Year Summative Test on Business English 10 Form
Option 1
Level 1. Match each group of words (a-o) with the correct business function (1-8).
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Human Resources
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Purchasing
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Marketing
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Training
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Legal
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Information Technology
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After-sales
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The Board
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laboratory test scientist trial
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parts assembly line shitt supervisor
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PR event press release company image house magazine
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retail outlet monthly figures discount commission
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capital dividend cash flow share price
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recruitment training safety employee relations
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invoice bookkeeping VAT credit note
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network screen hard disk memory
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questionnaire mailshot prospect advertisement
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bulk buying office supplies order delivery
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shareholder executive director non-executive director chairman
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course design student needs analysis timetable
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hot line telephone support complaint 24-hour service
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stock control lorry warehouse packaging
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contract patent copyright signatory
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Level 2A. Match the statements (1-5) with their similar meanings (a-j).
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There are 20 million people in Zakaria who want to work. One million do not have jobs.
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Some industries are privately owned and some are state-owned.
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Last year the size of the economy was $100 billion. This year it is $101 billion.
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Prices are much higher this year than last year.
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Banking, insurance and tourism, etc., are important to the country's economy.
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The EXCHANGE RATE is stable.
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The standard RATE OF INCOME TAX is 30%.
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The MANUFACTURING SECTOR is larger than the service sector.
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The UNEMPLOYMENT RATE is 5%.
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People are afraid of a RECESSION.
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The GROWTH RATE was 1%.
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The economy has a large SERVICE SECTOR.
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TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP is about 10% of the whole workforce.
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Zakaria has a MIXED ECONOMY.
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The RATE OF INFLATION is high.
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Level 2B. Choose the graph (A-E) which best fits each sentence. You can use each graph more than once.
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'The Hang Seng dived yesterday and closed at a five-year low.'
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‘The dollar-euro exchange rate remains steady at about 0.98.’
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‘Telecom shares plummeted on warnings of bad sales figures.'
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The FTSE 100 fell yesterday but bottomed out at 7,900.
Level 3. Choose the correct verb from to complete the sentences and write its correct grammatical form.
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Houston, Texas is conveniently located in the southern US and our objective is to make it the gateway for Latin American technology companies that want to .... (abandon / withdraw from / penetrate) the US market by opening an office there.
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Las Vegas has ....... (enter / corner / get out of) the market on US tourists looking for a wild escape for adults.
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Foreign pharmaceutical firms are .......... (enter / leave / monopolize) the market for the first time to target the country's growing and increasingly health-conscious middle class.
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Listeners now have numerous stations to choose from, whereas in the past the market was ………… (monopolize / dominate / withdraw) by All-India Radio network.
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As Swiss bankers ……………. (penetrate / leave / get out of) markets abroad, they are facing like-minded competitors from elsewhere in the world.
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Ford's CEO Mark Fields wants to streamline the company's product ………… (lifecycle / portfolio / positioning) so more cars and trucks are produced in fewer plants.
Level 4. Choose the proper alternative.
A embezzlement E bribery
B insider trading F racketeering
C money laundering G price fixing
D counterfeiting
1. Ferry company managers used the profits from selling drugs to buy houses and land in Europe.
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2. Samuel Woo moved $500 from the company account to his own bank account every week for years.
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3. London Rail and Birmingham Trains secretly agreed to charge the same fares on their busiest
routes.
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4. The $50 note was so good it was almost impossible to tell it from a real one.
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5. They offered him $50,000 to give the contract to them and not their rivals.
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6. The CFO was arrested because he sold all his shares just before the price plummeted.
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Year Summative Test on Business English 10 Form
Option 2
Level 1. Match each group of words (a-0) with the correct business function (1-8).
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The Board
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Finance
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Distribution
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Sales
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Production
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Research and Development
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Accounts
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Communications
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laboratory test scientist trial
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parts assembly line shitt supervisor
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PR event press release company image house magazine
-
retail outlet monthly figures discount commission
-
capital dividend cash flow share price
-
recruitment training safety employee relations
-
invoice bookkeeping VAT credit note
-
network screen hard disk memory
-
questionnaire mailshot prospect advertisement
-
bulk buying office supplies order delivery
-
shareholder executive director non-executive director chairman
-
course design student needs analysis timetable
-
hot line telephone support complaint 24-hour service
-
stock control lorry warehouse packaging
-
contract patent copyright signatory
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Level 2A. Match the statements (1-5) with their similar meanings (a-j).
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But the production of cars, machine tools, white goods, etc., is still the most important part of the economy.
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At the moment, the economic situation is bad. There is a danger that the economy will get smaller, not bigger this year.
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Most working people have to pay about a third of their income to the government.
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Today you can buy 10 Zaks for one US dollar. Last year it was the same.
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Two million workers are members of labour organizations.
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The EXCHANGE RATE is stable.
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The standard RATE OF INCOME TAX is 30%.
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The MANUFACTURING SECTOR is larger than the service sector.
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The UNEMPLOYMENT RATE is 5%.
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People are afraid of a RECESSION.
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The GROWTH RATE was 1%.
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The economy has a large SERVICE SECTOR.
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TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP is about 10% of the whole workforce.
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Zakaria has a MIXED ECONOMY.
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The RATE OF INFLATION is high.
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Level 2B. Choose the graph (A-E) which best fits each sentence. You can use each graph more than once.
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'Adventi Corporation shares advanced to $2.80.'
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‘Sales at Super Mart have stagnated over the past year.’
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'Micro Sun shares soared yesterday on news of a possible bid.
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'Oil prices skyrocketed last week as fears over supplies grew.’
Level 3. Choose the correct verb from to complete the sentences and write its correct grammatical form.
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Unlike traditional product……… (line / mix / placement), under which companies provided goods at no cost in exchange for the exposure, TV advertisers will pay a lot of money for their products to get worked into the actual storyline.
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At this food shop, the product ………… (lifecycle / mix / positioning) includes local produce as well as nuts shipped from California, wine from France and olive oil from Italy.
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The new product ………… (lines / range / placement) are Mr. Ballmer's answer to the most difficult questions about Microsoft's future: Where will it find new growth as the Windows and Office businesses continue to mature?
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There needs to be a tough cost-control policy throughout the different stages of the product ………… (catalogue / lifecycle / mix) in order to keep costs down.
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The firm must define its markets, position ranges of brands and identify gaps which offer opportunities for expansion or new product ……….. (line / mix / positioning).
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Ford's CEO Mark Fields wants to streamline the company's product ………… (lifecycle / portfolio / positioning) so more cars and trucks are produced in fewer plants.
Level 4. Choose the proper alternative.
A embezzlement E bribery
B insider trading F racketeering
C money laundering G price fixing
D counterfeiting
1. The CFO was arrested because he sold all his shares just before the price plummeted.
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2. They offered him $50,000 to give the contract to them and not their rivals.
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3. The $50 note was so good it was almost impossible to tell it from a real one.
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4. London Rail and Birmingham Trains secretly agreed to charge the same fares on their busiest routes.
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5. Samuel Woo moved $500 from the company account to his own bank account every week for years.
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6. Ferry company managers used the profits from selling drugs to buy houses and land in Europe.
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