Record Management

Records management is the systematic control of records, from the creation or receipt of the record to its final disposition.

• True

• False

Documents that have no value to the organization are still considered records and should be kept.

• True

• False

A subject filing system can be a direct or indirect acess system.

• True

• False

Confidential information is data that should be kept private or secret from those who are not authorized to have access to this information.​

• True

• False

As an administrative professional, you generally will be the person who creates a retention schedule for the company’s records.

• True

• False

In which of the following areas may records have value to a business?

• Legal

• Financial

• Historical

• All the above

What is the second phase of the records life cycle?

• Creation or receipt of the record

• Classification of records

• Filing and retrieving the record

• Disposition of the record

Which storage method uses the letters of the alphabet to determine the order in which a record is filed?

• Alphabetic storage method

• Numeric storage method

• Geographic storage method

• Subject storage method

Records with historical value that are preserved permanently are called:

• active records

• working records

• archive records

• both a and b

Records can be stored in many different formats..

• True

• False