The phrase "are asked to specify" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when requesting someone to provide specific information or details about a particular subject.
Example: "In the application form, applicants are asked to specify their preferred job position."
Alternatives: "are requested to detail" or "are required to indicate".
The consumer research firm Yankelovich knows, for example, that if boomers are asked to specify when old age begins, they will typically answer 79.5, a ridiculously sunny view, considering average life expectancy is 77.
After downloading the app, users are thrown into a bacon questionnaire where they are asked to specify such deeply personal preferences as whether they prefer pork or turkey bacon or whether they enjoy their bacon crispy or chewy, in addition to a number of other judgment calls that deeply reflect on their character.
Here's how MeetFrank works on the talent side: The person downloads the app and goes through a relatively quick onboarding chat with 'Frank' (the emoji-loving chatbot) where they are asked to specify their skills and experience — choosing from pre-set lists, rather than needing to type — plus to state their current job title and salary.
Clinicians are asked to specify how many children per week they expect to recruit.
In case of no interest, women are asked to specify their reason(s) for this on the card.
PWD are asked to specify their regular pharmacy which is asked to participate in the study, too.
For example, if a user says he has children who are minors, he will be asked to specify a guardian.
Mr. Rice was asked to specify what his differences were with Mr. Booker on issues that have come up so far in the election.
On Tuesday, the sweater was light blue, and a lawyer for Mr. Malvo, Craig S. Cooley, was asked to specify its precise hue.
The forces were asked to specify the ethnic breakdown of people who applied to join and those appointed as police officers over the last decade.
On the very morning of the divorce, Richard's greeted him on the courthouse steps with the possibility that he as plaintiff might be asked to specify what in the marriage had persuaded him of its irretrievable breakdown.
