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






2. Shaping a companies' offering and image to occupy a unique and valued place in the customer's mind.






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






4. 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.






5. Useable or acceptable.






6. 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.






7. The year as used in accounting which can begin and end in any month as the company sees fit.






8. The state of remaining unknown to most other people.






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






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






11. A person who is involved in a situation in addition to the two main participants.






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






13. Earnings Before Interest - Taxes - Depreciation and Amortization.






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






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






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






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






18. A non-profit making organization which exists to support and help a particular group.






19. Net profits divided by net worth or total equity.






20. When you allow someone to start a specific business by using your products in exchange for a part of his profits.






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






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






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






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






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






26. The granting of power to perform various acts or duties.






27. A piece of information - for example how a certain product is made - which is only known to the company that makes it.






28. Things which are likely or feasible.






29. A flexible tube used to transport liquids or gas.






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






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






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






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






34. A place to live - work - stay in : rented/temporary/furnished accommodation.






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






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






37. Monitoring of public places using video cameras.






38. A shipment of goods to a consignee.






39. Debts; money that must be paid.






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






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






42. Unfair treatment of a person or group based on prejudice.






43. Cargo which is transported by plane.






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. Earnings Before Interest and Taxes.