BUSINESS ENGLISH 2 TEST SAMPLES

1. The economies of developed countries have large ... sectors, relying on revenues coming from areas like tourism and real estate to support other areas of activity.

a) primary b) productive c) tertiary d) secondary

2. Protectionism can be defined as: a) a system which allows certain countries to buy and sell goods from each other without any financial restrictions such as taxes.

b) the policy that some countries have of helping their own industries by putting a large tax on imported goods or by restricting imports in some other way.

c) an official limit on the maximum or minimum number of goods produced in a certain area of economic activity.

3. The sentence "Recently, there has been a flight of capital" means that ... a) profits are up in the main industries of the economy. b) a lot of investment projects have been developed in the capital of our country over the last few years. c) large amounts of money have been moved out of the country in a short period of time.

4. In our country, some industries and companies are privately owned and some are state-owned. We may say that Romania has a ... economy.

a) monopoly b) subsidized c) mixed

5. The process of encouraging employees to use their own initiative to take decisions on their own without asking management first is called...

a) consensus b) empowerment c) consultation

6. The ... department has to deal with a serious issue this week. According to the latest survey, the majority of young women think our perfume smells terrible.

a) accounting b) finance c) marketing

7. As a form of help, the EU has reintroduced export ... for some dairy products. a) austerity b) subsidy c) dump

8. This year Britons face a summer of drought without their favourite fruit juice, thanks to a ... on imports of Indian mangos by the EU from May 1.

a) ban b) prohibitions c) increases

9. The following statement "If a company's profits are good, they don't need to worry about their competitors." is ...

a) true. b) false.

10. Brands are very important in all areas of sales. A successful brand can help a company to gain a ... a) competitive advantage. b) competitor. c) rival. d) competitive edge.

11. She has been working ... a big computer company for five years. a) for b) in c) with