spot checks
Unannounced quality audits
Spot checks are unannounced or random inspections to verify compliance, quality, or accuracy.
Unlike systematic reviews, they catch things as they actually are rather than as they're prepared to appear: Health inspectors conduct spot checks on restaurants, The teacher does spot checks for phones during class.
To spot-check is to perform such an inspection.
- unannouncedWithout prior notice
- surprise visitUnscheduled appearance at someone's location
- randomOccurring without pattern
- random samplingSelecting by pure chance
- unscheduledNot on the calendar
inspection · on-site inspection · compliance · examination · screening · selective · scrutiny · health inspector · sampling · assessment · impromptu · audit · due diligence · evaluation · verification · surveys · patrols · factory floor
- enforcementenforcement actions, crackdown, fines, enforcement agencies, penalties
- securitysecurity guard, security cameras, alarm system, security system, lock
- reviewsreview, reviews, rating, ratings, critic
- standardsstandard, standards, norm, norms, criterion
- boring methodspaperwork, data entry, filing, form filling, busywork
- Rechecksrechecks, retests, reassessments, reevaluations, verifications