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Business English Test
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Subjects
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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. A place to live - work - stay in : rented/temporary/furnished accommodation.
discrimination
accommodation
norm
trade secret
2. Surveillance tools installed on a computer without the users' consent.
stakeholder
spyware
general cargo freighters
break-even point
3. A name - term - sign - symbol - design or combination of these used to uniquely identify a producer's goods.
break bulk
brand
differentiation
liner
4. Ships especially designed for trucks to drive into them using internal ramps.
Roll-on/Roll-off vessels
fraud
depreciation
spyware
5. Anyone who has an interest in the success of an organization - e.g. the owner - employees - shareholders.
director
suitcase
stakeholder
norm
6. When all members of a group agree to support a decision even if they don't agree with it.
consensus
survey
bonded warehouse
cancel
7. To unload and distribute some or all the contents of a rail car - container or trailer.
EBITDA
break bulk
injury
valid
8. A person who is involved in a situation in addition to the two main participants.
full containerships
bulk cargo
third party
benchmark
9. A new scientific or technical idea.
full containerships
carousel
trade secret
invention
10. A systematic - independent examination of whether a company's quality procedures are being followed and goals being achieved or not.
accreditation
quality audit
officers of a company
discovery
11. Expenses arising during normal business operations.
operating expenses
CCTV (closed-circuit television)
turnaround
intermodal transport
12. Activities including product - method of distribution - method of advertising which all affect how a product is marketing.
breach of privacy
anonymity
quality audit
marketing mix
13. The point in units sold or sales amount when the expenses will be matched.
accommodation
break-even point
sexual privacy
property rights
14. Events which are beyond the control of a carrier like war - earthquakes or floods.
force majeure
freedom of speech
logistics outsourcing
FEU
15. Someone who acts as an agent on behalf of a shipper.
liner
procedure
franchise
freight forwarder
16. Officials formally appointed to run and represent a company.
trade secret
surveillance
officers of a company
benchmark
17. Electronic records of phone calls - bank transactions etc which paint a picture of what a person did - where and when.
IPO - Initial Public Offering
invention
electronic trail
barrel (BBL)
18. Abbreviation for a standardized container - Twenty-foot equivalent unit.
TEU
surveillance
platform
advice of shipment
19. A place for the reception - delivery - consolidation - distribution and storage of goods and cargo.
warehouse
franchise
supply chain
freight forwarder
20. A small hotel or private house that rents out rooms to sleep in - including breakfast - at reasonable prices.
bed & breakfast
cash flow
identity theft
advice of shipment
21. To decide that an agreed appointment or booking will not take place.
third party
fiscal year
cancel
hard hat
22. Wages - salaries and other forms of employee compensation.
director
corporation
payroll
discovery
23. The right to have your sexual orientation and practices remain secret.
sexual privacy
trailer
venture capitalist
accreditation
24. A model depicting the sales curve of a product split into four stages - introduction - growth - maturity and decline.
feeder service
life cycle
platform
pallet
25. The planning - implementation and control of flow and storage of goods.
accreditation
hose
director
logistics
26. A form of corporate equity ownership giving voting rights.
share
pallet
risk
common stock
27. To make valid by approval - to establish the certainty of something.
accounts payable
identity theft
confirm
accreditation
28. 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.
goodwill
discrimination
limited liability
liner
29. Someone who starts a new business venture often involving innovation and risk taking.
invention
procedure
EBITDA
entrepreneuer
30. Ceiling-mounted camera used in stores and casinos etc to monitor customers.
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31. Letting a third-party company take care of your logistics for you.
logistics outsourcing
FEU
analysis
accounts payable
32. Damage or hurt experienced by a person or animal.
general cargo freighters
possibilities
injury
logistics
33. Earnings which are reinvested in the company rather than paid out as dividends.
sexual privacy
bulk carriers
supply chain
retained earnings
34. The idea that anything you tell your doctor will remain confidential.
portfolio
goggles
medical privacy
fire extinguisher
35. Insurance covering loss or damage of goods at sea.
classified information
consignment
marine insurance
variable cost
36. Goods which are shipped loose in the hold of a ship.
bulk cargo
differentiation
fixed cost
challenge
37. Activities involved in protecting a country - building or person against danger or attack.
no-show
retained earnings
security
invasion of privacy
38. The estimated loss of value of assets over a period of time.
SWOT analysis
EBITDA
depreciation
valve
39. When a company buys another one for more than the asset value the difference is called goodwill.
goodwill
just-in-time manufacturing
peak times
sexual privacy
40. List of goods in a store or warehouse.
inventory
fraud
confirm
peak times
41. The ability to develop new ideas.
'eye in the sky' camera
target market
creativity
trailer
42. A technique used to assess expected profitability of a company or single product.
equity financing
injury
break-even analysis
wake-up call
43. Documents used to procure freight and express transportation and services from commercial carriers.
diversification
Bill of Lading
trade secret
creativity
44. Useable or acceptable.
carrier
market segmentation
valid
hard hat
45. Usually wooden base used for moving or storing stacked goods.
pallet
suitcase
medical privacy
first aid
46. A statisitical measure of how well a company is doing in a certain area.
retained earnings
key performance indicator
assets
injury
47. The examination and evaluation of something.
analysis
peak times
procedure
electronic trail
48. A portion - piece or segment of something that is representative of the whole.
sample
survey
fixed cost
track
49. A vessel sailing between specific ports on a regular basis.
discrimination
financial privacy
precaution
liner
50. The expected behaviour or standard for something.
due diligence
norm
consensus
liabilities