Exercise 2. Vocabulary. Part I

Look at the sentences, and then choose the best option to complete the sentences by clicking on the choices below. When you have finished, click on "answers" at the bottom of the page.

Questions 1-15.
1. In business a PA is a -
a. private announcement b. public account c. proof auditor d. personal assistant
2. If you are asked to show ID, you show ..
a. an identity card b. ideas c. interest and duty d. inner depth
3. The IT department deals with -
a. information technology b. interest and taxes c. items required d. internal telephones
4. The record of how much money a business gets and spends is its -
a. statement b. accounts c. declarations d. tax form
5. The person who is a source of information for a particular subject is a -
a. pointer b. contact c. tap d. mole
6. Putting office papers away so they can be found again easily is called doing the ...
a. paperwork b. tidying up c. filing d. recording
7. Paper, pens, notepads, and photocopy paper are all -
a. trainery b. mobility c. notary d. stationery
8. Government insurance for pensions and health is called -
a. secure society b. socially secure c. security social d. social security
9. Something that you agree to do or join is -
a. a closed shop b. an inventory c. an opt-in d. the optimal
10. The rules about how you dress are work are the -
a. dressing down b. conduct terms c. dress code d. clothes horses
11. Money you are given regularly to do something is an -
a. investment b. allowance c. earning d. income
12. If you work evenings or weekends you work -
a. overtime b. long hours c. reverse time d. unsociable hours
13. If you always deliberately make someone upset and uncomfortable, this is-
a. taunting b. harassment c. insulting d. embezzlement
14. A paper that means you can have a product or a service is a -
a. voucher b. carte blanche c. permission note d. promissory note
15. Another word for 'firing' (telling someone they must leave their job) is -
a. hiring b. dismissal c. vacating d. promotion

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