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Business and money

10 original practice questions. Open them in any order.

Independent preparation material, not an official test or score prediction.

Audio script (about 35 seconds): small business adviser on keeping a separate bank account

Synthetic practice recording. This is not official exam audio.

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Adviser: One habit I'd recommend to everyone starting a small business is to open a separate bank account for it from the very first day. It's tempting to run everything through your personal account while sales are small, but it quickly becomes confusing. If you pay for groceries and printer ink with the same card, it's hard to see whether the business is actually earning anything. And when your tax return is due, you'll spend hours going back through old statements, trying to remember which payments were [BEEP]

Question 1 of 10 · easier

Select Missing Word

You will hear a recording. At the end of the recording the last word or group of words has been replaced by a beep. Select the correct option to complete the recording.

Which option best completes the adviser's advice?

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