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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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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. The truck unit onto which freight in a container is loaded.






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






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






4. Bills to be paid as part of the normal course of business.






5. Earnings Before Interest and Taxes.






6. Net profits divided by net worth or total equity.






7. A small hotel or private house that rents out rooms to sleep in - including breakfast - at reasonable prices.






8. Part of the Bill of Rights which provides people with the right to be secure in their persons - houses - papers etc.






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






10. A marketing strategy where a company tries to gain greater dominance in a market - for example - by offering special prices.






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






12. A non-profit making organization which exists to support and help a particular group.






13. Setting a high initial price for a product to create a price-quality idea which early adopters will happily accept.






14. When a person or group infringes on your rights such as freedom of movement or freedom of speech.






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






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






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






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






19. To decide that an agreed appointment or booking will not take place.






20. 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.






21. The ability to develop new ideas.






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






23. A flexible tube used to transport liquids or gas.






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






25. Cargo ships not specialised in one type of cargo unlike a full containership.






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






27. The point in units sold or sales amount when the expenses will be matched.






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. Letting a third-party company take care of your logistics for you.






33. Device which breaks to stop the flow of current in the event of an overload.






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






35. Business wholly owned by its employees with the emphasis on group decision making.






36. The fraudulent use of someone's identity in order to steal money or get other benefits.






37. The right to have your sexual orientation and practices remain secret.






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






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






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






41. An investment contributed at the early stages of a new venture.






42. A new scientific or technical idea.






43. The expected behaviour or standard for something.






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






45. The monitoring or close observation of behaviour.






46. A method recognised throughout a business sector as the best way to do something.






47. To unload and distribute some or all the contents of a rail car - container or trailer.






48. Anyone who has an interest in the success of an organization - e.g. the owner - employees - shareholders.






49. A wealthy person who invests in a start-up company.






50. A measure of the average time between failures in a system - the higher the amount - the more reliable the thing is.