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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Monitoring of public places using video cameras.






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






3. A planned - temporary break in a journey - for instance to change planes.






4. Wages - salaries and other forms of employee compensation.






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






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






7. An agreement that regulates the rights and obligations of shareholders.






8. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.






9. System where goods are produced as and when they are needed rather than producing items in advance and storing them in a warehouse.






10. Anyone who has an interest in the success of an organization - e.g. the owner - employees - shareholders.






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






12. The times of highest demand for a product or service.






13. 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.






14. Steps taken in advance to avoid an accident happening.






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






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






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






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






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






20. Ships fitted with tanks to carry liquid or gas cargoes.






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






22. Things which are likely or feasible.






23. An investment contributed at the early stages of a new venture.






24. Someone who acts as an agent on behalf of a shipper.






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






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






27. The estimated loss of value of assets over a period of time.






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






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






30. One of the documents required by a firm to become a limited company.






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






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






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






34. The monitoring or close observation of behaviour.






35. In a business plan this is the change in the cash balance.






36. The ability to develop new ideas.






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






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






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






40. Mechanical device controlling the flow of a gas or liquid in a system.






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






42. The expected behaviour or standard for something.






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






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






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






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






47. A demanding or stimulating situation.






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






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






50. A business classed as a separate legal entity so if there is a financial problem the owners would not lose all their money - only the money they had invested in the company.







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