In the sentence 'The new policy will have a ___ on the schedule,' which word completes the sentence correctly?

• A. Effect
• B. Affect
• C. Impact
• D. Result

Answer: (A)

Choosing the word that names the consequence of an action in a fixed phrase is the key idea here. The standard way to express influence on something is the expression “have an effect on.” The sentence aims to describe the consequence the policy will produce for the schedule, so the noun that fits best is effect. It conveys the result or outcome of the policy’s influence on the schedule. The other options don’t fit as cleanly: affect is a verb, so it wouldn’t complete the sentence in this noun-phrase way; impact is a close noun but the common form in this exact construction would be “an impact on,” and the sentence uses “a” before the blank; result is a noun but isn’t the most natural collocation for this context, where “effect on” is the standard phrasing.