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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Duties or taxes imposed by the government on imported and exported goods.
sample
customs
precaution
liner
2. One of the documents required by a firm to become a limited company.
internet privacy
Clean Bill of Lading
payroll
memorandum of association
3. A person who is involved in a situation in addition to the two main participants.
first aid
third party
procedure
air cargo
4. Forty-Foot Equivalent Units - a standard size for shipping containers.
FEU
discrimination
information privacy
brand
5. A small hotel or private house that rents out rooms to sleep in - including breakfast - at reasonable prices.
TEU
sexual privacy
bed & breakfast
Roll-on/Roll-off vessels
6. A notice to a buyer that shipment has gone forward which contains details of packing - routing etc.
carousel
advice of shipment
challenge
political privacy
7. Mechanical device controlling the flow of a gas or liquid in a system.
valve
suitcase
SWOT analysis
break-even analysis
8. Cargo which is transported by plane.
air cargo
cancel
asset turnover
return on investment
9. A method recognised throughout a business sector as the best way to do something.
IPO - Initial Public Offering
asset turnover
best practice
anonymity
10. Fundamental human rights usually protected by law such as freedom of speech and religion.
Clean Bill of Lading
third party
civil liberties
A & E (Accident & Emergency)
11. The idea that anything you tell your doctor will remain confidential.
marketing mix
asset turnover
liner
medical privacy
12. A model depicting the sales curve of a product split into four stages - introduction - growth - maturity and decline.
breach of privacy
electronic trail
analysis
life cycle
13. Electronic records of phone calls - bank transactions etc which paint a picture of what a person did - where and when.
fuse
operating expenses
electronic trail
deed of partnership
14. A unit of measure for liquids equivalent to 42 gallons.
warehouse
barrel (BBL)
carousel
general cargo freighters
15. A process of verifying all information about a company including but not limited to financials - management - market share and risks.
market penetration strategy
due diligence
deed of partnership
precaution
16. Wages - salaries and other forms of employee compensation.
payroll
market capitalization
freedom of speech
Roll-on/Roll-off vessels
17. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.
return on investment
quality audit
suitcase
key performance indicator
18. A person who is on the managing board of a business.
retained earnings
accommodation
director
sexual privacy
19. The amount of money of a company's profits that is distributed to its shareholders.
accounts payable
break-even analysis
return on investment
dividend
20. A wealthy person who invests in a start-up company.
invention
FEU
carrier
venture capitalist
21. Officials formally appointed to run and represent a company.
freighters
officers of a company
creativity
equity financing
22. The added value a brand name identity brings to a product or service.
brand equity
diversification
supply chain
accounts receivable
23. Hospital department for people who suddenly become ill or are hurt in an accident.
EBIT
break bulk
A & E (Accident & Emergency)
marketing mix
24. To make valid by approval - to establish the certainty of something.
consignment
bulk cargo
stalking
confirm
25. The right to have details of your financial transactions kept secret.
feedback
spyware
financial privacy
bonded warehouse
26. Someone who acts as an agent on behalf of a shipper.
fuse
Ro/Ro
freight forwarder
turnaround
27. The time which a seller needs to produce and deliver goods.
goggles
economies of scale
lead-time
FEU
28. The right to say what you want without anyone stopping you.
intermodal transport
equity financing
freedom of speech
risk
29. 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.
break-even analysis
breach of privacy
corporation
limited liability
30. Useable or acceptable.
charity
fraud
valid
possibilities
31. Compensation paid to a person on the basis of products sold.
trade secret
benchmark
carousel
commission
32. A shipment of goods to a consignee.
injury
dividend
consignment
port of entry
33. The truck unit onto which freight in a container is loaded.
adaptive firm
trailer
SWOT analysis
analysis
34. Ships fitted with tanks to carry liquid or gas cargoes.
marketing mix
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
logistics outsourcing
tankers
35. A demanding or stimulating situation.
challenge
assets
goggles
barrel (BBL)
36. When you allow someone to start a specific business by using your products in exchange for a part of his profits.
feeder service
trailer
hose
franchise
37. The possibility of suffering harm or loss; a danger.
procedure
advice of shipment
port of entry
risk
38. Activities including product - method of distribution - method of advertising which all affect how a product is marketing.
trespassing
lead-time
marketing mix
spyware
39. The total value of all the outstanding shares of a publicly-traded company.
market penetration strategy
co-operative
analysis
market capitalization
40. 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.
survey
in transit
stock exchange
depreciation
41. The times of highest demand for a product or service.
peak times
variable cost
trespassing
port of entry
42. A measure of the average time between failures in a system - the higher the amount - the more reliable the thing is.
freedom of speech
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
freight forwarder
return on investment
43. Shortened form of Roll on/Roll off meaning a ship which trucks can drive straight onto without the need for cranes.
Ro/Ro
classified information
no-show
key performance indicator
44. A receipt for goods issued by a carrier indicated that goods were received without damage or irregularities.
hose
valid
Clean Bill of Lading
A & E (Accident & Emergency)
45. A form of company which has a separate legal identity and limited liabilities.
advice of shipment
Companies House
portfolio
corporation
46. A vessel sailing between specific ports on a regular basis.
liner
share capital
suitcase
accommodation
47. To unload and distribute some or all the contents of a rail car - container or trailer.
ETA
US Fourth Amendment
sexual privacy
break bulk
48. The first time a company offers its shares to the public.
customs
IPO - Initial Public Offering
FEU
memorandum of association
49. Ships with permanent container cells with little or no space for other cargo types.
liner
full containerships
goodwill
carousel
50. The estimated loss of value of assets over a period of time.
accuracy
fork lift
creativity
depreciation