation paid to a person on the basis of products sold.






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






14. The right to have your political view kept secret.






15. List of goods in a store or warehouse.






16. To unload and distribute some or all the contents of a rail car - container or trailer.






17. When all members of a group agree to support a decision even if they don't agree with it.






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






19. Device which breaks to stop the flow of current in the event of an overload.






20. The complete range of a company's offerings including products and services.






21. The granting of power to perform various acts or duties.






22. The ability to develop new ideas.






23. A standard used to compare some aspect of a business to an external measure.






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






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






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






27. A defined segment of the market that a product is aimed at.






28. Someone who invests in a business partnership without taking part in business affairs. Usually sleeping partners have limited liability.






29. Bills to be paid as part of the normal course of business.






30. Ships especially designed for trucks to drive into them using internal ramps.






31. The truck unit onto which freight in a container is loaded.






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






33. Ceiling-mounted camera used in stores and casinos etc to monitor customers.

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34. A systematic - independent examination of whether a company's quality procedures are being followed and goals being achieved or not.






35. A short statement describing the main objectives and aims of a business.






36. A telephone call requested at a certain time to wake someone up.






37. The monitoring or close observation of behaviour.






38. An organization able to respond to and address changes in a market - their environment or industry.






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






40. Series of questions designed to gather information on a certain topic.






41. Usually wooden base used for moving or storing stacked goods.






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






43. Debts; money that must be paid.






44. A model depicting the sales curve of a product split into four stages - introduction - growth - maturity and decline.






45. The organization that surveys and classifies ships for insurance companies.

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46. Costs that fluctuate in direct relation to the volume of units produced.






47. A flexible tube used to transport liquids or gas.






48. Letting a third-party company take care of your logistics for you.






49. 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.






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







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