Credit Test PJI/3 – winter semester, regular term, DD/MM YYYY Model Test +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Name: | |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Teacher: | TOTAL | | |--------------------------------------------| | MARK | | Number of points (max. 100 points) |(60 points to pass)| | |--------------------------------------------+-------------------+-------| |I. Listening: | |IV. Definition:| | | | |----------------+-----+---------------+-----| | | |II. Vocabulary: | |V. Translation:| | | | |----------------+-----+-------------------------------------------------| |III. Grammar: | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | |I. Listening: (max. 16 points) points | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |1. část | |produktivní | | | |zahrnuje: odpověď na otázky nebo doplňování výrazů do pozměněného textu poslechu | | | |1. Listen to the first part of an interview with the CEO of the JMP company talking about a successful | |merger with the ABC company and answer the following questions. | | | | | |(4pts per item; total: 12 pts) | | | |1. Why did JMP decide to merge with ABC? | | | |- | | | |- | | | | 2. What is the main mission of the newly created company? | | | |- | | | |- | | | |3. How did employees of both companies mentioned behave before and after the merger took place? | | | |- | | | |- | | | |2. část | |receptivní | | | |zahrnuje: multiple choice (A/B/C) nebo výroky TRUE/FALSE nebo seřazování bodů zmíněných v poslechu do | |správného (chronologického) pořadí; pro těžší variantu může být zahrnut i např. jeden bod, který vůbec | |zmíněn nebyl | | | |2. Now, listen to the second part of the same interview about the history of the JMP company and | |decide which of the following statements are true (T) and which are false (F). | | (1 pt per item; total: 4 | |pts) | | | | | | | |1. In the 1970s the JMP company was taken into public ownership. T/F | | | |2. When Margaret Thatcher came to power, the company was nationalized. T/F | | | |3. When the JMP company was acquired by A.J. Holland, it went through a very rapid period of growth. T/F| | | |4. Immediately after the merger with the ABC company took place, many people lost their jobs at a day´s | |notice with no compensation. T/F | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | |II. Vocabulary: (max. 25 points) points | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |A. Translate the following expressions into English: (2 pts per item; | |total: 16 pts) | | | | | | | |neuctivý postoj - ______________________________________ | | | |vlastnit prodejní automaty - _________________________________ | | | |dlouhodobá poptávka - __________________________________ | | | |pokusné uvedení (na trh) - _____________________________________ | | | |menšinová účast - __________________________ | | | |žalovat subdodavatele - ___________________________ | | | |záměrně narušovat stávku - ______________________________ | | | |odhalit nepřiměřený nátlak - _______________________________ | | | | | | | |B. Complete the sentences using the following phrases; some phrases are not used; 1 phrase per | |gap: | | | | (2 pts | |per item; total: 6 pts) | | | | PRODUCTION RUNS, PRICE-CONSCIOUS BRAND-SWITCHERS, | | | | INTANGIBLE ASSETS, PRODUCTION PORTFOLIO, | | | | COUNTER-CYCLICAL ADVERTISING, BRAND PREFERENCE | | | | | | | |1. Companies have also ______________________ whose value is difficult to quantify or turn into cash, | |such goodwill, patents etc. | | | |2. If factories are equipped so that set-up times are short, very small ___________ are possible. | | | |3. Reduced-price packs in supermarkets can be used to attract ________________ and also to counter a | |promotion by competitor. | | | | | | | |C. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the following verbs; some verbs are not used; 1 | |verb per gap: | |(1pt per item; total: 3 pts) | | | | | | | |ANTICIPATE, UNDER-UTILIZE, FAIL, AIM, AVOID, UNDER-STAFF | | | | | | | |1. You may be ________________________ your workforce. | | | |2. Sales promotions can also be ______________ at distributors, dealers and retailers. | | | |3. Conglomerates can become unmanageable and _____________ to achieve synergy. | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |III. Grammar: (max. 34 points) points | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |A. Put the verbs and other words in brackets into their correct forms, add prepositions, particles or | |auxiliary verbs if necessary. You may need to use the passive forms of the verbs: | | | | (4 pts per | |item; total: 16 pts) | | | |1. She ______________________________________ (joke, become) her father´s boss. | | | |2.-3. My brother has _____________________________________ (always, dream, work) a financial | |institution, and he ________________________________ (hesitate + not, apply) any job advertised by such | |institutions. | | | |4. I would ___________________________________ (accept, punish, leak) some confidential information. | | | |B. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed | |above it: (4 pts per | |item; total: 12 pts) | | | |1. Is it possible to get this machine serviced before the guarantee expires next week? | | | |I wonder ______________________________________________________ . | | | |2. The consignment got damaged on the way to the warehouse and we had to complain. | | | |If ______________________________________________________________ . | | | |3. The MD said to us: “Do not underestimate our competitors because they are more able and flexible than| |they seem.“ | | | |The MD told _____________________________________________________ . | | | | | | | |C. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with suitable prepositions, or adverbials, if | |necessary: | | | | ( 1pt per | |item; total: 6 pts) | | | |1. Advanced countries no longer depend ____ industry ____ the extent they once did. | | | |2. How much are you willing to spend ______accessories? | | | |3. Although the companies could easily set _______ their own advertising departments, they tend to use | |the services of large advertising agencies. | | | |4. If the limited company goes bankrupt, it is wound _______ and its assets are liquidated to pay debts.| | | |5. In this type of company, the owners have to put _______ the capital themselves or borrow from a bank.| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |IV. Definitions: (max. 9 points) points | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Give the terms the following definitions refer to: | |(3pts per item) | | | | | | | |1. a company that is only liable for the amount of capital that shareholders have invested and not for | |debts greater than this amount = | | | | | | | |2. to protest outside the factory or other workplace, and try to persuade workers and delivery drivers | |not to enter = | | | | | | | |3. a loan, usually to buy a property, which serves as a security for the loan = | | | | | | | | | | | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | |V. Translation: (max. 16 points) points | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Translate the following | |sentences: ( 8pts per | |sentence) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1. Abyste dosáhli co nejvyšší produktivity, tvořivosti, inovace a bohatství, měli byste svůj| |podnik rozdělit do několika skupin, které si budou vzájemně konkurovat. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |2. Firmy mohou zaplňovat své výrobkové řady, aby využily volné výrobní kapacity nebo aby | |obsadily mezery na trhu. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+