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Exercise

A. Answer the following questions in one sentence.
1. Define the term ‘filing.’
2. What is traditional filing system?
3. What is case filing?

4. What is modern filing system?
5. Define the term ‘indexing.’
6. What is alphabetical filing method?
7. What is numerical filing method?
8. What is subjective filing method?
9. What is geographical filing method?
10. In which filing system are files arranged in sleeping position?
11. In which filing system, files are placed in standing position?

B. Give short answers to the following questions.
12. What is filing? Write any four points of importance of filing. 2074 (R)
13. What is filing? Explain its four methods. 2070 (R)

14. Define filing and mention any four of its objectives. 2066 (R)
15. Explain any five points of importance of filing.
16. Define alphabetical filing method and write any four advantages and
disadvantages of it.
17. Which filing method do you consider as more scientific: Numerical or
Alphabetical filing and why? Support your answer on the basis of four
reasons. 2068 (PABSON)

18. What is alphabetical filing method? Write the any four rules for making order
of names in filing.
19. What is numerical filing method? Write any four advantages and disadvantages
of numerical filing method. 2069, 2073 (S)
20. What is geographical filing method? Write any four advantages and
disadvantages of it.
21. What is filing? Explain any four differences between alphabetic and numerical
filing methods. 2074 (PABSON)
22. What is filing? List out any four advantages and four disadvantages of numerical
filing method. 2067 (SOS)

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