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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. Damage or hurt experienced by a person or animal.






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






3. Events which are beyond the control of a carrier like war - earthquakes or floods.






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






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






6. The right to say what you want without anyone stopping you.






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






8. Raised flat area beside a train track for entering or exiting a train.






9. A delivery which is currently between its source and destination.






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






11. A process of verifying all information about a company including but not limited to financials - management - market share and risks.






12. 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.






13. Port where cargo enters a country and is unloaded.






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






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






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






17. List of goods in a store or warehouse.






18. A document representing one unit of ownership in a corporation - mutual fund or limited partnership.






19. A standard used to compare some aspect of a business to an external measure.






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






21. The monitoring or close observation of behaviour.






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






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






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






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






26. The ability to develop new ideas.






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






28. The expected behaviour or standard for something.






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






30. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.






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






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






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






34. Letting a third-party company take care of your logistics for you.






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






36. The right to privacy and control of your information on the internet.






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






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






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






40. The obsessive following - observing or contacting of another person.






41. Service taking cargo from a regional port or airport to a central hub for a long-haul voyage.






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






43. An organization able to respond to and address changes in a market - their environment or industry.






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






45. Written description of how something should be done.






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






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






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






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

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50. The total value of all the outstanding shares of a publicly-traded company.