1. If you watch something to see what will happen, you .......... on it. |
put a look |
take a peek |
keep an eye |
over look |
right |
wrong |
2. "Info" is an abbreviation for - |
in focus |
information |
in for me |
informal |
right |
wrong |
3. If you "strike oil" you have made a/an - |
valuable discovery |
bad mistake |
good sale |
unlucky choice |
right |
wrong |
4. In a "management buy-out", the management - |
buy their company |
sell their company |
hire good employees |
leave the company |
right |
wrong |
5. A "highly-leveraged" company has many - |
engineers |
employees |
advantages |
debts |
right |
wrong |
6. The difference between shares and what they earn is called the - |
effort vs price |
cost to return |
price/earnings ratio |
share/profit balance |
right |
wrong |
7. If you buy the same shares as someone else, you are said to be .... their investment. |
copyrighting |
shadowing |
reflecting |
stealing |
right |
wrong |
8. A colloquial expression for £1000 is a - |
tonne |
pony |
grand |
mill |
right |
wrong |
9. If you pay with your own money, you pay from - |
the heart |
your nose |
your own pocket |
under the bed |
right |
wrong |
10. A company's profits are shared among shareholders as - |
sharings |
dividends |
stockings |
cashback |
right |
wrong |
11. If you pay more than the normal price for shares, you pay a/an - |
overhead |
top rate |
uppermost |
premium |
right |
wrong |
12. Something which gives you a steady profit can be called a/an - |
good lemon |
nice little earner |
well-paid bet |
one-off return |
right |
wrong |
13. If a company buys a business that does not want to be bought, this is called a - |
buy-back |
hard adoption |
poison pill |
hostile takeover |
right |
wrong |
14. An investment which is not earning enough money is - |
a cheap deal |
going poor |
underperforming |
topped out |
right |
wrong |
15. When the stockmarket is not going up or down, the market is - |
sloppy |
flat |
plain |
jittery |
right |
wrong |