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Telephone & Records Management

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a retention schedule?

a)

Removing a record from the file and recording pertinent information

b)

A list of how long each type of record should be kept

c)

Forms of micrographics, such as microfil or microfiche

d)

Transferring records to permanent storage or destroying records

2.

What is filing?

a)

Photographically reducing documents to store on microfilm

b)

Converting documents to electronic form

c)

Creating, distribution, use maintenance and dispositiion of records

d)

The process of storing records in an orderly manner within an organized system

3.

What does records disposition refer to?

a)

Transferring records to permanent storage or destroying records

b)

List of how long each type of record should be kept

c)

Includes steps for prevention, readiness reaction and recovery from an event that causes harm to or loss of records

d)

A set of procedures used to organize, store, retrieve, and dispose of records

4.

In records management, what is a record?

a)

What my parents used to listen to music

b)
c)

Information kept for future reference

d)

The process of storing records in an orderly manner within an organized system

5.

What is charging out?

a)

Removing a record from the file and recording pertinent information

b)

Mr. Knowles maxes out his credit card

c)

Converts documents to electronic form

d)

List of how long each type of record should be kept

6.

What is a record management system

a)

A set of procedures used to organize, store, retrieve, and dispose of records

b)

Mr. Knowles' system of LP, EP, and 45's

c)

The process of storing records in an orderly manner within an organized system

d)

Transferring records to permanent storage or destroying records

7.

Documents that are filed in date order are stored:

a)

In subject order

b)

In numerical order

c)

In geographical order

d)

I'm chronological order

8.

Duties of a records management clerk include:

I. Monitoring borrowed files

II. Filing documents

III. Keeping the filing area tidy

IV. Retrieving documents

a)

I, II and III only

b)

I, II and IV only

c)

I, III and IV only

d)

all of the above

9.

You keep your customer records in alphabetical order by name. Documents about Professor John McKay should be filed under:

a)

P

b)

J

c)

M

d)

K

10.

Scanning and saving documents for access by computer is called:

a)

centralised filing

b)

electronic filing

c)

decentralised filing

d)

automated filing

11.

The order that must be followed in the steps of filing are:

a)

releasing, coding, indexing, sorting, filing

b)

releasing, indexing, coding, sorting, filing

c)

sorting, coding, indexing, releasing, filing

d)

coding, sorting, releasing, indexing, filing

12.

Miss Shaw requested and received the Harvey's Sales Contract from the Loans and Agreements file. The file clerk placed an item in its place within the folder. This is:

a)

a tickler card

b)

an index card

c)

a routing slip

d)

an out card

13.

NCB Port Antonio

NCB Port royal

NCB Port of Spain

NCB Port maria


The records above are using which classification method?

a)

Alphabet

b)

Subject

c)

Geographic

d)

chronological

14.

A good telephone voice...

a)

...is soft and relaxing.

b)

...is the same as your normal speaking voice.

c)

...is confident and clear.

d)

...has no emotion.

15.

When you take a message:

a)

Communicate that you will make sure you will give the message to the recipient

b)

Take all relevant information, including name and number

c)

Find out if the call is urgent

d)

All of these are true

16.

If you are speaking to someone who is angry or upset...

a)

...show empathy to help calm them down.

b)

...ask them to explain why they are angry.

c)

Both of these are true

d)

Neither of these are true

17.

It's good to communicate by phone instead of email when...

a)

...the information is emotional or sensitive.

b)

...you need to speak to someone overseas.

c)

...you are angry about something.

18.

Which feature is defined as:

transmits a callers telephone number to the called party

a)

memory

b)

speed dial

c)

caller id

d)

call forwarding

19.

Which feature is defined as:

incoming calls are transferred to another place

a)

memory

b)

speed dial

c)

caller id

d)

call forwarding

20.

Which of the following is not a factor of the cost of telephone

a)

length of call

b)

name of the caller

c)

destination of the call

d)

service provided

21.

If it is 11:17 am now in the Bahamas, what time is it in London.

a)

4:17 am

b)

4:17 pm

c)

6:17 am

d)

6:17 pm

22.

Convert 8:30 pm to 24 hour time.

Is it ...

a)

1930 hours

b)

830 hours

c)

2030 hours

d)

0830 hours