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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. Shaping a companies' offering and image to occupy a unique and valued place in the customer's mind.
positioning
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
goggles
customs
2. The benefit of larger scale production where costs are spread over more units which lowers the average unit cost.
economies of scale
trespassing
benchmark
piggyback
3. Debts; money that must be paid.
feeder service
turnaround
tankers
liabilities
4. Expenses arising during normal business operations.
return on investment
marine insurance
operating expenses
share capital
5. Positions customer's relative perceptions of one brand in comparison to other competitive alternatives.
positioning
'eye in the sky' camera
brand recognition
discovery
6. A new scientific or technical idea.
creativity
sleeping partner
quality audit
invention
7. Bills to be paid as part of the normal course of business.
medical privacy
accounts payable
valid
sleeping partner
8. A method recognised throughout a business sector as the best way to do something.
suitcase
stalking
fixed cost
best practice
9. Sales divided by total assets.
goggles
Companies House
asset turnover
return on investment
10. An investment contributed at the early stages of a new venture.
civil liberties
venture capitalist
seed capital
economies of scale
11. Officials formally appointed to run and represent a company.
sample
officers of a company
medical privacy
accounts payable
12. The times of highest demand for a product or service.
goodwill
bulk carriers
share
peak times
13. Port where cargo enters a country and is unloaded.
freighters
cash flow
marketing mix
port of entry
14. A planned - temporary break in a journey - for instance to change planes.
limited liability
stopover
fixed cost
survey
15. When all members of a group agree to support a decision even if they don't agree with it.
due diligence
first aid
liabilities
consensus
16. General term for ships designed to carry cargo rather than passengers.
advice of shipment
penetration pricing strategy
freighters
diversification
17. In a business plan this is the change in the cash balance.
valid
EBIT
market capitalization
cash flow
18. A demanding or stimulating situation.
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
equity financing
property rights
challenge
19. Anyone who has an interest in the success of an organization - e.g. the owner - employees - shareholders.
lead-time
ETA
stakeholder
creativity
20. Initial medical attention given to someone in the event of an accident or sudden illness.
dividend
first aid
just-in-time manufacturing
inventory
21. A piece of information - for example how a certain product is made - which is only known to the company that makes it.
trade secret
differentiation
corporation
customs
22. A portion - piece or segment of something that is representative of the whole.
sample
target market
just-in-time manufacturing
carousel
23. When a company buys another one for more than the asset value the difference is called goodwill.
Leveraged Buy-Out
goodwill
accounts payable
market segmentation
24. Metal rails along which a train travels.
track
break-even analysis
electronic trail
property rights
25. A form of corporate equity ownership giving voting rights.
sleeping partner
common stock
just-in-time manufacturing
Leveraged Buy-Out
26. Ships with permanent container cells with little or no space for other cargo types.
accuracy
cash flow
full containerships
valve
27. Earnings which are reinvested in the company rather than paid out as dividends.
carrier
retained earnings
warehouse
advice of shipment
28. The right to have your sexual orientation and practices remain secret.
classified information
general cargo freighters
sexual privacy
brand
29. The expected behaviour or standard for something.
norm
differentiation
piggyback
break-even point
30. Surveillance tools installed on a computer without the users' consent.
accounts payable
spyware
quality audit
depreciation
31. Protective helmet worn on building sites etc. to prevent injuries to the head.
bulk carriers
pallet
break-even analysis
hard hat
32. Cargo which is transported by plane.
US Fourth Amendment
air cargo
invention
brand
33. To unload and distribute some or all the contents of a rail car - container or trailer.
break bulk
benchmark
bulk carriers
identity theft
34. Entering land or property without permission from the owner or the right to enter.
trespassing
fixed cost
life cycle
brand equity
35. The relationship between technology and the legal right to privacy in the collection and sharing of data about oneself.
freighters
information privacy
medical privacy
unlimited liability
36. To decide that an agreed appointment or booking will not take place.
cancel
property rights
TEU
hard hat
37. Transportation method where truck trailers with their loads are moved by train to their destination.
dividend
stopover
EBIT
piggyback
38. Series of questions designed to gather information on a certain topic.
confirm
survey
venture capitalist
consignment
39. Expenses for a company which do not change based on production or sales levels.
breach of privacy
procedure
fixed cost
limited liability
40. To make valid by approval - to establish the certainty of something.
bed & breakfast
stopover
confirm
break-even point
41. A flexible tube used to transport liquids or gas.
spyware
SWOT analysis
hose
common stock
42. Wages - salaries and other forms of employee compensation.
payroll
fiscal year
income statement
full containerships
43. When a person or group infringes on your rights such as freedom of movement or freedom of speech.
rights violation
marine insurance
electronic trail
memorandum of association
44. A government office which registers information on every company on the British market and circulates them to stakeholders.
lead-time
asset turnover
Companies House
Lloyds' Registry
45. Property that a business owns - including cash and receivables - inventory etc.
Leveraged Buy-Out
break-even analysis
pallet
assets
46. Debts owed to a company usually from sales on credit.
accounts receivable
ETA
precaution
identity theft
47. Things which are likely or feasible.
possibilities
advice of shipment
risk
co-operative
48. The possibility of suffering harm or loss; a danger.
target market
cancel
sleeping partner
risk
49. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.
carousel
advice of shipment
suitcase
franchise
50. A telephone call requested at a certain time to wake someone up.
stopover
dividend
wake-up call
consensus