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Business English Test

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.






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






3. A name - term - sign - symbol - design or combination of these used to uniquely identify a producer's goods.






4. Ships especially designed for trucks to drive into them using internal ramps.






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






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






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






8. A person who is involved in a situation in addition to the two main participants.






9. A new scientific or technical idea.






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






11. Expenses arising during normal business operations.






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






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






14. Events which are beyond the control of a carrier like war - earthquakes or floods.






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






16. Officials formally appointed to run and represent a company.






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






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






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






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






21. To decide that an agreed appointment or booking will not take place.






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






23. The right to have your sexual orientation and practices remain secret.






24. A model depicting the sales curve of a product split into four stages - introduction - growth - maturity and decline.






25. The planning - implementation and control of flow and storage of goods.






26. A form of corporate equity ownership giving voting rights.






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






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.






29. Someone who starts a new business venture often involving innovation and risk taking.






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.






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






33. Earnings which are reinvested in the company rather than paid out as dividends.






34. The idea that anything you tell your doctor will remain confidential.






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






36. Goods which are shipped loose in the hold of a ship.






37. Activities involved in protecting a country - building or person against danger or attack.






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






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






40. List of goods in a store or warehouse.






41. The ability to develop new ideas.






42. A technique used to assess expected profitability of a company or single product.






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






44. Useable or acceptable.






45. Usually wooden base used for moving or storing stacked goods.






46. A statisitical measure of how well a company is doing in a certain area.






47. The examination and evaluation of something.






48. A portion - piece or segment of something that is representative of the whole.






49. A vessel sailing between specific ports on a regular basis.






50. The expected behaviour or standard for something.