NAVTA Practice Test 2025 – 400 Free Practice Questions to Pass the Exam

Filing records alphabetically is the most common method used in veterinary practices because it allows for easy retrieval of records based on the patient's last name. Chronological filing would not be as useful as it requires that records be arranged based on the dates they were created, which may not be relevant to the type of information being searched for. Numeric filing is typically used for financial or billing records and is not as practical for medical records. Problem-oriented filing, also known as SOAP (subjective, objective, assessment, plan), is a specific method used for organizing medical records based on the patient's medical problems and may not be as intuitive for retrieving records.