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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. When someone breaks your right to privacy.






2. The ability to develop new ideas.






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






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






5. Protective eyewear worn when working with chemicals or dangerous machines.






6. Usually wooden base used for moving or storing stacked goods.






7. A response or reaction to a piece of information.






8. Someone who invests in a business partnership without taking part in business affairs. Usually sleeping partners have limited liability.






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






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






11. A new scientific or technical idea.






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

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13. Written description of how something should be done.






14. The year as used in accounting which can begin and end in any month as the company sees fit.






15. Abbreviation for a standardized container - Twenty-foot equivalent unit.






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






17. Earnings Before Interest and Taxes.






18. Sales divided by total assets.






19. A moving belt you collect baggage from at the airport.






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






21. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown.






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






23. When all members of a group agree to support a decision even if they don't agree with it.






24. A form of company which has a separate legal identity and limited liabilities.






25. Port where cargo enters a country and is unloaded.






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






27. Debts owed to a company usually from sales on credit.






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






29. The obsessive following - observing or contacting of another person.






30. Insurance covering loss or damage of goods at sea.






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






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






33. A shipment of goods to a consignee.






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. Cargo which is transported by plane.






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






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






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






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






43. A portion - piece or segment of something that is representative of the whole.






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






45. The monitoring or close observation of behaviour.






46. Earnings which are reinvested in the company rather than paid out as dividends.






47. The right to privacy and control of your information on the internet.






48. The characteristic of a measurement regarding how precise it is.






49. Shaping a companies' offering and image to occupy a unique and valued place in the customer's mind.






50. The amount of money of a company's profits that is distributed to its shareholders.