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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When you allow someone to start a specific business by using your products in exchange for a part of his profits.






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






3. An invasion of someone's private life without due cause.






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






5. Monitoring of public places using video cameras.






6. The right to privacy and control of your information on the internet.






7. A formal framework for identifying an organization's growth opportunities - strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats.






8. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.






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






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






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






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






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






14. Steps taken in advance to avoid an accident happening.






15. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown.






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






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






18. The categorization of potential customers into groups based on common characteristics.






19. The efforts to make a product seem different from rival products or even unique.






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






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






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






23. A machine used to pick up and transport goods loaded on pallets.






24. List of goods in a store or warehouse.






25. Fundamental human rights usually protected by law such as freedom of speech and religion.






26. Part of the Bill of Rights which provides people with the right to be secure in their persons - houses - papers etc.






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






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






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






30. A test of a company's ability to meet its immediate cash requirements: short-term assets minus accounts receivable and inventory - divided by short-term liabilities.






31. The monitoring or close observation of behaviour.






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






33. Mechanical device controlling the flow of a gas or liquid in a system.






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






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






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






37. A delivery which is currently between its source and destination.






38. The complete range of a company's offerings including products and services.






39. Ships fitted with tanks to carry liquid or gas cargoes.






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






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






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






43. A financial statement showing sales - cost of sales - gross margin - operating expenses etc.






44. The ability to develop new ideas.






45. The crime of deceiving someone to get money or good illegally.






46. Forty-Foot Equivalent Units - a standard size for shipping containers.






47. A voting system where each vote is kept private.






48. A marketing strategy where a company tries to gain greater dominance in a market - for example - by offering special prices.






49. The right of owners of physical or intellectual property to consume - rent or sell their property.






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







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