Drag and Drop Question Select the words that best complete the sentence: Answer:

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Exhibit

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Explanation

The sentence being completed is most likely from ISO/quality management auditing contexts, reading something like:

"The purpose of a third-party audit is to ___ a ___ in order to award ___."

Resulting in: "...to evaluate a management system in order to award a certification."

Why Each Item Goes Where It Does

1. evaluate (position 1 - the verb)

Audits evaluate - they assess conformance against a standard. The distractors are tempting but wrong:

• inspect applies to physical products or processes in isolation, not systemic audits
• approve implies a one-sided sign-off, not the objective evidence-gathering that defines an audit

2. management system (position 2 - the object being audited)

A third-party audit targets the management system as a whole (e.g., ISO 9001 QMS). The distractors:

• processes are part of a management system but auditing processes alone doesn't lead to certification
• products are evaluated in product inspection/testing, not system-level audits

3. a certification (position 3 - the outcome/purpose)

Third-party audits exist specifically to grant certification to the management system. The distractors:

• an accreditation - this is what certifying bodies receive (e.g., UKAS accredits BSI). A common misconception: organizations get certified, bodies get accredited
• a compliance - not a standard noun phrase; compliance is a state, not something formally "awarded"

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