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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. A vessel sailing between specific ports on a regular basis.






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






3. Monitoring of public places using video cameras.






4. When someone breaks your right to privacy.






5. The amount of money of a company's profits that is distributed to its shareholders.






6. Fundamental human rights usually protected by law such as freedom of speech and religion.






7. A new scientific or technical idea.






8. The time which a seller needs to produce and deliver goods.






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






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






11. List of goods in a store or warehouse.






12. The ability to develop new ideas.






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






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






15. A person who is on the managing board of a business.






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






17. Sales divided by total assets.






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






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






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






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






22. Information officially declared secret - such as classified documents or material that are available only to particular people.






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






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






25. Things which are likely or feasible.






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






27. An agreement that regulates the rights and obligations of shareholders.






28. A planned - temporary break in a journey - for instance to change planes.






29. A shipment of goods to a consignee.






30. The sale of part-ownership in a venture to gain additional capital for a start-up.






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






32. A technique used to assess expected profitability of a company or single product.






33. A portion - piece or segment of something that is representative of the whole.






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






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






36. A name - term - sign - symbol - design or combination of these used to uniquely identify a producer's goods.






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






42. The categorization of potential customers into groups based on common characteristics.






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






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






45. Someone who acts as an agent on behalf of a shipper.






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






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






48. 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.






49. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown.






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