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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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1. Letting a third-party company take care of your logistics for you.
stalking
accounts payable
trespassing
logistics outsourcing
2. Positions customer's relative perceptions of one brand in comparison to other competitive alternatives.
fire extinguisher
share
TEU
brand recognition
3. A telephone call requested at a certain time to wake someone up.
valve
wake-up call
brand
ergonomics
4. When someone breaks your right to privacy.
invasion of privacy
co-operative
share
possibilities
5. A form of corporate equity ownership giving voting rights.
common stock
bulk carriers
goggles
IPO - Initial Public Offering
6. Transportation method where truck trailers with their loads are moved by train to their destination.
'eye in the sky' camera
piggyback
platform
anonymity
7. Cargo which is booked but does not arrive in time to be loaded onto a vessel.
fixed cost
full containerships
return on investment
no-show
8. Net profits divided by net worth or total equity.
injury
return on investment
FEU
accounts payable
9. An organization able to respond to and address changes in a market - their environment or industry.
carrier
unlimited liability
adaptive firm
fiscal year
10. The state of remaining unknown to most other people.
secret ballot
share
limited liability
anonymity
11. A place for the reception - delivery - consolidation - distribution and storage of goods and cargo.
quality audit
skimming pricing strategy
market capitalization
warehouse
12. The total value of the money invested into a company by its shareholders.
share capital
lead-time
injury
challenge
13. Service taking cargo from a regional port or airport to a central hub for a long-haul voyage.
entrepreneuer
feeder service
income statement
dividend
14. A short description of a company's purpose in relation to customers - products - markets etc.
political privacy
penetration pricing strategy
business mission
liner
15. The granting of power to perform various acts or duties.
feeder service
accreditation
rights violation
survey
16. A response or reaction to a piece of information.
cancel
feedback
anonymity
track
17. The organization that surveys and classifies ships for insurance companies.
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18. A person who is involved in a situation in addition to the two main participants.
bed & breakfast
third party
brand
barrel (BBL)
19. The science of making sure people and machines work together as well as possible.
ergonomics
turnaround
customs
peak times
20. The monitoring or close observation of behaviour.
possibilities
surveillance
stopover
port of entry
21. The times of highest demand for a product or service.
US Fourth Amendment
peak times
charity
break bulk
22. The ability to develop new ideas.
seed capital
Ro/Ro
just-in-time manufacturing
creativity
23. List of goods in a store or warehouse.
brand equity
cash flow
inventory
mission statement
24. A form of company which has a separate legal identity and limited liabilities.
dividend
political privacy
corporation
assets
25. A demanding or stimulating situation.
bed & breakfast
platform
classified information
challenge
26. A planned - temporary break in a journey - for instance to change planes.
stopover
variable cost
breach of privacy
goggles
27. A process of verifying all information about a company including but not limited to financials - management - market share and risks.
Bill of Lading
marine insurance
due diligence
customs
28. Electronic records of phone calls - bank transactions etc which paint a picture of what a person did - where and when.
just-in-time manufacturing
electronic trail
general cargo freighters
classified information
29. Information officially declared secret - such as classified documents or material that are available only to particular people.
classified information
piggyback
accommodation
share
30. The sale of part-ownership in a venture to gain additional capital for a start-up.
stakeholder
equity financing
track
mission statement
31. A piece of information - for example how a certain product is made - which is only known to the company that makes it.
rights violation
trade secret
benchmark
risk
32. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown.
discovery
entrepreneuer
peak times
market penetration strategy
33. Activities including product - method of distribution - method of advertising which all affect how a product is marketing.
political privacy
first aid
marketing mix
best practice
34. 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.
creativity
dividend
stock exchange
positioning
35. Things which are likely or feasible.
just-in-time manufacturing
possibilities
invasion of privacy
break-even analysis
36. When a person or group infringes on your rights such as freedom of movement or freedom of speech.
pallet
rights violation
cancel
anonymity
37. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.
suitcase
confirm
fire extinguisher
dividend
38. The efforts to make a product seem different from rival products or even unique.
EBIT
A & E (Accident & Emergency)
seed capital
differentiation
39. A voting system where each vote is kept private.
valve
logistics
customs
secret ballot
40. Usually wooden base used for moving or storing stacked goods.
trailer
pallet
differentiation
Roll-on/Roll-off vessels
41. A measure of the average time between failures in a system - the higher the amount - the more reliable the thing is.
limited liability
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
confirm
depreciation
42. A document representing one unit of ownership in a corporation - mutual fund or limited partnership.
return on investment
share
assets
EBITDA
43. Compensation paid to a person on the basis of products sold.
financial privacy
wake-up call
share capital
commission
44. Shortened form of Roll on/Roll off meaning a ship which trucks can drive straight onto without the need for cranes.
quality audit
Ro/Ro
full containerships
A & E (Accident & Emergency)
45. A formal framework for identifying an organization's growth opportunities - strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats.
first aid
SWOT analysis
anonymity
Ro/Ro
46. The characteristic of a measurement regarding how precise it is.
market capitalization
medical privacy
accuracy
stopover
47. Expenses arising during normal business operations.
operating expenses
common stock
tankers
accreditation
48. In a business plan this is the change in the cash balance.
feedback
fiscal year
injury
cash flow
49. A defined segment of the market that a product is aimed at.
acid test
fire extinguisher
target market
internet privacy
50. Estimated Time of Arrival.
market capitalization
invasion of privacy
invention
ETA