Sales: English Assessment Quiz! Test

Everyone has had a poor sales experience with an overbearing or overreaching salesperson. They are the person at your local computer sales shop that pressures you into buying something without explaining in full detail, why that product over the hundreds of others is exactly what you need. Have you ever run into the ignorant salesperson? They’ll stop you in the mall, ask for a few minutes of your time, and before you know it they are already running you through a transaction? Let’s make a commitment now, before we dive into the specifics, that you will never allow yourself to be duped into listening or buying from these salespeople. Furthermore, let’s agree that you do not want to be that kind of salesperson. You want to be a good salesperson! A good salesperson starts their sales techniques by understanding their product or market appropriately. This means they spent considerable time researching and understanding what they will be attempting to sell others, and they have a good grasp of the people who would want to purchase their products. This is what we call the salesperson’s background knowledge. This knowledge is integral for any successful salesperson because, without it, they will not adequately suggest or advise their customers on the products they need. Anyone can essentially understand a given market by spending the required time to research it – but, what parts of a salesperson are more intrinsic in their personality? 90% of a good salesperson comes from their personality and personal traits. The other 10% is attributed to the passion and being a people person. Question: Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?

The word duped could NOT be replaced by:

Annoying, Good, Ignorant, and Overreaching are all types of salespeople mentioned in the paragraph.

In “Personal traits”, the word traits could be best replaced with:

Knowing what to sell to what kind of people is known as Background knowledge.

Over the past thirty years or so the quality of many people's lives has deteriorated in some respects because of technological progress. Those people living near airports are constantly assailed by the noise of increasingly larger and more powerful jet aircraft taking off and landing. We have ugly buildings that have sprung up in towns and cities. Some of these are blocks of flats-high-rise buildings built because of the high price of land. These seem more like breeding boxes than houses where people have space to live. Worse still, much of our building effort has been channeled into the construction of more and more large office blocks at the expense of much-needed housing for the growing urban population. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?  

It's obvious in the passage that ...

The word intrinsic can best be replaced by:                   

The word assailed is closest in meaning to which of the following:  

Buildings are replacing houses

The growing urban population has turned buildings into towns and cities.

When did Matt _______ Business School?

You look pale. It’d be better if you ________ a doctor.

Japanese houses are made of wood, so they can easily _____.

Do you have ____to do this afternoon? If not, I’d like to take you to a movie.

Mary has trouble _____.

When will the conference _____

The meeting was held _____.

If you don’t understand, don’t hesitate _____.

Our company didn’t pay ____ for that advertisement.

The account manager was happy to be _____ such a famous person.

A: Where do I find the bus terminal? B: It is ______ the Red Cross hospital.

A: You missed a good chance in your career. B: Yes, I _____ that job when Mr. Johnson offered.

Which of the following is correct?