Which filing system arranges names in sequence from A to Z?

• A. Alphabetical filing system
• B. Numerical filing system
• C. Chronological
• D. Color-coded

Answer: (A)

Alphabetical filing arranges records by letters from A to Z, using the alphabet as the sorting key. This makes finding a patient’s file straightforward because you go to the section for the surname’s starting letter, then proceed to the given name if needed to distinguish duplicates. In a practice setting, names are typically indexed by surname first, which keeps similar names together and speeds retrieval.

The other systems sort by different keys—numerical uses numbers, chronological uses dates, and color-coded uses colors—so they wouldn’t place names in A to Z order.