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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. The idea that anything you tell your doctor will remain confidential.






2. Cargo ships not specialised in one type of cargo unlike a full containership.






3. Setting a relatively low intitial price for a new product in order to win market share.






4. The added value a brand name identity brings to a product or service.






5. One of the documents required by a firm to become a limited company.






6. A wealthy person who invests in a start-up company.






7. The science of making sure people and machines work together as well as possible.






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






9. Abbreviation for a standardized container - Twenty-foot equivalent unit.






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






11. A company where the owners are personally liable for the debts of the company.






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






13. Things which are likely or feasible.






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






15. The monitoring or close observation of behaviour.






16. The time which a seller needs to produce and deliver goods.






17. A short description of a company's purpose in relation to customers - products - markets etc.






18. Costs that fluctuate in direct relation to the volume of units produced.






19. Protective eyewear worn when working with chemicals or dangerous machines.






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






21. A new scientific or technical idea.






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






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






24. Debts; money that must be paid.






25. Device containing water - foam or powder used to put out a fire.






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






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






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






29. A defined segment of the market that a product is aimed at.






30. A company that moves goods or passengers from one place to another.






31. Metal rails along which a train travels.






32. Compensation paid to a person on the basis of products sold.






33. Estimated Time of Arrival.






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






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






36. Someone who invests in a business partnership without taking part in business affairs. Usually sleeping partners have limited liability.






37. Someone who acts as an agent on behalf of a shipper.






38. Documents used to procure freight and express transportation and services from commercial carriers.






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






40. Transporting something using different means of transport - e.g. first on a truck and then on a ship.






41. A warehouse authorized by customs where goods are stored and no payment is required until the goods are removed.






42. System where goods are produced as and when they are needed rather than producing items in advance and storing them in a warehouse.






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






44. Expenses arising during normal business operations.






45. Duties or taxes imposed by the government on imported and exported goods.






46. A short statement describing the main objectives and aims of a business.






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






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






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






50. The purchase of a business based on the company's cash recipts and the belief positive cash flow will continue.