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Business English Test
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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. Damage or hurt experienced by a person or animal.
secret ballot
first aid
injury
bulk carriers
2. The characteristic of a measurement regarding how precise it is.
TEU
accuracy
venture capitalist
accounts receivable
3. Events which are beyond the control of a carrier like war - earthquakes or floods.
identity theft
analysis
common stock
force majeure
4. The times of highest demand for a product or service.
wake-up call
warehouse
diversification
peak times
5. One of the documents required by a firm to become a limited company.
platform
advice of shipment
memorandum of association
carousel
6. The right to say what you want without anyone stopping you.
market capitalization
confirm
freedom of speech
positioning
7. Transporting something using different means of transport - e.g. first on a truck and then on a ship.
possibilities
consensus
quality audit
intermodal transport
8. Raised flat area beside a train track for entering or exiting a train.
platform
piggyback
in transit
cash flow
9. A delivery which is currently between its source and destination.
in transit
fraud
equity financing
security
10. The added value a brand name identity brings to a product or service.
consignment
brand equity
A & E (Accident & Emergency)
positioning
11. A process of verifying all information about a company including but not limited to financials - management - market share and risks.
advice of shipment
benchmark
CCTV (closed-circuit television)
due diligence
12. 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.
stock exchange
acid test
norm
fiscal year
13. Port where cargo enters a country and is unloaded.
differentiation
port of entry
goodwill
feeder service
14. Setting a relatively low intitial price for a new product in order to win market share.
brand equity
memorandum of association
freighters
penetration pricing strategy
15. Expenses for a company which do not change based on production or sales levels.
possibilities
fixed cost
procedure
brand
16. A company where the owners are personally liable for the debts of the company.
freighters
market segmentation
unlimited liability
suitcase
17. List of goods in a store or warehouse.
Ro/Ro
inventory
best practice
assets
18. A document representing one unit of ownership in a corporation - mutual fund or limited partnership.
share
break-even point
market capitalization
precaution
19. A standard used to compare some aspect of a business to an external measure.
freighters
challenge
benchmark
warehouse
20. The planning - implementation and control of flow and storage of goods.
logistics
identity theft
fork lift
injury
21. The monitoring or close observation of behaviour.
peak times
surveillance
liner
benchmark
22. When all members of a group agree to support a decision even if they don't agree with it.
memorandum of association
discrimination
cancel
consensus
23. The first time a company offers its shares to the public.
risk
valve
general cargo freighters
IPO - Initial Public Offering
24. The crime of deceiving someone to get money or good illegally.
peak times
retained earnings
fraud
inventory
25. Ships fitted with tanks to carry liquid or gas cargoes.
bed & breakfast
identity theft
medical privacy
tankers
26. The ability to develop new ideas.
creativity
in transit
sleeping partner
break bulk
27. Entering land or property without permission from the owner or the right to enter.
accounts payable
just-in-time manufacturing
corporation
trespassing
28. The expected behaviour or standard for something.
electronic trail
fraud
norm
consensus
29. A short description of a company's purpose in relation to customers - products - markets etc.
brand recognition
business mission
EBITDA
brand
30. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.
wake-up call
income statement
suitcase
goggles
31. Compensation paid to a person on the basis of products sold.
platform
accounts payable
trade secret
commission
32. The relationship between technology and the legal right to privacy in the collection and sharing of data about oneself.
information privacy
discovery
turnaround
IPO - Initial Public Offering
33. Duties or taxes imposed by the government on imported and exported goods.
customs
intermodal transport
breach of privacy
logistics outsourcing
34. Letting a third-party company take care of your logistics for you.
assets
logistics outsourcing
acid test
charity
35. The state of remaining unknown to most other people.
anonymity
air cargo
target market
customs
36. The right to privacy and control of your information on the internet.
key performance indicator
platform
assets
internet privacy
37. A machine used to pick up and transport goods loaded on pallets.
piggyback
Clean Bill of Lading
fork lift
cash flow
38. The possibility of suffering harm or loss; a danger.
political privacy
portfolio
security
risk
39. The idea that anything you tell your doctor will remain confidential.
lead-time
freighters
corporation
medical privacy
40. The obsessive following - observing or contacting of another person.
marketing mix
stalking
Roll-on/Roll-off vessels
cash flow
41. Service taking cargo from a regional port or airport to a central hub for a long-haul voyage.
market segmentation
hard hat
analysis
feeder service
42. The year as used in accounting which can begin and end in any month as the company sees fit.
fiscal year
freight forwarder
turnaround
secret ballot
43. An organization able to respond to and address changes in a market - their environment or industry.
adaptive firm
penetration pricing strategy
fraud
freighters
44. The efforts to make a product seem different from rival products or even unique.
differentiation
creativity
unlimited liability
precaution
45. Written description of how something should be done.
procedure
anonymity
piggyback
EBIT
46. Documents used to procure freight and express transportation and services from commercial carriers.
cash flow
just-in-time manufacturing
Bill of Lading
EBITDA
47. A short statement describing the main objectives and aims of a business.
discovery
inventory
liner
mission statement
48. Ships with permanent container cells with little or no space for other cargo types.
carrier
feedback
full containerships
cancel
49. The organization that surveys and classifies ships for insurance companies.
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50. The total value of all the outstanding shares of a publicly-traded company.
'eye in the sky' camera
no-show
market capitalization
venture capitalist