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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. Bills to be paid as part of the normal course of business.
skimming pricing strategy
spyware
market segmentation
accounts payable
2. A name - term - sign - symbol - design or combination of these used to uniquely identify a producer's goods.
carrier
brand
air cargo
mission statement
3. The first time a company offers its shares to the public.
stakeholder
trespassing
IPO - Initial Public Offering
benchmark
4. The state of remaining unknown to most other people.
unlimited liability
portfolio
anonymity
marketing mix
5. A place to live - work - stay in : rented/temporary/furnished accommodation.
marketing mix
wake-up call
benchmark
accommodation
6. A measure of the average time between failures in a system - the higher the amount - the more reliable the thing is.
barrel (BBL)
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
Roll-on/Roll-off vessels
Leveraged Buy-Out
7. The efforts to make a product seem different from rival products or even unique.
TEU
differentiation
air cargo
track
8. A shipment of goods to a consignee.
consignment
franchise
stopover
diversification
9. Series of questions designed to gather information on a certain topic.
survey
due diligence
barrel (BBL)
brand equity
10. The amount of money of a company's profits that is distributed to its shareholders.
fixed cost
differentiation
dividend
breach of privacy
11. A statisitical measure of how well a company is doing in a certain area.
key performance indicator
brand recognition
security
stakeholder
12. Expenses arising during normal business operations.
liner
valid
operating expenses
payroll
13. A form of company which has a separate legal identity and limited liabilities.
'eye in the sky' camera
corporation
fraud
financial privacy
14. The right to have your political view kept secret.
key performance indicator
political privacy
fraud
force majeure
15. Events which are beyond the control of a carrier like war - earthquakes or floods.
just-in-time manufacturing
force majeure
Bill of Lading
risk
16. Useable or acceptable.
spyware
bed & breakfast
valid
medical privacy
17. General term for ships designed to carry cargo rather than passengers.
share
assets
freighters
bonded warehouse
18. A small hotel or private house that rents out rooms to sleep in - including breakfast - at reasonable prices.
bed & breakfast
economies of scale
advice of shipment
sample
19. The categorization of potential customers into groups based on common characteristics.
valve
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
market segmentation
classified information
20. Protective eyewear worn when working with chemicals or dangerous machines.
stock exchange
director
goggles
commission
21. A portion - piece or segment of something that is representative of the whole.
procedure
limited liability
information privacy
sample
22. The crime of deceiving someone to get money or good illegally.
fraud
warehouse
port of entry
sample
23. One of the documents required by a firm to become a limited company.
IPO - Initial Public Offering
memorandum of association
classified information
director
24. Port where cargo enters a country and is unloaded.
port of entry
analysis
Roll-on/Roll-off vessels
accommodation
25. In a business plan this is the change in the cash balance.
air cargo
cash flow
Ro/Ro
fork lift
26. Surveillance tools installed on a computer without the users' consent.
spyware
stalking
freight forwarder
invasion of privacy
27. The year as used in accounting which can begin and end in any month as the company sees fit.
target market
deed of partnership
payroll
fiscal year
28. A non-profit making organization which exists to support and help a particular group.
information privacy
charity
break-even point
target market
29. Abbreviation for a standardized container - Twenty-foot equivalent unit.
limited liability
TEU
break-even point
spyware
30. Property that a business owns - including cash and receivables - inventory etc.
port of entry
warehouse
assets
injury
31. Information officially declared secret - such as classified documents or material that are available only to particular people.
classified information
Lloyds' Registry
wake-up call
mission statement
32. A document representing one unit of ownership in a corporation - mutual fund or limited partnership.
first aid
intermodal transport
consensus
share
33. The right to say what you want without anyone stopping you.
freedom of speech
air cargo
pallet
consignment
34. The granting of power to perform various acts or duties.
accreditation
income statement
logistics outsourcing
brand equity
35. A person who is involved in a situation in addition to the two main participants.
third party
secret ballot
fiscal year
warehouse
36. To unload and distribute some or all the contents of a rail car - container or trailer.
tankers
break bulk
acid test
precaution
37. When you allow someone to start a specific business by using your products in exchange for a part of his profits.
market penetration strategy
operating expenses
marketing mix
franchise
38. Transporting something using different means of transport - e.g. first on a truck and then on a ship.
advice of shipment
US Fourth Amendment
classified information
intermodal transport
39. Cargo ships not specialised in one type of cargo unlike a full containership.
key performance indicator
general cargo freighters
variable cost
bonded warehouse
40. A response or reaction to a piece of information.
accounts payable
feedback
marine insurance
carousel
41. The monitoring or close observation of behaviour.
in transit
intermodal transport
surveillance
best practice
42. The benefit of larger scale production where costs are spread over more units which lowers the average unit cost.
positioning
economies of scale
spyware
air cargo
43. Net profits divided by net worth or total equity.
wake-up call
operating expenses
return on investment
business mission
44. Earnings which are reinvested in the company rather than paid out as dividends.
injury
officers of a company
commission
retained earnings
45. The organization that surveys and classifies ships for insurance companies.
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46. A test of a company's ability to meet its immediate cash requirements: short-term assets minus accounts receivable and inventory - divided by short-term liabilities.
cancel
stalking
equity financing
acid test
47. Ships especially designed for trucks to drive into them using internal ramps.
customs
stopover
Roll-on/Roll-off vessels
suitcase
48. Wages - salaries and other forms of employee compensation.
carousel
payroll
memorandum of association
sleeping partner
49. Ships with permanent container cells with little or no space for other cargo types.
civil liberties
return on investment
norm
full containerships
50. A piece of information - for example how a certain product is made - which is only known to the company that makes it.
charity
political privacy
trade secret
Clean Bill of Lading