Which option shows the correct filing order for the Memphis examples?

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

Answer: (A)

In filing, you follow a consistent ranking rule, and for the Memphis examples that rule is to arrange records by date in reverse chronological order—most recent first. Look at each item’s date and order them from newest to oldest. When you apply that rule to the Memphis set, the sequence comes out with the most recent item at the front, then the next most recent, and so on until the oldest is last. That is why this particular ordering matches the Memphis examples and is the correct filing order. Any arrangement that puts an older item before a newer one would not fit the rule.