The phrase "allowed to answer the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing permissions or rights regarding responding to a question or situation.
Example: "Students are allowed to answer the questions during the exam as long as they follow the guidelines."
Alternatives: "permitted to respond to the" or "authorized to reply to the".
Not until February 1863 was Stone allowed to answer the preposterous charge that he had pre-arranged the Union defeat by colluding with the enemy.
Those of us involved in inquest work know only too well how frustrated juries often feel at only being allowed to answer the questions put to them, but of course the jury in an inquest is not allowed to reach decisions which result in people being sent to prison.
John McCain cannot be allowed to answer the proverbial 3 AM phone call.
"I would go down there, and I would be allowed to answer the phones at the front desk," said Germond, a longtime Democratic activist who later served as the secretary of the DNC from 2002 to 2013.
Third, the study design did not allow to answer the question if SDMA is a new player or an innocent bystander in chronic inflammation in patients with hyperuricemia.
Finally, Hagel is allowed to answer, but here the Washington Post video clip cuts off, so you don't get to see what Hagel's actual answer was.
Host Andy Cohen asked her three semi-awkward/personal questions, one of which she was allowed to answer by pleading the fifth.
As opposed to structured interviews, the researcher is "allowed" to answer questions if they help the interview and the respondent.
The turnaround expert was not allowed to answer by Leighton who insisted the boss was worth every penny.
Okay, here's a nostalgia-based question that you'll be allowed to answer: How do you feel about the "updates" George Lucas has made to the films?
Basically, the provisional coding allowed me to answer the research question of how the four childcare systems were different, and the initial/focused coding allowed me to explore the question of why the four childcare systems were different.
