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NATASYA LISZKA

202350060
English – 12.12.2023

UNIT 8
1. What do auditors do?
a) They look after a company’s financial matters.
b) They check a company’s financial documentation.
c) They report financial results to the company.

2. What is another word for income?


a) outgoings
b) expenditure
c) revenue

3. What is gross profit?


a) what the company earns after deducting all costs
b) what the company earns before deducting all costs
c) what the companies pay out to shareholders

4. What are liabilities?


a) money that the company owes to others
b) money that is owed to the company
c) money that the company needs to make each month

5. Which word is a synonym for discounts?


a) rebates
b) dividends
c) interest

6. What is the opposite of in debt?


a) in the black
b) in the red
c) overdrawn

7. Which of the following describes a dramatic and sudden fall in figures?


a) profits peaked
b) profits rose steadily
c) profits plunged alarmingly

8. For what reason might a company overstate its earnings?


a) to save taxes
b) to push up share prices
c) to avoid bankruptcy

9. What are fixed assets?


a) land, buildings and machinery owned by the company for company use
b) cash and investments belonging to the company
c) everything that a company possesses

10. What are financial irregularities?


a) making false statements on balance sheets
b) overspending budgets
c) making risky investments

UNIT 9
1. Which of the following does not mean recruiting new personnel?
a) taking on
b) employing
c) dismissing

2. Which part of a Curriculum Vitae (C.V.) gives information about your past work record?"
a) Skills
b) Experience
c) Qualifications

3. Which word is a synonym for candidate?


a) applicant
b) interviewer
c) employer

4. What is a cover letter?


a) a letter from your former boss to your new employer
b) a letter that you send with your CV to apply for a job
c) a letter informing you that you have been unsuccessful at interview

5. Which word means to make a request for a job?


a) to apply
b) to hire
c) to interview

6. Out of 400 applications, 10 candidates were ... for interview.


a) collected
b) rejected
c) selected

7. Applicants are asked to supply ... from past employers.


a) qualifications
b) references
c) requests

8. What does to screen candidates mean?


a) to invite them for interview
b) to examine their education and work background
c) to inform them whether or not they got the job
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9. What are routine tasks?
a) special jobs
b) ordinary work
c) difficult jobs

10. In an interview, what are behavioural questions?


a) questions about the candidates paper qualifications
b) questions about their current position
c) questions about how candidates react in certain situations

UNIT 10
1. A picture or symbol associated with a certain brand is called ...
a) a trademark.
b) a label.
c) a copyright.

2. Which statement is true?


a) Counterfeit goods are often more expensive and better than branded goods.
b) Counterfeiting causes branded goods to become cheaper.
c) Counterfeiting takes advantage of other companies’ research, advertising etc.

3. What is the opposite of fake?


a) imitation
b) copy
c) genuine

4. What is a patent?
a) legal protection for inventions
b) legal protection for artwork
c) legal protection for words and symbols

5. If we had patented the design, it would have been safe from counterfeiters. Which statement
is true?
a) The design might be copied.
b) The manufacturer didn't take out a patent.
c) The manufacturer plans to protect his design.

6. What is piracy?
a) stealing other people’s ideas
b) copying CDs and DVDs illegally
c) buying counterfeit goods

7. To file a lawsuit means ...


a) to protect a brand
b) to take someone to court
c) to register a product name

8. What is infringement?
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a) breaking laws and regulations
b) selling counterfeit goods
c) using the law to protect brands

9. Which of the following is a definition of exclusivity?


a) a position in the market which is shared by many
b) holding a special position in the market
c) being pushed out of the market by others

10. What are damages?


a) the negative effect of counterfeiting on companies
b) badly-made imitation goods
c) sums of money paid to people who have been affected by copying

UNIT 11
1. What is supply and demand?
a) the number of goods manufactured
b) buying and selling goods
c) the goods available for sale and the buyers for them

2. What is e-commerce?
a) trading special kinds of goods
b) selling using internet technology
c) c ontacting business partners by internet

3. What does negotiate mean?


a) to discuss the price and reach a result
b) to fix your prices
c) to sell to the person prepared to pay the most

4. What does to bid mean?


a) to offer goods for sale at auction
b) to offer a price at auction
c) to coordinate the buying and selling at auction

5. EBay is an electronic marketplace ...


a) to buying and selling goods.
b) for buying and selling goods.
c) for to buy and sell goods.

