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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. The truck unit onto which freight in a container is loaded.
trailer
consignment
A & E (Accident & Emergency)
piggyback
2. Surveillance tools installed on a computer without the users' consent.
surveillance
spyware
portfolio
officers of a company
3. Wages - salaries and other forms of employee compensation.
stopover
payroll
classified information
logistics
4. Bills to be paid as part of the normal course of business.
information privacy
accuracy
accounts payable
business mission
5. Earnings Before Interest and Taxes.
EBIT
officers of a company
advice of shipment
accounts receivable
6. Net profits divided by net worth or total equity.
return on investment
target market
payroll
discovery
7. A small hotel or private house that rents out rooms to sleep in - including breakfast - at reasonable prices.
asset turnover
bed & breakfast
Lloyds' Registry
bulk carriers
8. Part of the Bill of Rights which provides people with the right to be secure in their persons - houses - papers etc.
suitcase
US Fourth Amendment
consensus
discovery
9. Documents used to procure freight and express transportation and services from commercial carriers.
bonded warehouse
consignment
Bill of Lading
bed & breakfast
10. A marketing strategy where a company tries to gain greater dominance in a market - for example - by offering special prices.
market penetration strategy
SWOT analysis
goggles
wake-up call
11. The relationship between technology and the legal right to privacy in the collection and sharing of data about oneself.
return on investment
information privacy
ergonomics
barrel (BBL)
12. A non-profit making organization which exists to support and help a particular group.
fiscal year
charity
market penetration strategy
due diligence
13. Setting a high initial price for a product to create a price-quality idea which early adopters will happily accept.
piggyback
franchise
rights violation
skimming pricing strategy
14. When a person or group infringes on your rights such as freedom of movement or freedom of speech.
rights violation
tankers
charity
entrepreneuer
15. Information officially declared secret - such as classified documents or material that are available only to particular people.
classified information
feeder service
payroll
fork lift
16. When you allow someone to start a specific business by using your products in exchange for a part of his profits.
sexual privacy
EBITDA
franchise
accuracy
17. Officials formally appointed to run and represent a company.
officers of a company
invention
discrimination
sexual privacy
18. Damage or hurt experienced by a person or animal.
supply chain
entrepreneuer
freight forwarder
injury
19. To decide that an agreed appointment or booking will not take place.
analysis
cancel
possibilities
break-even point
20. 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.
discovery
stakeholder
fork lift
acid test
21. The ability to develop new ideas.
possibilities
creativity
market segmentation
hose
22. A standard used to compare some aspect of a business to an external measure.
rights violation
bonded warehouse
officers of a company
benchmark
23. A flexible tube used to transport liquids or gas.
civil liberties
port of entry
hose
key performance indicator
24. A name - term - sign - symbol - design or combination of these used to uniquely identify a producer's goods.
brand
cash flow
property rights
dividend
25. Cargo ships not specialised in one type of cargo unlike a full containership.
sample
marine insurance
air cargo
general cargo freighters
26. Setting a relatively low intitial price for a new product in order to win market share.
freedom of speech
wake-up call
pallet
penetration pricing strategy
27. The point in units sold or sales amount when the expenses will be matched.
US Fourth Amendment
feeder service
bonded warehouse
break-even point
28. An organization able to respond to and address changes in a market - their environment or industry.
adaptive firm
ergonomics
possibilities
fork lift
29. The time which a seller needs to produce and deliver goods.
survey
lead-time
sexual privacy
third party
30. 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.
civil liberties
EBITDA
limited liability
challenge
31. Costs that fluctuate in direct relation to the volume of units produced.
marine insurance
break-even analysis
deed of partnership
variable cost
32. Letting a third-party company take care of your logistics for you.
A & E (Accident & Emergency)
consensus
share
logistics outsourcing
33. Device which breaks to stop the flow of current in the event of an overload.
unlimited liability
SWOT analysis
differentiation
fuse
34. The science of making sure people and machines work together as well as possible.
SWOT analysis
ergonomics
piggyback
life cycle
35. Business wholly owned by its employees with the emphasis on group decision making.
co-operative
consignment
sleeping partner
internet privacy
36. The fraudulent use of someone's identity in order to steal money or get other benefits.
sexual privacy
due diligence
wake-up call
identity theft
37. The right to have your sexual orientation and practices remain secret.
in transit
consensus
sexual privacy
quality audit
38. Compensation paid to a person on the basis of products sold.
valve
intermodal transport
commission
bulk carriers
39. Transporting something using different means of transport - e.g. first on a truck and then on a ship.
breach of privacy
discrimination
venture capitalist
intermodal transport
40. The sale of part-ownership in a venture to gain additional capital for a start-up.
in transit
general cargo freighters
accuracy
equity financing
41. An investment contributed at the early stages of a new venture.
valid
brand equity
seed capital
possibilities
42. A new scientific or technical idea.
adaptive firm
invention
break-even analysis
civil liberties
43. The expected behaviour or standard for something.
logistics outsourcing
norm
variable cost
hose
44. Ships especially designed for trucks to drive into them using internal ramps.
corporation
brand equity
Roll-on/Roll-off vessels
SWOT analysis
45. The monitoring or close observation of behaviour.
positioning
analysis
surveillance
EBITDA
46. A method recognised throughout a business sector as the best way to do something.
dividend
bulk carriers
best practice
stock exchange
47. To unload and distribute some or all the contents of a rail car - container or trailer.
cancel
turnaround
fiscal year
break bulk
48. Anyone who has an interest in the success of an organization - e.g. the owner - employees - shareholders.
stakeholder
IPO - Initial Public Offering
lead-time
inventory
49. A wealthy person who invests in a start-up company.
rights violation
fork lift
risk
venture capitalist
50. A measure of the average time between failures in a system - the higher the amount - the more reliable the thing is.
director
electronic trail
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
operating expenses