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






2. Positions customer's relative perceptions of one brand in comparison to other competitive alternatives.






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






4. When someone breaks your right to privacy.






5. A form of corporate equity ownership giving voting rights.






6. Transportation method where truck trailers with their loads are moved by train to their destination.






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






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






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






10. The state of remaining unknown to most other people.






11. A place for the reception - delivery - consolidation - distribution and storage of goods and cargo.






12. The total value of the money invested into a company by its shareholders.






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






14. A short description of a company's purpose in relation to customers - products - markets etc.






15. The granting of power to perform various acts or duties.






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






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

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18. A person who is involved in a situation in addition to the two main participants.






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






20. The monitoring or close observation of behaviour.






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






22. The ability to develop new ideas.






23. List of goods in a store or warehouse.






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






25. A demanding or stimulating situation.






26. A planned - temporary break in a journey - for instance to change planes.






27. A process of verifying all information about a company including but not limited to financials - management - market share and risks.






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






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






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






31. A piece of information - for example how a certain product is made - which is only known to the company that makes it.






32. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown.






33. Activities including product - method of distribution - method of advertising which all affect how a product is marketing.






34. 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.






35. Things which are likely or feasible.






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






37. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.






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






39. A voting system where each vote is kept private.






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






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






42. A document representing one unit of ownership in a corporation - mutual fund or limited partnership.






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






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






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






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






47. Expenses arising during normal business operations.






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






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






50. Estimated Time of Arrival.