6. In the AIDA marketing formula, which of the following could represent the D?
a) getting your product noticed
b) going out and buying the product
c) showing the customer something he really wants

7. What type of goods are sold on the mass market?


a) standard consumer goods
b) luxury items
c) goods in large amounts
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8. What does an estate agent deal in?
a) online banking
b) buildings and land
c) internet sales

9. Trading means ...


a) selling.
b) buying.
c) buying and selling.

10. What is merchandising?


a) selling goods connected to TV, films, pop stars etc
b) selling goods on the electronic marketplace
c) selling goods to a children’s market

UNIT 12
1. What is the purpose of a lobby?
a) to change public and government opinion
b) to force people to accept your opinion
c) to raise money for charity

2. Refusing to buy goods or services from a particular company or country is called ...
a) litigation.
b) a demonstration.
c) a boycott.

3. More than 3000 people have signed the ... against the government.
a) petition
b) protest
c) lobby

4. What is the main work of a charity?


a) to ask famous people to give money.
b) to collect money and give aid to people in need.
c) to protest against government actions throughout the world.

5. What is protectionism?
a) allowing poorer countries to develop their economies
b) keeping good relationships between exporting countries
c) using high taxes to stop poorer nations from exporting their goods

6. Everyone ought to eat more fruit and vegetables. Which statement is true?
a) It's a good idea to eat more fruit and vegetables.
b) It's not allowed to eat more fruit and vegetables.
c) It's necessary to eat more fruit and vegetables.

7. When something is not allowed, you ... do it.


a) needn't
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b) don't have to
c) shouldn't

8. Collecting money for charity is also called ...


a) spending.
b) fundraising.
c) demonstrating.

9. What are subsidies?


a) sums of government money used to support individual producers or countries
b) money producers pay to the government for their exports
c) cheap imported goods from developing countries

10. What is another word for protesters?


a) relief workers
b) fundraisers
c) lobbyists

UNIT 13
1. What is infoglut?
a) not enough information
b) a flood of information
c) a form of passing on information

2. When sending additional documents with an e-mail, which phrase is correct?


a) Please find attached.
b) Please find enclosed.
c) Please find inside.

3. Which sentence has the same meaning as I'll text you later?
a) I'll send you a fax.
b) I'll send you an SMS.
c)I'll write you a letter.

4. What does prioritise mean?


a) to put tasks in order of importance
b) only deal with important tasks
c) give the most important tasks to others

5. Sending letters by post is often referred to as ...


a) P-mail
b) snail mail
c) slow mail

6. As a form of communication, many people see e-mail as being ... than a phone call.
a) more personal
b) less direct
c) less intrusive

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7. Could you please ... as soon as possible?
a) call me back
b) ring up me
c) phone to me

8. The subject line in an e-mail ...


a) tells you the content of the message.
b) begins with 'Dear...'.
c) ends the e-mail.

9. Which of the following defines correspondence?


a) talking to people on the phone
b) answering enquiries from customers
c) sending and answering letters, faxes and e-mails

10. What is messaging meltdown?


a) communicating using only one form, e.g. telephone
b) making a phone call to warn about an e-mail to announce a fax
c) prioritising and sorting your messages

UNIT 14
1. What is distribution?
a) getting goods from the factory to the shop
b) buying raw materials from suppliers
c) delivering goods to consumers' homes

2. Which method of transport would you use to send goods by haulage?


a) train
b) ship
c) lorry

3. Where would you find information about which goods are in stock?
a) from a barcode
b) in an inventory
c) on a conveyor belt

4. What is a warehouse?
a) a large building where goods are stored before distribution or sale
b) a large store where customers can buy many different types of products
c) part of a factory where goods are manufactured

5. Smart Tags may eliminate checkouts in supermarkets. This means:


a) Checkouts will become faster and more efficient.
b) There will be no more checkouts in supermarkets.
c) Customers will operate the checkout themselves.

6. What is grey marketing?


a) selling branded or luxury goods without permission at reduced prices
b) selling unbranded goods at high prices
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c) exporting goods illegally

7. What is freight?
a) preparing goods for transport
b) transporting goods by rail, air, road or sea
c) loading goods onto transport

8. I'm afraid this bread is ... its sell-by-date.


a) past
b) over
c) behind

9. We’re piloting the system'. Which sentence has the same meaning?
a) We're developing the system.
b) We're trying out the system .
c) We're getting rid of the system.

10. Shoplifting is a kind of ...


a) stealing.
b) restructuring.
c) relocating.

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