What is the correct filing order for the following four names? (1) Washington Savings Bank (2) Washington State Credit Union (4) Washington Cherry Farm

What is the correct filing order for the following four names? (1) Washington Savings Bank (2) Washington State Credit Union (4) Washington Cherry Farm

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

Answer: (B)

Sorting names with a common prefix is done by the next distinguishing word after that prefix, in alphabetical order. You ignore the shared word (Washington) and compare what comes next for each name. Here, after stripping the common prefix, the distinguishing words are arranged so that the third item comes first because its next word is earliest alphabetically among the four. The next item is the fourth one, which has Cherry as the next word. Then comes the first item with Savings, and finally the second item with State. So the sequence is the third, then the fourth, then the first, then the second. This matches why that particular option is correct.

Sorting names with a common prefix is done by the next distinguishing word after that prefix, in alphabetical order. You ignore the shared word (Washington) and compare what comes next for each name.

Here, after stripping the common prefix, the distinguishing words are arranged so that the third item comes first because its next word is earliest alphabetically among the four. The next item is the fourth one, which has Cherry as the next word. Then comes the first item with Savings, and finally the second item with State. So the sequence is the third, then the fourth, then the first, then the second. This matches why that particular option is correct.