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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.
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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. Ships especially designed for trucks to drive into them using internal ramps.
stalking
Roll-on/Roll-off vessels
FEU
trailer
2. Monitoring of public places using video cameras.
mission statement
CCTV (closed-circuit television)
asset turnover
logistics
3. The granting of power to perform various acts or duties.
accreditation
venture capitalist
logistics outsourcing
Clean Bill of Lading
4. A place for the reception - delivery - consolidation - distribution and storage of goods and cargo.
operating expenses
fuse
Lloyds' Registry
warehouse
5. The crime of deceiving someone to get money or good illegally.
no-show
'eye in the sky' camera
fraud
port of entry
6. To make valid by approval - to establish the certainty of something.
adaptive firm
discovery
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
confirm
7. Usually wooden base used for moving or storing stacked goods.
acid test
skimming pricing strategy
Clean Bill of Lading
pallet
8. The characteristic of a measurement regarding how precise it is.
valid
entrepreneuer
accuracy
bulk cargo
9. Expenses for a company which do not change based on production or sales levels.
fixed cost
franchise
sexual privacy
wake-up call
10. The relationship between technology and the legal right to privacy in the collection and sharing of data about oneself.
discovery
limited liability
information privacy
marine insurance
11. Ships fitted with tanks to carry liquid or gas cargoes.
A & E (Accident & Emergency)
Lloyds' Registry
survey
tankers
12. Earnings Before Interest - Taxes - Depreciation and Amortization.
sexual privacy
trade secret
EBITDA
due diligence
13. Earnings Before Interest and Taxes.
EBIT
co-operative
bulk carriers
suitcase
14. A standard used to compare some aspect of a business to an external measure.
co-operative
SWOT analysis
benchmark
payroll
15. Expenses arising during normal business operations.
benchmark
assets
bed & breakfast
operating expenses
16. A company that moves goods or passengers from one place to another.
skimming pricing strategy
third party
carrier
surveillance
17. An agreement that regulates the rights and obligations of shareholders.
freedom of speech
cancel
Bill of Lading
deed of partnership
18. A person who is on the managing board of a business.
director
IPO - Initial Public Offering
marine insurance
accuracy
19. Costs that fluctuate in direct relation to the volume of units produced.
full containerships
variable cost
Companies House
adaptive firm
20. The examination and evaluation of something.
analysis
share
in transit
cancel
21. The categorization of potential customers into groups based on common characteristics.
confirm
market segmentation
stalking
A & E (Accident & Emergency)
22. Debts owed to a company usually from sales on credit.
bulk carriers
financial privacy
accounts receivable
just-in-time manufacturing
23. Shaping a companies' offering and image to occupy a unique and valued place in the customer's mind.
Ro/Ro
entrepreneuer
acid test
positioning
24. The benefit of larger scale production where costs are spread over more units which lowers the average unit cost.
income statement
feedback
challenge
economies of scale
25. Property that a business owns - including cash and receivables - inventory etc.
marine insurance
charity
assets
ergonomics
26. Someone who invests in a business partnership without taking part in business affairs. Usually sleeping partners have limited liability.
advice of shipment
sleeping partner
economies of scale
market segmentation
27. 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.
commission
bulk carriers
limited liability
stakeholder
28. Damage or hurt experienced by a person or animal.
discovery
injury
security
classified information
29. When you allow someone to start a specific business by using your products in exchange for a part of his profits.
seed capital
franchise
customs
creativity
30. Officials formally appointed to run and represent a company.
key performance indicator
market capitalization
officers of a company
accounts payable
31. Unfair treatment of a person or group based on prejudice.
portfolio
discrimination
port of entry
force majeure
32. A place to live - work - stay in : rented/temporary/furnished accommodation.
accommodation
bed & breakfast
piggyback
Leveraged Buy-Out
33. The first time a company offers its shares to the public.
IPO - Initial Public Offering
limited liability
share capital
stopover
34. Protective eyewear worn when working with chemicals or dangerous machines.
goggles
turnaround
creativity
discrimination
35. A formal framework for identifying an organization's growth opportunities - strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats.
trespassing
cash flow
asset turnover
SWOT analysis
36. Surveillance tools installed on a computer without the users' consent.
spyware
brand
carousel
bonded warehouse
37. Business wholly owned by its employees with the emphasis on group decision making.
discrimination
co-operative
differentiation
possibilities
38. The expected behaviour or standard for something.
norm
seed capital
rights violation
IPO - Initial Public Offering
39. A moving belt you collect baggage from at the airport.
fork lift
carousel
brand
common stock
40. Entering land or property without permission from the owner or the right to enter.
variable cost
trespassing
confirm
skimming pricing strategy
41. Series of questions designed to gather information on a certain topic.
survey
discovery
security
tankers
42. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown.
discovery
market capitalization
first aid
information privacy
43. Steps taken in advance to avoid an accident happening.
accounts payable
precaution
US Fourth Amendment
freight forwarder
44. Activities involved in protecting a country - building or person against danger or attack.
diversification
Clean Bill of Lading
accommodation
security
45. Letting a third-party company take care of your logistics for you.
logistics outsourcing
possibilities
unlimited liability
air cargo
46. Forty-Foot Equivalent Units - a standard size for shipping containers.
information privacy
accounts payable
in transit
FEU
47. One of the documents required by a firm to become a limited company.
political privacy
memorandum of association
ergonomics
electronic trail
48. Bills to be paid as part of the normal course of business.
air cargo
turnaround
confirm
accounts payable
49. Cargo which is booked but does not arrive in time to be loaded onto a vessel.
no-show
bonded warehouse
just-in-time manufacturing
seed capital
50. A unit of measure for liquids equivalent to 42 gallons.
fixed cost
general cargo freighters
stopover
barrel (BBL)