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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. To make valid by approval - to establish the certainty of something.
confirm
sexual privacy
feedback
turnaround
2. Information officially declared secret - such as classified documents or material that are available only to particular people.
trade secret
break-even point
valid
classified information
3. A planned - temporary break in a journey - for instance to change planes.
force majeure
security
benchmark
stopover
4. When you allow someone to start a specific business by using your products in exchange for a part of his profits.
risk
surveillance
franchise
Leveraged Buy-Out
5. Cargo which is transported by plane.
US Fourth Amendment
air cargo
discrimination
due diligence
6. A portion - piece or segment of something that is representative of the whole.
electronic trail
ergonomics
stopover
sample
7. A demanding or stimulating situation.
fork lift
challenge
rights violation
survey
8. The truck unit onto which freight in a container is loaded.
customs
trailer
brand equity
economies of scale
9. A form of corporate equity ownership giving voting rights.
turnaround
in transit
common stock
Ro/Ro
10. Earnings which are reinvested in the company rather than paid out as dividends.
charity
risk
retained earnings
common stock
11. A company that moves goods or passengers from one place to another.
carrier
spyware
track
equity financing
12. Anyone who has an interest in the success of an organization - e.g. the owner - employees - shareholders.
freighters
stakeholder
target market
common stock
13. Cargo ships not specialised in one type of cargo unlike a full containership.
invention
general cargo freighters
'eye in the sky' camera
income statement
14. A systematic - independent examination of whether a company's quality procedures are being followed and goals being achieved or not.
quality audit
memorandum of association
sleeping partner
freighters
15. A delivery which is currently between its source and destination.
pallet
quality audit
in transit
liabilities
16. The right to privacy and control of your information on the internet.
warehouse
supply chain
internet privacy
marketing mix
17. A measure of the average time between failures in a system - the higher the amount - the more reliable the thing is.
valve
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
break-even analysis
retained earnings
18. Series of questions designed to gather information on a certain topic.
survey
payroll
full containerships
surveillance
19. A short description of a company's purpose in relation to customers - products - markets etc.
economies of scale
quality audit
business mission
peak times
20. Expenses for a company which do not change based on production or sales levels.
feeder service
fixed cost
trespassing
Clean Bill of Lading
21. Business wholly owned by its employees with the emphasis on group decision making.
procedure
common stock
retained earnings
co-operative
22. List of goods in a store or warehouse.
franchise
goggles
inventory
income statement
23. The examination and evaluation of something.
analysis
feeder service
risk
A & E (Accident & Emergency)
24. Forty-Foot Equivalent Units - a standard size for shipping containers.
risk
entrepreneuer
FEU
medical privacy
25. The time it takes between the arrival of a vessel or aircraft and its departure.
fixed cost
FEU
turnaround
creativity
26. Activities including product - method of distribution - method of advertising which all affect how a product is marketing.
marketing mix
portfolio
valve
challenge
27. A new scientific or technical idea.
brand
freighters
Ro/Ro
invention
28. An investment contributed at the early stages of a new venture.
risk
economies of scale
challenge
seed capital
29. Ceiling-mounted camera used in stores and casinos etc to monitor customers.
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30. Written description of how something should be done.
marine insurance
procedure
sleeping partner
risk
31. Entering land or property without permission from the owner or the right to enter.
ETA
variable cost
norm
trespassing
32. An agreement that regulates the rights and obligations of shareholders.
deed of partnership
Ro/Ro
confirm
sexual privacy
33. Metal rails along which a train travels.
fire extinguisher
track
full containerships
US Fourth Amendment
34. Someone who invests in a business partnership without taking part in business affairs. Usually sleeping partners have limited liability.
consignment
quality audit
pallet
sleeping partner
35. The relationship between technology and the legal right to privacy in the collection and sharing of data about oneself.
sample
information privacy
inventory
ETA
36. Transportation method where truck trailers with their loads are moved by train to their destination.
market capitalization
accounts receivable
income statement
piggyback
37. Letting a third-party company take care of your logistics for you.
surveillance
logistics outsourcing
portfolio
discovery
38. A technique used to assess expected profitability of a company or single product.
breach of privacy
positioning
warehouse
break-even analysis
39. The granting of power to perform various acts or duties.
possibilities
hard hat
accreditation
rights violation
40. Cargo which is booked but does not arrive in time to be loaded onto a vessel.
dividend
risk
break bulk
no-show
41. Protective eyewear worn when working with chemicals or dangerous machines.
goggles
stopover
co-operative
sleeping partner
42. A process of verifying all information about a company including but not limited to financials - management - market share and risks.
valid
due diligence
equity financing
spyware
43. Device containing water - foam or powder used to put out a fire.
goggles
valve
fire extinguisher
stopover
44. When a person or group infringes on your rights such as freedom of movement or freedom of speech.
co-operative
carousel
SWOT analysis
rights violation
45. 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.
freedom of speech
procedure
asset turnover
stock exchange
46. Sales divided by total assets.
asset turnover
skimming pricing strategy
limited liability
accreditation
47. A short statement describing the main objectives and aims of a business.
sleeping partner
challenge
valve
mission statement
48. A financial statement showing sales - cost of sales - gross margin - operating expenses etc.
identity theft
cash flow
analysis
income statement
49. One of the documents required by a firm to become a limited company.
memorandum of association
carousel
Leveraged Buy-Out
portfolio
50. When a company produces a product of a type they have not previously made.
no-show
diversification
return on investment
suitcase