Question

question 1 (5 points)
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you are filing a set of folders and come across a folder for a patient named \mary a. jones-oconnor\. how should you file this folder?

under \oconnor\, then by \jones\, as the second part of the hyphenated name takes priority.

under \jonesoconnor\, as hyphens and punctuation are disregarded.

under \connor\, since the second part of the hyphenated name takes priority, and the \o\ is omitted because it is punctuated.

under \o\ along with all other names with an o and apostrophe, before all other non - punctuated names beginning with an o.

Explanation:

In medical or administrative filing (related to Health/Medical subfield, but the filing rule here is about name formatting), when dealing with hyphenated names and punctuation in filing, hyphens and punctuation are typically disregarded. So "Jones - O'Connor" becomes "JonesOConnor" for filing. The other options have incorrect reasoning: the second part of hyphenated name doesn't take priority over combining (disregarding hyphen), omitting "O" is wrong, and filing under "O" with apostrophe - related names is not standard for this type of name filing.

Answer:

B. Under "JonesOConnor", as hyphens and punctuation are disregarded.