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Business English Test
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business-skills
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english
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vocabulary
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 organization that surveys and classifies ships for insurance companies.
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2. The right to say what you want without anyone stopping you.
freedom of speech
political privacy
surveillance
business mission
3. The characteristic of a measurement regarding how precise it is.
bonded warehouse
accuracy
hose
seed capital
4. The ability to develop new ideas.
venture capitalist
creativity
cancel
market segmentation
5. The added value a brand name identity brings to a product or service.
surveillance
brand
anonymity
brand equity
6. The right to privacy and control of your information on the internet.
sleeping partner
internet privacy
Lloyds' Registry
share capital
7. A telephone call requested at a certain time to wake someone up.
wake-up call
platform
trespassing
discrimination
8. When you allow someone to start a specific business by using your products in exchange for a part of his profits.
franchise
Ro/Ro
due diligence
financial privacy
9. Events which are beyond the control of a carrier like war - earthquakes or floods.
retained earnings
diversification
logistics
force majeure
10. The state of remaining unknown to most other people.
stalking
bed & breakfast
wake-up call
anonymity
11. Bills to be paid as part of the normal course of business.
identity theft
civil liberties
freight forwarder
accounts payable
12. The monitoring or close observation of behaviour.
norm
surveillance
hose
seed capital
13. 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.
market segmentation
brand recognition
information privacy
stock exchange
14. Cargo which is transported by plane.
air cargo
discovery
valve
accounts payable
15. Officials formally appointed to run and represent a company.
officers of a company
wake-up call
liner
Bill of Lading
16. The idea that anything you tell your doctor will remain confidential.
medical privacy
life cycle
fraud
surveillance
17. 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.
retained earnings
limited liability
accreditation
norm
18. A place for the reception - delivery - consolidation - distribution and storage of goods and cargo.
differentiation
property rights
possibilities
warehouse
19. An organization able to respond to and address changes in a market - their environment or industry.
adaptive firm
fork lift
accreditation
lead-time
20. A process of verifying all information about a company including but not limited to financials - management - market share and risks.
feedback
penetration pricing strategy
franchise
due diligence
21. In a business plan this is the change in the cash balance.
cash flow
Clean Bill of Lading
stock exchange
entrepreneuer
22. The first time a company offers its shares to the public.
due diligence
IPO - Initial Public Offering
venture capitalist
suitcase
23. A measure of the average time between failures in a system - the higher the amount - the more reliable the thing is.
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
benchmark
just-in-time manufacturing
trade secret
24. Usually wooden base used for moving or storing stacked goods.
full containerships
key performance indicator
discrimination
pallet
25. The time which a seller needs to produce and deliver goods.
pallet
lead-time
franchise
warehouse
26. Estimated Time of Arrival.
breach of privacy
assets
ETA
platform
27. Forty-Foot Equivalent Units - a standard size for shipping containers.
accommodation
FEU
bulk cargo
share capital
28. The truck unit onto which freight in a container is loaded.
just-in-time manufacturing
memorandum of association
life cycle
trailer
29. A place to live - work - stay in : rented/temporary/furnished accommodation.
track
risk
accommodation
platform
30. The right to have details of your financial transactions kept secret.
bonded warehouse
financial privacy
fraud
consensus
31. Fundamental human rights usually protected by law such as freedom of speech and religion.
share
marketing mix
civil liberties
liabilities
32. An invasion of someone's private life without due cause.
best practice
payroll
pallet
breach of privacy
33. Earnings Before Interest and Taxes.
carousel
logistics
ETA
EBIT
34. Useable or acceptable.
marine insurance
brand
valid
life cycle
35. A vessel sailing between specific ports on a regular basis.
liner
feeder service
classified information
breach of privacy
36. One of the documents required by a firm to become a limited company.
memorandum of association
marine insurance
freight forwarder
depreciation
37. Things which are likely or feasible.
procedure
possibilities
unlimited liability
accounts receivable
38. Setting a relatively low intitial price for a new product in order to win market share.
penetration pricing strategy
lead-time
stakeholder
break bulk
39. Wages - salaries and other forms of employee compensation.
franchise
payroll
discovery
hard hat
40. A piece of information - for example how a certain product is made - which is only known to the company that makes it.
positioning
trade secret
civil liberties
corporation
41. The benefit of larger scale production where costs are spread over more units which lowers the average unit cost.
consignment
economies of scale
fiscal year
cancel
42. A defined segment of the market that a product is aimed at.
target market
in transit
marketing mix
assets
43. Expenses for a company which do not change based on production or sales levels.
valid
supply chain
SWOT analysis
fixed cost
44. General term for ships designed to carry cargo rather than passengers.
freighters
differentiation
charity
trade secret
45. Debts; money that must be paid.
market penetration strategy
liabilities
advice of shipment
port of entry
46. A method recognised throughout a business sector as the best way to do something.
best practice
stock exchange
property rights
sleeping partner
47. Documents used to procure freight and express transportation and services from commercial carriers.
Bill of Lading
turnaround
supply chain
US Fourth Amendment
48. Electronic records of phone calls - bank transactions etc which paint a picture of what a person did - where and when.
market penetration strategy
due diligence
electronic trail
assets
49. A shipment of goods to a consignee.
first aid
liabilities
norm
consignment
50. The obsessive following - observing or contacting of another person.
EBITDA
identity theft
medical privacy
stalking