Exercise 3. 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. A set of notes telling you about something is a -
a. handbook b. tome c. directory d. manual
2. The different parts of a company, such as transport and security are -
a. branch offices b. management areas c. departments d. spin-offs
3. Things which are made or brought or sold are called -
a. nices b. excellents c. wells d. goods
4. Your plan for how you are going to spend your money is your -
a. economy b. budget c. savings plan d. loan scheme
5. The law which stops other people using your discovery is a -
a. patent b. copyright c. censorship d. intellectual property
6. An agreement between two people or companies in law is a -
a. concord b. compact c. concurrence d. contract
7. A person who speaks for another person or organisation ...... them.
a. stands in for b. aliases c. represents d. mimics
8. The word meaning 'to do with the law' is -
a. lawful b. legislated c. legal d. legitimate
9. The people who work for a business are the -
a. stuff b. staff c. stiff d. businessmen
10. What you write down what you do so you can check later are -
a. tapes b. CDs c. records d. memoirs
11. When a company tries to find new or better ways of making or doing something, this is -
a. investment b. quality control c. research d. management
12. Members of a profession who act as a group have a -
a. united trade b. trade union c. syndicate d. united syndicate
13. People whom you often work with are your -
a. associates b. partners c. unionists d. colleges
14. The greatest number or proportion in a group is the -
a. minority b. minumum c. maximum d. majority
15. If you arrange to see someone at a particular time, you have a/n -
a. agreement b. appointment c. arrangement d. assignment

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