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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The total value of all the outstanding shares of a publicly-traded company.
retained earnings
marketing mix
procedure
market capitalization
2. Useable or acceptable.
valid
economies of scale
piggyback
share capital
3. The ability to develop new ideas.
creativity
fixed cost
marketing mix
feedback
4. Someone who acts as an agent on behalf of a shipper.
freight forwarder
customs
goodwill
Clean Bill of Lading
5. The purchase of a business based on the company's cash recipts and the belief positive cash flow will continue.
carousel
consensus
Leveraged Buy-Out
variable cost
6. A defined segment of the market that a product is aimed at.
target market
precaution
electronic trail
freedom of speech
7. The amount of money of a company's profits that is distributed to its shareholders.
logistics
adaptive firm
marine insurance
dividend
8. The estimated loss of value of assets over a period of time.
CCTV (closed-circuit television)
depreciation
breach of privacy
portfolio
9. When someone breaks your right to privacy.
invasion of privacy
Leveraged Buy-Out
air cargo
third party
10. The year as used in accounting which can begin and end in any month as the company sees fit.
discovery
limited liability
warehouse
fiscal year
11. The examination and evaluation of something.
risk
bed & breakfast
FEU
analysis
12. Mechanical device controlling the flow of a gas or liquid in a system.
Ro/Ro
common stock
precaution
valve
13. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown.
discovery
spyware
memorandum of association
seed capital
14. A government office which registers information on every company on the British market and circulates them to stakeholders.
accommodation
Companies House
trespassing
EBIT
15. The possibility of suffering harm or loss; a danger.
skimming pricing strategy
accuracy
electronic trail
risk
16. Steps taken in advance to avoid an accident happening.
goggles
precaution
equity financing
peak times
17. The right to have your sexual orientation and practices remain secret.
trailer
accreditation
sexual privacy
classified information
18. Earnings Before Interest and Taxes.
accounts payable
EBIT
Bill of Lading
turnaround
19. Raised flat area beside a train track for entering or exiting a train.
consignment
surveillance
civil liberties
platform
20. Things which are likely or feasible.
sexual privacy
unlimited liability
invasion of privacy
possibilities
21. Letting a third-party company take care of your logistics for you.
bonded warehouse
logistics outsourcing
Lloyds' Registry
mission statement
22. Compensation paid to a person on the basis of products sold.
adaptive firm
goodwill
memorandum of association
commission
23. When a company produces a product of a type they have not previously made.
diversification
accounts payable
no-show
fuse
24. A statisitical measure of how well a company is doing in a certain area.
key performance indicator
venture capitalist
US Fourth Amendment
bulk cargo
25. Fundamental human rights usually protected by law such as freedom of speech and religion.
civil liberties
portfolio
freedom of speech
marketing mix
26. A notice to a buyer that shipment has gone forward which contains details of packing - routing etc.
director
trade secret
advice of shipment
fire extinguisher
27. The relationship between technology and the legal right to privacy in the collection and sharing of data about oneself.
anonymity
information privacy
valve
force majeure
28. A small hotel or private house that rents out rooms to sleep in - including breakfast - at reasonable prices.
bed & breakfast
peak times
assets
platform
29. The time it takes between the arrival of a vessel or aircraft and its departure.
customs
tankers
officers of a company
turnaround
30. Information officially declared secret - such as classified documents or material that are available only to particular people.
classified information
Ro/Ro
EBIT
valve
31. Duties or taxes imposed by the government on imported and exported goods.
customs
life cycle
asset turnover
market penetration strategy
32. A telephone call requested at a certain time to wake someone up.
freedom of speech
fiscal year
wake-up call
analysis
33. When all members of a group agree to support a decision even if they don't agree with it.
consensus
brand equity
feedback
secret ballot
34. The granting of power to perform various acts or duties.
fiscal year
economies of scale
target market
accreditation
35. Debts; money that must be paid.
FEU
liabilities
carrier
TEU
36. A method recognised throughout a business sector as the best way to do something.
best practice
liabilities
general cargo freighters
share
37. A formal framework for identifying an organization's growth opportunities - strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats.
SWOT analysis
general cargo freighters
consignment
sample
38. The expected behaviour or standard for something.
Clean Bill of Lading
norm
injury
warehouse
39. The right to have details of your financial transactions kept secret.
secret ballot
financial privacy
equity financing
air cargo
40. In a business plan this is the change in the cash balance.
political privacy
hard hat
operating expenses
cash flow
41. To unload and distribute some or all the contents of a rail car - container or trailer.
civil liberties
discrimination
general cargo freighters
break bulk
42. Activities including product - method of distribution - method of advertising which all affect how a product is marketing.
valve
due diligence
marketing mix
identity theft
43. Officials formally appointed to run and represent a company.
officers of a company
advice of shipment
bonded warehouse
in transit
44. When a company buys another one for more than the asset value the difference is called goodwill.
goodwill
ergonomics
general cargo freighters
marketing mix
45. Events which are beyond the control of a carrier like war - earthquakes or floods.
force majeure
commission
fixed cost
acid test
46. Earnings Before Interest - Taxes - Depreciation and Amortization.
challenge
EBITDA
sleeping partner
spyware
47. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.
portfolio
discrimination
suitcase
SWOT analysis
48. To make valid by approval - to establish the certainty of something.
marketing mix
stalking
confirm
break-even analysis
49. Expenses for a company which do not change based on production or sales levels.
invasion of privacy
fixed cost
fork lift
classified information
50. Shortened form of Roll on/Roll off meaning a ship which trucks can drive straight onto without the need for cranes.
freight forwarder
mission statement
break bulk
Ro/Ro