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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.
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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. Expenses for a company which do not change based on production or sales levels.
fixed cost
classified information
feeder service
business mission
2. To make valid by approval - to establish the certainty of something.
surveillance
confirm
fixed cost
officers of a company
3. Setting a high initial price for a product to create a price-quality idea which early adopters will happily accept.
stopover
skimming pricing strategy
market capitalization
marketing mix
4. Port where cargo enters a country and is unloaded.
civil liberties
sexual privacy
port of entry
diversification
5. Earnings Before Interest - Taxes - Depreciation and Amortization.
track
electronic trail
EBITDA
stalking
6. A non-profit making organization which exists to support and help a particular group.
officers of a company
charity
brand recognition
business mission
7. Abbreviation for a standardized container - Twenty-foot equivalent unit.
venture capitalist
TEU
surveillance
asset turnover
8. Activities involved in protecting a country - building or person against danger or attack.
security
bulk cargo
stock exchange
TEU
9. To decide that an agreed appointment or booking will not take place.
seed capital
financial privacy
cancel
medical privacy
10. A measure of the average time between failures in a system - the higher the amount - the more reliable the thing is.
stopover
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
suitcase
customs
11. An organization able to respond to and address changes in a market - their environment or industry.
trespassing
brand
adaptive firm
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
12. A place to live - work - stay in : rented/temporary/furnished accommodation.
procedure
accommodation
security
challenge
13. When someone breaks your right to privacy.
IPO - Initial Public Offering
invasion of privacy
sexual privacy
freight forwarder
14. Entering land or property without permission from the owner or the right to enter.
limited liability
trespassing
operating expenses
benchmark
15. Ships especially designed for trucks to drive into them using internal ramps.
SWOT analysis
Roll-on/Roll-off vessels
entrepreneuer
bonded warehouse
16. Damage or hurt experienced by a person or animal.
officers of a company
bed & breakfast
tankers
injury
17. The right to have details of your financial transactions kept secret.
Bill of Lading
return on investment
financial privacy
brand equity
18. The complete range of a company's offerings including products and services.
portfolio
feedback
SWOT analysis
information privacy
19. Debts owed to a company usually from sales on credit.
electronic trail
accounts receivable
medical privacy
stock exchange
20. The system of technology - people - organizations etc involved in moving services or products from supplier to customer.
market segmentation
supply chain
hard hat
sample
21. The relationship between technology and the legal right to privacy in the collection and sharing of data about oneself.
consignment
information privacy
seed capital
hose
22. Someone who invests in a business partnership without taking part in business affairs. Usually sleeping partners have limited liability.
valid
invasion of privacy
cancel
sleeping partner
23. Protective helmet worn on building sites etc. to prevent injuries to the head.
sexual privacy
hard hat
goggles
cancel
24. A portion - piece or segment of something that is representative of the whole.
sample
Leveraged Buy-Out
discovery
pallet
25. When a company produces a product of a type they have not previously made.
anonymity
breach of privacy
diversification
quality audit
26. A delivery which is currently between its source and destination.
in transit
creativity
best practice
goodwill
27. The efforts to make a product seem different from rival products or even unique.
director
differentiation
hard hat
inventory
28. Events which are beyond the control of a carrier like war - earthquakes or floods.
Companies House
force majeure
accreditation
carousel
29. The right to say what you want without anyone stopping you.
intermodal transport
diversification
discrimination
freedom of speech
30. The time which a seller needs to produce and deliver goods.
anonymity
limited liability
lead-time
tankers
31. The amount of money of a company's profits that is distributed to its shareholders.
cancel
dividend
trailer
discrimination
32. The expected behaviour or standard for something.
norm
barrel (BBL)
sexual privacy
economies of scale
33. Positions customer's relative perceptions of one brand in comparison to other competitive alternatives.
FEU
market segmentation
quality audit
brand recognition
34. The right to have your sexual orientation and practices remain secret.
key performance indicator
sexual privacy
customs
break-even analysis
35. A new scientific or technical idea.
retained earnings
Bill of Lading
market penetration strategy
invention
36. Business wholly owned by its employees with the emphasis on group decision making.
carousel
director
co-operative
income statement
37. A model depicting the sales curve of a product split into four stages - introduction - growth - maturity and decline.
dividend
precaution
life cycle
in transit
38. A person who is on the managing board of a business.
sexual privacy
freighters
brand recognition
director
39. A process of verifying all information about a company including but not limited to financials - management - market share and risks.
norm
depreciation
due diligence
portfolio
40. General term for ships designed to carry cargo rather than passengers.
penetration pricing strategy
procedure
freighters
best practice
41. A form of company which has a separate legal identity and limited liabilities.
corporation
unlimited liability
portfolio
consensus
42. Ships with permanent container cells with little or no space for other cargo types.
fixed cost
Companies House
full containerships
tankers
43. The monitoring or close observation of behaviour.
Leveraged Buy-Out
surveillance
medical privacy
Ro/Ro
44. A vessel sailing between specific ports on a regular basis.
liner
quality audit
FEU
trade secret
45. A response or reaction to a piece of information.
Companies House
benchmark
hard hat
feedback
46. Transportation method where truck trailers with their loads are moved by train to their destination.
identity theft
platform
medical privacy
piggyback
47. The examination and evaluation of something.
analysis
advice of shipment
fuse
Bill of Lading
48. Device which breaks to stop the flow of current in the event of an overload.
fuse
air cargo
spyware
due diligence
49. A short statement describing the main objectives and aims of a business.
mission statement
electronic trail
acid test
economies of scale
50. A telephone call requested at a certain time to wake someone up.
wake-up call
marine insurance
ETA
liner