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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. Ceiling-mounted camera used in stores and casinos etc to monitor customers.

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2. Earnings Before Interest and Taxes.






3. A defined segment of the market that a product is aimed at.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. Positions customer's relative perceptions of one brand in comparison to other competitive alternatives.






15. A shipment of goods to a consignee.






16. The complete range of a company's offerings including products and services.






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






18. Initial medical attention given to someone in the event of an accident or sudden illness.






19. A small hotel or private house that rents out rooms to sleep in - including breakfast - at reasonable prices.






20. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.






21. Monitoring of public places using video cameras.






22. Surveillance tools installed on a computer without the users' consent.






23. Cargo ships not specialised in one type of cargo unlike a full containership.






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






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






26. Goods which are shipped loose in the hold of a ship.






27. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown.






28. A government office which registers information on every company on the British market and circulates them to stakeholders.






29. Usually wooden base used for moving or storing stacked goods.






30. A measure of the average time between failures in a system - the higher the amount - the more reliable the thing is.






31. When a company produces a product of a type they have not previously made.






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






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






34. The right of owners of physical or intellectual property to consume - rent or sell their property.






35. Ships especially designed for trucks to drive into them using internal ramps.






36. When a person or group infringes on your rights such as freedom of movement or freedom of speech.






37. Activities including product - method of distribution - method of advertising which all affect how a product is marketing.






38. A receipt for goods issued by a carrier indicated that goods were received without damage or irregularities.






39. Someone who invests in a business partnership without taking part in business affairs. Usually sleeping partners have limited liability.






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






41. A model depicting the sales curve of a product split into four stages - introduction - growth - maturity and decline.






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






43. Things which are likely or feasible.






44. Forty-Foot Equivalent Units - a standard size for shipping containers.






45. In a business plan this is the change in the cash balance.






46. 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.






47. Costs that fluctuate in direct relation to the volume of units produced.






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






49. The fraudulent use of someone's identity in order to steal money or get other benefits.






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