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Business English Practice Quiz | Topic: SALES: General vocabulary 1
Choose the best response to complete each of the following sentences:
1. List price is the price established by a product's _____________.
a) factory b) manufacturing c) manufacturer
2. A _____________ outlet is a store that sells merchandise directly from the maker to the consumer.
a) factor b) factory c) price
3. Outlet stores have cheaper prices because they have eliminated "the _____________".
a) middle-guy b) middleman c) in-between-man
4. A ______________ sale is generally held by a store going out of business
a) liquidation b) liquid c) liquidity
5. Irregulars or imperfects are goods (often clothes) that don't _____________ the manufacturer's
standards for quality.
a) match b) mark c) meet
6. I always speak the truth when talking to customers. I never make any _____________ promises.
a) false b) faulty c) uncommon
7. One of the tricks in sales is to be persuasive without being _____________.
a) pushy b) pushed c) pushing
8. Sales people are most effective when the client sees them as _____________.
a) autistic b) automatic c) authentic
9. Contrary to _____________ ( = what most people believe), body language doesn't matter it sales.
a) populist belief b) popular belief c) poplar belief
10. A good sales person is good at _____________ ( = determining) the prospect's needs.
a) figuring out b) figuring c) seeing out
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Business English Practice Quiz | Topic: SALES: General vocabulary 1
ANSWERS:
1) a 2) a 3) c 4) b 5) c 6) a 7) a 8) c 9) b 10) b