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






2. A moving belt you collect baggage from at the airport.






3. Sales divided by total assets.






4. The first time a company offers its shares to the public.






5. The planning - implementation and control of flow and storage of goods.






6. Written description of how something should be done.






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






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






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






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






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






12. The expected behaviour or standard for something.






13. Ceiling-mounted camera used in stores and casinos etc to monitor customers.


14. The right to have details of your financial transactions kept secret.






15. A small hotel or private house that rents out rooms to sleep in - including breakfast - at reasonable prices.






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






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






18. 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.






19. Electronic records of phone calls - bank transactions etc which paint a picture of what a person did - where and when.






20. Setting a high initial price for a product to create a price-quality idea which early adopters will happily accept.






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






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






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






24. A person who is on the managing board of a business.






25. The organization that surveys and classifies ships for insurance companies.


26. The characteristic of a measurement regarding how precise it is.






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






28. Goods which are shipped loose in the hold of a ship.






29. A place where parts of the ownership of companies are bought and sold - or the organization of people whose job is to do the buying and selling.






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






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






32. The time it takes between the arrival of a vessel or aircraft and its departure.






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






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






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






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






37. The estimated loss of value of assets over a period of time.






38. The monitoring or close observation of behaviour.






39. The truck unit onto which freight in a container is loaded.






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






41. A place for the reception - delivery - consolidation - distribution and storage of goods and cargo.






42. Ships especially designed for trucks to drive into them using internal ramps.






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






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






45. A notice to a buyer that shipment has gone forward which contains details of packing - routing etc.






46. A demanding or stimulating situation.






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






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






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






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