Question 1
Which of the following names would be filed FIRST in an alphabetic filing system?
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Correct answer: D - Deacon, Marie
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Which of the following names would be filed FIRST in an alphabetic filing system?
Correct answer: D - Deacon, Marie
Which of the entries below are exactly alike? 1. Vandergriff, Marguerite A. 2. Vandergriff, Margeurite A. 3. Vandergriff, Marguerite A.
Correct answer: B - The first and third only
Which of the following business names would be filed FIRST in an alphabetic filing system?
Correct answer: D - 4th Street Garage
An employee is paid $18.40 per hour for the first 40 hours worked in a week, and time-and-a-half for all hours beyond 40. If the employee worked 46 hours, what is the gross pay for that week?
Correct answer: B - $901.60
Use the staff directory and change notice below. STAFF DIRECTORY Alvarez, R. - Room 214 - Ext. 3307 Chen, M. - Room 118 - Ext. 3241 Okafor, D. - Room 214 - Ext. 3309 Petrov, L. - Room 205 - Ext. 3286 CHANGE NOTICE - Okafor, D. has transferred to Room 118; extension unchanged. - Chen, M.'s extension is now 3315. - Calls for anyone not listed should go to Ext. 3300. A caller asks to be connected to D. Okafor. To which extension should the call be transferred?
Correct answer: C - Ext. 3309
Which of the following names would be filed LAST in an alphabetic filing system?
Correct answer: A - Marshall, Peter Sr.
Accuracy in a filing system is more important than speed. A document filed rapidly but incorrectly is, for practical purposes, lost. The time required to locate a misfiled record generally exceeds by many times the time saved by filing it hastily. The paragraph best supports the statement that
Correct answer: C - hasty filing can cost more time than it saves
Which sentence is most appropriate for a formal letter or report?
Correct answer: C - The box of files was delivered to Ms. Reyes and me.
Which spelling is correct?
Correct answer: C - supersede
EXPEDITE most nearly means
Correct answer: D - speed up
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