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






2. A machine used to pick up and transport goods loaded on pallets.






3. Part of the Bill of Rights which provides people with the right to be secure in their persons - houses - papers etc.






4. Unfair treatment of a person or group based on prejudice.






5. The total value of the money invested into a company by its shareholders.






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






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






8. A non-profit making organization which exists to support and help a particular group.






9. To decide that an agreed appointment or booking will not take place.






10. Things which are likely or feasible.






11. Documents used to procure freight and express transportation and services from commercial carriers.






12. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.






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






14. A place to live - work - stay in : rented/temporary/furnished accommodation.






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






16. Cargo which is transported by plane.






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






18. A delivery which is currently between its source and destination.






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






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






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






22. Activities involved in protecting a country - building or person against danger or attack.






23. A name - term - sign - symbol - design or combination of these used to uniquely identify a producer's goods.






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






25. Raised flat area beside a train track for entering or exiting a train.






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






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






28. A shipment of goods to a consignee.






29. Insurance covering loss or damage of goods at sea.






30. When a person or group infringes on your rights such as freedom of movement or freedom of speech.






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






32. Property that a business owns - including cash and receivables - inventory etc.






33. A place for the reception - delivery - consolidation - distribution and storage of goods and cargo.






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






35. Information officially declared secret - such as classified documents or material that are available only to particular people.






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






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






38. A statisitical measure of how well a company is doing in a certain area.






39. A receipt for goods issued by a carrier indicated that goods were received without damage or irregularities.






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






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






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






43. Estimated Time of Arrival.






44. Officials formally appointed to run and represent a company.






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






46. Debts; money that must be paid.






47. The benefit of larger scale production where costs are spread over more units which lowers the average unit cost.






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






49. Business wholly owned by its employees with the emphasis on group decision making.






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