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Business English Test
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Subjects
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business-skills
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english
,
vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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 right to have details of your financial transactions kept secret.
accommodation
financial privacy
sleeping partner
supply chain
2. The right to have your sexual orientation and practices remain secret.
Leveraged Buy-Out
information privacy
sexual privacy
freighters
3. The idea that anything you tell your doctor will remain confidential.
stopover
goodwill
medical privacy
identity theft
4. A response or reaction to a piece of information.
feedback
asset turnover
confirm
liabilities
5. The amount of money of a company's profits that is distributed to its shareholders.
director
full containerships
dividend
just-in-time manufacturing
6. A place for the reception - delivery - consolidation - distribution and storage of goods and cargo.
customs
US Fourth Amendment
market capitalization
warehouse
7. The efforts to make a product seem different from rival products or even unique.
life cycle
differentiation
deed of partnership
marine insurance
8. Shortened form of Roll on/Roll off meaning a ship which trucks can drive straight onto without the need for cranes.
liabilities
skimming pricing strategy
air cargo
Ro/Ro
9. The right to have your political view kept secret.
norm
political privacy
anonymity
turnaround
10. A vessel sailing between specific ports on a regular basis.
air cargo
liner
risk
payroll
11. 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.
goodwill
brand recognition
stock exchange
cash flow
12. When a person or group infringes on your rights such as freedom of movement or freedom of speech.
inventory
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
rights violation
dividend
13. A receipt for goods issued by a carrier indicated that goods were received without damage or irregularities.
accuracy
Clean Bill of Lading
supply chain
tankers
14. The point in units sold or sales amount when the expenses will be matched.
precaution
portfolio
break-even point
freedom of speech
15. Useable or acceptable.
turnaround
fraud
valid
valve
16. Cargo ships not specialised in one type of cargo unlike a full containership.
bulk cargo
analysis
general cargo freighters
liabilities
17. Documents used to procure freight and express transportation and services from commercial carriers.
entrepreneuer
Bill of Lading
discrimination
valve
18. Debts owed to a company usually from sales on credit.
accounts receivable
port of entry
supply chain
surveillance
19. Someone who starts a new business venture often involving innovation and risk taking.
differentiation
procedure
freighters
entrepreneuer
20. Ships fitted with tanks to carry liquid or gas cargoes.
CCTV (closed-circuit television)
adaptive firm
tankers
US Fourth Amendment
21. A method recognised throughout a business sector as the best way to do something.
business mission
cash flow
best practice
asset turnover
22. A formal framework for identifying an organization's growth opportunities - strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats.
SWOT analysis
accommodation
challenge
feeder service
23. A document representing one unit of ownership in a corporation - mutual fund or limited partnership.
share
fixed cost
civil liberties
skimming pricing strategy
24. Unfair treatment of a person or group based on prejudice.
customs
discrimination
payroll
fraud
25. List of goods in a store or warehouse.
cancel
norm
inventory
force majeure
26. Hospital department for people who suddenly become ill or are hurt in an accident.
A & E (Accident & Emergency)
break-even analysis
operating expenses
penetration pricing strategy
27. A standard used to compare some aspect of a business to an external measure.
cash flow
fraud
benchmark
consensus
28. A place to live - work - stay in : rented/temporary/furnished accommodation.
carousel
accommodation
invasion of privacy
return on investment
29. The possibility of suffering harm or loss; a danger.
'eye in the sky' camera
discrimination
secret ballot
risk
30. A demanding or stimulating situation.
challenge
goodwill
seed capital
cash flow
31. The added value a brand name identity brings to a product or service.
market penetration strategy
sample
stopover
brand equity
32. Property that a business owns - including cash and receivables - inventory etc.
assets
fraud
freedom of speech
Lloyds' Registry
33. Earnings Before Interest and Taxes.
EBIT
valid
spyware
just-in-time manufacturing
34. A machine used to pick up and transport goods loaded on pallets.
fork lift
force majeure
breach of privacy
break-even analysis
35. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown.
discovery
intermodal transport
freedom of speech
medical privacy
36. Raised flat area beside a train track for entering or exiting a train.
franchise
Roll-on/Roll-off vessels
memorandum of association
platform
37. The right of owners of physical or intellectual property to consume - rent or sell their property.
classified information
Bill of Lading
property rights
sexual privacy
38. Net profits divided by net worth or total equity.
ETA
financial privacy
security
return on investment
39. The estimated loss of value of assets over a period of time.
depreciation
key performance indicator
FEU
bulk cargo
40. A flexible tube used to transport liquids or gas.
feedback
hose
analysis
economies of scale
41. A shipment of goods to a consignee.
electronic trail
bulk cargo
consignment
fork lift
42. Device containing water - foam or powder used to put out a fire.
bed & breakfast
fire extinguisher
brand equity
survey
43. A telephone call requested at a certain time to wake someone up.
warehouse
wake-up call
cash flow
liabilities
44. Sales divided by total assets.
cash flow
trade secret
asset turnover
benchmark
45. A model depicting the sales curve of a product split into four stages - introduction - growth - maturity and decline.
financial privacy
piggyback
life cycle
unlimited liability
46. Officials formally appointed to run and represent a company.
commission
officers of a company
unlimited liability
ergonomics
47. The total value of the money invested into a company by its shareholders.
unlimited liability
share capital
accuracy
logistics outsourcing
48. Activities including product - method of distribution - method of advertising which all affect how a product is marketing.
marketing mix
procedure
feeder service
acid test
49. Estimated Time of Arrival.
ETA
force majeure
invention
A & E (Accident & Emergency)
50. Vessel designed to carry bulk cargo such as grain or ore.
payroll
civil liberties
bulk carriers
bed & breakfast