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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. Cargo which is booked but does not arrive in time to be loaded onto a vessel.






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






3. Debts; money that must be paid.






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






5. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.






6. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown.






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






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






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

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






11. A telephone call requested at a certain time to wake someone up.






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






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






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






15. The crime of deceiving someone to get money or good illegally.






16. The idea that anything you tell your doctor will remain confidential.






17. Estimated Time of Arrival.






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






19. A warehouse authorized by customs where goods are stored and no payment is required until the goods are removed.






20. Mechanical device controlling the flow of a gas or liquid in a system.






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






22. Written description of how something should be done.






23. A demanding or stimulating situation.






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






25. Cargo which is transported by plane.






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






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






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






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






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






31. The system of technology - people - organizations etc involved in moving services or products from supplier to customer.






32. When a company buys another one for more than the asset value the difference is called goodwill.






33. The right to have your political view kept secret.






34. Things which are likely or feasible.






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






36. To make valid by approval - to establish the certainty of something.






37. List of goods in a store or warehouse.






38. Series of questions designed to gather information on a certain topic.






39. The estimated loss of value of assets over a period of time.






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






41. The efforts to make a product seem different from rival products or even unique.






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






43. An organization able to respond to and address changes in a market - their environment or industry.






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






45. The organization that surveys and classifies ships for insurance companies.

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46. A statisitical measure of how well a company is doing in a certain area.






47. A shipment of goods to a consignee.






48. 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.






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






50. A systematic - independent examination of whether a company's quality procedures are being followed and goals being achieved or not.