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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Sales divided by total assets.
asset turnover
CCTV (closed-circuit television)
bulk carriers
SWOT analysis
2. The right to say what you want without anyone stopping you.
common stock
memorandum of association
freedom of speech
medical privacy
3. A technique used to assess expected profitability of a company or single product.
stopover
diversification
break-even analysis
intermodal transport
4. General term for ships designed to carry cargo rather than passengers.
freighters
differentiation
due diligence
invention
5. A process of verifying all information about a company including but not limited to financials - management - market share and risks.
due diligence
break-even analysis
carousel
hose
6. A company where the owners are personally liable for the debts of the company.
income statement
unlimited liability
freighters
procedure
7. Events which are beyond the control of a carrier like war - earthquakes or floods.
deed of partnership
due diligence
force majeure
diversification
8. Wages - salaries and other forms of employee compensation.
valid
payroll
memorandum of association
operating expenses
9. System where goods are produced as and when they are needed rather than producing items in advance and storing them in a warehouse.
differentiation
brand
just-in-time manufacturing
US Fourth Amendment
10. A form of company which has a separate legal identity and limited liabilities.
suitcase
internet privacy
surveillance
corporation
11. The expected behaviour or standard for something.
norm
Companies House
intermodal transport
entrepreneuer
12. A piece of information - for example how a certain product is made - which is only known to the company that makes it.
trade secret
survey
market capitalization
discrimination
13. Debts; money that must be paid.
liabilities
depreciation
accuracy
stock exchange
14. A systematic - independent examination of whether a company's quality procedures are being followed and goals being achieved or not.
security
market penetration strategy
quality audit
fire extinguisher
15. A demanding or stimulating situation.
surveillance
security
challenge
market segmentation
16. A form of corporate equity ownership giving voting rights.
common stock
security
unlimited liability
portfolio
17. Setting a relatively low intitial price for a new product in order to win market share.
invasion of privacy
freight forwarder
financial privacy
penetration pricing strategy
18. To unload and distribute some or all the contents of a rail car - container or trailer.
in transit
share
break bulk
Bill of Lading
19. A small hotel or private house that rents out rooms to sleep in - including breakfast - at reasonable prices.
TEU
identity theft
hard hat
bed & breakfast
20. Goods which are shipped loose in the hold of a ship.
bulk cargo
force majeure
platform
business mission
21. The truck unit onto which freight in a container is loaded.
TEU
trailer
accounts payable
depreciation
22. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.
logistics
suitcase
market penetration strategy
brand
23. Series of questions designed to gather information on a certain topic.
survey
advice of shipment
accreditation
adaptive firm
24. Ships with permanent container cells with little or no space for other cargo types.
market capitalization
memorandum of association
full containerships
marketing mix
25. Cargo which is booked but does not arrive in time to be loaded onto a vessel.
information privacy
platform
accounts receivable
no-show
26. Property that a business owns - including cash and receivables - inventory etc.
'eye in the sky' camera
valve
business mission
assets
27. To decide that an agreed appointment or booking will not take place.
trespassing
share capital
feeder service
cancel
28. A name - term - sign - symbol - design or combination of these used to uniquely identify a producer's goods.
hose
risk
brand
consensus
29. Shortened form of Roll on/Roll off meaning a ship which trucks can drive straight onto without the need for cranes.
share capital
Ro/Ro
marketing mix
acid test
30. Expenses for a company which do not change based on production or sales levels.
accounts payable
benchmark
third party
fixed cost
31. A planned - temporary break in a journey - for instance to change planes.
stopover
discovery
director
inventory
32. The state of remaining unknown to most other people.
entrepreneuer
anonymity
limited liability
internet privacy
33. A delivery which is currently between its source and destination.
Ro/Ro
invention
in transit
discrimination
34. Device containing water - foam or powder used to put out a fire.
valid
freight forwarder
liner
fire extinguisher
35. Useable or acceptable.
share capital
tankers
skimming pricing strategy
valid
36. A receipt for goods issued by a carrier indicated that goods were received without damage or irregularities.
venture capitalist
market segmentation
Clean Bill of Lading
sleeping partner
37. A model depicting the sales curve of a product split into four stages - introduction - growth - maturity and decline.
break-even analysis
trade secret
surveillance
life cycle
38. The examination and evaluation of something.
analysis
cash flow
commission
depreciation
39. Officials formally appointed to run and represent a company.
air cargo
entrepreneuer
officers of a company
share capital
40. A place for the reception - delivery - consolidation - distribution and storage of goods and cargo.
just-in-time manufacturing
Leveraged Buy-Out
acid test
warehouse
41. Positions customer's relative perceptions of one brand in comparison to other competitive alternatives.
sample
survey
security
brand recognition
42. A statisitical measure of how well a company is doing in a certain area.
key performance indicator
variable cost
wake-up call
venture capitalist
43. A person who is involved in a situation in addition to the two main participants.
track
IPO - Initial Public Offering
third party
dividend
44. The right to privacy and control of your information on the internet.
carrier
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
internet privacy
venture capitalist
45. Debts owed to a company usually from sales on credit.
accounts receivable
lead-time
charity
identity theft
46. The relationship between technology and the legal right to privacy in the collection and sharing of data about oneself.
spyware
payroll
goggles
information privacy
47. A method recognised throughout a business sector as the best way to do something.
logistics outsourcing
best practice
sleeping partner
fixed cost
48. The complete range of a company's offerings including products and services.
variable cost
TEU
air cargo
portfolio
49. The fraudulent use of someone's identity in order to steal money or get other benefits.
consignment
CCTV (closed-circuit television)
identity theft
feeder service
50. Activities including product - method of distribution - method of advertising which all affect how a product is marketing.
marketing mix
liabilities
accounts payable
'eye in the sky' camera