Quiz 1 - English for Logistics

The continuous __________ system is operated using the information at the point of __________ in the retail store.

• replenishment - view

• replenishment - sale

• interchange - view

• interchange - sale

Your quotation should also include detailed information on freight and insurance _________, delivery _________, and terms of payment.

• rates - terms

• fares - enquiries

• rates - enquiries

• fares - terms

Our company can provide you __________ __________ solutions for your air transport requirements.

• with - awkward

• for - awkward

• for - customized

• with - customized     

__________ is a long boat with a flat bottom, used for carrying heavy objects.  

• Piggyback

• River barge

• Swap-body

• Grappler lift

With regard to this type of goods, I think shipping by air is __________ than by road.

• fastener

• fasten

• the fastest

• faster

___________ is a situation in which a company employs another organization to do some of its work, rather than using its own employees to do it.

• Packaging

• Consolidation

• Outsourcing

• Competition

___________ is a person or a firm named in a freight contract to whom goods have been shipped and turned over for care.

• Carrier

• Consignee

• Courier

• Haulier

____________ the products are needed _____________ next Monday, the truck must be unloaded in Brest on this Saturday or Sunday. 

• As - until 

• As - by

• Despite - until

• Despite - by

Before the stage of loading, please ensure the vehicle is fit to ____________.

• loaded

• be loaded

• loading

• loaded

Intermediate ____________ containers made of metal or plastic are rigid, but there are also ones made of canvas, which are ____________.

• stack - investible

• bulk - collapsible

• stack - responsible

• bulk - irresistible