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Business English Test

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Anyone who has an interest in the success of an organization - e.g. the owner - employees - shareholders.






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






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






4. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown.






5. A place for the reception - delivery - consolidation - distribution and storage of goods and cargo.






6. Earnings Before Interest and Taxes.






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






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






9. Sales divided by total assets.






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






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






12. Electronic records of phone calls - bank transactions etc which paint a picture of what a person did - where and when.






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






14. Setting a relatively low intitial price for a new product in order to win market share.






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






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






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






18. A company that moves goods or passengers from one place to another.






19. Activities involved in protecting a country - building or person against danger or attack.






20. When you allow someone to start a specific business by using your products in exchange for a part of his profits.






21. Someone who starts a new business venture often involving innovation and risk taking.






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






23. A formal framework for identifying an organization's growth opportunities - strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats.






24. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.






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






26. The time it takes between the arrival of a vessel or aircraft and its departure.






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






28. Protective helmet worn on building sites etc. to prevent injuries to the head.






29. A financial statement showing sales - cost of sales - gross margin - operating expenses etc.






30. Earnings Before Interest - Taxes - Depreciation and Amortization.






31. Damage or hurt experienced by a person or animal.






32. Shortened form of Roll on/Roll off meaning a ship which trucks can drive straight onto without the need for cranes.






33. A piece of information - for example how a certain product is made - which is only known to the company that makes it.






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






35. Ships with permanent container cells with little or no space for other cargo types.






36. Transporting something using different means of transport - e.g. first on a truck and then on a ship.






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






38. 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.






39. Written description of how something should be done.






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






41. The possibility of suffering harm or loss; a danger.






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






43. Cargo which is transported by plane.






44. Expenses arising during normal business operations.






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






46. Vessel designed to carry bulk cargo such as grain or ore.






47. Device containing water - foam or powder used to put out a fire.






48. A form of corporate equity ownership giving voting rights.






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






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







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