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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. Shaping a companies' offering and image to occupy a unique and valued place in the customer's mind.






2. The benefit of larger scale production where costs are spread over more units which lowers the average unit cost.






3. Debts; money that must be paid.






4. Expenses arising during normal business operations.






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






6. A new scientific or technical idea.






7. Bills to be paid as part of the normal course of business.






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






9. Sales divided by total assets.






10. An investment contributed at the early stages of a new venture.






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






12. The times of highest demand for a product or service.






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






14. A planned - temporary break in a journey - for instance to change planes.






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






16. General term for ships designed to carry cargo rather than passengers.






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






18. A demanding or stimulating situation.






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






20. Initial medical attention given to someone in the event of an accident or sudden illness.






21. A piece of information - for example how a certain product is made - which is only known to the company that makes it.






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






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






24. Metal rails along which a train travels.






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






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






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






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






29. The expected behaviour or standard for something.






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






31. Protective helmet worn on building sites etc. to prevent injuries to the head.






32. Cargo which is transported by plane.






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






34. Entering land or property without permission from the owner or the right to enter.






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






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






37. Transportation method where truck trailers with their loads are moved by train to their destination.






38. Series of questions designed to gather information on a certain topic.






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






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






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






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






43. When a person or group infringes on your rights such as freedom of movement or freedom of speech.






44. A government office which registers information on every company on the British market and circulates them to stakeholders.






45. Property that a business owns - including cash and receivables - inventory etc.






46. Debts owed to a company usually from sales on credit.






47. Things which are likely or feasible.






48. The possibility of suffering harm or loss; a danger.






49. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.






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