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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. An invasion of someone's private life without due cause.
breach of privacy
differentiation
Lloyds' Registry
no-show
2. Useable or acceptable.
payroll
confirm
goodwill
valid
3. Service taking cargo from a regional port or airport to a central hub for a long-haul voyage.
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
benchmark
key performance indicator
feeder service
4. A marketing strategy where a company tries to gain greater dominance in a market - for example - by offering special prices.
common stock
differentiation
market penetration strategy
invasion of privacy
5. A small hotel or private house that rents out rooms to sleep in - including breakfast - at reasonable prices.
life cycle
freight forwarder
bed & breakfast
injury
6. Device containing water - foam or powder used to put out a fire.
rights violation
fire extinguisher
Roll-on/Roll-off vessels
challenge
7. Someone who starts a new business venture often involving innovation and risk taking.
entrepreneuer
deed of partnership
anonymity
income statement
8. A new scientific or technical idea.
brand
break-even point
invention
target market
9. A moving belt you collect baggage from at the airport.
sample
IPO - Initial Public Offering
dividend
carousel
10. The right to have your sexual orientation and practices remain secret.
trespassing
financial privacy
differentiation
sexual privacy
11. Things which are likely or feasible.
possibilities
injury
co-operative
accuracy
12. The possibility of suffering harm or loss; a danger.
risk
injury
memorandum of association
valid
13. Unfair treatment of a person or group based on prejudice.
share
injury
discrimination
information privacy
14. A response or reaction to a piece of information.
breach of privacy
valve
feedback
freighters
15. Series of questions designed to gather information on a certain topic.
survey
benchmark
medical privacy
fire extinguisher
16. A name - term - sign - symbol - design or combination of these used to uniquely identify a producer's goods.
spyware
brand
advice of shipment
identity theft
17. General term for ships designed to carry cargo rather than passengers.
full containerships
freighters
survey
fiscal year
18. The crime of deceiving someone to get money or good illegally.
dividend
fraud
anonymity
valve
19. When a person or group infringes on your rights such as freedom of movement or freedom of speech.
US Fourth Amendment
officers of a company
no-show
rights violation
20. Someone who acts as an agent on behalf of a shipper.
freight forwarder
logistics outsourcing
due diligence
memorandum of association
21. Entering land or property without permission from the owner or the right to enter.
skimming pricing strategy
liabilities
trespassing
freighters
22. The science of making sure people and machines work together as well as possible.
Bill of Lading
ergonomics
business mission
brand recognition
23. The right to say what you want without anyone stopping you.
freedom of speech
invasion of privacy
ETA
no-show
24. A telephone call requested at a certain time to wake someone up.
security
turnaround
corporation
wake-up call
25. Damage or hurt experienced by a person or animal.
sample
injury
quality audit
consignment
26. When a company produces a product of a type they have not previously made.
fork lift
diversification
survey
information privacy
27. When a company buys another one for more than the asset value the difference is called goodwill.
brand
breach of privacy
goodwill
anonymity
28. Shortened form of Roll on/Roll off meaning a ship which trucks can drive straight onto without the need for cranes.
Ro/Ro
creativity
seed capital
quality audit
29. Shaping a companies' offering and image to occupy a unique and valued place in the customer's mind.
norm
share
positioning
seed capital
30. A systematic - independent examination of whether a company's quality procedures are being followed and goals being achieved or not.
quality audit
port of entry
sexual privacy
variable cost
31. Device which breaks to stop the flow of current in the event of an overload.
suitcase
fuse
third party
venture capitalist
32. Estimated Time of Arrival.
inventory
ETA
wake-up call
Bill of Lading
33. A voting system where each vote is kept private.
ergonomics
return on investment
'eye in the sky' camera
secret ballot
34. The time it takes between the arrival of a vessel or aircraft and its departure.
stock exchange
economies of scale
EBITDA
turnaround
35. The point in units sold or sales amount when the expenses will be matched.
break-even point
break-even analysis
risk
skimming pricing strategy
36. The complete range of a company's offerings including products and services.
portfolio
security
IPO - Initial Public Offering
dividend
37. The characteristic of a measurement regarding how precise it is.
accuracy
creativity
general cargo freighters
spyware
38. Transporting something using different means of transport - e.g. first on a truck and then on a ship.
intermodal transport
retained earnings
return on investment
EBIT
39. Expenses arising during normal business operations.
share capital
cash flow
operating expenses
valve
40. The planning - implementation and control of flow and storage of goods.
cash flow
logistics
franchise
medical privacy
41. The total value of the money invested into a company by its shareholders.
bulk cargo
economies of scale
share capital
Bill of Lading
42. Earnings which are reinvested in the company rather than paid out as dividends.
retained earnings
possibilities
information privacy
Leveraged Buy-Out
43. One of the documents required by a firm to become a limited company.
precaution
EBIT
memorandum of association
logistics
44. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown.
market capitalization
discovery
Ro/Ro
civil liberties
45. Protective helmet worn on building sites etc. to prevent injuries to the head.
Roll-on/Roll-off vessels
entrepreneuer
hard hat
stock exchange
46. Wages - salaries and other forms of employee compensation.
key performance indicator
hard hat
payroll
share
47. Positions customer's relative perceptions of one brand in comparison to other competitive alternatives.
consensus
Ro/Ro
marine insurance
brand recognition
48. A business classed as a separate legal entity so if there is a financial problem the owners would not lose all their money - only the money they had invested in the company.
limited liability
air cargo
goggles
entrepreneuer
49. A defined segment of the market that a product is aimed at.
carousel
target market
intermodal transport
TEU
50. The right to have your political view kept secret.
anonymity
supply chain
fire extinguisher
political privacy