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Business English Test

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The year as used in accounting which can begin and end in any month as the company sees fit.






2. A small hotel or private house that rents out rooms to sleep in - including breakfast - at reasonable prices.






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






4. 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.






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






6. The right to have your political view kept secret.






7. An organization able to respond to and address changes in a market - their environment or industry.






8. Damage or hurt experienced by a person or animal.






9. Electronic records of phone calls - bank transactions etc which paint a picture of what a person did - where and when.






10. The first time a company offers its shares to the public.






11. Port where cargo enters a country and is unloaded.






12. The time it takes between the arrival of a vessel or aircraft and its departure.






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






14. The monitoring or close observation of behaviour.






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






16. A financial statement showing sales - cost of sales - gross margin - operating expenses etc.






17. Positions customer's relative perceptions of one brand in comparison to other competitive alternatives.






18. The system of technology - people - organizations etc involved in moving services or products from supplier to customer.






19. Shortened form of Roll on/Roll off meaning a ship which trucks can drive straight onto without the need for cranes.






20. The organization that surveys and classifies ships for insurance companies.

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






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






23. Written description of how something should be done.






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






25. Fundamental human rights usually protected by law such as freedom of speech and religion.






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






27. When you allow someone to start a specific business by using your products in exchange for a part of his profits.






28. A person who is on the managing board of a business.






29. The point in units sold or sales amount when the expenses will be matched.






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






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






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






33. Sales divided by total assets.






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






35. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.






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






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






38. A systematic - independent examination of whether a company's quality procedures are being followed and goals being achieved or not.






39. Earnings Before Interest - Taxes - Depreciation and Amortization.






40. Expenses for a company which do not change based on production or sales levels.






41. Vessel designed to carry bulk cargo such as grain or ore.






42. A method recognised throughout a business sector as the best way to do something.






43. A document representing one unit of ownership in a corporation - mutual fund or limited partnership.






44. When all members of a group agree to support a decision even if they don't agree with it.






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






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






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






48. Service taking cargo from a regional port or airport to a central hub for a long-haul voyage.






49. Ships with permanent container cells with little or no space for other cargo types.






50. The complete range of a company's offerings including products and services.