Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1The regulator remains ............... to Parliament for the way it exercises its statutory powers.
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Use "answerable" when an institution is formally accountable to another body.
2The inquiry panel insisted on ............... scrutiny of every procurement decision made during the emergency.
Wrong!
Use "external" for scrutiny carried out by a body outside the institution.
3Auditors criticised the ministry for failing to establish a ............... process for allocating relief funds.
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Use "transparent" when a process is open to inspection and clearly explained.
4The board accepted that it had a statutory ............... for all expenditure from the grant.
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Use "duty to account" for a formal obligation to explain decisions and stewardship.
5Under the revised policy, minutes of closed meetings are treated as ............... records unless a statutory exemption applies.
Wrong!
Use "disclosable" for records that must or may be released under accountability rules.
6The ombudsman must investigate complaints ..............., regardless of the rank of the officials involved.
Wrong!
The fixed expression is "without fear or favour", meaning impartially and without intimidation or preference.
7The committee has the authority to hold senior officials ............... when public money is misused.
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Use "to account" in the expression "hold someone to account".
8The settlement converted the department's voluntary commitments into ............... obligations.
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Use "binding" for obligations that are legally enforceable.
9After the allegations surfaced, the foundation commissioned an independent ............... of its grant-making decisions.
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Use "audit" for a systematic examination of institutional accounts or compliance.
10The chair recused herself because her ............... interests included a consultancy with the contractor.
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Use "declared" for interests that have been formally disclosed.
11The panel required the agency to publish the ............... for the decision before the contract was signed.
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Use "rationale" for the reasons behind a decision.
12The finance director ............... authorised the expenditure after invoices had already been paid.
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Use "retrospectively" because the spending had already occurred before authorisation.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- The regulator remains answerable to Parliament for the way it exercises its statutory powers.
- The inquiry panel insisted on external scrutiny of every procurement decision made during the emergency.
- Auditors criticised the ministry for failing to establish a transparent process for allocating relief funds.
- The board accepted that it had a statutory duty to account for all expenditure from the grant.
- Under the revised policy, minutes of closed meetings are treated as disclosable records unless a statutory exemption applies.
- The ombudsman must investigate complaints without fear or favour, regardless of the rank of the officials involved.
- The committee has the authority to hold senior officials to account when public money is misused.
- The settlement converted the department’s voluntary commitments into binding obligations.
- After the allegations surfaced, the foundation commissioned an independent audit of its grant-making decisions.
- The chair recused herself because her declared interests included a consultancy with the contractor.
- The panel required the agency to publish the rationale for the decision before the contract was signed.
- The finance director retrospectively authorised the expenditure after invoices had already been paid.