What is the correct filing order for the following four names? Take-and-Bake Pizza; Tacoma Fabrications Inc; The Taco House; Sharlene Takas.

What is the correct filing order for the following four names? Take-and-Bake Pizza; Tacoma Fabrications Inc; The Taco House; Sharlene Takas.

• A. 3, 2, 4, 1
• B. 3, 1, 2, 4
• C. 3, 2, 1, 4
• D. 3, 4, 2, 1

Answer: (A)

Sorting is done by the main name element in alphabetical order, ignoring leading articles like The and suffixes such as Inc. For personal names, you file by the last name; for organizational names, you file by the principal word. The Taco House becomes Taco House, so the first significant word is Taco. Tacoma Fabrications Inc becomes Tacoma Fabrications, so the first significant word is Tacoma. Sharlene Takas is filed under the last name Takas. Take-and-Bake Pizza uses Take (the first part of the hyphenated name) as the first significant word. Alphabetical order of those first words is Taco, Tacoma, Takas, Take, so the correct filing sequence is The Taco House, Tacoma Fabrications Inc, Sharlene Takas, Take-and-Bake Pizza.

Sorting is done by the main name element in alphabetical order, ignoring leading articles like The and suffixes such as Inc. For personal names, you file by the last name; for organizational names, you file by the principal word.

The Taco House becomes Taco House, so the first significant word is Taco.

Tacoma Fabrications Inc becomes Tacoma Fabrications, so the first significant word is Tacoma.

Sharlene Takas is filed under the last name Takas.

Take-and-Bake Pizza uses Take (the first part of the hyphenated name) as the first significant word.

Alphabetical order of those first words is Taco, Tacoma, Takas, Take, so the correct filing sequence is The Taco House, Tacoma Fabrications Inc, Sharlene Takas, Take-and-Bake Pizza.