Unit 4: subject filing and Unit 5: numeric filing

Question 1

What are examples of companies using subject filing?

Answer 1

Starbucks, Chapters, and Winners

Question 2

How is subject filing similar to alphabetical filing?

Answer 2

indexed and coded by individual or company name

Question 3

How are letters sorted in subject filing?

Answer 3

primary subject heading and secondary subject heading

Question 4

how do you arrange letters from more than company within a secondary subject heading?

Answer 4

in alphabetical order by the name of the company

Question 5

If there is more than one letter from the same company under a secondary subject heading, how do you arrange letters?

Answer 5

typed date, latest date in front

Question 6

What type of company might file numerically?

Answer 6

health services

Question 7

what types of information might be used as numeric identifier on a file?

Answer 7

PHN, patients number

Question 8

Why would numeric filing be preferred?

Answer 8

privacy, simple expansion, easy filing and retrieval

Question 9

What is a terminal digit numeric system?

Answer 9

6+digits long, separated by hyphens, read right to left,(reverse numerical filing)