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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A government office which registers information on every company on the British market and circulates them to stakeholders.






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






3. The complete range of a company's offerings including products and services.






4. Forty-Foot Equivalent Units - a standard size for shipping containers.






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






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

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






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






9. A model depicting the sales curve of a product split into four stages - introduction - growth - maturity and decline.






10. A new scientific or technical idea.






11. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown.






12. A delivery which is currently between its source and destination.






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






14. A shipment of goods to a consignee.






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. The estimated loss of value of assets over a period of time.






24. A person who is on the managing board of a business.






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






26. An invasion of someone's private life without due cause.






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






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






29. Mechanical device controlling the flow of a gas or liquid in a system.






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






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






32. The examination and evaluation of something.






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






34. Expenses for a company which do not change based on production or sales levels.






35. The added value a brand name identity brings to a product or service.






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






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






38. The time it takes between the arrival of a vessel or aircraft and its departure.






39. Duties or taxes imposed by the government on imported and exported goods.






40. A rectangluar piece of luggage for carrying clothes.






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






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






43. The system of technology - people - organizations etc involved in moving services or products from supplier to customer.






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






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






46. Entering land or property without permission from the owner or the right to enter.






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






48. The idea that anything you tell your doctor will remain confidential.






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






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






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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